Industry Patents

A method for operating a control system for controlling a lighting system. The control system includes at least two lighting control modules, each lighting control module including at least one digital processor and at least one digital memory for generating, managing and storing lighting programs. Each lighting control module includes a housing in which the digital processor and the digital memory are disposed. Digital adjusting commands are generated in each lighting control module, and are transmittable to the lighting devices of the lighting system via data links. The different lighting control modules are able to exchange data via data lines and interfaces. A system time signal is generated in a lighting control module and is transmitted to all lighting control modules of the control system via the data lines, and the lighting programs in the different lighting control modules are executed using the system time signal.