Lighting

A system for configuring a display of lights in a lights string comprising:

• a. a plurality of color controllable lamps wired into at least one slave string of lights;
• b. said slave string having at least one address and a processor controller for responding to commands sent to said address;
• a controller connected to said slave string to provide power and address signals to said slave string;
• d. a device wirelessly connected to said controller for transmitting said commands to said controller;
• e. said device including a color sensor;
• f. a display screen including a color pallet;
• g. said color sensor configured to capture an image, compute colors in a field of view and display them as points on said color pallet;
• h. in response to user selection of the points on the display screen, a sender to transmit color instructions to said address;
• so that said light of said slave string will display the user selected points on the display screen.

A system for configuring a display of lights in a lights string comprising:

• a. a plurality of lamps wired into at least one slave string of lights;
• b. said slave string having at least one address and being a capable of responding to commands sent to that said address;
• c. a controller connected to said slave string to provide power and address signals to the slave string;
• d. a device connected to said controller for transmitting said commands to said controller;
• e. said device including a display screen and running software including:
• i. a display including a visual indication said slave string and an indication that lamps are connected;
• ii. a touch responsive interface for accessing said displayed slave string;
• iii. in response to access of said displayed slave string, displaying at least one color to be assigned to said slave string;
• iv. a transmitter for transmitting said color assigned to said slave string from said device to said controller and to said slave string by said address;
• v. in response to access of said displayed slave string, displaying a selection of non-color light display characteristics assignable to said slave string;
• vi. a transmitter for transmitting said selected non-color light display characteristics from said device to said controller and to said slave string by said address,
• vii. wherein the display includes a virtual representation of at least one of said lamps corresponding to lamps on said slave strings and wherein said selected color and non-color light display characteristics are virtually indicated on said display screen before transmission to said controller;
• so that when said slave string of lights are illuminated, they will display whatever color and non-color light display characteristics have been transmitted to them from said device.