Light outpost positioning

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program instructions embodied therewith for, when executed on a processor of a user interface device for controlling a luminaire adapted to generate a light output in a controllable direction, cause the processor to implement the following:

• determine a relative orientation of the user interface device to the luminaire by determining a rotation angle of the user interface device relative to the luminaire and determining whether a mirroring axis exists between the user interface device and the luminaire;
• receive a light output positioning instruction on a user interface of the user interface device, said light output positioning instruction including directional information for the positioning of the light output in a specified location;
• convert the light output positioning instruction by transforming the directional information based on the determined relative orientation;
• and
• control the luminaire with the converted light output positioning instruction.

An illumination system comprising:

• a user interface device for controlling a luminaire adapted to generate a light output in a controllable direction, the user interface device comprising a processor,
• a user interface;
• a data storage device embodying a computer program product;
• a wireless communication module;
• wherein the processor is communicatively coupled to the user interface, the data storage device and the wireless communication module, and wherein the processor is adapted to execute the computer readable program instructions of the computer program product and to send a converted light output positioning instruction received on the user interface to the luminaire with the wireless communication module;
• and
• wherein the computer program product computer readable program instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform the following:
• determine a relative orientation of the user interface device to the luminaire by determining a rotation angle of the user interface device relative to the luminaire and determining whether a mirroring axis exists between the user interface device and the luminaire;
• receive a light output positioning instruction on a user interface of the user interface device, said light output positioning instruction including directional information for the positioning of the light output in a specified location;
• convert the light output positioning instruction by transforming the directional information based on the determined relative orientation;
• and
• control the luminaire with the converted light output positioning instruction.