Fixtures, power and control systems for same

An apparatus comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive a user command corresponding to a function of a fixture;
• and
• a microprocessor configured to generate a fixture control message corresponding to the function;
• wherein:
• the user command:
• is a first user command;
• and,
• in a first fixture control protocol, corresponds to the fixture function;
• the fixture function, in a second fixture control protocol, is expressed as a second user command that is different from the first user command;
• and
• the control message includes an instruction that corresponds to:
• the first user command;
• and
• the second user command.

An apparatus comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive a user command corresponding to a function of a fixture;
• and
• a microprocessor configured to generate a fixture control message corresponding to the function;
• wherein the microprocessor is of several microprocessors that are configured, in aggregate, to:
• receive the user command from an input channel of input channels, each corresponding to a different fixture control protocol;
• and
• translate the user command into the control message.

An apparatus comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive a user command corresponding to a function of a fixture;
• and
• a microprocessor configured to generate a fixture control message corresponding to the function;
• wherein:
• the user command is rendered in a first protocol;
• and
• the microprocessor is configured to render the control message in a second protocol that is different from the first protocol.

An apparatus comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive a user command corresponding to a function of a fixture;
• a microprocessor configured to generate a fixture control message corresponding to the function;
• and
• a fixture support;
• wherein:
• the fixture is a first fixture;
• the fixture support supports the first fixture and several second fixtures;
• and
• the microprocessor is configured to address the message:
• to the first fixture;
• and
• not to any of the second fixtures.

An apparatus comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive a user command corresponding to a function of a fixture;
• a microprocessor configured to generate a fixture control message corresponding to the function;
• and
• a fixture support;
• wherein:
• the fixture is of a first group of fixtures;
• the fixture support supports a second group of fixtures;
• and
• the microprocessor is configured to address the message only to first group.