Programmable lighting methods and systems for a removable peripheral bar

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions comprising machine executable code which when executed by at least one machine, causes the machine to:

• retrieve, by a processor of a seat device of an aircraft coupled to a removable, peripheral bar assembly having a plurality of programmable light sources, configuration information to operate the plurality of light sources;
• generate, by the processor of the seat device, one or more commands based on the configuration information, the one or more commands for operating one or more light sources of the plurality of light sources;
• and
• transmit, by the processor of the seat device, the one or more commands to the peripheral bar assembly to operate the one or more light sources based on the one or more commands to indicate non-verbal communication based on one or more pre-defined communication protocols indicating a seat-by-seat status on the aircraft.

A system, comprising:

• a memory of a seat device of an aircraft containing non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising machine executable code having stored thereon instructions;
• and
• a processor of the seat device coupled to the memory, the seat device coupled to a peripheral bar assembly having a microcontroller and a plurality of programmable light sources, the processor configured to execute the machine executable code to:
• retrieve configuration information to operate the plurality of light sources;
• generate one or more commands based on the configuration information, the one or more commands for operating one or more light sources of the plurality of light sources;
• and
• transmit the one or more commands to the peripheral bar assembly to operate the one or more light sources based on the one or more commands to indicate non-verbal communication based on one or more pre-defined communication protocols indicating a seat-by-seat status on the aircraft.