Programmable lighting methods and systems for a removable peripheral bar

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

• couple a seat device of an aircraft to a peripheral bar assembly having a plurality of programmable light sources, and initialize a configuration data structure to operate the plurality of programmable light sources;
• activate the plurality of programmable light sources;
• and
• transmit one or more commands to the peripheral bar assembly to operate the plurality of programmable 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
• at least one 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 at least one processor configured to execute the machine executable code to:
• initialize a configuration data structure to operate a plurality of programmable light sources of a peripheral bar assembly that is coupled to a seat device of an aircraft;
• activate the plurality of programmable light sources;
• and
• transmit one or more commands to the peripheral bar assembly to operate the plurality of light programmable 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.