Lighting indicating device having plural illuminating elements with all such elements being illuminated with one being greater than the others

A lighting control device for controlling the state and light intensity of at least one lamp, said device comprising

• user-actuatable means for setting and storing a desired intensity level;
• and
• indicator means for visually indicating said desired intensity level when said lamp is in either an ON or OFF state, said indicator means comprising:
• a) a plurality of light sources disposed in a sequence representing a range of lamp intensity levels from a minimum intensity level to a maximum intensity level;
• and
• b) control means for i) illuminating a selected one of said light sources representing, by its respective position in said array, said desired intensity level, said selected one of said light sources being illuminated at a first intensity level when the lamp is in an ON state, each of remaining light sources being OFF, and ii) illuminating each of said remaining light sources of said indicator means at a second intensity level, different from said,first intensity level, when said lamp is in an OFF state.