Methods and apparatus for controlling devices in a networked lighting system

A method, comprising acts of:

• A) transmitting data to an independently addressable controller coupled to at least one LED light source and at least one other controllable device, the data including at least one of first control information for a first control signal output by the controller to the at least one LED light source and second control information for a second control signal output by the controller to the at least one other controllable device;
• and
• B) controlling at least one of the at least one LED light source and the at least one other controllable device based on the data,
• wherein the independently addressable controller includes at least a first output port to output the first control signal and a second output port to output the second control signal, wherein the data corresponds to a desired parameter of the first control signal and a desired parameter of the second control signal, wherein the data is arranged in a particular sequence based on a configuration of the first and second output ports in the independently addressable controller, and wherein the act B) includes acts of:
• B1) decoding the data based on the particular sequence to obtain the desired parameters of the first and second control signals, respectively;
• and
• B2) outputting the first and second control signals based on the desired parameters.

A method, comprising acts of:

• A) receiving data for a plurality of independently addressable controllers, at least one independently addressable controller of the plurality of independently addressable controllers coupled to at least one LED light source and at least one other controllable device;
• B) selecting at least a portion of the data corresponding to at least one of first control information for a first control signal output by the at least one independently addressable controller to the at least one LED light source and second control information for a second control signal output by the at least one independently addressable controller to the at least one other controllable device;
• and
• C) controlling at least one of the at least one LED light source and the at least one other controllable device based on the selected portion of the data.

A lighting system, comprising:

• a plurality of independently addressable controllers coupled together to form a network, at least one independently addressable controller of the plurality of independently addressable controllers coupled to at least one LED light source and at least one other controllable device;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the network and programmed to transmit data to the plurality of independently addressable controllers, the data corresponding to at least one of first control information for a first control signal output by the at least one independently addressable controller to the at least one LED light source and second control information for a second control signal output by the at least one independently addressable controller to the at least one other controllable device,
• wherein:
• the at least one LED light source includes at least one red LED light source, at least one green LED light source, and at least one blue LED light source;
• the first control signal is output by the at least one independently addressable controller to the at least one red LED light source;
• the at least one independently addressable controller outputs a third control signal to the at least one green LED light source and outputs a fourth control signal to the at least one blue LED light source;
• the data includes third control information for the third control signal and fourth control information for the fourth control signal;
• and
• the independently addressable controller controls the at least one red LED light source, the at least one green LED light source, the at least one blue LED light source, and the at least one other controllable device based on the data.

A method, comprising acts of:

• A) transmitting data to an independently addressable controller coupled to at least one LED light source and at least one other controllable device, the data including at least one of first control information for a first control signal output by the controller to the at least one LED light source and second control information for a second control signal output by the controller to the at least one other controllable device;
• and
• B) controlling at least one of the at least one LED light source and the at least one other controllable device based on the data,
• wherein:
• the at least one LED light source includes at least one red LED light source, at least one green LED light source, and at least one blue LED light source;
• the first control signal is output by the controller to the at least one red LED light source;
• the controller outputs a third control signal to the at least one green LED light source and outputs a fourth control signal to the at least one blue LED light source;
• the data includes third control information for the third control signal and fourth control information for the fourth control signal;
• and
• the act B) includes an act of:
• controlling the at least one red LED light source, the at least one green LED light source, the at least one blue LED light source, and the at least one other controllable device based on the data.

In a lighting system including at least first and second independently addressable devices, at least one device of the independently addressable devices including at least one light source, a method comprising acts of:

• A) receiving at the first independently addressable device first data for at least the first and second independently addressable devices;
• B) removing at least a first data portion from the first data to form second data, the first data portion corresponding to first control information for the first independently addressable device;
• and
• C) transmitting from the first independently addressable device the second data.