System and method for simultaneous wireless control of multiple peripheral devices

A method of controlling a plurality of lighting fixtures, comprising:

• providing a portable electronic device in wireless communication with a plurality of lighting fixtures, wherein the portable electronic device includes a processor for continuously wirelessly connecting to each of the plurality of lighting fixtures one at a time based on round-robin scheduling;
• assigning equal time slices to each of the plurality of lighting fixtures by the processor of the portable electronic device that range in time between about fifteen to about eighty milliseconds such that the portable electronic device connects to each of the plurality of lighting fixtures one by one such that the plurality of lighting fixtures appear to be simultaneously controlled by the portable electronic device when observed by a user;
• executing an instruction by the processor of the portable electronic device to search for a broadcast signal transmitted from one of a selected one of the plurality of lighting fixtures;
• executing an instruction by the processor of the portable electronic device to wirelessly connect with the selected one of the plurality of lighting fixtures;
• executing an instruction by the processor of the portable electronic device to send a control signal to the selected one of the plurality of lighting fixtures, the control signal representing a first command;
• executing an instruction by the processor of the portable electronic device to terminate the connection between the portable electronic device and the selected one of the plurality of lighting fixtures;
• and
• executing an instruction to connect to a second one of the plurality of lighting fixtures based on the round-robin scheduling, wherein the control signal sent to the second one of the plurality of lighting fixtures represents a second command, and wherein the first command is the same as the second command.