Panel for controlling lighting scene

Claim 1

A panel for controlling multiple lighting intensities of a multiplicity of lights in conjunction with a remote lighting dimmer module comprising: a. a chassis; b. a plurality of operators each mechanically movable to operate a potentiometer, each potentiometer being capable of setting an intensity level of a particular lighting channel utilizing the multiplicity of lights; c. a display simultaneously indicating the lighting level of each of the particular channels of a lighting scene utilizing the multiplicty of lights associated with each operator and corresponding potentiometer, said plurality of operators and said display being supported by said chassis; d. means for storing information defining at least a first and a second lighting scene, said information defining each lighting scene including information representing the intensity level of each channel of the multiplicity of lights being set by said plurality of operators; e. means for retrieving said intensity level information of any scene of said first and second lighting scenes from said means for storing information defining said at least a first and a second lighting scene; f. means for transporting said retrieved intensity level information representing one of said first and second lighting scenes to the remote dimmer module for actuating each of the multiplicity of lights according to said retrieved intensity level information; g. means for transporting said retrieved intensity level information representing the other of said first and second lighting scenes to said display for indication thereat while the multiplicity of lights remain actuated according to said retrieved intensity level information representing said one of said first and second lighting scenes.