Multi-channel lighting fixture having multiple light-emitting diode drivers

1. A lighting controller, comprising:

control circuitry to:

receive, the via first communication interface circuitry, a first message from a system controller, the first message including link address data and fixture command data;

determine if the received link address data corresponds to link address data assigned to the control circuitry and stored in communicatively coupled memory circuitry; and

responsive to the determination that the link address data included in the first message corresponds to the stored link address data assigned to the control circuitry, determine if the fixture command data included in the first message corresponds to fixture preset command data stored in the memory circuitry;

responsive to the determination that the received fixture command data corresponds favorably to fixture preset command data stored in the memory circuitry:

retrieve a respective light-emitting diode (LED) driver preset command for each of a plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits from the memory circuitry, the retrieved LED driver preset commands corresponding to the received fixture preset command data; and

cause a communication, via second communication interface circuitry, of a second message that includes the retrieved preset command data to respective ones of the plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits.

2. The lighting controller of claim 1 , the control circuitry to further, responsive to the determination that the received fixture command data does not correspond favorably to fixture preset command data stored in the memory circuitry:

cause a communication, via the second communication interface circuitry, of the received fixture command data to each respective one of the plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits.

3. The lighting controller of claim 1 wherein to retrieve the respective light-emitting diode (LED) driver preset command for each of the plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits from the memory circuitry, the control circuitry to further:

retrieve the respective light-emitting diode (LED) driver preset command for each of the plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits from the memory circuitry, each of the plurality of LED driver circuits operatively coupled to a respective one of a plurality of different color LED emitters.

4. The lighting controller of claim 1 wherein to communicate the second message that includes the retrieved preset command data to respective ones of the plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits, the control circuitry to further:

communicate, via the second communication interface circuitry, a second message that includes a plurality of sub-addresses to each of the plurality of LED driver circuits, each of the plurality of sub-addresses corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of LED driver circuits.

5. The lighting controller of claim 1 wherein to receive the first message from the system controller, the first message including the link address data and the fixture command data, the control circuitry to further:

receive, via the first communication interface circuitry, the first message from the system controller, the first message including the link address data and the fixture command data, wherein the fixture command data includes a color trajectory value of the composite light emitted by LEDs operatively coupled to the plurality of LED driver circuits.

6. The lighting controller of claim 5 wherein to retrieve the respective LED driver preset command for each of the plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits from the memory circuitry, the control circuitry to further:

retrieve a respective color trajectory value of the light emitted by the LEDs operatively coupled to each of the plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits from the memory circuitry.

7. A non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device that includes instructions that, when executed by lighting fixture control circuitry, cause the lighting fixture control circuitry to:

receive, via first communication interface circuitry, a first message from a system controller, the first message including link address data and fixture command data;

determine if the received link address data corresponds to link address data assigned to the control circuitry and stored in communicatively coupled memory circuitry; and

responsive to the determination that the link address data included in the first message corresponds to the stored link address data assigned to the control circuitry, determine if the fixture command data included in the first message corresponds to fixture preset command data stored in the memory circuitry;

responsive to the determination that the received fixture command data corresponds favorably to fixture preset command data stored in the memory circuitry:

retrieve a respective light-emitting diode (LED) driver preset command for each of a plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits from the memory circuitry, the retrieved LED driver preset commands corresponding to the received fixture preset command data; and

cause a communication, via second communication interface circuitry, of a second message that includes the retrieved preset command data to respective ones of the plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits.

8. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 7 wherein the instructions, when executed by the lighting fixture control circuitry, further cause the lighting fixture control circuitry to:

responsive to the determination that the received fixture command data does not correspond favorably to fixture preset command data stored in the memory circuitry:

cause a communication, via the second communication interface circuitry, of the received fixture command data to each respective one of the plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits.

9. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 7 wherein the instructions that cause the lighting fixture control circuitry to retrieve the respective LED driver preset command for each of a plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits from the memory circuitry, further cause the lighting device control circuitry to;

retrieve a respective light-emitting diode (LED) driver preset command for each of a plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits from the memory circuitry, each of the plurality of LED driver circuits operatively coupled to a respective one of a plurality of different color LED emitters.

10. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 7 wherein the instructions that cause the lighting fixture control circuitry to cause the communication of the second message that includes the retrieved preset command data to respective ones of the plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits further cause the lighting fixture control circuitry to:

cause a communication, via the second communication interface circuitry, of a second message that includes a plurality of sub-addresses to each of the plurality of LED driver circuits, each of the plurality of sub-addresses corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of LED driver circuits.

11. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 7 wherein the instructions that cause the lighting fixture control circuitry to receive the first message from the system controller, the first message including the link address data and the fixture command data further cause the lighting fixture control circuitry to:

receive, the via first communication interface circuitry, the first message from the system controller, the first message including the link address data and the fixture command data, wherein the fixture command data includes a color trajectory value of the composite light emitted by LEDs operatively coupled to the plurality of LED driver circuits.

12. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 11 wherein the instructions that cause the lighting fixture control circuitry to retrieve the respective LED driver preset command for each of the plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits from the memory circuitry, further cause the lighting fixture control circuitry to:

retrieve a respective color trajectory value of the light emitted by the LEDs operatively coupled to each of the plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits from the memory circuitry.

13. A method of controlling an output of a lighting fixture, the method comprising:

receiving, via first communication interface circuitry by lighting fixture control circuitry, a first message from a system controller, the first message including link address data and fixture command data;

determining, by the lighting fixture control circuitry, if the received link address data corresponds to link address data assigned to the control circuitry and stored in communicatively coupled memory circuitry; and

responsive to the determination that the link address data included in the first message corresponds to the stored link address data assigned to the control circuitry, determining, by the lighting fixture control circuitry, if the fixture command data included in the first message corresponds to fixture preset command data stored in the memory circuitry;

responsive to the determination that the received fixture command data corresponds favorably to fixture preset command data stored in the memory circuitry:

retrieving, by the lighting fixture control circuitry, a respective light-emitting diode (LED) driver preset command for each of a plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits from the memory circuitry, the retrieved LED driver preset commands corresponding to the received fixture preset command data; and

causing, by the lighting fixture control circuitry, a communication of a second message that includes the retrieved preset command data to respective ones of the plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits via second communication interface circuitry.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

responsive to the determination that the received fixture command data does not correspond favorably to fixture preset command data stored in the memory circuitry:

causing, by the lighting fixture control circuitry, a communication of the received fixture command data to each respective one of the plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits via the second communication interface circuitry.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein retrieving the respective light-emitting diode (LED) driver preset command for each of the plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits from the memory circuitry further comprises;

retrieving the respective light-emitting diode (LED) driver preset command for each of the plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits from the memory circuitry, each of the plurality of LED driver circuits operatively coupled to a respective one of a plurality of different color LED emitters.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein causing the communication of the second message that includes the retrieved preset command data to respective ones of the plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits further comprises:

causing, by the lighting fixture control circuitry, a communication of the second message that includes a plurality of sub-addresses to each of the plurality of LED driver circuits, each of the plurality of sub-addresses corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of LED driver circuits via the second communication interface circuitry.

17. The method of claim 13 wherein receiving the first message from the system controller, the first message including the link address data and the fixture command data further comprises:

receiving, by the lighting fixture control circuitry, the first message from the system controller, the first message including the link address data and the fixture command data, wherein the fixture command data includes a color trajectory value of the composite light emitted by LEDs operatively coupled to the plurality of LED driver circuits via the first communication interface circuitry.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein retrieving the respective LED driver preset command for each of the plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits from the memory circuitry further comprises:

retrieving, by the lighting fixture control circuitry, a respective color trajectory value of the light emitted by the LEDs operatively coupled to each of the plurality of communicatively coupled LED driver circuits from the memory circuitry.