publication_number US 2016088709 A1 abstract a format for controlling information between multiple masters and clients uses each of a plurality of ports over a specified line where the specified line can be ethernet and where the ports can be opened and closed and where the ports are calculated based on the number assigned to the console a console multiplier and at least one increment that represents the kind of information where there are multiple kinds of information application_number US 201514955416 A description according to an embodiment a communication protocol between a plurality of controlling computers 200 and 210 and a plurality of controlled devices 109 is carried out this protocol may be carried out using udp user datagram protocol over ethernet 105 however other wireless and wired protocols can alternatively be used fig1 shows the clients 109 including a light 110 and a winch 111 however it should be understood that the device can control many such different clients multiple different controlling computers can be used and all connected together a port configuration system as described herein allows automated definition of different information being sent over different ports over the same ethernet the packets sent and received by either the multicast or broadcast method of ethernet a user configurable series of parameters determines the port on which this data is both sent.