Automated Lighting

Automated Lighting continues to be the most trusted resource for aspiring and practicing lighting professionals working in theatre, live performance, broadcast, and live entertainment. This 2e has been reorganized and rewritten to include not only the latest information, but also explains previously unknown ramifications of lighting protocols introduced in the first edition. This edition has been updated with in-depth information about lighting design software, programming, and lighting design using automated lighting, making it the most comprehensive book on automated lighting available. Written in a clear, easy-to-understand language with numerous detailed diagrams, even the most experienced technician and engineer will appreciate and benefit from this expansive new edition.

Suitable for working and aspiring lighting professionals, this title includes information on advances in lamp sources such as LEDs and plasma lamps, automated and programmable displays, managing color, and methods for using electronics.

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Richard Cadena is the author of "Focus on Lighting Technology," editor of Pro Lights and Staging News magazine, an Authorized WYSIWYG Trainer, and 20 year veteran of the entertainment lighting industry including stints with two of the world's largest automated lighting manufacturers. He has a background in electrical engineering and electronics, and he is a freelance lighting designer with a portfolio of several major lighting designs and installations and is proficient in WYSIWYG, LD Assistant, and Vectorworks. He has been an instructor of classes in automated lighting technology with the Show Training Network, and a moderator of several lighting panels and seminars at Pro Production and Inspiration trade shows.

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SECTION 1: Introduction to Automated Lighting 1 CHAPTER 1: Automated Lighting in the Third Millennium CHAPTER 2: The Foundation of the Automated Lighting Industry The Genesis of the Automated Lighting Industry Synchronicity "If We Can Make It Change Color ..." The Black Hole For Sale: Automated Lighting Sue Me, Sue You Blues The Future of Automated Lighting CHAPTER 3: Automated Lighting Systems Systems Overview Rigging Systems Aluminum Structures Theatrical Rigging Rigging Hardware Power Distribution Systems Disconnect Switch Feeder Cable Distribution Panels and Portable Power Distribution Units (PPDUs) 1Overcurrent Protection Dimmers Branch Circuits Wire Gauges Voltage Drop Connectors Worldwide Electrical Safety and Wiring Codes Compliance Data Distribution Systems Data Cables Data Splitters Data Amplifiers Data Converters Data Terminators A/B Switches Data Connectors Control Systems Automated Lighting Controllers Automated Lighting Consoles PC-Based Controllers Dedicated Controllers Playback Units Remote Focus Units Preset Stations Media Servers Redundant Backup Systems Luminaires Electrical Systems Electronics Systems Electromechanical Systems Mechanical Systems Optical Systems Communications Systems SECTION 2: Electricity and Electronics CHAPTER 4: DC Electricity The Flow of Electrons The Relative Size of Electrons The Electron Drift Theory Friction Conductive Properties of Materials Current Convention Voltage, Current, and Resistance Water and Electricity-Bad Mix, Good Analogy The DC Circuit Units of Measure-Current, Voltage, Resistance, Power The Resistor Color Code Resistor Wattage Series Resistance Parallel Resistance Series/Parallel Resistance Ohm's Law Practice Problems DC Power Practice Problems CHAPTER FIVE: Electricity and Magnetism Magnetic Lines of Flux Electromagnetic Induction Inducing Current Alternating Current CHAPTER SIX: AC Electricity The Alternating Current Generator Peak Voltage RMS Voltage The Inductor The Capacitor Phase Relationships Impedance The Transformer AC Power Power Factor Three-Phase Power The Three-Phase Delta-Wye Configuration Three-Phase Wye Connections The Three-Phase Delta-Delta Configuration Electrical Safety Drugs and Alcohol CHAPTER SEVEN: Power Supplies The Diode Half-Wave Rectification Full-Wave Rectification The Linear Power Supply Switched-Mode Power Supplies Power Supplies for Arc Lamps The Magnetic Ballast Power Supply Electronic Switching Power Supply for Gas Discharge Lamps Advantages of a Magnetic Ballast Power Supplies Disadvantages of Magnetic Ballast Power Supplies Advantages of Electronic Switching Power Supplies Disadvantages of Electronic Switching Power Supplies CHAPTER EIGHT: Overcurrent and Overvoltage Protection Fuses Circuit Breakers Metal Oxide Varistor (MOVs) CHAPTER NINE: Digital Electronics Binary Numbering Binary Offset Hexadecimal Numbering Digital Electronics Electronic Switching Data Transmission CHAPTER TEN: Computer Architecture The CPU Memory Input/Output Ports The System Bus Microprocessor Architecture Execution of a Cue SECTION THREE: Electro-Mechanical and Mechanical Systems CHAPTER ELEVEN: Electro-Mechanical Systems Stepper Motors Hybrid Stepper Motors Single Phase Excitation Mode Dual Phase Excitation Mode Half Step Excitation Microstepping Resonance Stepper Motor Control Systems Position Sensing and Encoding The Mechanical Stop Optical Sensing Hall Effect Sensors Focus Correction Quadrature Encoding Absolute Encoding Fans Fan Types Fan Cleaning and Maintenance CHAPTER TWELVE: Mechanical Systems Materials Aluminum Stainless Steel Plastics Ceramics Glass Fused Quartz Optical glass Metal Finishes Fasteners Thread Standards Preventing Vibrational Loosening Gears Belts SECTION FOUR: Optical Systems Chapter Thirteen: Lamp Technology Incandescent Lamps Incandescence Gas Fill Halogen Lamps Discharge Lamps Discharge Lamp Construction Starting a Discharge Lamp The Effects of Lamp Strikes Hot Restrike Lamps Testing Discharge Lamps LEDs Plasma Lamps Color Temperature Luminous Efficacy Spectral Power Distribution Color Rendering Index Dimming Lumen