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DMX Control in Atlanta, GA | Local 479


DMX Control for the Lighting Programmer and Set Lighting Technician teaches students to understand how to use DMX for television shows and feature films. The class breaks the subject into a manageable progression of skills, starting with the basics of running DMX cables, tools required for troubleshooting, understanding the basic concepts of how DMX works, and using those skills so the Set Lighting Technician, Programmer, and CLT can work together to implement the complex tools of control and more effectively light the set.

Upon completion of day one, students will have understood the lecture topics and gained mastery over basic intellectual concepts of DMX, sACN, and complex computer networking. Day two begins the practical portion of the class where students take the concepts learned on day one and apply them to rigging a live set.

  • How to run DMX cable

  • What tools are required on set to work with DMX

  • The philosophy of how DMX and the lighting console interact with the lighting fixtures

  • How to address and profile different lighting fixtures

  • Determining channel vs DMX

  • How to create architecture and structure to lay out the DMX, channels, and IP address of your lighting rig

DATE: February 26-27, 2022

LOCATION: Atlanta, GA

INSTRUCTOR: Chris Cotone, Lighting Programmer & Lighting Draft Person

This course is made possible through the IATSE TTF Course Reimbursement Program. If you are interested in this training, contact Local 479 for more information.