Lighting Control Systems and Programming Workflow

Setting up and testing a lighting control system used to be pretty simple, and it’s increasingly becoming more digital and networked. If you’re going to have a future in this industry, then you need to know how to set up, test, and troubleshoot DMX, Ethernet and Ethernet-based systems, use RDM to quickly and remotely configure and monitor your equipment. This course covers all of those bases with an emphasis in hands-on activities and learning. This is a 15-hour course covered in two days in live classes or over five three-hour days online.

  • DMX

  • Remote Devie Management

  • Wireless Control of Lighting Systems

  • Ethernet and Ethernet-based Protocols for Working Lighting Professionals

  • Basic Console Programming


Details

Language: English

Format: In-person, Virtual

Length: 15 hours

Trainer

Richard Cadena, IATSE Local 205

Location: Austin, TX

Certifications: ETCP Recognized Trainer, ETCP Certified Entertainment Electrician

Richard Cadena is an ETCP Certified Entertainment Electrician and an ETCP Recognized Trainer with 34 years of experience in the entertainment lighting industry. He is the author of:

  • “Electricity for Entertainment Electricians & Technicians, 2nd Edition”

  • “Automated Lighting: The Art and Science of Moving Light, 3rd Edition”

  • “Lighting Design for Modern Houses of Worship”

  • “Focus on Lighting Technology”

He is also the technical editor for PLASA Media and a columnist for Lighting & Sound America, Lighting & Sound International, and Protocol magazines. As a freelance lighting designer and lighting consultant he has worked on concert tours, television, theatre, motion picture productions, and he has designed dozens of lighting systems for permanent installations. He is a member of IATSE Local 205 in good standing. Current and former clients include Cirque du Soleil, Carnival Cruise Lines, Disney, SeaWorld, Saturday Night Live, NBA, IATSE Locals 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 16, 58, 479, and more.