Strand 500 Series Console Tutorial

Conventional Lighting Tutorial
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Conventionals Lighting Tutorial for Version 2.8.5
With Console Screen Examples



This tutorial covers the 500 series console software version 2.8.5 for the operation of
conventional lighting only. This version includes console screen examples as visual
aids.

While designers ask programmers and consoles to do more than ever, the
manufacturers are responding by making fixtures and consoles more powerful than ever.
Accordingly, the consoles are getting more complex with every new version. This tutorial
is setup to give the operator a place to start as a hands-on training session.

The tutorial will cover setup and operation geared toward the Broadway market which
has been dominated by Light Palette friendly consoles such as the Light Palette series
and the Obsession series. This workbook will go through all operational functions that
are considered both normal and advanced for a Broadway-style programming session.
This does not intend to mimic any one designer’s style of language used for
programming but is intended to get the programmer familiar with all programming
features of these consoles that are typical of theatre, opera, and dance. Experience is
still the best teacher, but this should get anyone, not previously familiar with the 500
series consoles, on their way to being able to program any conventional lighting show.
For software version 2.8.5 www.strandlighting.com 30 December, 2004 ...