Controlling Lights
How to control lights using consoles, software, apps etc...
Of course this bookstack is under construction, more items will be added in the future as our knowledge grows and the bookstack is used more by colleagues.
Light Consoles
There is a wide variety of consoles in the world. In this chapter we only mention the ones that w...
DMX Controllers
In order to send DMX from your computer to your fixtures, you need a hardware controller or conve...
ENTTEC
A piece of hardware to control your fixtures/daisychain through USB.HKU students can borrow this ...
EMU info & download
EMU (the software by ENTTEC) is designed for musicians, DJs and live artists with live performan...
ArtNet
Art-Net uses ethernet for transmitting lighting data, making it easy to transfer of large amounts...
Controlling Aputure and Nanlite lights with IOS and Android app's
This page gives a short summation different light brands and the available applications to contro...
Software
How to control lights using the free software QLC+, Resolume or Data flow software etc
QLC+
QLC+ is designed to streamline and simplify the process of controlling DMX or analog lighting sys...
Touchdesigner
In Touchdesigner DMX data is sent to the daisy-chain of fixtures through USB (via an ENTTEC avail...
Resolume
Resolume Arena is Vj software but can also can output the color or brightness of your pixels to L...
Isadora
ENTTEC-DMX from Isadora With this Isadora file you can control DMX lighting directly using an EN...
EMU
EMU intuitive sound-to-light controller designed for professional live musicians and DJs. Easy t...
Led strips
An LED is the acronym for Light Emitting Diode. Unlike a regular incandescent light bulb, there i...
Everything you need to know about ledstrips
LED strip lights are new and versatile forms of lighting. There are many variants and exceptions,...
smart LED string & app (phone)
At the BBox Jk you can borrow LED strings that connect to a powerbank through USBThe lights (5/10...
WLed
WLED is one of the most popular packages for controlling LED strips with, or example, the WS2812B...
Controlling LEDstrips with Arduino
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Remote control of Lights through TouchOSC
TouchOSC is a modular control surface toolkit for designing and constructing custom controllers t...
Visualizing shows
Combining Software
Sending DMX data from Touchdesigner over Artnet to Resolume. Sending OSC data from Isadora to QL...
MagicQ : lighting software mimicking a light console
MagicQ software offers powerful lighting control with loads of features that lighting designers h...
Pixel mapping
(under construction)Pixel mapping is the use of software to map video imagery to an array of indi...