Automated Lighting, 2nd Edition

CHAPTER 24

Automated Lighting Programming

The best programmers are not marginally better than merely good ones. They are an order of magnitude better, measured by whatever standard; conceptual creativity, speed, ingenuity of design, or problem-solving ability.—Randall E. Stross, author

Programming is one of the most important aspects of automated lighting, and in some cases it's the most overlooked and misunderstood as well. The difference between a well-programmed and a poorly-programmed system makes a tremendous difference in the performance of a lighting system. How many times have you seen an automated lighting system in an amusement park or shopping center on automatic pilot repeating the same few steps every couple of minutes? It's like ...