Control Systems for Live Entertainment 2nd New edition [Mīkstie vāki]

Table of Figures		xv
Foreword to the Second Edition		xxi
Preface		xxv
Why Does This Book Exist?		xxv
How Has the Market Changed Since the First Edition?		xxvi
The Impact of the Consumer Computer Industry		xxvii
What's New in the Second Edition?		xxviii
Who Is This Book Written For?		xxix
How Should This Book Be Used?		xxix
North American Perspective		xxx
Disclaimer		xxx
Inevitable (Not Planned) Obsolescence		xxx
Web Page		xxxi
Acknowledgments		xxxiii
First Edition		xxxiii
Second Edition		xxxiv
Introduction		xxxvii
What Are Live Entertainment Control Systems?		xxxvii
What Is Show Control?		xxxviii
What Is a Standard?		xxxviii
Show Disciplines		xl
I The Basics		1	(34)
General Control Concepts		3	(14)
Outputs and Inputs		3	(1)
Cues or Continuous Control		3	(2)
Event-Based or Time-Based		5	(2)
Relative or Absolute		7	(2)
Open Loop or Closed Loop		9	(1)
Centralized or Distributed		10	(1)
Control Hierarchy		11	(1)
Logic Functions		12	(2)
Operating Systems		14	(3)
Electrical Control System Basics		17	(10)
Sensors and Switches		17	(4)
Contact Closures		21	(3)
Contact Nomenclature		24	(1)
Galvanic and Optical Isolation		25	(2)
Numbering Systems		27	(8)
Base 10 (Decimal) Notation		27	(1)
Base 2 (Binary) Notation		28	(1)
Base 16 (Hexadecimal) Notation		29	(2)
Binary-Coded Decimal Notation		31	(1)
Converting Number Bases		31	(3)
Sample Numbers in Different Formats		34	(1)
II Data Communications		35	(32)
General Datacom Concepts		37	(10)
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)		37	(1)
Bandwidth		38	(1)
Bits Per Second		38	(1)
Multiplexing		39	(1)
Point-to-Point or Multipoint/Multidrop		40	(1)
Communications Mode		40	(1)
Baseband or Broadband		41	(1)
Transmission/Modulation Methods		41	(2)
Error Correction		43	(2)
Flow Control		45	(2)
Physical Communications Media		47	(8)
Electricity		47	(5)
Light		52	(1)
Radio		53	(2)
Point-to-Point Interfaces		55	(12)
Interface Types		55	(5)
TIA/EIA Serial Standards		60	(7)
III Production Element Control		67	(130)
Lighting		69	(30)
Lighting Control Equipment		69	(8)
Analog (0-10V) Control		77	(3)
AMX192		80	(1)
DMX512		81	(11)
Other Lighting Control Standards		92	(5)
Networks for Lighting Control		97	(2)
Lasers		99	(6)
Laser System Components		99	(2)
ILDA Standards		101	(2)
SMPTE Time Code, MIDI		103	(2)
Sound		105	(34)
Centralization		105	(1)
Sound Control Equipment		106	(6)
Infrared		112	(1)
Contact Closures		112	(1)
EIA Serial Standards		112	(2)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)		114	(17)
Manufacturer-Specific Control Systems		131	(6)
Audio Engineering Society AES-24		137	(1)
Networks for Audio Data Distribution and Control		138	(1)
Video		139	(14)
Video Equipment		139	(3)
SMPTE Time Code		142	(1)
Infrared		142	(1)
Contact Closures/General Purpose Interfaces		143	(1)
EIA Serial Standards		143	(1)
Pioneer LDP/DVD Control Protocol		143	(4)
Sony ``9-Pin'' Protocol		147	(3)
Odetics Video Disk Recorder Protocol		150	(2)
ES-Bus		152	(1)
MIDI Machine Control		152	(1)
Computer Presentation		153	(2)
Presentation Systems		153	(1)
Control Approaches		153	(2)
Film Projection		155	(10)
Slide Equipment		155	(1)
Kodak Projector Interfaces		156	(1)
P-Com Protocol		157	(4)
Other Standards Used for Slide Control		161	(1)
Motion-Picture Projection		162	(3)
Stage Machinery		165	(16)
Sensing		166	(3)
Motion Profiling		169	(1)
Machinery Controllers		169	(3)
Drive Devices		172	(3)
Standard Interconnection Methods		175	(2)
Commercial Entertainment Machinery-Control Systems		177	(2)
Interfacing with Machinery Systems		179	(2)
Animatronics		181	(6)
Animatronic Effects		181	(2)
Animatronic Control Systems		183	(1)
Control Standards Used in Animatronics		184	(3)
Fog, Smoke, Fire, and Water		187	(4)
Fog and Smoke Equipment		187	(1)
Fire and Water		188	(1)
Control Standards Used for Fog, Smoke, Fire, and Water		188	(3)
Pyrotechnics		191	(6)
Pyrotechnic Control		191	(4)
Control Standards Used in Pyro		195	(2)
IV Putting It Together: Standards for Connecting Systems		197	(46)
SMPTE Time Code		199	(12)
Audio/Visual Synchronization		200	(1)
Live Entertainment Time-Code Applications		201	(1)
Time-Code Types		201	(2)
Time-Code Formats		203	(3)
Practical SMPTE Time Code		206	(2)
SMPTE Time-Code Hardware		208	(2)
Other Time Codes		210	(1)
MIDI Time Code		211	(4)
MTC Messages		211	(3)
SMPTE User Bits in MIDI Time Code		214	(1)
Practical MIDI Time Code		214	(1)
MIDI Show Control		215	(18)
MSC Command Structure		216	(4)
Recommended Minimum Sets		220	(1)
MSC Commands		220	(7)
Limitations of MIDI Show Control		227	(1)
Two-Phase Commit		228	(3)
MIDI Show Control 1.2?		231	(2)
MIDI Machine Control		233	(6)
MMC Systems		233	(1)
Command/Response Structure of MMC		234	(1)
MMC Motion Control		234	(1)
MMC Message Structure		235	(1)
Common MMC Commands		236	(3)
SDX		239	(4)
Why SDX?		239	(1)
Data Specs		239	(2)
SDX Data Block Types		241	(1)
Current Uses of SDX		241	(2)
V Networks Used for Entertainment Applications		243	(38)
General Network Concepts		245	(12)
Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) Model		246	(2)
Network Types		248	(1)
LAN Topologies		249	(2)
LAN Hardware		251	(2)
Basic Network Control Schemes		253	(4)
Common Network Protocols		257	(6)
TCP/IP, UDP/IP		257	(3)
Simple Network Management Protocol		260	(2)
TelNet		262	(1)
IEEE 802.3---``Ethernet''		263	(12)
Logical Link Control (LLC)		264	(1)
Media Access Control (MAC)		264	(1)
Segments/Collision Domain/Network Diameter		265	(1)
Physical Details		266	(2)
Switched Ethernet		268	(1)
Ethernet Networks for Entertainment		269	(1)
Entertainment Lighting Ethernet Implementations		269	(2)
Entertainment Audio Ethernet Implementations		271	(1)
Other Entertainment Ethernet Implementations		272	(3)
Other LANs		275	(6)
Echelon® Lon Works®		275	(1)
Universal Serial Bus---USB		276	(1)
IEEE 1394-``FireWire™''		277	(1)
ESTA Advanced Control Network (ACN)?		278	(1)
High-Performance Networks		278	(3)
VI Systems		281	(20)
System Design Concepts		283	(6)
John's Design Principles		283	(2)
Control System Safety and Reliability		285	(4)
Typical Commercial Show-Controllers		289	(12)
Show-Controllers		289	(9)
Related Controllers		298	(3)
VII Show Control System Examples		301	(84)
General System Design Considerations		301	(2)
A Theatrical Thunderstorm		303	(10)
The Mission		303	(1)
The Equipment		304	(3)
Show-Control Script		307	(1)
Approach 1		307	(2)
Approach 2		309	(2)
Approach 3		311	(2)
Put on a Happy Face		313	(8)
The Mission		313	(1)
The Equipment		314	(3)
Approach 1		317	(1)
Approach 2		318	(3)
Film at 11		321	(8)
The Mission		321	(1)
The Equipment		322	(3)
Show-Control Script		325	(1)
Approach 1		325	(2)
Approach 2		327	(2)
Ten-Pin Alley		329	(10)
The Mission		329	(2)
The Equipment		331	(3)
The Approach		334	(2)
Show-Control Script		336	(3)
It's an Itchy World after All		339	(46)
The Mission		339	(1)
The Equipment		340	(5)
The Approach		345	(1)
Show-Control Script		346	(7)
Conclusion		353	(1)
Predictions		353	(2)
Web Site		355	(2)
Appendices
A Useful Tables		357	(18)
Decimal/Hex/Binary/ASCII		357	(9)
DMX Universes		366	(9)
B System Troubleshooting Guidelines		375	(2)
C Contact Information		377	(4)
Mailing List		377	(1)
Entertainment Organizations		377	(3)
Other Related Organizations		380	(1)
Bibliography		381	(4)
General Entertainment Technology		381	(1)
General SMPTE and MIDI		382	(1)
Data Communications/Networking		382	(3)
Index		385

A trusted expert in the field of entertainment control, show control, and sound and lighting systems, John Huntington has worked with major companies and venues throughout the industry including The Metropolitan Opera, Radio City Music Hall, Production Arts Lighting, Associates and Ferren, Thoughtful Designs/PRG, and the Tribeca Film Festival. He has had more than 40 articles published in magazines such as Entertainment Design, Lighting and Sound America, Live Design, Lighting Dimensions, TD&T and Theatre Crafts. He is a full Professor at New York City College of Technology/CUNY, and an adjunct Professor at the Yale School of Drama. He consults through his company Zircon Designs, is a member of IATSE Local #1, and was a Subject Matter Expert for the ESTA ETCP Entertainment Electrician certification exam. He lives and works in New York City. A trusted expert in the field of entertainment control, show control, and sound and lighting systems, John Huntington has worked with major companies and venues throughout the industry including The Metropolitan Opera, Radio City Music Hall, Production Arts Lighting, Associates and Ferren, Thoughtful Designs/PRG, and the Tribeca Film Festival. He has had more than 40 articles published in magazines such as Entertainment Design, Lighting and Sound America, Live Design, Lighting Dimensions, TD&T and Theatre Crafts. He is a full Professor at New York City College of Technology/CUNY, and an adjunct Professor at the Yale School of Drama. He consults through his company Zircon Designs, is a member of IATSE Local #1, and was a Subject Matter Expert for the ESTA ETCP Entertainment Electrician certification exam. He lives and works in New York City.