A lighting link-farm -- many of these are themselves nests of more pointers.

http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/lighting/lighting-linkfarm.html
That's THIS file -- for easy single-point access

Useful lighting / production info

http://theater.harvard.edu/jobs/crew/electrician.html
Excellent description of a theater electrician's job. The whole Harvard theater site is really good, albeit tailored for their specific spaces.

http://theatre.harvard.edu/jobs/ld/quick.html
More from the Harvard folks

http://www.mts.net/~william5/sld/sld-toc.htm
An extensive "Lighting Design 101" set of documents

http://www.d.umn.edu/~mharvey/th1501a-z.html
Nice description of the design process. Also look at "classindex.html"

http://www.d.umn.edu/~mharvey/websitelighting.html
Many good pointers in general

http://www.northern.edu/wild/th241/ldw02.htm
http://www.northern.edu/wild/th241/th241.htm
http://www.northern.edu/wild/th241/ldw03.htm
Larry Wild's theatre courses and other info. There's a *ton* of stuff here

http://www.northern.edu/wild/jressay.htm
Larry Wild's recreation of Jean Rosenthal's "photo essay" on directionality

http://www.vincentlighting.com/glossary.shtml
One of many glossaries out there. Google some of the terms for many more

http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rlk3p/classes/usem171/Glossary/Terms.html
Rock-n-roll terminology

http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/flipcoil/howto.html
How to properly over/under coil up cables

http://www.dmx512-online.com
Good rundown on DMX by Ujjal Kar

http://www.prosoundweb.com/lighting/articles01/dalelee/dmx.shtml
DMX protocol description

http://www.hollywoodlights.com/production/techtips.htm
General theater tips and info

Forums

[There are probably many others besides lightnetwork, too...]

http://forums.delphiforums.com/n/mb/list.asp?webtag=lightnetwork
The LightNetwork forum -- very active, very professional. [Delphi site wants cookies, though]

You can also send a message containing "HELP" to ecartis@techno-fandom.org to see the procedure and options for signing up on the techno-fandom list.

Vendors

Warning: many vendor sites try to stuff a lot of Flash and scripting down your throat. There's usually a way around it, but not always obvious.

http://www.leprecon.com/
Leprecon

http://www.etcconnect.com/
Electronic Theater Controls

http://www.altmanltg.com/
Altman

http://www.nsicorp.com/
NSI / Colortran

http://www.flyingpig.com/
Flying Pig Systems, now part of High End

http://www.wybron.com
Wybron

http://martinpro.com
Martin [wants cookies at top level]

http://www.le-us.com
Lighting & Electronics

Specific product pages

[originally collected for Noreascon 4 crew to study in advance]

http://www.leprecon.com/console_lp1500.htm
Leprecon LP-15xx series of boards

http://www.etcconnect.com/docs_downloads/manuals/Express_125_250_v3.1_User_Manual.pdf [watch linewrap]
ETC Express 125/250 consoles

http://www.etcconnect.com/literature/literature.asp
ETC gear in general

http://www.flyingpig.com/support/hog2/downloads/
http://www.flyingpig.com/support/hog2/downloads/hogpc_177.zip
HogPC and general Hog2 downloads and info

http://www.wybron.com/Entertainment/CXI/index.html
http://www.wybron.com/Service/manuals/cxi_manual_b14_2_17_03.pdf
Wybron CXI color-mixing scrollers

http://www.wybron.com/Entertainment/Coloram/PSspecs.html
http://www.wybron.com/Service/manuals/Coloram_Power_Supply_Manual_4_14_03.pdf [watch linewrap]
and the Coloram power supplies to go with them

http://martinpro.com/product/product.asp?product=mac600
http://martinpro.com/service/downloadfile.asp?name=UM_MAC600_EN_H.PDF&cat=65 [watch linewrap]
Martin: MAC 600 moving-head CMY washlight ...

http://martinpro.com/product/product.asp?product=roboscanpro918
http://martinpro.com/service/downloadfile.asp?name=UM_RoboScanPro918_EN_C.PDF& cat=65 [watch linewrap]
and the Roboscan 918 scanner

http://www.le-us.com/
http://www.le-us.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/LE_CYCS.pdf
Lighting & Electronics: broad cyc [badly scanned bitmap, but readable]

http://www.altmanltg.com/prod_followspots/voyager-lt.pdf
Altman Lighting: Voyager 400HTI long-throw followspot

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