The Automated Lighting Programmer's Handbook

Brad Schiller has nearly 30 years of experience in the lighting industry. He has worked as a Technical Director and Lighting Designer as well as an Automated Lighting Programmer. He has been employed by leading manufacturers including High End Systems, Vari-Lite, and Martin where he has assisted with product development, training, and testing for many popular fixtures and consoles. Brad has experience with various types of productions including theatre, television, concerts, film, architectural, dance, and corporate events. Project favorites include: the 1996 Academy Awards, The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies, The Crystal Method, and Metallica. Brad is also a featured columnist for Project Lights and Staging News (PLSN). His monthly column titled "Feeding the Machines" teaches programming principles in a simple and straightforward manner. Furthermore he has written for other industry publications and authored several industry manuals. Brad was presented with the Technician of the Year award at the 2005 LDI awards ceremony and described as "the programmer’s programmer".

10 Things Every Programmer Should Know
Chapter 1: Programming Philosophies
Chapter 2: Automated Lighting Concepts
Chapter 3: Preparing for Programming
Chapter 4: Basic Programming
Chapter 5: Intermediate Programming
Chapter 6: Advanced Programming
Chapter 7: Digital Lighting, the Future is Here
Chapter 8: LED Lighting
Chapter 9: The Age of Networking
Chapter 10: Programming Genres
Chapter 11: Troubleshooting
Chapter 12: Programmer and Designer Relationships