Artistic Licence is well known as the inventor of Art-Net and a leading expert in lighting control, and as such is the perfect host for PLASA 2016's dedicated Art-Net Zone. This exciting new initiative - on Stand R71, on the show's upper level - is supported by PLASA and LSi magazine and aims to provide expert education and training on the use of Art-Net and related protocols.
The Art-Net Zone promises to be a hub of activity, with many of the industry's most knowledgeable experts in ethernet and DMX/RDM lighting control on hand to provide one-on-one training, mini-seminars and practical product advice in an 'Art-Fest' session. Visitors will find Wayne Howell & Fraser Connolly (Artistic Licence), Hamish Dumbreck (JESE), Peter Willis (Howard Eaton Lighting), Bob Goddard (Goddard Design Co.), Jon Hole (Eaton - Zero 88 Series), Geoff Archenhold (ISTL), Iain Ruxton (Speirs and Major), Tapio Rosenius & Gorka Cortazar (LDC). AV support is to be provided by TSL Lighting.
Art-Net 4 provides a significant advance in lighting control because it incorporates management of the gateway data source; this allows users to choose Art-Net as the discovery, management and RDM tool, while using sACN for the live control data. Flexibility is further enhanced by the elimination of 'multi-homing', which means that Art-Net 4 does not require multiple ports to have different IP addresses.
Visitors can drop by the stand throughout the show to meet with the Art-Net experts. A programme of events is planned for Sunday and Monday, with 15-minute tech-briefings taking place on a range of relevant topics. For the most hands-on technical enthusiasts, the final show day is saved for 'Art-Fest'. The format, which will be familiar to many product developers, is intended to allow visitors to test the inter-operability of devices from various manufacturers.
Visitors to Art-Net 4 Zone may also be interested to take a look at copies of Light Bytes: Inside Art-Net and sACN by Wayne Howell, the CEO of Artistic Licence and inventor of Art-Net. The book has just been published in preview edition, and a small number will be available for purchase at PLASA 2016 - with a press launch event taking place on stand R71 at 5pm on Sunday 18 September.
Stand: R71
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(LSi Online)
