I'm a fan of Gillette's book. The 5th edition came out January 2007. I've got a preview copy that I haven't had a chance to go over but I would assume they've updated some things.
I have to agree that "Automated Lighting" does a really nice job on the Hardware side. It would be a nice accompaniment to one of the design books.
The piece that's missing from all the books listed so far is control and for that I recommend "
Practical DMX" by Nick Mobsby It does an outstanding job of making
DMX,
ACN, and
RDM easy to understand.
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