Leviton control boards

[Stoldal]

The development office at the high school i help out at just emailed me the spec of the lighting system that is going to be in our new theatre. I have never used leviton control boards. does any one have any experience with leviton and there console called "Innovaor".
I will attach the PDF that i got, it includes the lighting system for the whole theatre.
When a theatre is built is a standard that there is a panic/fire line that runs to the dimmers?
I am the most experienced person at the school i help out at, and i have a lot to learn, Thanks for any help.

[derekleffew]

In the 1990s, NSI, a sub-standard manufacturer, purchased Colortran, then Levition bought NSI. Your future Innovator is of Colortran heritage, which shared the top of the market with Strand until ETC came along. So the console and dimmers should serve you well. The only drawback I see is they are no longer "industry-standard," as Leviton has made the decision to concentrate on the educational, and not the professional, market.

As to your question re: panic, it is quite common for an installed system to include some sort of architectural interface, so that knowledge of the console operation is not required for a teacher to simply turn on the houselights/worklights on an auditorium. Different manufacturers deal with this in different ways. The simplest, is "panic" switches located inside each exterior door. At the dimmer racks, the user can select which dimmers react to the panic switches, so that not all stagelights come to full when panic is pressed.

You may or may not also have an "Emergency transfer switch" installed on certain circuits, to allow for egress lighting during a power failure or fire.

[Stoldal]

Thanks, ya i the lighting systems for the whole theatre is tired in to the light control board. I was reading another thread, about when the fire alarm goes off then all the lights go to full. I was just wondering how i could see if that is the case in this system.

[derekleffew]

The Electrical Contractor's drawings will tell you. But you may not have access to these yet, if ever. You're probably getting the I-Series dimmers, so here's a link to the PDF of the User's Manual. Leviton's site seems painfully slow right now. Until the building is completed and signed-off, you have to trust in your architects, consultants, and contractors, and hope they did the right things. There WILL be mistakes, things not to your liking, that's a fact of construction. I've never seen a "perfect" theatre yet.

[avkid]

Originally Posted by derekleffew

I've never seen a "perfect" theatre yet.

I take it you haven't been to Washington D.C. lately then?
http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/harman/index.aspx

[derekleffew]

I have a feeling Sean would be glad to point out the imperfections if we asked him, but let's not go there.

[Brilliant2007]

There is no such thing as a "perfect theater." There never has been and never will be, no matter what. It just can't happen...

[David Ashton]

On the subject of Colortran Innovators, does anyone know a Colortran dealer who would sell me the training video for this desk?
The Australian agent for this product is less than brilliant.

[derekleffew]

Here's a post from 2004 that may be of help.

Might also try emailing Ken Vannice. If anyone can help you, he can.

[David Ashton]

My problem is that Leviton will not deal direct, they insist on using the Australian agent and I'm not prepared to wait a year to get parts,{last time after a year I gave up} So I just need someone to deal with.
I'm trying to be diplomatic about their agent, it is difficult.