Create Desired Effects With LED Lights

1. Create Desired Effects With LED Lights Panelists: Andy Cooke, CERP Cooke Rentals-Cornelius Cornelius, North Carolina Tom Markel Bravo Events Expos Displays Buffalo, New York Dru WhitacreDrape Kings North Bergen, New Jersey Educational Session Sponsors: TopTec Products Alert Management Systems Aztec Tents Seitz, The Fresher Company

2. Booth #2725 Please remember to thank these educational session sponsors Booth #2346 Booth #3720 Booth #3740

3. Create Desired Effects With LED Lights Panelists: Andy Cooke, CERP Cooke Rentals-Cornelius Cornelius, North Carolina Tom Markel Bravo Events Expos Displays Buffalo, New York Dru WhitacreDrape Kings North Bergen, New Jersey Educational Session Sponsors: TopTec Products Alert Management Systems Aztec Tents Seitz, The Fresher Company

4. Par or Par Can – A fill or spot type of light. The “can” holds the bulb. The style of light depends upon the lamp installed, either flood or spot. FIXTURES – INCANDENCENT & LED

5. Follow Spot Ellipsoidal (Lico) – A spot with a lens and well defined beam edge. This type of light comes with in many variations. Some have a fixed interchangeable lens to adjust the size of the beam. These lights can use barn doors, gel and Gobos. BASIC LIGHTING – FIXTURES

6. BULBS PAR 38 Parabolic Aluminum Reflector (PAR) the number Stand for the size of the opening PAR 56

7. LED FIXTURES – LIGHTS & CONTROLS

8. Color & Light Intensity – The color spectrum (rainbow) follows this anagram, ROY G BIV, or red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. If your using the same wattage fixture, some colors will seem brighter than others. This means that you will have to use more light (and fixtures) to make something a “bright” blue than red. • White light – White light is made up of the entire spectrum of light (ROY G BIV). However LED’s use RGB or RGB+ and fool our eyes into thinking the light is white. HOW LED’S WORK

9. Power Consumption – For incandescent bulbs, 90% of the power is emitted as heat not light. Even new Halogen emit mostly heat for the power consumed. LED’s and CFL’s use about 10-15% and 12-17% respectively of the power a incandescent bulb to produce the same amount of light (lux/lumens/foot candles). • Watts vs Light – Watts is not a measurement of light output but of power consumption. Therefore other measurements of light output, such as lux, lumens or foot candles has to be used for comparison. HOW LED’S WORK

10. Accent lighting – Using lights like PAR cans to up light around a perimeter, behind an object or inside a column is and effective use of light as décor. LIGHTING TECHNIQUES

11. Wash / Main lighting – using PAR or LED wash light to flood the top of a tent for the main lighting source. LIGHTING TECHNIQUES

12. Other Lighting effects – LED can provide effects, such as sound activated for Dance Floor lighting, color fades, strobes and fix colors far easier than with incandescent fixtures. There are also LED pin spots which can be used for a mirrored ball or to light a centerpiece. • Stage Lighting – Many of the same LED style lights can also be used to light a stage, just like their incandescent counterparts. Controlling LED can be done in a few different ways, where incandescent had to be wired to a dimmer. LIGHTING TECHNIQUES

13. LED wired vs. LED wireless • Wired: • (Con) Have to send power to every light in every installation and daisy chain communication. • (Con) Master/ Slave & DMX require wiring as well. • (Con) No backup source of power unless using a UPS (Uninterruptable Power Source). • (Pro) No batteries to charge (ASAP) after each use or replace. • (Pro) Less expensive and lighter. PROS & CONS

14. DAISY CHAIN 60 WIDE TWIN POLE TENT 40 WIDE TENT

15. LED wired vs. wireless (continued) • Wireless: • (Pro) Can setup and control lights without wiring. • (Pro) Quick installation and removal when using for accent or effect lighting. • (Con) Must charge up lights after each use as soon as possible. • (Con) Time limits on batteries. • (Con) Shouldn’t rely on battery when using fixture for main lighting application but (Pro) fixture has a backup power source. • (Con) Heavier and should have a charging case for storage. • (Con) More expensive. PROS & CONS

16. Stand Alone – Using onboard control & settings to “program” the light. • Switches & Buttons • Infrared “IR” control • Master/ Slave – Using one light to control other to do the same thing at the same time. • Wired communication: • Daisy chain & 3 pin XLR/DMX cables • Splitters one DMX to multiple outs • Wireless communication • Transmitter / Receiver • Built-in • Interference CONTROLLING LED

17. DMX communication: • 512 Address/ Channels • 3/4/7 or more “channel” LED lights • Assigning a starting address to a fixture #? • Address = Channel + Command Value (0-511) • Troubleshooting DMX • Light doing something but its not right • Fixture or Board programmed with wrong starting address • Nothing working: • Wired connection not daisy chained properly or broken cable or socket? • Wireless interference DMX – WHAT IS IT?

18. Simple • Obey 3 – 1 fixture only 3 channels • Obey 4 – 4 fixtures 4 channels – fixed ranges • Intermediate • Obey 10 – 8 fixtures 16 channels/fixture fixed – programmable sliders, scenes and chases • Advanced • Obey 40, 70 – 12 fixtures 16/32 channels/fixtured fixed – programmable sliders, banks, more scenes and chases • Show Master or Computer Interface – Expert • More of the above THE DMX BOARD Obey 10 shown

23. Wash LED FIXTURES

24. Gobo & Beam Spread – Fixed & Optional lenses LED FIXTURES

25. Strip vs. PAR LED FIXTURES

26. IP 65 (NEMA) – Outdoor rated LED FIXTURES

27. Wire Free LED Tru White LED FIXTURES Blizzard Puck Light Chauvet Colorado

28. Colored drape or walls • Light being adsorbed • Color shift • Incandescent vs. LED. • Incandescent • Do you have the right gel color? – Inventory , frames & burn out • LED • Built in color (unless only a white led), no gels needed. • Stand alone & mate slave colors can be limited. • With a DMX controller over 134,000,000 choices. WHEN COLOR MATTERS

29. Use less power than incandescent lights. • Smaller generators • Green – less power, the “in thing” • Wireless - less wiring/ extension cords • Can provide “custom” colors without light gels. • Sound activated lights and specialty LED lights as dance floor up sells. • Wireless fixtures can be used anywhere, not just a tent giving you additional sales revenue: • Hotels • Fire & Banquet halls • Restaurants • Note: Many DJ’s also use LED wireless lights as an up sell – you have competition. THE SALES PITCH

30. Remember to charge for equipment and services. • If the client requires or need someone on site you have to pay them/ they have to pay you. • Know when to draw the line; are to a party/event rental company or a sound, lighting and stage company? Namely are you up selling or have different business? DON’T THROW IT IN!

31. Drapes: • Banjo • Velour • Sheers to Opaque DÉCOR & FABRIC WITH LIGHTS

32. Shimmer walls • Back drape • Pillowcase Fabric • Spandex shapes DÉCOR & FABRIC WITH LIGHTS

33. Pipe & Drape Equipment you should consider owning • Drape rods • Adjustable 6-10, 7-12, 9-16 • Uprights • Fixed uprights 3’ & 8’ • Adjustable uprights 8’, 12’, 14’, 16’, 22’ • Base sized needed change with height of upright • Sand bagging • Invest in the hardware • Own the drape vs. Rent the drape. • Stocking Black & White maybe something else • Renting colors & sears – it’s an up sell PIPE & DRAPE EQUIPMENT

34. Pipe & Drape Equipment you should consider owning • Own the drape vs. Rent the drape. • Stocking Black & White maybe something else • Renting colors & sears – it’s an up sell • Accessories • Valance Hangers • Double drape rod (rug) inserts • Sign holders PIPE & DRAPE EQUIPMENT

35. Time for Questions

36. NextSession Room S320 Keynote Address Susan Southerland Reception 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Café Tu Tu Tango Shuttle service from all Show hotels except those within walking distance. Advance registration and ticket required.