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ETC Unison Paradigm Now Shipping Across Europe
ETC's Unison Paradigm building control system is now shipping in Europe, just months after it was named Best Debuting Product at the LDI trade show in Las Vegas in November.
Part of the Unison range of control products, Paradigm brings sophisticated and green-minded technologies to theatre house and foyer lighting control as well as rehearsal spaces, offices and even the external lighting of entertainment facilities.
ETC's associate architectural product manager Bryan Palmer says: "A truly comprehensive lighting control system, Paradigm is not only able to run scheduled events, provide local controls and support manual overrides, but can go well beyond, automating control functions, allowing automatic overrides for events and holidays and adapting to individual users and uses."
Paradigm activates sophisticated houselight looks at the touch of a button, running moving lights and LED effects as well as conventionals. Using daylight sensors, luminaires can be dimmed when incoming natural light is abundant and can even adjust to the presence or absence of people to cut back on unnecessary lighting - saving money and protecting the environment.
Named for a new thinking approach, the Paradigm system merges ETC's expertise in entertainment lighting control with innovative advances in architectural lighting control, providing the best of both worlds.
Bryan continues: "When we talk about Paradigm's 'dramatic effects and dramatic efficiencies', we mean that it not only provides the fundamentals of rock solid lighting control, it brings a flexible approach to the uniqueness of lighting environments. It's not just about lighting things up - it's about the pragmatic use of lighting and automation."
Paradigm achieves dramatic effects with its extensive software library. Previously, an architectural lighting control system had only a 'press a button, lights come on' mentality and capability. To design on the spur of the moment, as is often necessary in a busy venue, you had to use an entertainment control desk or a lighting playback controller. Paradigm LightDesigner configures the system to enable you to press a button and let the system manage complex lighting states for you automatically. Or the software and system can be used together as if they were a desk, programming
dynamic lighting. LightDesigner's palette of features simplifies the control process from installation and configuration through lighting design and daily use and has been engineered for high-traffic environments, with both professional and inexperienced users in mind.
Paradigm is also the first system of its type to employ state of the art Can enabled networking so that different devices from different manufacturers can speak fluently to each other over the same control system.
Going beyond innovative software, the Paradigm family includes elegant touchscreens and wall stations, as well as convenient modular dimming and control enclosures and accessories, to offer the most customisable and intelligent control systems available. Designed to be scalable, Paradigm masters any complexity of venue - from offices, museums and schools to hotels, casinos and conference centres.
In picture: ETC Unison Paradigm touchscreen control panels.
12th February 2009
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