Posts under ‘Lighting Programming’

I have been working over the last couple of months on the Lighting Control systems for the National Portrait Galleries in Edinburgh. The refurbishment of this classic red sandstone  building originally designed by Robert Rowand has been going on for some months and with the recent opening of the National Museum of Scotland Edinburgh really [...]

Over the last couple of months I have been working on a project at Rosslyn Chapel just outside Edinburgh. Rossyln a 15th-century medieval Midlothian chapel was featured in Dan Brown’s 2003 novel “The Da Vinci Code” and ever since the annual visitor numbers have rocketed! The current refurbishment includes creation of a purpose built visitor centre [...]

The National Museum of Scotland re-opened last weekend after months of refurbishment. It was a great pleasure to have a small part in this huge project which is so important to Edinburgh and Scotland. This photo was taken on one of my early site visits and shows the grand main hall with a huge central [...]

Two recent projects completed both involved the major refurbishment of two of Scotland’s RC Cathedrals. Lighting Controls systems installed at St Andrew’s Cathedral Glasgow and St Columba’s in Oban held very different challenges in commissioning but both very rewarding projects to be involved with. The system in Oban involved DALI ballasts for all the high level lighting allowing [...]

Today I was commissioning a lighting control system for a small boutique shopping mall in merchant city area of Glasgow. The system includes time control, presence control and 0-10v Fluorescent dimming.

This week I have been working on Prodigy Controls Programming in Darvel (North Aryshire). Prodigy is the newest addition to the Crestron range and is simply a stripped down processor and limited controller options. This project involved a single zone system with lighting, AV and Digital audio. Today I was working on behalf of  GlobalIS

We have just completed commissioning of the first Edin DALI control systems in the UK. Using the new range of EDIN controls from mode lighting. 4 rooms with standalone I/O DSI modules were commissioned plus a larger system consisting of 45 ballasts, a mixture of zumtobell and philips, Commissioning was carried out using the browser [...]

I have recently been providing consultancy work advinsing the Napier estates team on the upgrading of LEAX lighting Control panels. The Main lecuture theatres at the Craiglockhart campus have bespoke LEAX lighting control panels providing DSI control of lighting along with integration of centralised emergency lighting from an invertor supply. The panel has inputs from [...]

Maintenance work this week on the Thistle hotel Glasgow who have a mode lighting control system with a mix of 0-10v Fluorescent and low voltage down lighters. The controls installation and the lighting scheme is around ten years old but still going strong with a little bit of maintenance!

We have just completed integration of a mode Evolution system with a Control 4 home control system. The integration is a true integration with the manufacturer written control 4 drivers allowing full two way control of the mode lighting system including dimmers, relays and control plates. I was working on this project for Mode Lighting [...]