Lighting Control Panels
In Bouck Theater, you will find light control panels at each of the four house doors and the two doors backstage. Pressing a button once activates the lighting preset assigned to it, and pressing it again deactivates/releases the same preset. Multiple presets can be activated at once and may override each other by pressing multiple buttons in sequence.
House Doors
The light control panels located by each door look like this:
These control panels allow you to adjust the house lights as needed.
You can choose:
House full: house lights as bright as possible
25%-75%: between completely on or off.
House out: house lights completely off
Presets-
Each preset is a specific lighting combination that may be the best lighting for specific events.
Preset 1: 50% stage lights with green walls
Preset 2: 2 blue spotlights on stage with green walls
Preset 3: Red stage lights with green walls
Preset 4 (One press): Stage lights with green walls
Present 4 (Two presses): No lights with green walls (Movie Mode)
Lockout: Pressing the lockout button will lock the light control panel, disabling all other buttons until the lockout button is pressed again.
Backstage Doors
The light control panels backstage look like this:
The left side of the control panel has the same controls as the control panels located by each door.
Works: Pressing this button turns on backstage lighting
The wall buttons are used to control the colored lights on the walls of the theater
Wall 1: Orange
Wall 2: Orange and Green
Wall 3: Green
Lockout: Pressing the lockout button will lock the light control panel, disabling all other buttons until the lockout button is pressed again.
Podium
On the podium in Bouck Theater, you will find a Crestron touch panel, a laptop computer, microphones for use in the theater, and various cables to connect other devices to the Crestron system.
Creston Touch Panels
To wake up a Crestron touch panel, tap the screen once. Tap on the "Touch Screen to Begin" block to go to the Home page. If the date and time do not appear on this initial screen, the panel has lost connection to the control processor. In such a case, please contact the ITS Service Desk for a technician to be dispatched.
After you have unlocked the screen, you can select from either a HDMI source, a VGA source, or the AirMedia source. Doing so will highlight the selected input and trigger the startup sequence where the projector is turned on and the screen is lowered. Selecting Aux HDMI will display content from a computer connected to one of the HDMI cables at the podium, and the system will automatically detemine which HDMI cable you have used. Selecting Aux VGA will display content from a computer connected to the VGA cable at the podium. Selecting AirMedia will show a screen with a URL or IP address to download the utility that enables devices to display content over the network, as well as a code to authenticate with when starting a display session. If AirMedia is selected and there is not a device connected, the Fighting Tiger Logo will be projected on the screen.
To end the session completely and shutdown the system: tap the Crestron touch panel once if in sleep mode, then tap the System Off button at the lower-left side of the screen. The projector will turn off, the screen will go up, and audio will be muted. If you mistakenly pressed the System Off button, you have five seconds to hit the Cancel button before the system performs the shutdown sequence.
Microphones
On the podium, there is a built-in gooseneck microphone for speaking while standing directly behind the podium. There are also wireless handheld and earpiece microphones inside the podium on a shelf. Each wireless microphone will be housed inside of a bag with a label on it. Rechargable AA batteries can be found in a charger within the podium.
Podium Microphone
Wireless Hand held microphone
Earpiece
Earpiece
Wireless body pack transmitter for earpiece.
Cables
On the podium, you will find a compartment that contains 2 HDMI, 1 VGA, and 1 stereo mini adapter to connect other devices to the Crestron system. Depress and hold the “PUSH” button for retrieving and retracting any of the cables. 120 VAC outlets are also provided for connecting device chargers.
Cables Compartment Open
Cables Compartment Closed.
Laptop
The laptop on the podium will automatically connect to the network and anybody with a Cobleskill network account can login to this machine. If an external party needs to present using this laptop, the event sponsor may either log in with their own credentials or use the events login, if previously provided. The laptop has Microsoft Office pre-installed on it.
Curtains
The curtains on stage are controlled by pullies backstage-left for the stage-width curtains or by pulling on the curtains themselves for the partial-width curtains.
