In a very large multi-scene attraction, I’ll usually number all the channels to correspond with the dimmer rack and number they’re on. If there are moving lights then they’ll be given the fixture number from the architectural plot. It gets maddening if you start introducing new numbers when perfectly good numbers already exist in these huge architectural plots. I’m going to use groups to program anyway. The thought is that you keep it simple for the maintenance folks so they don’t have to cross reference some sheet when all they want to do is just bring a light up.
—Jason Badger, speaking to Brad Schiller for “Feeding the Machines,” PLSN, Dec. 2008
