Before updating any software, you need to consider the impact on the production. Lighting console software updates may change behaviors, procedures, or introduce new bugs. Typically, you never want to change the software version of your desk once a show has been programmed. And always allow time to revert back to the previous version if needed. Many long running shows continue with the original software version from the time of programming, as there is usually no need to update the desk. Never update the software on a console just because new software is available. Be sure to save a copy of the original version software installer in the event of a hardware malfunction.
-Brad Schiller, from “Feeding the Machines,” PLSN, Nov. 2019, page 133
