Lighting Handbook

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About this app

Lighting Handbook is a tool for all theatre, corporate and event technicians.
It displays information on over 1000 moving lights, Dimmers, Conventional fixtures & effects:

• Weight
• Power Consumption
• Data Connection types
• Light Output (According to manufactures manual)
• Colour wheels/Mixing
• Gobo Wheels
• How many DMX Channels and in what mode
• Beam Size
• Lamp type

Dimmer Info:

• Mains connectors
• Mains out?
• Data Connectors
• Dimmer connections
• Max Channel count
• Max Channel current
• Max current per phase
• Weight
• Dimensions
• Channel to phase info
• Any additional feature

If your device is connected to the internet, the manual is then available for viewing right within the app. You can also store manuals for offline viewing either within Lighting Handbook or in your favourite PDF viewing app.

One other feature is the Pinout diagrams for the most popular data and power connections:
• Socapex
• Lectriflex
• DMX (3 & 5 Pin)
• 4 Pin - Scroller cable
• RJ-45 (Ethernet)
• DMX Terminators
• Avolites Download cable
• Martin DMX - RJ-45

Another feature is the Lamp Guide, Giving detailed information on individual lamps like Par 64, T class lamps, HPL's and more!
Information given is:
• Wattage
• Voltage
• Cap/Base
• Colour temperature °K
• Average Life Hours
• Beam/Lamp Length
• Any alternative lamp

Current manufacturers are:
• Altman
• Apollo Design Technology
• Arri
• Avolite
• CCT
• Chamsys
• Chauvet (Pro only currently)
• ChromaQ
• Chromlech
• Claypaky
• Coemar
• Color Kinetics
• Compulite
• Elation
• ETC
• GLP
• GrandMa
• High End
• i-Pix
• James Thomas Engineering
• Jands
• JB Lighting
• Jem
• LSC
• Light Processor
• Look Solutions
• Martin
• Novalight
• PRG
• Pulsar
• Rainbow
• Robe
• Robert Juliat
• Selecon
• SGM
• Showtec
• Strand
• Studio Due
• Thomas
• Vari Lite
• Wybron
• Zero 88

The library of manufacturers can be updated from within the app - Go to the settings menu, from there you'll be able to see what version of the library is currently installed and if connected to the internet, what version is now available for download. Click the "Update Library" Button and it will download the latest library and install into Lighting Handbook.

If you have a specific manufacturer or light you'd like including, please e-mail me and I'll try and include it in the next update.
Updated on
May 19, 2016

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Ratings and reviews

3.9
142 reviews
Jayant Singh
June 30, 2023
Quiet a good app I would say, helped me a lot during many moments. One thing I would say is that it is not updated constantly with new fixtures and info. If that would happen this app would be a master piece.
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A Google user
April 18, 2019
Hasn't been updated in years, useless for modern lighting applications
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Major Walker
July 29, 2021
I have not seen a update for this app since I bought it....great app but useful for newer lighting
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What's new

New V2.5
New look, New PDF reader, Fixed a lot of crashes, Bugs squashed. lots more.
It's bringing the Android version closer to the iOS version, Now sharing the same PDF reader, It has the option to enable the torch while reading a manual for when working in the dark on a light.
You can now also e-mail the manual from within the reader.
The app now only shows you the info that you want and need to see, When you first launch the app make sure you set your voltage and weight preference.