What hardware does Light-O-Rama manufacture?.
Lighting Controllers: Showtime vs. Hobbyist LOR computerized controllers come in 8 and 16 channel models. An 8 channel controller gives you independent control of 8 lighting circuits, a 16 channel controller doubles that. Each of these controllers is available as either a Hobbyist version or a Showtime version. Hobbyist versions are built and tested circuit boards. You must supply the enclosure and the electrical connectors. Showtime versions are ready to go, fully assembled controllers in outdoor rated enclosures with power connectors. Controllers can operate stand-alone, meaning they have an animation sequence downloaded into them. They can be configured to run this sequence continuously when they power up or in response to an external trigger switch. The sequence in a stand-alone controller can also contain commands for other controllers. In this case, the controller is called a Director and controllers it controls are called Companions. Controllers are daisy chained together using
