Is Advanced Programming possible on a Unison Consolette Portable Station?

Our church uses an Element Console, and also has a Unison Consolette Portable Station and several Unison Heritage Button Stations. Both the main console and the Consolette can control house and theatrical lighting in our Sanctuary. All other lights in our building are on a programmable timer system. I would love to be able to program on and off times for the Sanctuary as well, and even better...be able to do it off-site by an internet connection. Is there any way to do either of these?

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  • Yes and not a good idea.

    OK, the long version. Assuming you have a Unison Paradigm rather than a Unison Legacy, the schedule can be easily reached via the built in web page server. There are many things you can't do, but setting up a basic schedule using existing presets is pretty easy. Plug into the Paradigm processor or anywhere on your network and type it's IP address into your browser.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AvFy2yaK3c for details.

    Accessing your system remotely is as simple and as dangerous as connecting the Paradigm (and your lighting network if you have one) to the internet. None of the gear has any security protection so anyone with some basic hacking could control your lights, or infect your console, or other messy stuff. VPNs and firewalls are great but are not guaranteed. You would be responsible for all security!!

    Another possibility would be to set up a link between your other lighting system and the Paradigm so there is only one schedule to maintain. Without knowing a lot more I can't say how hard that would be. Maybe just linking networks or running some low voltage wire, maybe programming in Bacnet. Paradigm systems can talk to almost anything but you're likely to need your local dealers help and an electrician. Just a thought.

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  • Yes and not a good idea.

    OK, the long version. Assuming you have a Unison Paradigm rather than a Unison Legacy, the schedule can be easily reached via the built in web page server. There are many things you can't do, but setting up a basic schedule using existing presets is pretty easy. Plug into the Paradigm processor or anywhere on your network and type it's IP address into your browser.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AvFy2yaK3c for details.

    Accessing your system remotely is as simple and as dangerous as connecting the Paradigm (and your lighting network if you have one) to the internet. None of the gear has any security protection so anyone with some basic hacking could control your lights, or infect your console, or other messy stuff. VPNs and firewalls are great but are not guaranteed. You would be responsible for all security!!

    Another possibility would be to set up a link between your other lighting system and the Paradigm so there is only one schedule to maintain. Without knowing a lot more I can't say how hard that would be. Maybe just linking networks or running some low voltage wire, maybe programming in Bacnet. Paradigm systems can talk to almost anything but you're likely to need your local dealers help and an electrician. Just a thought.

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