At the end of the day, no matter how large or small a BSUN Media System installation may be, or how much time I spend tuning the speakers or calibrating the video, the client is either going to find it easy to use, or be frustrated. Enter the programmer. Lulu’s Restaurant in Gulf Shores, AL, is a great example of how critical it is to have a great programer on your team. You see, we have more than 15,000 watts of musical power, 10 TV’s, nearly 90 speakers and subwoofers, video and audio switchers, keypads, lighting dimmers, DirecTV receivers, Apple TV, iPod dock, XM radio and a blu-ray player, all controlled by a simple on-wall touchpanel. My esteemed programmer Todd is the master magician.
Today, in just a few short hours, he managed to get the XM tied into the system, got three new keypads working, set up nine lighting dimmers and set up some really cool graphics on my touchpanel showing temperature in various parts of the restaurant, all while eating Fiddle Faddle in his home in Southern California. OK, I don’t know if we was eating Fiddle Faddle, but it is tasty.
Todd’s programming chops make me look good. He is the technician behind the curtain that makes the magician onstage look like a rock star, and I couldn’t do my job without him.
If you want to see what I am talking about, go to Lulu’s yourself and ask to see “Brad’s system.” Any of the managers (if they are not too busy) will be more than happy to show you how simple this massive system is to operate. Programming is not simple, but when done well it makes the world, your restaurant, or your home theater, a happy place. Kudo’s Todd… good work today!
