Reddit reviews Show Networks and Control Systems: Formerly "Control Systems for Live Entertainment"

Show Networks & Control Systems was the biggest help for me. Its been awhile since I read it and it may be slightly dated but it was very well put together. I still put it on the "must read" list for our interns.

Read this book

/r/sysadmin has many good resources in their sidebar. another good reference that is more applicable to AV is Show Networks and Control Systems. It provides most everything you would need to know about as well as it being a good reference in many other control technologies as well.

this is what I started with.

this is what I use now.


Edit: thank you for the gold /u/dethswatch

Not all of these are in our core training/ required knowledge, or related to our day to day functions as a university A/V department, but They are all available to my team for knowledge building and professional development. Additionally , and our job ladder includes Infocomm certifications, so the library is a little biased towards infocomm resources at the moment.
Books I use are

• [Master Handbook of Acoustics](
  http://www.amazon.com/Master-Handbook-Acoustics-Alton-Everest/dp/0071603328)
  
• CTS exam guide
  
• sound reinforcement handbook
  
• a/v best practices
  
• Sound system engineering
  
• show networks and control systems
  
• television production handbook
  
• tcp/ip illustrated vols 1-3
  
• PMBOK
  
• network wiring
  
• entertainment electricity
  
• sys admin
  
  just ordered digital video and hd
  based on a recommendation in r/videoengineering
  
  infocomm's audio and visual systems design, essentials of the av industry, av best practices, AV installation hand book
  
  
  white papers/ online training from extron, JBL, Dalite, surgeX, bluejeanscable, and others. (out of the office and do not have the exact list and links with me
  
  
  
  
  

John Huntington's Show Networks and Control Systems

Not scenery automation specific, but it's touched on. This book is about the languages and protocols that theatre control systems employ. IP networking, DMX, MIDI, RDM, PLC controllers for scenic automation, etc.

I like this book so much I bought it twice: one dead tree edition I can lend out to my students, and a digital copy so that I'll always have it available for reference.