TAIT Navigator
The automation platform whose data your lighting rig wants — machinery, flying, and show control with position to share.
What it is
Navigator is TAIT's proprietary automation platform — the control system behind stage machinery, performer flying, and show control on some of the largest productions running. From a tracking perspective, it's not a system you add; it's a source of truth the show may already own: every axis it drives knows its position, every moment of the show.
How we work with it
We sit downstream of Navigator: extracting encoder and position data, translating it — typically through TAIT LightStrike — into coordinates the lighting console can consume, and coordinating with the automation department so both teams program against the same math. When the show's spine is automation, this is where tracking starts.
Encoder / position data extraction strategy
Navigator → LightStrike → console chain design
Coordination with automation programmers on shared math
Verification against survey data through tech
Right when
- The show runs TAIT automation and lighting needs to follow scenery or flying performers on the same data.
- You want zero-latency tracking for automated movement without adding a single sensor.
Look elsewhere when
- The movement that matters isn't automated — bodies in open space need sensed tracking, not derived data.
- The automation vendor differs — the principle holds (derive, don't re-sense) but the extraction path is platform-specific.
We already run Navigator — what does tracking add to the budget?
Less than you'd think. The position data already exists inside the automation system; the work is extraction, translation, and console integration — not new sensing infrastructure. That's the whole premise of automation-derived tracking.