Northstar designs and builds end-to-end show control, AV, lighting, and automation systems for themed entertainment, attractions, venues, churches, and live events. Hardware, firmware, software — all from one team.
Every Northstar deployment is designed to keep running — on showtime, on tour, on opening night.
The platform runs on your venue's local network. No internet dependency, no cloud single point of failure, no licensing pings during showtime.
Industrial-grade chassis, conformal-coated boards, watchdog services. Built to take the heat, the dust, and the schedule.
Cuemaster shows every node, every zone, every cue, every alert — from any browser on the venue network. No app install.
Compose works offline. Save versions, diff with git, stage tomorrow's show on a laptop, deploy to Helm with one button.
Tickets are answered by engineers, not phone-tree operators. We help diagnose, escalate, or visit on-site when it's worth it.
Designed, assembled, and supported in Orlando, Florida. We use what we build, and we walk our customers' show floors.
Northstar is a tightly integrated stack: a central server, distributed trigger nodes, operator hardware, and the software that ties them together.
The mini-PC server at the heart of every Northstar install. Runs HelmOS, orchestrates every node, fires every cue. One per venue.
Distributed trigger nodes for every scene, zone, and room.
Physical control panel for drivers and operators.
The OS that runs Helm. Services, scheduling, telemetry.
Browser-based operator dashboard. Runs on any tablet.
Offline show authoring. Design cues, sequences, schedules.
The local network that keeps every node connected. Offline.
From a six-room escape to a 90-minute dark ride to a Sunday service — the same platform scales without rewrites.
When a project needs more than the box, our integration team designs and installs the rest — AV, lighting, automation, and the systems that tie it all together.
From a rough concept to a full bill of materials. We design every wire, panel, and rack in the project.
Audio, video, lighting design, and content delivery — fully integrated with the show control platform.
Pneumatics, animatronics, motion control, scenic effects. Tied into show cues, monitored from Cuemaster.
Our team flies out, racks the gear, runs the cables, programs the show, and stays through opening.
Cuemaster training for ops staff. Compose training for programmers. Documentation we keep updating.
Service contracts, RMA, parts inventory, season-prep visits. Whatever keeps your show running.
Whether you're an operator, an installer, a partner, or just looking, you have a portal here.
Projects, devices, contracts, downloads, training.
Knowledge base, FAQs, getting started.
Submit, track, and message on every support issue.
Return-material authorization and bench repair tracking.
Integrator and dealer program tiers.
Interactive product demos in your browser.
Reference for every component, API, and admin task.
HelmOS, Compose, firmware, release notes.