Broadweigh has long been the name in wireless load monitoring on touring rigs, but wired has always been the preference in permanent theater installations where RF congestion and battery management are a headache nobody needs. Broadweigh Wired Digital addresses that directly — it’s the same trusted load sensing hardware wrapped in a hardwired solution designed to live in the rig permanently.

The practical angle here is smart: a venue installs the Broadweigh unit and TwistLink load shackle once and leaves it. Touring productions come in and attach to the existing setup with a standard shackle connection — no RF planning, no battery swaps, immediate load data. For older venues where structural limits constrain what a production can hang, having real-time verified load numbers isn’t just convenient, it’s what lets a designer push the creative envelope within safe bounds. Pair that with Live Load, Broadweigh’s platform for surfacing load data to riggers, designers, and production teams in a usable format, and you’ve got a reasonably complete picture of what’s happening overhead at any given moment.

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Broadweigh Wired Digital is a wired load monitoring system designed specifically for theater and live performance environments. Manufactured in the UK, Broadweigh Wired Digital builds on the company’s long-proven wireless load monitoring technology, combining trusted load sensing with a robust wired solution suited to a wide range of applications.

Designed for both permanent installation and touring use, Broadweigh Wired Digital allows a monitoring point to be left installed in the rig, with the Broadweigh unit and TwistLink load shackle in place. Touring productions can then quickly attach into this existing setup using a standard shackle connection, giving them immediate access to load monitoring without needing to alter the rigging.

This approach has the potential to save valuable time during load-ins and make best practice load monitoring easier to adopt on the road. For fixed venues, the wired design also offers dependable, continuous monitoring that can be relied upon day to day.

Broadweigh also demonstrated Live Load, giving visitors the chance to see how load data can be made more accessible, visible and useful for riggers, production teams, venues, and designers.

“Broadweigh Wired Digital has been developed with the needs of theater very much in mind. It’s about making load monitoring practical, robust, and easier to integrate, whether that’s as part of a permanent venue installation or as a system that touring productions can quickly connect into.” — Elliot Van Laere, Product Specialist, Broadweigh

Ease of use has been a priority throughout the development of Broadweigh Wired Digital. The system is designed to be simple to deploy and easy to interpret, allowing crews to understand loads quickly without adding complexity to already busy production environments.

By making load data more accessible, Broadweigh Wired Digital will support designers and riggers in working more confidently and ambitiously, particularly in older venues where structural limitations can restrict what is possible. With better visibility of loads, productions can make informed decisions and safely deliver more complex and creative shows within existing constraints.

Learn more about Broadweigh Wired Digital by visiting broadweigh.com.