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Originally Posted by Footer4321
I personally just don't like automation running directly off of a lighting console. Running off a separate unit that is cued by the lighting console and has a second operator... fine... but not direct. It makes cueing a pain and its to easy to jump a cue.
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There's been an interesting - and very long as is typical, thread on the stagecraft list about powered rigging systems and automated controls for such.
One pointed comment that came up with the Vertek system was the difficulty in skipping cues, a common occurrence and readily do-able in lighting and audio systems. Seems the Vortek controls, and others as I was led to believe, have some issues as to how best to accomplish the task desired and called for and are seemingly not as far along in the process as related lighting systems. In general, powered systems are not as well thought of umong the list members, for any number of reasons, though admittedly, many of the list members are old and set in their ways.
SB