DMX to Analog Converters

[JD]

Ok, I'm really about to date myself! I have about 96k in EDI dimmers sitting in my shed. (Bought them around 1978 to1979) They were indestructible, but they used an odd voltage format. (2 to 7.6v) The old boards are long gone, but I pulled them out this last weekend, and the dimmers still work! I remember these things, I don't think anything short of a direct lightning hit would kill them off. It seems a shame to continue to let them rot, but I am at a loss for finding a DMX to analog converter that outputs the old 2-7.6 format. (Plenty of 0-10's out there) I have thought about designing analog converters to change 1-10 to 2-7.6, but only during episodes of dementia. Anybody know of a converter that outputs the old format?

Thanks!

[avkid]

Have you tried Doug Fleenor Design?
http://www.dfd.com/
If you call and talk to them they can probably help you. DFD also does custom work.

[soundlight]

If DFD doesn't make the exact converter that you need, you could probably get them to make it for you. They're a pretty small outfit that has cornered a very small market segment and often does custom jobs.

[gafftaper]

if Doug Fleenor can build a DMX coffee pot, he can solve your little problem.

[soundlight]

Originally Posted by gafftaper

if Doug Fleenor can build a DMX coffee pot, he can solve your little problem.

Coffee pot, shock collar, shoes & music, foot massager, maze, DMX-a-sketch, Coffee Pot MKII, DMXerciser...what will come next? The long list of DFD LDI show gags. The Coffee Pot is the only one that ever caught on, and the shock collar would've if it weren't for certain...yeah, no one would want to work at a place that gave the followspot ops shock collars, and the laws and liability surrounding that are too huge. But, the description is HILARIOUS.

[gafftaper]

Originally Posted by soundlight

Coffee pot, shock collar, shoes & music, foot massager, maze, DMX-a-sketch, Coffee Pot MKII, DMXerciser...what will come next? The long list of DFD LDI show gags. The Coffee Pot is the only one that ever caught on, and the shock collar would've if it weren't for certain...yeah, no one would want to work at a place that gave the followspot ops shock collars, and the laws and liability surrounding that are too huge. But, the description is HILARIOUS.

I about died when I walked in the restroom at LDI and there was a lifesize cardboard cutout of Doug Fleenor's back side standing at a urinal. Must be a fun place to work.

[stantonsound]

If not, sell them to me. The first theatre that I worked in had them, and you are right....they just don't build anything like that anymore.

[farmerjo1111]

The other place I would look is at Pathways Ultimate converter or the Analog to digital converter.

http://www.pathwayconnect.com/content/view/32/29/

Dustin Strobush
ETC Systems Group

[soundlight]

Originally Posted by farmerjo1111

The other place I would look is at Pathways Ultimate converter or the Analog to digital converter.

http://www.pathwayconnect.com/content/view/32/29/

If that thing can't do it, I don't know what will! Wow.

Pathway does make very good stuff. We have one of their priority-based DMX I/O switching/merging/splitting/routing boxes that works well. It's used for DMX distro in the studio theater.

[ScaredOfHeightsLD]

Hate to do a little hijack here but I have a similar question. I have an old Leprecon LP500 with analog output and a set of DMX dimmers. I know that DFD makes analog to DMX converters but it seems that they have only large quantities of them. I was wondering if anyone knew where I could get just a 12 channel converter. Thanks!