Hello,
I'm starting to look into replacing the cue light system in one of the venues I work in. Currently it's run on a pair of creatively modified 3x multi cables, using the grounds as hots/neutrals to achieve a total of 8 cue lights, which then breaks out into zip cord of variously scary lengths. The run for these varies from 150-250 feet, depending on where on stage the lights need to end up.
It seems to me it wouldn't be difficult to separate the power and data in a cue light system, which would allow me to run one cat5 or even dmx line from the booth to a distro on stage, which would then power the lights. All the systems I've found though power LED's, and I'd love to be able to use incandescent bulbs or rope light for the cues, rather than rely on small LED's. Does anyone know of such a system? It would need to be semi-portable, as the venue is rented for the summer and everything needs to be loaded in/struck each year. If there is nothing predesigned, how difficult would this be to homebrew? It seems like it wouldn't be too difficult, but keeping it future proof and maintainable scares me.
Thanks,
I'm starting to look into replacing the cue light system in one of the venues I work in. Currently it's run on a pair of creatively modified 3x multi cables, using the grounds as hots/neutrals to achieve a total of 8 cue lights, which then breaks out into zip cord of variously scary lengths. The run for these varies from 150-250 feet, depending on where on stage the lights need to end up.
It seems to me it wouldn't be difficult to separate the power and data in a cue light system, which would allow me to run one cat5 or even dmx line from the booth to a distro on stage, which would then power the lights. All the systems I've found though power LED's, and I'd love to be able to use incandescent bulbs or rope light for the cues, rather than rely on small LED's. Does anyone know of such a system? It would need to be semi-portable, as the venue is rented for the summer and everything needs to be loaded in/struck each year. If there is nothing predesigned, how difficult would this be to homebrew? It seems like it wouldn't be too difficult, but keeping it future proof and maintainable scares me.
Thanks,