laurie johnson
Member
My school district decided to upgrade all the high schools (4) to LED lighting a few years ago. My school was the last to be upgraded. We have 8 rectangular LEDs on stage and that is it. We still have our halogen lekos from FOH and 6 fresnels to fill out the stage LEDs. The problem we are having is the light board that was forced on us. It is a Leviton Innovator. Had to have a new board because the old board was not DMX capable. Anyway, we believe it is a lemon as that board has broken down so many times, and we have no support from district maintenance and little sure support from school admin. We have called tech support at its 800 number, but we keep having to send the board to Wisconsin (we are in Colorado). The turn-around time is 3 weeks. That's quite a bit of down time. The drama director and I are looking around and seeing what other options might be out there. The director was told by a lighting tech from our local university (Colorado Mesa University) that the board we have is very out of date. I agree mainly because it uses a floppy disc (3 1/2 X 3 disc) to load in shows and factory resets. What I am looking for are some recommendations for other light board possibilities for lighting our stage. I wasn't a fan of LED at first, but I am seeing some of the advantages. Would love some input to help us end our frustration with this board. Thanks to all comers!