I just did similar with 2 cheap Chinese movers to introduce the Board of governors in Jeckyl. Threw cross stage because I wanted wider Did a preset on one after the other and only needed to see one at a time. But fixtures were in the 100 buck range and very bright
I am away right now...ours are very focused though, and I just bought 2 more similar that are not hung yet One of our other lighting committee made a profile for the ion, and fortunately it works on my newest which came with no documentation at all. The new ones are very bright and focused as well Dont know actual beam angle but fairly tight. Link to the new pair, I bought the 90 watt. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B088KDJ7WZ/?tag=controlbooth-20 Fixed focus onlyCan you remember what they were? We have some inexpensive Chinese movers : Ridgyards. Fantastic bang for the buck but they only go down to a 4' unfocussed spot.
I will extract the profile somehow.. My "new" movers have 2 modes, cant remember which I'm in, but will check that too. I love the first ones. Have used them in several shows as a stationery "follow spot" for short scenes instead of hanging several specials. Did the "search for the missing angel" in Best Christmas Pageant, then spotted her on her arrival. Hung from the FOH or the First electric they rival the brightness of our 20 year old follows by Robert Juliat from the back of the house and from the FOH cast a nice "actor size" circle. Iris would be nice, but we just play with the position and geometry, and accept the compromise.I know these, we have three and I didnt think of them! They are also on market as Lixada and UKings. Wierd thing being although all are excactly the same manufactured hardware they reguire different profiles! I had to make one for the Lixada. I'm not sure how one transfers single EOS profiles but perhaps you could send me an empty show file with your profile patched. I think your are right. This is a good way to go. Thank you
Add a snoot? City theatrical custom fabricatesCan you remember what they were? We have some inexpensive Chinese movers : Ridgyards. Fantastic bang for the buck but they only go down to a 4' unfocussed spot.
Do you use a built in profile or did you have to make your own? I'm having a hard time getting these to do what I want. If you have a profile, I would love if you'd be willing to share!The ones we just bought were the "XPCLEOYZ 2Pcs 90W LED Moving Head" recommended by jtweigandt. These also have a 4' diameter at some 30 feet.
But here is the strgane thing: jtweigandt noted no data in his box so they constructed their own profile. Our box had data but the modes did not relate to jtweigandt's (who kindly sent me a copy of their profile). Turns out these XPCs coincide exactly with our Lizada's. These and similar UKIng units are exactly same mechanically but different EPROMS/Profiles! However the XPCs are a heck of lot brighter than the Lixada and UKings.
Any chance you could share a show file with that profile? I haven't been able to get one to work.So I got my second set of the 90 watt xpcleoyz movers... and guess what? they came with a nice pamphlet thank goodness detailing their 9 and 11 channel modes.. and they don't work with the same profile as my
other 90 watt same "brand" purchased just 6 months ago or so... Not a huge surprise.. but as of my quiet "no one in the theater to hear the cursing" session yesterday... I'm now an expert profile maker
The first set of 90's and their nearing 2 year old 60 watt sisters (6 lights total) are still going strong.
Another odd quirk of this new set is that one of the settings under SLND -- master/slave/dmx has to be set explicitly for dmx control to work.. most cheap fixtures I've used just say hello to dmx if present or default to whatever auto mode if not. So I'll have to be careful if anyone gets ham handed re addressing. But they are cheap enough that if they work for a couple years, we'll be happy... I will have an array of 6 going in a figure 8 randomly and a stepped strobe effect to make blue splashes on stage for "Singin in the Rain" to augment the projected animation behind. If I get real fancy, may coordinate with the choreographer and have Don do a splash splash splash splash to a musical stab and make those puddle jumps in white over some spike tape for the actor.
Do you have a parameter list/booklet with the one? I could get closer that way.. Otherwise you just about would have to tease out the functions by addressing it, and then patching each dmx address as a single dimmer to tease out which function is which.Any chance you could share a show file with that profile? I haven't been able to get one to work.
It's looking like my theater gremlin has hidden the manuals.... Remind me to set out traps...
I should be at the theater tomorrow. I'll get you both profiles the one that works with the first set of xpcleoyz and the one that works with the second set Here's the dmx setup from the second set.. the SLND seems like it had to be explicitly set for dmx. I'm using 11 ch mode, but ignored some of the parameters (tilt and pan fine) till further play/futzing.. just using basic color gobo pan tilt and intensity in my newest made up profile.. you would have to be careful allocating addresses that way because the profile doesn't use the full 11 channel width, but the fixture is listening on those last channels. To avoid the theater Gremlins I am now putting a picture of the relevant pages into my OneNote notebook for safety in addition to our "magazine rack" of documents on the booth wallIt's looking like my theater gremlin has hidden the manuals.... Remind me to set out traps...
That said, I got the same 90 watt xpcleoyz movers from this thread back in November and I remember them having a 9 and 11 channel mode. I futzed with them for a bit but then got too busy to figure them out.
I'll update if I can find the manual.
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