Does anyone know what signals or devices can activate radio-controlled toys?
For the studio’s production of The Nutcracker, we use a couple of radio-controlled devices for a couple effects. These are off-the-store-shelf “toy” remote control units. (One is remote control mouse. The other is a remote control car that is used to speed the hands of a prop grandfather clock.) The clock has been used for years, but this was the first time for the mouse. [Turns out they run on the same frequency, either 25 or 27 MHz, but that wasn’t the problem.]
Just prior to and during the first show, something activated both units. Not just once, but many times and often for a few seconds each time. (I had noticed the mouse running before the show started, so it was safely on its back. The clock moved early and I had to slip on stage during a dark scene and reset it.) The stray signals occurred only a couple times during the second show. But there were no stray signals during the dress rehearsal, and as far as I can remember, never in the years before.
This was a new venue for us. The venue is a separate building, though it is connected by passageways to other classroom buildings. We were the only group in the venue building. It was a Saturday, so there were few people on the campus.
Joe
For the studio’s production of The Nutcracker, we use a couple of radio-controlled devices for a couple effects. These are off-the-store-shelf “toy” remote control units. (One is remote control mouse. The other is a remote control car that is used to speed the hands of a prop grandfather clock.) The clock has been used for years, but this was the first time for the mouse. [Turns out they run on the same frequency, either 25 or 27 MHz, but that wasn’t the problem.]
Just prior to and during the first show, something activated both units. Not just once, but many times and often for a few seconds each time. (I had noticed the mouse running before the show started, so it was safely on its back. The clock moved early and I had to slip on stage during a dark scene and reset it.) The stray signals occurred only a couple times during the second show. But there were no stray signals during the dress rehearsal, and as far as I can remember, never in the years before.
This was a new venue for us. The venue is a separate building, though it is connected by passageways to other classroom buildings. We were the only group in the venue building. It was a Saturday, so there were few people on the campus.
Joe