MikeInVegas
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Short background story, I help run the local go kart track and this year we are putting in a track safety lighting system that the starter can control from the flag stand.
We're going to divide the track into 6 zones, and at the beginning of each zone we'll put up a par64 led light. Obviously the idea is to be able to switch those lights from green, to red, to yellow, all from a single console.
Right now we're in the testing phase so we have purchased 2 lights, some DMX cables, and an Elation DMX Operator. The controller is based on the recommendation of the guy at Guitar Center after telling him what we're doing.
I've got it set up, but the operation is pretty involved. I'm basically using different banks for different zones on the track so that when we want to light up zone 3 and 5 in yellow, the other zones stay green. So that scenario is one of 18 which will allow us to have one or two cautions, and the rest green.
Hopefully you can see the confusion setting in!
Ideally what I'd like to be able to do is have my fixtures on individual buttons, and then have red, green, and yellow as scenes. We would start the race under all green, and if there was a caution in turn 4 I could quickly select fixture 4 and then press the yellow scene button, leaving all the others at green. Then when the caution clears, select fixture 4 again and press the green button.
Is this possible with the type of controller the Elation is, or is there a different type I should be looking at?
Thanks for any input.
We're going to divide the track into 6 zones, and at the beginning of each zone we'll put up a par64 led light. Obviously the idea is to be able to switch those lights from green, to red, to yellow, all from a single console.
Right now we're in the testing phase so we have purchased 2 lights, some DMX cables, and an Elation DMX Operator. The controller is based on the recommendation of the guy at Guitar Center after telling him what we're doing.
I've got it set up, but the operation is pretty involved. I'm basically using different banks for different zones on the track so that when we want to light up zone 3 and 5 in yellow, the other zones stay green. So that scenario is one of 18 which will allow us to have one or two cautions, and the rest green.
Hopefully you can see the confusion setting in!
Ideally what I'd like to be able to do is have my fixtures on individual buttons, and then have red, green, and yellow as scenes. We would start the race under all green, and if there was a caution in turn 4 I could quickly select fixture 4 and then press the yellow scene button, leaving all the others at green. Then when the caution clears, select fixture 4 again and press the green button.
Is this possible with the type of controller the Elation is, or is there a different type I should be looking at?
Thanks for any input.