CameronLD
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Hey all,
I am a young LD designing for a production of Grease this summer in a very small space. As such, I have decided I would like to use some of the scrollers the theatre company I am working with owns, as well as rent/buy some gobo rotators (http://www.stagelightingstore.com/core/media/media.nl/id.42197/c.689066/.f?h=a863686d204ef7435cd3), LED Pars (http://www.stagelightingstore.com/core/media/media.nl/id.42197/c.689066/.f?h=a863686d204ef7435cd3), and I-Cues, in order to compensate for a relative deficit of dimmers and conventional fixtures.
Can you all check my plans to make sure I'm not making some dangerous mistake or missing something obvious?
I'm planning to operate 4 Chroma-Q Scrollers and 2 I-Cues off a 4-pin cable run from a Chroma-Q PSU we own. The cables would go from the PSU, to 2 scrollers, then to the 2 I-Cues, then to the last 2 scrollers, and back to the PSU to complete the connection. Then I would run a 5-pin DMX from the PSU to the board.
Then, I would need to make a seperate run with 3pin cable to connect my LEDs, as well as a run of extension cords to give them power. The last LED would be connected to the board via a 3-pin to 5-pin DMX connector.
Finally, I would plug the gobo rotators into a dimmer near the fixture they are on to give them power.
Hope this all makes sense and should work. My only concern at this point is how to connect both DMX runs to the board (an ETC Express), since there is only one open DMX input, as the other one is being taken up by the DMX run to the dimmers. Any ideas on how to get both runs to the board in this situation?
Thanks very much in advance!
- Cameron
I am a young LD designing for a production of Grease this summer in a very small space. As such, I have decided I would like to use some of the scrollers the theatre company I am working with owns, as well as rent/buy some gobo rotators (http://www.stagelightingstore.com/core/media/media.nl/id.42197/c.689066/.f?h=a863686d204ef7435cd3), LED Pars (http://www.stagelightingstore.com/core/media/media.nl/id.42197/c.689066/.f?h=a863686d204ef7435cd3), and I-Cues, in order to compensate for a relative deficit of dimmers and conventional fixtures.
Can you all check my plans to make sure I'm not making some dangerous mistake or missing something obvious?
I'm planning to operate 4 Chroma-Q Scrollers and 2 I-Cues off a 4-pin cable run from a Chroma-Q PSU we own. The cables would go from the PSU, to 2 scrollers, then to the 2 I-Cues, then to the last 2 scrollers, and back to the PSU to complete the connection. Then I would run a 5-pin DMX from the PSU to the board.
Then, I would need to make a seperate run with 3pin cable to connect my LEDs, as well as a run of extension cords to give them power. The last LED would be connected to the board via a 3-pin to 5-pin DMX connector.
Finally, I would plug the gobo rotators into a dimmer near the fixture they are on to give them power.
Hope this all makes sense and should work. My only concern at this point is how to connect both DMX runs to the board (an ETC Express), since there is only one open DMX input, as the other one is being taken up by the DMX run to the dimmers. Any ideas on how to get both runs to the board in this situation?
Thanks very much in advance!
- Cameron