Recent content by Aedyn Raven

just to make sure I know what you're talking about, these three lights are called the beacon? Also you are correct it is the CEM, not the CEM3 or CEM+

Yesterday we lost the CEM for one of our two Sensor racks at the outdoor theatre I work at. We noticed the night before that the Sensor logo and the 3 lights at the top left of the unit were blinking instead of continuously on like they usually are when the rack is powered. The next day the CEM...

My biggest problem I find with this process is finding places to send my resume. The usual job searching websites like Indeed don't seem very useful for finding season work in the entertainment industry. Does anyone know any good websites for finding repertory theaters/equipment vendors/anywhere...

Plugged into a standard wall outlet with dmx straight from the console the fixture still doesn't work properly. I'll see about swapping out the DMX chip

OK so in short, a dimmer module (even when used to produce a discrete output) clips the sine wave of the power, producing "dirty" power that is bad for some LEDs. And this dirty power can disrupt the PSU to a point that even when "clean" power is attached later it has become unable to interpret...

Ok Update. While plugged into the three-pin non-dim (that non-dim now has a question mark on it. thanks. I'll talk to the people who installed the system about it.) manually setting a color from the face panel of the fixture works. While plugged into pure power (wall outlet) manually setting a...

New info! Thanks! I'm an student and still learning so thanks for bearing with me. @microstar This info wasn't made clear to me before you mentioned it, so I guess my sin wasn't "not listening" but "not able to read minds"? I'll work on that once I master lights ;)

We don't have an oscilloscope at my venue, but I'll see if we can get our hands on one to run the test you recommended. And @RonHebbard, don't go bashing my rectal scope. It's quite useful!

So power provided from a non-dimmable three-pin output is NOT 120v, 15A, 60hz power?

Are you talking about an oscilloscope?

I tested it using a conventional lamp, and a board input between 0 and 49 provides 0% output, and any input between 50 and 100 produces 100% output.

The lights act fine when using the manual presets on power from a normal 120v 60hz edison

Maybe I should clarify. They are patched as a dimmer at the board, but the output is discrete.

They are powered off of a non-dimmable three pin output.

I am having some problems with some Altman Pars not listening to DMX signal, and I can't seem to figure out what is causing it. I am using Altman Cycs, Source Four Lustrs, and VL1100s as well, but none of them are showing the same issue. The pars will start strobing and changing colors seemingly...