Recent content by blurubberlizard

Thanks! I got it to connect. Yeah my versions were just slightly off.

Hey all,I'm having issues trying to connect my laptop to the theatre's ETC Element. I've never done this before and reading through the forums haven't really helped me. I've check and the networks and version don't match and I don't know how to make them match. I'm connected to the board from...

Hi Everyone,I'm designing a show for a small local theatre and my budget for both lighting and projections is $600. I have two np2000 new projectors, a brand new macbook pro, and access to either Isadora or Qlab for control. My concern is how to connect the computer to the projectors so that I...

Thanks everyone....I got it to work! :)

Hey everyone,I know its been covered awhile ago but I'm still having a problem.I'm trying to get copies of my paperwork to my ME who does no have access to Lightwright. I've tried converting to PDF but nothing is working. I'm on a Mac but the built in pdf convertor didn't work. I've also...

Hey there,I'm a graduate student of lighting design and have an interest in working internationally. I was wondering if anyone had any advice on where to looking for opportunities. I will be going on residency my third year and would love to find a place overseas to do so. Any thoughts...

Hey everyone,I've got a quick question. I'm working with my designer on a 3d plot and we're having issues with hanging striplights. Whenever we try to place them on the pipes, they break apart. Any thoughts?~Heather

Hey all,I'm working on a show where I need to have coyote masks have glowing red eyes. Any ideas on how to rig this up simply and cost effectively? I also don't want to impair the vision of the actors either. Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks!~Heather

I adjusted the number of dimmers and tried soft patching. When I soft patch both the LED and the lights that are plugged into the physical dimmer get patched into the new channel.

Hey all, I'm working with a local high school on their fall production and they just got a whole new lighting system...complete with LED strip lights for the cyc. I'm having addressing/dimmer problems with them. The space has 53 physical dimmers. I should be able to address the LED at higher...

The smartbars are in the front of the chain...but I was just able to get a splitter so I'll give that a shot and hope it works. :)

I checked all the termination switches and I don't have terminators plugged into the smartbars. All the cable is DMX. All the individual pieces work...lamps, cable, etc...I plugged the dimmer pack straight into the board and ran things fine from there but when I try to connect it back to the...

Nope...didn't work. I'm still playing around with things. Has anyone had problems running daisy chains with two different types of dimmer packs?

I managed to get the lights going on my smart bars but now the lights on the Anacondas aren't working. I'm switching out a dmx cable to see if that's the problem.

These were all the obvious things I checked first.