Recent content by Chris Cotter

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    Control/Dimming Children's Museum problems

    Use a DMX controller that takes midi commands. Give them some cheap midi controlers to use. YOU CAN GET BIG BUTTON BIG KNOB MIDI CONTROLERS
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    Light Sync to Camera Flash Sound

    Try a few egg strobes
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    Light Sync to Camera Flash Sound

    Try this !Try this ! https://www.frightprops.com/picoboo-plus.html
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    Control of 0-10v Architectural LED can lights

    Do ghe current drivers have a pre-heat ? If so you might be able. to turn down the pre-heat potentiometer
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    Use of strobes as risk to audience?

    It has been researched. Check for yourself. I also said to avoid frequency around 14 pps not especially 14. I would say 10 and 18 pps to give some leeway.
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    light up Wolf eyes?

    I used a ping pong ball cut in half with a red grain of wheat bulb inside you can get them from train hobby places
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    Use of strobes as risk to audience?

    Hi In 1983 I was the light tech for a nightclub in Chattanooga Tennessee and I worked there about 7 years total time. Part of which I ran Lights on the weekends. We had a big dance floor with 4 large strobes all connected to a strobe control box. It could do simultanious flash or sequence the 4...
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    Motorpickle DIY

    What is a pickle ?
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    Catastrophic lamp failures

    I had a par 64 go out once and it sounded. Like a shotgun going off !!!
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    Cable retraction device

    Use a piece of fishing line fastened to a bunny cord which is hidden above and fastened to a fixed bar etc..... using the combo works. The fishing line is pulled by the bunny cord all you need to do is place bungey up out of view.
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    Automated Fixtures Help settle a bet about Vari-lite gear?

    Hi Jerry. Thanks for the alert. Can you get me a list on available items?
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    Vari*Lite Series 200 control parts

    What items do you have in SERIES 200?
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    Dmx splitting

    No do not. Never parrallel DMX wiring! Does the light have DMX IN and a DMX out? If so always daisey chain and terminate last light in chain . [email protected]
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    Automated Fixtures Help settle a bet about Vari-lite gear?

    Hi i am looking for a Series 200 DMX200? Also one DMX ACS MiniRack. Lamp cables etc.
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    VLs on Ebay

    I am looking for a Vari*Lite DMX200 interface Thanks Chris
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