Recent content by clopedia89

I volunteer in a high school theater, and we're having an issue with the bulb life of our house lights. A portion of our house lights are made up of 500W halogen lamps, of which 5 are extremely difficult to get to for lamp changes. Around 15-20 years ago, the maintenance guy at the time (since...

Indeed. Keep in mind, though, the built-in WiFi does actually work in many situations. It's only when you encounter challenging RF environments (like the ones described above) that you need to break out the specialized tools.I would consider a long range or directional WAP (of which there are...

As far as WiFi access points, I would consider a UAP-AC-LR from Ubiquity. ( https://store.ui.com/collections/wireless/products/unifi-ac-lr ) I don't have personal experience with it in this specific application, but I would think it would help keep a connection established at greater distances...

I actually don't think it's necessary in a show, only for configuration before (and perhaps in an emergency, as you said, although that comes back to configuration, not running a show). As I deal with a system large enough to require manual configuration, I can't really speak about the...

Very well said. I also second the idea that RDM is a fantastic config/diagnostic tool, but not quite appropriate for use during a show. I genuinely hope everything you said comes true, but in the mean time, I'd like to share my experience and how I made RDM work well for me.So as an example...

I volunteer in a high school auditorium. We just recently (within the past year) replaced about 22kW of overhead incandescent border lights with 19 LED fixtures. Our dealer recommended ETC ColorSource Relays to wirelessly deliver DMX to our 3 electrics. I was skeptical considering it was 2.4GHz...

It sounds to me like your antennas are being amplified too much. Try lowering the gain on any antenna amps. Also, does the overload light come on for one specific transmitter, or for any transmitter? If it is a specific transmitter, you could try lowering the transmit power on that one unit, but...