Recent content by disc2slick

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Hey guys,My company recently bought a second hand sensor 48 rack. It all works fine, but the fan is super noisy. I'm going to dig into a bit today/tomorrow and I was wondering if there is anything in particular I should be looking for.Thanks!

Hey guys,I'm looking to purchase and ETC Nomad, Gadget and a laptop to put it all together with. Are there any recommendations on the laptop? My plan is it would only handle the ETC stuff no extraneous applications. I'd like to have the option to add an external touch screen down the road...

I would be shocked to find out that using a new desk and a bad cable did any sort of damage to the existing system. DMX can get weird sometimes but that would be some of the craziest weirdness ever if it were true. I'm pretty sure it didn't have anything to do the with the Jands console or the...

Another approach is to change/add fields to be Act 1 Color, Act 2 Color etc. In VW you can do this in the User 1, 2 and 3 fields. In spotlight preferences you can even change the name of the field to be "Act 1 Color" etc. Then when you set-up your export to LW you can link these custom fields...

I am doing some research into the possibility of using a Hog4 in conjunction with a media server. The goal is for the media server to drive an array of LED panels, and also send color information to our lighting rig (a handful of movers and LEDs). Is this possible? What is the best method of...

yeah, I've mostly seen them used on LED pars where the lens/source is visible. It helps make is less harsh on the eyes of the audience.

If you're looking for free you really can't beat LXFree. Very basic lighting CAD software, it's kind of light a watered down version of Vectorworks Spotlight, it's probably actually a great tool for getting your feet wet in drafting. It's actually a very powerful program considering that it is...

-portable racks -all multi cable running out of the racks, straight socapex out -i have been told that they had some fairly major electrical problems in the building a while ago. I don't recall the nature though, they share some of their power with the MTA (NYC Subway) and I think there was...

no nodes, just straight DMX. we don't have a spare opto, but I'm told they tried taking the opto out of line completely and it didn't help.

Hey guys,I've been stumped about this issue so I thought I'd send it out to the larger community. This is a problem a friend has been having with the dimmers at his theater. I have been out there once to try to sort it out, and have also been on the phone with ETC about it.The problem is...

Hey Guys,So I'm looking to purchase a new (cheap) opto splitter in the next few weeks. I was wondering if it matter if the device is listed as being optically isolated, versus being optically split pass thrus.. I've heard unhappy stories of people buying off-brand splitters and finding out...

Hey Guys, Thanks so much for the suggestions. I'll look into all these places as soon as I get some down time tomorrow!

Hey Guys,I'm doing a show in early november down in DC that requires a bunch of unpainted, unthreaded 1 1/2" pipe (37 10' pieces). I'd be open to either renting or purchasing, though I'd prefer to rent (so I don't have to deal with it after the show), I'd also need cheeseboros, couplers etc...

Hey, It doesn't seem like the problem is in the barrel, almost definitely it's a bench focus issue. Bench focusing takes A LOT of patience to get it right. I can give you a few suggestions of things to look for though that may help (this involved delving a bit deeper into the inner workings...