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    Control/Dimming Ion Showfile: Backwards Compatible?

    The regular console in my venue (Expression 3) recently crashed, and I have an old Ion on loaner from one of the local schools. The problem is that it's still using software version 1.7. I'm working with them to allow me to update it, but at the moment, I have not been given the go-ahead.I...
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    Truss Cracks

    I will begin by saying that, although I have been rigging for many years, I am not a certified rigger or rigging inspector, and that all rigging inspections should be carried out by a Qualified Person. But this is how it was explained to me:I don't know about "stress fractures", but one thing...
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    Bad DMX Port, or the Evil of Non-Termination?

    I think there is a little language confusion, so can I please clarify:You said that you have "Universe 2 ports" in the Stage Left and Stage Right Galleries. For clarity I am going to refer to these as U2-SL (for the Port in the SL Gallery) and U2-SR (for the Port in the SR Gallery). It...
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    Strobe Lights, Generators, and Electrical Theory

    Hello, all. I haven't posted in a long time, and thought this would be a good question to ask any of the electrical gurus on here.I heard once a couple of years back, that bad things happen when you power too many strobe lights on a generator; that even if they are drawing current within the...
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    LED Effects Tips? On a Hog 3?

    LuxMax: Thanks for the info. I'm checking out MagicQ right now, but I don't think I will be able to get the DMX Universe in time...naturally, I have to have something ready by Monday. I am very familiar with the effects engine in the Hog, but like you said, without a way to see what I'm...
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    LED Effects Tips? On a Hog 3?

    So I have been recruited to program a new LED floor installation at one of our neighboring casinos, and they want some dynamic effects. The floor is made entirely of 3-channel LED tiles, and the idea is that we are going to program the effects on our Road Hog, then feed the DMX stream into...
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    "Rheostat"

    We actually use a setup just like that when we need to dim a single light, but don't need board control. We actually have 10A (1200W at 120VAC) rated dimmer switches wired with 14 awg type SJO cable, plus appropriate connectors. This is good even if you have a 750W lamp in your fixture. We...
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    Blacklight Efffects

    Hey, fancy that this would be a topic right now. I have a friend who is designing a dance piece, and she wants to use UV light and flouescent paint/makeup. The company I work for currently has two AMDJ Mega Bar UV50s available for rental, but I've never used them before. She needs to cover...
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    DMX Splitting...

    Thanks to Grog and JD, that's exactly what I was looking for. I just wanted to know if there was a switch that would go between a primary and backup board. No real reason, I guess, but for sheer curiosity. Thanks again.
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    DMX Splitting...

    I'm familiar with DMX splitters to go from a single input to multiple outputs, but does anyone know if there exists a means to go from multiple sources to a single output? (ie. from two different boards to a single DMX line)?
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    Hot patching on a CD-80

    Like everyone says, you're not supposed to do it; any problem in either the dimmer or the motor could damage one or both components. And even though I don't like to, I have managed in the past by hot-patching into dimmers. My old school actually has a habit of powering their moving lights from...
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    Rope broke off of the arbor!

    This is very true. I made the exact same mistake a few years ago at my university...that's how I earned my nickname. I got lucky and was able to lock my toes on the locking rail and have someone nearby pull me in, but it could have been alot worse. Since that one incident I've been extremely...
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    Worst gig of my season...

    So I haven't posted very much lately, and this ended up being pretty long, but I just had to get this out there. I work as an LD for a lighting company in Spokane, and as such I get to go out and run many of the smaller concerts which come through town. That being said, this was the worst gig...
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    Strand 250 offline editor

    If it is, in fact, a Hog 250, I'm pretty sure that no offline editor exists. My old university had one of those, and I never found an editor...I even tried asking tech support. The only thing they gave me was another copy of the world's worst-written operator's manual...which I'm sure you've...
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    Color mixing...

    I'm getting ready to design the lighting for an original script which is being performed in the style of old film noir. The concept of it being a "stage noir" is kind of cool, but we want to go with a grayscale color scheme. I've used combinations of Roscolux R98 and R97 (Medium and light grey...
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