Recent content by jagwirez

Johnson Systems Inc.I have spoken with Parlights (Frederick, MD - parlights.com), and they install and service the Retrofit.

Fixed the issue. We traced it down to the control board in the rack. Luckily our rack, EDI Mark VII, has 2 boards. One for channels 1-60 and the other one for channels 61-120. We only have 60 dimmers installed, so we swapped the boards and it took care of the flickering. This will hopefully last...

It is output only. Sorry I missed that in your first post.

Chamsys MagicQ now has a visualizer. You may be able to use Artnet to get it to work, but I am not sure. It might be solely for local magicq. As for the adapter. DMXKing has an UltraDMX Micro. It's on ebay, you can get it for around $60. Completely compatible with anything that works with Enttec...

We have recently seen an issue with our dimmer rack causing all dimmers (house lights, pars, lekos) to flicker randomly or blink all at once. Sometimes it does it a few times at once or might blink once within a minute. This only happens while DMX is controlling the lights. The wall faders...

I've seen conversations about taking a dimmer module and bypassing the choke and SSR to turn a dimmer into a non-dim module. So that brings me to two questions.- How does the DMX signal turn the channel on. I know that I can use MagicQ, for example, and set it to hop on/off at 50% or whatever...

The Enttec DMX USB Pro works well, but I am now in huge support for the DMXking UltraDMX Micro. Mostly because of the small size compared to the Enttec. I have gotten it to work smoothly with MagicQ and LightFactory v2. Remember when you install it, you need to install the USB-Serial driver...

I have to do more testing on this to see about how much space it can actually handle. It easily filled our stage which is roughly 60ft wide x 30ft deep. I need to do some more airflow management to get it around the room and see how it handles. I'll add to this when I get more info.

Here's a brief personal review of the Chauver Hurricane Haze 2d. Right now you can get it for about $270 at northernsound.net. Northern Sound and Lights has, hands down, the best prices for Chauvet products.The hazer comes with a remote, which is useful for DJs and smaller events. It also...

Thank you starksk, you are awesome!

I have four ETC Color Source fixtures connected to some lekos. I would like to change the mounting plate to MP10, which is for par 64s. It is hard to find, so I am looking for a good dealer that would have access to these parts. Thanks for any advice!

Very good info everyone. I think I was confused on how the tracking actually works. I take it now that tracking is how the console records, not how it plays back, if that makes sense. Cue 8 will have any changes plus all the tracked data from cues 1-7. even if I jump back (go to cue) from...

I've only done lighting for a church, concert/theater style cues. I've been doing cue-only modes, but have been keeping the tracking in the back of my mind. I've tried tracking before, when I had less experience, and seemed to run into issues.I'd like to try out tracking again, but have a...

The reason why I am trying to not use pars for front lighting is from spill and reflection on to the back wall, which is used for projections. Once replaced with ellipsoidals, I will however use these pars for color as more of a downlight and backlight which will not give much reflection on the...

I'll take this with a grain of salt, but I'm not sure about pars. The ones we have (cheaper end, not equiv to S4) really dont look good and they are already set at the 45 angles as they should be.We'll have times in the future where we'll need some spots, so having the shutters on the...