Recent content by James Mierkey

Here is the latest on the lamp dousing issue. I was literally right next to the fixture when the lamp randomly went off (after being on about 20 minutes). All three fans were operating the entire time (I have the yoke arm covers off as well as the cover that hides the fan assembly). On the menu...

Malabaristo wins the prize. RDM was enabled in the entec and as soon as I disabled it and rebooted the interface, the flicker went away. In the process of troubleshooting, I learned a ton though. Thank you all for the awesome info! Now to tackle my randomly dousing lamp in the VL2500.

And if the flicker is still present with one fixture, what's next? The ground problem?

I love this idea. I'm feeling confident about this solution. We have had ground issues in our building, to the extent that I have installed an isolated proper ground rod and run all of our audio equipment to this common ground to close all the ground loops we were experiencing. I appreciate all...

The Entec box does not use a grounded plug but the ETC console does (standard IEC cable). This may be the issue.

Entec box is plugged in to AC (wall wart). We are DMX3 right now and are having to run 5to3 adapters at the VL's and dimmer pack. The grounding issue is intriguing. I would have to check the specs on the entec box to know for sure...

Yes. We have one DMX chain with about 25 fixtures on it (post ETC 24x2.4 dimmer pack) including the two VL's i mentioned in other post.

Yes I do.

We recently moved to controlling our lights through QLab using an entec ODE interface. As soon as we did that, we started getting a flash on all of our LED fixtures every 120 seconds. We were previously using an ETC console. I have played with the refresh rate on the entec and can slow it down...

Okay...I know these are ancient fixtures but it is what I have and still need to be able to use in our small community theatre. They are installed and not accessible without a ladder.General question: I know that you are supposed to douse the lamp 10 minutes or so before you shut them down...