Recent content by Jlarmen

I found an old thread about a special FileMaker cue file for followspots, does anyone have something they can share? I'm looking at a way for my students to use our follow posts more inline with what's industry standard for spot operators, or of least a more organized manner.Thank you,

I have a Levitron 4 channel DMX pack unit attached with 4 standard dimming household LED bulbs, 60w. When they are turned on they start at 0%, and I am able to bring them to 100% brightness, but when they are faded all the way down (the Levitron is attached to an ETC board), they stay at about...

That’s my fear. I think even if I added extra weight to the batten once the momentum kicks in they’ll start swinging.

Ron, you mean like a guy strap to the arbor or the opposite wall? Yes, the problem is the height and being able to secure a lift in time to tie off the pipe at the ends. The pipe won’t move until after the show though.

I have 4 Chauvet 455's arriving for a show and want them to be visible for the upcoming production. Our first electric is pretty busy, so I entertained the idea of hanging them on the next free pipe which is empty. My concern is I've never hung any movers on a non-electric pipe and worried they...

Thanks, looks like I'm going to end up using the D40's with the Mac running Show Express.

Thanks, I found I can use the Show Express software with the DMX 512 I have and manually create the D40 profiles. Works!

Hello,I've been asked to help recreate a show on location (a community hall) and am thinking I could take some D-40's on some trees to light up the stage. I have a ETC dongle, but short of taking our console, can anyone suggest a way to trigger effects or cues? Can I use the ETC Family...

Thank you. Our vendor doesn't carry the Apollo, but I like the price difference. I'm going to check other listed vendors.

Thank you. If I went the Gobo route, are you saying the ETC ION wouldn't be able to control the rotation speed? Does it require Rosco's DMX/DC controller specifically? The I-cue may be out of budget, so I'm thinking the double gobo may be a good starting point until I get two+.On a side note...

I have a limited budget (end of cycle) and need to spend $500-700. At our PAC we do not have any movers, just PARS, ETC D40, and Ellipsoidals. I'm looking at the Rosco Vortez 360 Dual rotator or pushing the budget for the I-cue. Any advice on which would be better? We host about 2-3 plays a...

Thank you all. I tried the colorpath, but there isn't a lot of documentation and I can't seem to set a custom path. Ric, unfortunately, we do not have that many D40's that I could have another set to light the same areas, but that seems like a plausible solution. In the meantime, I'll keep...

Hello All,Here at our district PAC, we have an ETC ION Pars, Fresnels, D40's, etc... During a recent show, I had all the D40's lit orange and the next cue they move to Blue. During the transition they went purple, then to the blue. Still new to the ION... is there a way to get a smooth...