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    What do I do with 700 x 15lb counterweight bricks?

    Yes it does seem crazy but I joined a new theater some time ago where the install company of the fly system left 900 x 1/2 bricks on our flyfloor! We mainly use full size counterweight and not these 1/2 size, why they gave us so many, who alone knows although they must have thought us too...
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    House/Run/Worker Control with Strand SLD Racks

    Recommend House/Run/Worker Control for Strand SLD RacksHi Forum, We have Strand SLD racks that work with an AMX touch screen system that controls our room lights. Unfortunately this system keeps malfunctioning. Can anyone recommend a good House/Run/Worker control system that interfaces with...
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    ION Remote

    Hey Folks, I thought I would paste this IM my friend sent me today regarding the ETC Ion remote, he just got his Ipad; when you buy your IONs, dont get the ****ty $1800 remote, you can buy 3 ipads and the remote app for that price and the app can do more than the remote itself.
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    LED Selador Vivid Demo

    Hey Folks, I am looking to dive into purchasing some LEDs to replace a PAR backlight/toplight wash and use them individually on other shows so I got a couple of demo units and filmed my experiment for all to see - YouTube - ETC Selador LED Test At roughly $1000 a piece with no pesky power...
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    Mmnnnn what color changing side light should I buy ???

    Thanks, my friend just recommended to me the Morpheus color fader 3 for top light as I do need to be able to live mix color during dance which you cannot do with a CXI Scroller Products - Morpheus Lights I still like the idea of seachangers for booms but am going to have to get very...
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    Mmnnnn what color changing side light should I buy ???

    Thanks for the comments so far, We generally do in house with visiting designers who have to work with what we have got so time and flexibility is there. We have a strand 520i currently but will get an ION at some point - the strand sometimes loses it and goes into dos mode (italian of all...
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    Mmnnnn what color changing side light should I buy ???

    Hey, I maybe have some significant money to spend in the summer and one problem area we have highlighted is the manual changing of boom color between dance pieces. At times we don't have the people or time to do this without ruining the flow of the show. We currently have no automated lighting...
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    Dataflash on Strand 520

    Hey, Anyone have a step by step on patching and getting to work a AF1000 dataflash on a Strand 520, tried in vain and nada ! Thanks in advance....
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    Lighting T-Shirt

    Anyone seen these before - very funny - I like page 3 selection of shirts - especially the lighting and Carpenter ones...:lol: http://www.listenhear.co.uk/clothing.htm
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    patching elipscan on strand 520

    Thanks so much footer - you put me on the right track and everything is working perfectly - drinks are on me !:p
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    patching elipscan on strand 520

    Thanks so much, I did actually manage to make it move but got all messed up again - getting there ssssslowly.....:neutral: but if you have profile and steps that great for tonight. Appreciate your help on this
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    patching elipscan on strand 520

    Hi, Thanks for the help. I have basically created a profile using an existing on and renaming it and changing attribute numbers, although i dont know what to do with the 5 attribute - on/off relay.... However when i try to use the encoders it is not controlling the attributes - it says on the...
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    patching elipscan on strand 520

    Hi People, Good to join this place, Having problems getting meteor elipscans working on my Strand 520 - has anyone got them working on this consol, if so how !? Thanks,
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