Recent content by Malabaristo

I have S4LED Series 1 fixtures with cyc adapters and I have to tilt them down for clearance every time we set our orchestra shell, so I end up refocusing them very frequently. The trick I figured out was to do one very careful focus off a ladder, then bring the electric in to low trim and bring...

And not only that, but any use in a pipe grid is going to be pretty darn similar to the type of scaffolding applications they were designed for, and there is engineering data readily available that could easily be used/adapted to help you determine whether a particular application is safe. Not...

I hadn't heard of it before, so I was doing some reading on MTI's website and found this FAQ that includes a note about a free trial version. Apparently it's a fully functional trial of the first few songs in a given package, so you should be able to get a sense of how it sounds.

I believe the wired com connections on the BTR800 are configurable for either ClearCom or RTS, so what you have now makes sense if I understand it correctly. I think you can configure the A & B sides individually, so you could potentially use the RTX stuff on one side and the PI/ClearCom...

I would guess price... but Plyron isn't exactly cheap either.Contractors at one of my schools did just use MDO to patch a section of floor right in front of the main door to the stage, so it will be interesting to see how that holds up. It will see a lot of concentrated wheeled traffic in...

Pictures of everything would help a lot in being able to provide suggestions. My immediate response is that if you think their position change has to do with fasteners working loose, then what makes you think they're not in imminent danger of falling? That sounds a bit disturbing... but if it...

You are indeed remembering correctly that NET2 doesn't play nicely with IGMP. I don't know if there's a way to make it work, but the standard configuration I would use for sACN definitely breaks EDMX/NET2. Disabling IGMP snooping entirely in the switch would be a good troubleshooting step.

I don't necessarily disagree with this, but there's a very big difference between "Can I troubleshoot this?" and "Do I have time to troubleshoot this?" There's also the closely-related question of "How much do I trust this person to do what I tell them (and tell me what they're doing...

The Clearcom branded cable for this is pretty expensive, but also very nice and has the right connectors... What makes it nice is mostly the Mogami wire which can be found reasonably priced here. It's not the easiest thing to solder that wire to a six-pin XLR, but if you're good at fiddly...

If the fixture's display is going crazy while the problem is happening, then I doubt it's an RDM or other data problem. Could be a bad power supply or other internal problem that gets worse as things heats up. I've never had to seek out service for Altman products, so I don't know where to...

My guess would be no because it's more about the sudden change in IR than visible light. If that's true, then changing to LED would solve the problem by removing the IR component.

In some ways aerial stuff is more forgiving of weird shadows than regular dance because the performer is just as likely to be upside down or sideways much of the time. You also have to think more three-dimensionally when the performers aren't always at floor height. With that in mind, lights on...

Normally I would say Telnet would be easier to implement than the web interface, but when I tried that with a similar vintage (but different model) Eiki projector not too long ago, it behaved oddly... mostly just inconsistent timing between when the command was sent and when it actually...

Yes, and they're one of the better options for controlling a wide variety of LEDs.... but you still won't know how well these particular lamps are going to perform until you test them. They could be anywhere from awful to barely acceptable, but--wherever they fall--the two types are unlikely to...

I was about to ask a similar question earlier, but then I realized the no-paint test kind of negates any issues with painting process. If the top layer of unpainted hardboard pulls away with the tape, then it doesn't matter as much how well the paint bonds to that top layer. It would have to...