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****! Now I'm sorry I didn't read Steve's post earlier -- I could've been $1K richer!Just to weigh in about the EC Premiere console, I have personal acquaintance with the first two installed, circa 1984 at the Calgary Center for Performing Arts. I was offered a service contract by the Center...

I assume you'll be replacing any installed Shownet DMX nodes, since they can only handle Shownet protocol. How many / what model are they? Can you be more specific about what kind of outcome you're hoping for, for example replacing the 510's with GrandMA? Also, how does the AMX system currently...

I doubt that termination is the issue here. From my experience, DMX-receiving products that work fine for one user but not the next, are simply very fussy about the DMX flavor they'll accept. This can usually be blamed on the code writer who wasn't successful enough at accommodating the full...

A minor (red-faced) correction to my previous diatribe is in order: I implied that RJ45 connectors shouldn't be used for DMX512, but in fact the current (DMX512-A) standard allows them to be used in certain situations, and my company even makes DMX512 products with RJ45's. I meant to say...

Was the old Dilor console powered from the M1224 pack, or did it have its own AC power cord? I think you might be on the right track with the pin 13/14 concept. The console's on/off switch may have grounded the fan control line, and there was definitely a fan timeout circuit on the PSR (power...

Karl's little ditty was all about using terminology that supports our expectation of interoperability between different lighting products. For example, if I as a consumer of lighting technology want to rent or buy a rig of gear, I'd be asking for trouble if I simply stated that everything...

Check out the Pathway eDIN interfaces, specifically the model 1003 to drive mechanical relays or the 1004 to drive SSR's.

What isn't well known is that Net2 1-port and 2-port DMX nodes (made for ETC by Pathway, but branded ETC) support DMX output from Net1. While the 2-port versions aren't sold by ETC anymore, there's a huge number of them in use out there. The 1-ports are currently being sold however, and they...

I agree with Derek -- what's not to like? I worked for the manufacturer and made/sold 1000's of feet of Channel Mount from the '70s to the '90s. It was another of inventor Ariel Davis' great product ideas, and the only one that was still being sold decades after he was out of the picture, and...

I'm pretty sure the 9-pin D-sub outputs CGA or EGA video, neither of which is compatible with VGA but a converter may be obtainable. I used NEC MultiSync monitors on the Impacts I sold since they could handle anything that was a video standard in those days (late 80s-early 90s). You might be...

I pulled out one of my ancient EC catalogs (who are you calling a hoarder??) and there they were! See? -- it does pay to keep old stuff around! The Celebrity Plus was pretty much a conventional lighting board with all the bells and whistles you still see nowadays, but only for controlling...

This issue has been around for as long as DMX has. Anything that transmits DMX and has a power on/off switch (that is, a physical switch that connects/disconnects the transmitter's power supply) is, by definition, capable of cutting power during transmission of a DMX packet. At the moment of...

ZMB is right -- a standard (i.e. older AMX-only) CD80 rack's dimmers will often drift on, but this indicates that either a) the rack is receiving a control protocol it doesn't understand, or b) the console output or control cable is defective in some way. The Impact was a great board IMHO. I...

What wasn't mentioned here was the importance of connecting pins 2 & 3 with a twisted pair. The installed cable probably has a black/white pair and a black/red pair, so your original connection may have inadvertently been pins 1 & 2 for the first pair and pin 3 with the red lead from the 2nd...

The model number 10B40S refers to a Quick-Connect load patch panel with 10 dimmer/non-dim busses and 40 load sliders, not a dimmer panel. Your dimmers are somewhere else and could be solid state (SCR) or autotransformer types, as EC never made any resistance dimmers. If they're autotransformer...