Recent content by Rick Hinton

We had TONS of cleanup to do... It wasn't very gorgeous when we got it in May (after being vacant for years). So happy to have been a part in resurrecting the usefulness of this facility! I was very proud of the production, only a couple of hiccups and an ALL volunteer staff - over 80 people...

Just an update. As I mentioned, we were on a shoestring budget. I found some cheap movers on Amazon and got those working last week just before the show and we were able to do everything and it was a great success!You people are absolutely incredible. Thank you for the help!@Amiers...

Thank you @Amiers, ordered and on it's way! This just means I have to go back up on the lift to hang it....Shows are Nov 6, 2020 at 7PM and Nov 7, 2020 at 3PM at the theater former known as the Yellow Ribbon Theater.Me: Shoe string budget, duct tape and bailing wire, that's what this...

More fun. After completely redoing the above, we reverted back to the Installation rack settings, where each EM264 has it's own individual number, and the three dip switches were returned to then ON position to utilize the table. Long story, but it was more advantageous for us to have the...

Just realizing that I did not hit "post" on this after spending hours typing it up!@Amiers: absolutely, you did indeed mention that. In the manual that you referred me to, it said:EM264 The EM264 has three thumb wheels. - For installation racks, thumb wheel is set to rack number (1-64) -...

I called ETC, and they said that it wasn’t possible for the L86 to even do what I have described and passed me over to High End since I was using a Hog4PC. The High end tech was just as confused. They both suggested that there was another control device somewhere in the theater intercepting it...

Duplicate. Thanks AT&T!

Thank you, I wasn’t aware ETC Support was 24/7!I don’t have a preset panel or an original console (only the Hog4PC). I do have an Analog Address System that supposedly only controls the house lights through DMX2. In my experience in this system, the “dimmer” assignment is actually referring...

@Crisp image , that was basically the plan of attack that I had regardng the patch panel. There are no dimmers wired direct, all pass through the patch panel. The console that used to be here is long gone, but was able to connect the Hog4PC direct to the rack, then test each dimmer channel at...

I am in the theater for this weekend, and have been able to figure out several things, aisle lighting for one. There are soft patches that I can’t find anywhere, but I need to remove them. Is there any way to do this without an ETC console? For example I have a light on stage that is tied in a...

All great ideas, and I assure you it was because someone wasn't familiar with theater lighting systems.. Next time I'm in the theater, I'll start with a multimeter in the patch panel to see if I have voltage through each dimmer, locate the dead ones and swap them out. I do have a few spares...

Thanks for the input. I know where the hard patches are, the soft patch will be a bit more difficult for me to trace down. I only get to go there every few months :-(

Update: I just returned from a trip to the theater this week. I found some interesting things....I hooked up the Hog4Pc on DMX1 directly to the rack, added desk channels, ran all at full, then at 0, and was able to manipulate the lights, then started narrowing down from there. I was...

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An update: ETC shows their drawings with a Sensor system, not the L86. They do have the Analog Address system in their documentation though, so that is one less mystery to solve. The first row set of dimmers (set at 001) are for the stage, the second set of dimmers (set at 002) is for house...