Recent content by Rob Fulton

Is there any difference in "Forerunner Cable" and 4 pin dmx? I'm running into issues with some forerunner scrollers.

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I'm having some issues with Wybron Forerunners. Can someone tell me how to figure out the power output of the PSU I'm using. The manual gives me this:• Input voltage: 100-240V~50/60Hz 3-1.5A • Fuse: 250V 2A SloBlo for 100-120V~ 250V 1A SloBlo for 220-240V~Which suggests to me that the...

Talked with the lighting faculty and he and I think our best approach would be the Springtree Wall Station DMX Recorder. Installation and Manual here: http://www.springtree.net/image/data/Springtree%20Wall%20Station%20Manual.pdfJust curious if anyone has used one before and if they've liked...

So, we have ETC cem+ racks that we can use.I have no idea how to set up the rack so that the "Panic [mode] can be activated via an external switch closure," as the manual states. Any helpful videos out there?

Thanks for all the replies. I'll get back to those asking about consoles. Been helpful in my search.

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Our Lab Theatre is used as a classroom. There is a rep plot ready for use. I'm trying to find the simplest, idiot-proof, control for this plot. In my imagination there is a run of DMX into a single fader that controls one channel into which I've patched the 12 dimmers the rep plot is...

Thanks for the thoughts. We are now talking about a chain motor and wenching them up and having them live in the air.

Thanks for the message. However, I'm not so much looking for storage solutions as I am of why you should store instrumentation off the floor. I have to convince others lighting storage should not be on a stage floor before I can decide on a method of the actual storage.Any thoughts?

I'm at a university where lighting storage had historically been on the stage floor. I am trying to make an argument for getting them off the deck and was hoping that some arguments can be passed on to me on this forum. Most of the inventory is S4's along with the usual collegiate inventory of...