Recent content by scobrakid

Re: Strand Console PROBLEM SOLVED!!PROBLEM SOLVED!! The Strand 500 OS is very customizeable and you can set any channel range for your DMX 1 & 2 universes. After scratching my head, I realized that the drape finally lit up and did stuff after I ran my first 20 or so channels. I thought, no...

Hey there geniuses of lighting systems!! I am working on a school's Strand console running OS 2.8.6...24 subs, 300channels, macros, effects, events, etc etc.....anybody familiar with it? Anyhow, I'm trying to send control to a Martin FiberSource QFX150 backdrop (4 units in series). I'm...

Hey all! If anyone is familiar with Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 575 repair, or any other related gobo wheel issues I'd sure love the input, because I am stuck at the moment.The first signs of malfunction I noticed was a gobo wheel consistently rehoming whenever its DMX value returned to 0 (from...

Back in the day when I had a cyc to play with all the time, I created a sunrise or a sunset by using ground row cyc strips and one or two 6 or 8 inch fresnel fixtures right in the middle of the ground row pointed up at the cyc for the sun. The ground row I had gelled red, blue, green and amber...

Thanks for the advice and the links! Those are some great articles. I'll be sure to post on that other forum as well. As far as mastering both boards, I don't intend to master both of them. I like to think of myself as a "jack of all trades, master of one" kinda guy. And the Automated...

Hey everyone! First thread on CB! Woo hoo! Anyways, my company lights various events and festivals around the city and we take out either our Avolites Pearl 2000 or 2004 or our Hog iPC. As the new L2 there, I'm still learning the consoles, especially when it comes to controlling our movers. I...

My company supplied the PA for the Birds Nest where the acrobat died. I wasn't there that night, but my supervisor saw him fall and was immediately at the scene. It was scary and very sad.