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The fundamental thing to remember about patents is the entire process exists to encourage the sharing of ideas. Improvements are supposedly a benefit to humanity. The flipside of sharing is to provide a mechanism for the inventor to receive compensation for their idea. Consequently, the system...

This sounds like an ideal question for an AI to optimize.

Maybe they did take it seriously and decided to take advantage of the opportunity to further their own plans. Tinfoil hats are back in fashion ;)

There are LED gobo projectors that incorporate a gobo wheel. I doubt they are any less expensive than a moving head fixture though.

Eos has 2 modes of sending OSC strings: implicit and explicit. Explicit cues can be sent in a variety of ways including cues, macros, and magic sheets.Cue x Execute String /cue/<qlab cue number>/startThere's also this recently introduced syntax. I'm not sure how it's supposed to work, or...

OSC doesn’t care about the transport layer. It works with TCP, UDP, serial USB, and could probably tolerate semaphore if somebody was sillly enough to implement it. QLab expects UDP. It sure would be nice if Figure53 would provide support for TCP. FWIW, I use explicit OSC string cues instead of...

I'm having a hard time picturing such a thing working in a standard sensor rack.AFAIK, there are only 2 locations in the rack where different phases are adjacent. The CEM is in one of those locations. Modules all land on a single phase. As others have stated, it would be a BAD IDEA to make use...

In general, you can get creative with patching, grouping in the LED controller, or some combination. In specific, knowing the console and controller would go a long way toward knowing which approach is most feasible. I’m familiar with Eos family consoles and DMXking LeDMX4 pro or ESPixelstick...

According to the setup guide, using Focus Wand is documented in the onboard tutorials in the iRFR/aRFR app. Focus Wand is only useful if you have moving lights.

https://www.controlbooth.com/threads/mechanical-caster-lift.39124/post-338819

+1 on the pneumatic actuators, although we tend to retract the wheels instead of lowering a brake.

QLab can run lighting cues either directly or via network commands to a lighting console. As primarily a lighting person, I wouldn't use QLab as a lighting console but, depending on the license, it has the capability. QLab can trigger lighting cues on a remote console using a variety of...

A rotating wedge is basically a riser on wheels with a fixed pivot. These rehearsal photos from our production of "Curious Incident" may give you some ideas. Note the fixed pivot slightly to the right (upstage) of the corner caster.The riser is a custom build with lots of storage compartments...

Weighing in from the community theatre perspective, I've been having problems with HPLs post-COVID. The sample size is a single box of HPL 575/115 so take my story with a grain of salt. I've experienced a 50% failure rate so far due to leaking seals at the quartz envelope. The telltale sign is...

… or press QOnly before pressing enter when inserting a cue into a list if you want to restrict change to the current cue. Just remember every cue is an instruction to change something. The thru key is also useful when applying an update to a range of cues.