Recent content by UndefinedGroupUK

Hey there, we currently have an Alcora MK1 which is running firmware 1.1, is it possible to update the firmware on these consoles because it would be really useful to us to have the facility to DMX patch which we can't do with the current firmware version on the desk as the facility just isn't...

The whole box was sprayed with a fireproofing agent before the dimmers were installed to make sure there was no chance of a fire and the dimmers are spread out to try and contain any problems and the whole system was checked and tested by an electrician before we started using it, and its now...

Hey, we made our own dimmer packs from Velleman Kits, a German company who specialise in making PCB's for hobbiest and we found these 0-10V dimmers which were perfect. Velleman, Inc. We had 16 of them running off a Zero 88 Sirius 24 and they worked perfectly for our needs, meant we could...

Hey Everyone, Unfortunatly yesterday we pulled out our Sirius 24 Lighting console to find after running totally fine only a couple of weeks prior it has finally had enough and is neither booting or functioning correctly. The desk was totally working with no problems only a week or so prior...

Thanks for your help! Because this is for my A-level electronics project I have to actually produce a product, so I thought a timecode generator or a timecode clock. Although just thinking off it another good project could be a remote control playback unit, so that you can select the cue you...

Hey Everyone! I will soon be starting my A-level electronics project and I have decided that it is time to delve into the world of MIDI and more specifically MTC. I have long been fascinated with how it is Theme Parks can put on the same show hundreds of times a day with consistency and true...

Thank you for all your help everyone! The only other question I have is about the hazer which we have (a unique I believe) is there the facility to patch as a hazer or does the elements extremely extensive fixture library meet its match with a hazer, if not would I be correct to presume just...

Thanks! Just to clarify the various parameters will appear in the soft keys when a moving head's channel is selected because there isn't 'hard keys' for the various parameters? I would check but I don't have access to the desk until the day of the show so I want to make sure I know as much about...

So how do I inform the desk that the only parameter of a moving head I wish to record to the sub master is say pan and tilt. So I can record various positions to a set of subs, various colours into a different set of subs various gobos etc etc and just choose live which ones I want to fit...

Hey! Pretty soon I will be programming the lighting for our schools tallent show on an ETC Element 40. We have managed to swing it so we will have our standard 24 dimming channels and 4 colour scrollers but we are also hiring in to Martin MAC250 entours and a hazer, all exiting stuff for a...

Hey, thanks for all the replies, our buget is looking at about 2K per light but we can stretch, however unfortunatly however we can't change the desk from an element as that decision has been made from a higher place and we just have to work with it. The same people have also said that moving...

:)Hey, My school is going to buy a new lighting desk, to replace the 20 year old strand desk which is beginning to show its age, loosing many a show file dangerously close to curtains as well as well as just not being up to the demands of the school anymore. Therefore we have decided to upgrade...