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Gafftaper: Strand was "Carsoned" in 2006 and "Dutched" in 2008. Before that, it was always a struggle with someone in the UK ownership/management ranks who thought they knew better. There's a libretto for a tragic opera here if someone cared to set it to music.

Some of us could - and maybe should - write a book on what happens to small focused niche market segment companies that find themselves inside a much larger corporate organization. At the end of the day, a company like Strand in these Philips times (or in those Genlyte days) is - at the highest...

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Good Afternoon!We will be happy to talk with you about the solutions we offer. One is called Choreo NSB [http://www.pathwayconnect.com/index.php/products/dmx-show-controllers-and-consoles/133-choreo-nsb] and the other is Vignette...

Good Morning!The CD80SV rack processor module aka "RPM" listens to DMX512 and also to Strand SMX (Outlook Architectural control and System Wide Control aka "SWC"). That architectural controller with the LCD display might be Outlook/SWC or - as others have suggested here - might be Premiere...

@BillConnerFASTC : Noted. Trust me when I tell you that everyone on our product development team has been following this thread. We have our quarterly "road map" meeting coming up soon and we will spend some time on this issue. I can only commit to our spending some time on this issue, but if...

@gafftaper: I hope that no one read a slur aimed at Strand in what I wrote. That was not my intent. As you pointed out, Bobby Harrell is doing a great job supporting the Palette user base and we will do all that we can to support him and the Strand team in that effort. As I said, "We [all] are...

@BillConnerFASTC : Good Afternoon! again. Yes, all of your comments and obervations are valid and we don't dispute any of them. We accept that there will be projects where we don't fit because of the way we do things or because of things we do not do. When we set out on our adventure (combining...

@BillConnerFASTC : Good Afternoon! Pathway Connectivity does this because the Palette/Light Palette code is our Intellectual Property. Same goes for Marquee code and Choreo/Cognito code. All those products are user interrfaces sitting on top of the same "fade engine". There are still many...

Good Afternoon!Strand Lighting also used 6-pin for wired focus remotes as well as for Portable Outllook and Premiere control stations. I believe that they still use 6-pin for portable Vision.Net stations but that should be verified with Strand.I think that it is very doubtful that these...

T@RonaldBeal & @Rob: This is an excellent discussion you are having. Thank you!First a disclaimer for the readers: I work for Pathway Connectivity so keep that in mind as you read what I have to add to this discussion.Cognito was not developed for concert touring although many of us who...

Good Morning!You probably have a Philips Strand Vision.Net system and you can and should ask them if they can add a second DMX512 card to the system for capture and playback of Universe #2.Now a disclaimer. I work for the manufacturer whose product I also recommend you consider.Possible...

Hi Ron:Good Morning!I put the question to Dave Higgins and got this reply:"This is definitely an Electro Controls desk, 5 scene preset, circa early 1970s, designed and manufactured in Salt Lake City. The picture shows several typical EC desk construction features, such as beige, welded...

Hi Ron: I've been away for a few days and am just now getting caught up. I live and work in the lower 48 provinces. The Electro Controls subject matter expert at Pathway Connectivity - Dave Higgins - is now retired. I'll send this photo along to him and see if he can help with an ID.Best,Van

Hi Bill, et al:Good Morning!Pathway Connectivity does not manufacture an Emergency DMX512 Bypass Controller. The SNAP Lighting Control panel is a DMX512-controlled, UL924-listed relay panel (8 or 16 1-pole relays) with an integral 16-channel 0-10VDC controller. It is an RDM responder. It is...