Recent content by zack.hinrichs

This is true! YouTube and Google is my first step when learning anything. There's so much information available to train students. The long term plan is to put on workshops at our church to teach the students how to program everything. My goal is to move toward a more automated service which...

Good question! And thanks for responding! Well alot of the software interfaces I had seen looked more intuitive and easy to learn than the Congo Jr. Board. Since this is located in a youth center, high school students will be running it. Also, I sort of assumed that the board was outdated...

Hi John, that's good to know that the Congo Jr. support midi in and out! I was not connecting to the unison from the Congo junior or ethernet, but through a DMX cable connected to my laptop. Our board is gone getting repaired right now, and I have not tried to control the lights from the unison...

Just found this!https://www.controlbooth.com/threads/enttec-ode-compatability.32979/a member here said he has used the Enttec ODE Dmx with Congo Jr.

Thanks for your recommendations!I'll definitely check them out!Do you know if the Enttec openDMX USB and D-Pro would be compatible with ETC products?I talked to 2 different tech support guys at ETC, the first one said the Unison Legacy doesn't care what is sending the dmx signal, as...

Thank you for sharing your setup! I looked up some of the Jands stuff which is nice! unfortunately we're not in a spot to get whole new setup. But does your Jands setup have the capability to receive midi input? i'm curious about that.

Wow! Thank you guys for all your quick and knowledgable responses and Happy Thanksgiving!Ok so, I should've also mentioned in my original post that I would also like be able to control my lighting with midi cues.Pro Presenter 5 is the display software we are using. We are going to upgrade to...

So what I have going is this;My current lighting set up is: A Congo Jr with a 2x20 universal wing. It is controlling a Unison Legacy Dimmer (old style with greyscale lcd and floppy disk) with goes out to 44 lights (mix of SourceFour pars and SourceFours). The board also controls a Smart Relay...

Hello folks!Zack here, messaging you from Pismo Beach California! While I don't come from a theater or sound background, I do have some experience with Lighting as I used to work for an electrician. I am a Jr. High Pastor at New Life Church in Pismo. We are a fairly large church for the area...