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A speed square is usualy hanging around. I taped a string with a small weight onto the back sidewith the electric at spike you can stand at the desired focus point, and line up the fixture with the back of the square. make note of the anglefly the electric in to a working hight then...

I have quite a predicament on my hands, I am looking to buy a DMX controller and I have narrowed it down to two possible candidates. Etc Nomad EOS or a microvision. Each is around the same price. The Pros of the microvision are I would have the opportunity to learn a new desk language, its an...

Since my recent foray into lighting I have always been interested by the earlier etc and strand consoles (particularly the light palettes and microvision). To my frustration I haven't been able to find any for sale. Could anyone point me on the right direction?

I noticed the other day that there was a second account called admin on my ion. The account has a password on it and etc would not tell me what it is. Does anyone know what it may be?

Hey folksOne of the venues I freelance in had an ETC system installed in their mainstage and their blackbox as part of a whole building renovation about four years ago. The mainstage has a mixture of panel mounted stage pin outlets and Socco outlets, and the blackbox has ETC Smartbars.I'm...

Hello everyone! I am a student at a not so fortunate public high school. We have the ETC Express 24/48 and it's nearing its final moments. I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how I can hopefully get this working.So, it's been probably around a month since the board was used and today I...

I am new to this forum and new to lighting in general, but I have done some research to try and educate myself before asking questions. I have been the sound guy at our church for quite some time, and have the fortunate opportunity to look at ways to improve the lighting in our sanctuary.The...

Mystery panel by Conner Jones posted May 6, 2018 at 4:31 PM Hey guys,This light panel is in the rack at my new job and it controls all our house lights. It also controls our shell lights. The shell is 3 hung sections that flip from vertical to horizontal to make the roof. Pretty standard...

I am working with a Sensor+ Dimmer rack with R25D2 Dimmers. They keep on failing. Either not actually outputting power or not outputting consistently. The person that installed the rack entered the dimmer types in as R20D units. Could this be causing my problems?

I'm just entering into the intermediate stage of programming for a church in SFL. I'm trying to create an effect and still follow some of the guidelines set by the staff.The effect is for 8 Mavericks (4 Flown, 4 on the ground) I'm trying to get them to tilt down in pairs (2 High, 2 Low)...

Greetings,I am the lighting designer and tech supervisor at my high school and this year we're planning on buying a fog machine and I'm doing some research on some good fog machines. I chose the Chauvet DJ Hurricane 1800 Flex Adjustable Angle Fog Machine (25,000 CFM) because of the dmx...

Good morning everyone. I have an ETC Element console with a drive that is probably going flaky. Having another ETC Element die last year (1 week before run) and completely losing everything, I am a little gun shy when it comes to depending on a mechanical drive when SSDs are so cheap and...

Our space is transitioning bit by bit to LED and I have a few questions:1. Some of the fixtures are conventional source4s with source4wrd retro units attached. I know these are designed to safely be dimmer dimmed but the quality is awful unless maybe you have more than one fixture on one...

Hey guys,I'm working in a TV studio with a few seperate spaces that are all controlled by their own sensor classic dimmer rack. We're not using ETCNet, and don't have any distribution between these spaces.The problem(?) I'm seeing is that the cooling fan never shuts off after loss of control...

Hello all!It's been a while since I've posted here. A lot has happened since Grad school but I am back to ask a question about rendering. Many of you might remember a post I did a year or two back about connecting WYSIWYG to the Offline Nomad software on the same computer. Now I'm asking...

Indianapolis Stage is accepting applications for a position as a Theatrical Equipment Service Technician with a concentration in entertainment lighting control technology.This is not a production related position. We are not a production company.The responsibilities of this position...

Just as the title says! My legacy ETC Express 24/48 I have to use for a high school shows keys are not responding! (Number pad, Record Targets, etc.) Thank you in advance!

I just recently started LDing for a theater that houses all the local HS theater shows. They are just coming out of a new renovation to the place and purchased 10 Chroma-Q Color Force 72s. The first show I will be designing is Addams Family. I played around with the fixtures (mainly manually...

Looking for a good deal on a used ColorSource 20 console. Please contact me with any leads. Thank you

Hello Everyone,My venue is looking to purchase 30 new Source 4s. In a surprise turn our Board asked about the LED options, so here I am researching the ETC Source 4wrds. I know they are still relatively new, but I can't seem to find a lot of reviews about them. Does anyone have hands on...