Before I started this thread, I did do some research. I had to write up somewhat of a proposal, so I had to have costs for things. I found some on Gear Source for less Solaris. Full
Compass has the
Martin OptoSplitter for a good price. And I found a good deal on a SmartFade ML. Unfortunately, with some of the "powers that be" on vacation, things haven't been discussed yet (and I am getting impatient!). I at very least will be getting the splitter. There is nothing of the sort in place right now, which I am sure has accounted for at least one (maybe two) NSI MC7024 boards being fried. I am in an area that has a good deal of lightning and several
power outages each year. I am certain that is why the board had fried processors. (I have only been there three years and it was before me. I found only one dead board, but I was told it happened twice.) I have been loooking to upgrade to a SmartFade for several months. They are already sold on getting a new
console. I am just trying to take it a
bit further after being asked yet again, what can be done to improve things.
Anyway, I did check on
LightParts and was a little disheartened by the fact that they don't seem to have MiniMAC parts. I haven't contacted
Martin yet. So with that said, I am still going to push for getting the lights even though they are discontinued. I know I will be able to
track down parts somewhere.