Hi!
I am a Swedish pyrotechnician looking for some advice on DMX systems. Before you say that dmx is not suitable for pyro, I just have to say that I will not use it for pyro, I have dedicated hardware for that, both digital and analogue.
My team and I am thinking of expanding to also use flame jets. This is way I am asking for advice. Pyro controllers are made for firing e-matches, usually only once. You do not program the digital ones for how long they will send their signal. Some even use capacitive discharge.
The problem is that flame jets are made to be fired many times and for varible length of time. This is why almost all commercial flame jets are made to be fired via dmx, since the use is similar to lightning control.(On/Off multiple times)
Now I have explained myself and hopefully calmed those of you that I scared by using both pyro and dmx in the same sentence. The question.
I am looking for a system for controlling flame jets via dmx(the main safety switch will not be dmx controlled). I would want a cheap system for starters. I would like to use a usb-dmx dongle with a software and perhaps a usb wing.
However I would like it to be able to receive timecode(fsk and smpte) or midi, from the same computer would be sufficient. I want to play a track with music and one with timecode/midi so that it is perfectly in sync.
The reason for this is that I want it to sync with music. I would like to be able to program something like this: YouTube - Pyromusical von Pyroarte
without to much trouble
I am not a native english speaker but I hope you understand me and get what i want to achieve.
I am a Swedish pyrotechnician looking for some advice on DMX systems. Before you say that dmx is not suitable for pyro, I just have to say that I will not use it for pyro, I have dedicated hardware for that, both digital and analogue.
My team and I am thinking of expanding to also use flame jets. This is way I am asking for advice. Pyro controllers are made for firing e-matches, usually only once. You do not program the digital ones for how long they will send their signal. Some even use capacitive discharge.
The problem is that flame jets are made to be fired many times and for varible length of time. This is why almost all commercial flame jets are made to be fired via dmx, since the use is similar to lightning control.(On/Off multiple times)
Now I have explained myself and hopefully calmed those of you that I scared by using both pyro and dmx in the same sentence. The question.
I am looking for a system for controlling flame jets via dmx(the main safety switch will not be dmx controlled). I would want a cheap system for starters. I would like to use a usb-dmx dongle with a software and perhaps a usb wing.
However I would like it to be able to receive timecode(fsk and smpte) or midi, from the same computer would be sufficient. I want to play a track with music and one with timecode/midi so that it is perfectly in sync.
The reason for this is that I want it to sync with music. I would like to be able to program something like this: YouTube - Pyromusical von Pyroarte
without to much trouble
I am not a native english speaker but I hope you understand me and get what i want to achieve.