soundlight
Well-Known Member
So...I've got a dance concert at my HS to light NEXT WEEKEND.
Our dimmers have been known for their lack of reliabililty, but they had recently become stable. They are older lightronics dimmer packs, rackmount, 8 channels each (4 of them, 32 channels), breakers on each channel. They aren't a current model, and I couldn't find the manual on the lightronics website. I've got only one that works right now out of four, and my design requires 3. I could limit my design to 8 dimmers, but that would mean no cyc lights, no top color wash, half FOH, no specials, and just a no-gel top wash. So I really need those dimmers back.
Rental is not an option, as our system is a hardwired, hardpatch system that is permenantly installed using terminal blocks to connect everything together.
One of them crashed just without warning, and then the next one crashed when I restarted the rack (with the main power switch.
Then, I turned off the whole rack and let it sit overnight, and today the two that died yesterday still won't turn on.
They are controlled by LMX protocol on a Lightronics TL3256 controller.
The dimmers won't turn on even if there are no lights patched in to them and all of the breakers for the individual circuits are turned off.
The LCD interface on the front has (in this order) an up arrow key, a down arrow key, a menu key, and a select key.
All of the circuit breakers are aligned vertically, side-by-side.
Anyone know how to get these things working again, or do I need to call stageworks and try to get them in on monday.
Replacing them is not an option as we have little to no money available as of now.
Thanks!
Our dimmers have been known for their lack of reliabililty, but they had recently become stable. They are older lightronics dimmer packs, rackmount, 8 channels each (4 of them, 32 channels), breakers on each channel. They aren't a current model, and I couldn't find the manual on the lightronics website. I've got only one that works right now out of four, and my design requires 3. I could limit my design to 8 dimmers, but that would mean no cyc lights, no top color wash, half FOH, no specials, and just a no-gel top wash. So I really need those dimmers back.
Rental is not an option, as our system is a hardwired, hardpatch system that is permenantly installed using terminal blocks to connect everything together.
One of them crashed just without warning, and then the next one crashed when I restarted the rack (with the main power switch.
Then, I turned off the whole rack and let it sit overnight, and today the two that died yesterday still won't turn on.
They are controlled by LMX protocol on a Lightronics TL3256 controller.
The dimmers won't turn on even if there are no lights patched in to them and all of the breakers for the individual circuits are turned off.
The LCD interface on the front has (in this order) an up arrow key, a down arrow key, a menu key, and a select key.
All of the circuit breakers are aligned vertically, side-by-side.
Anyone know how to get these things working again, or do I need to call stageworks and try to get them in on monday.
Replacing them is not an option as we have little to no money available as of now.
Thanks!