Control/Dimming Lite Puter DP-2401

[wah0808]

For a few years now I've been looking for a DMX controlled 24 channel dry contact unit to replace a manual (home brew cir. 1975+-) lighting switch board.



Until now all the solutions I found were $1000+, way more than the $0 budget of a volunteer technician / lighting Dir.

I came accross this one recently from Lite-Puter... After reading the few threads here that even mention Lite-Puter it seem that they make a solid; though low end; product.

Has anyone used the DP-2401 24 channel DMX dry contact relay?

Has anyone had any dealings with them from a sales point of view?

At $265 it's a managable price...

Any thoughts or comments?

 

[derekleffew]

No experience with Lite-Puter, and have only heard negative remarks, so I'd look at Fleenor, Pathway, Northlight, or one of the other vendors listed at DIY DMX: Demux, Protocol Converters, etc. - ControlBooth .

 

[TimMiller]

I haven't had any problems with liteputers gear. I have dragged it around on the road without any trouble. I wish I knew about this before I bought my colortran relay system. Any reason why you don't want to go with dimmers? Unless you are controlling a bunch of DJ effect lights.

 

[wah0808]

The reason I can't go with dimmers is because this unit would be replacing a switch board (of sorts) that currently controls two relay panels, one 12 relay panel that is about 40 years old (at least) and another that is even older.

As for some of the other company suggestions, it all comes down to money, it's probably going to be out of pocket for me and those solutions are just WAY too expensive for something that would only be use for two weeks, every two years... unless I can make up cables to use it on other projects, none of which I can think of right now...

Thanks!