It's a
DMX relay Controller Ship.
Hey Tim. You know that there is no error correction in
DMX or talk back so if in the course of transmitting the same code 44,000 times a second you
console makes a mistake and says "go"... which does happen... you will have fired your confetti like it or not.
Hmm, good detail in me not reading about the confetti
cannon...
Given it’s a
relay based
DMX controller to the confetti machine, wouldn’t it be more economical to buy replaceable relays for the
dimmer pack dimmers that than could be used for other things such
as lightning strikes, kabuki drops or
mirror ball motors - assuming that they can be swapped out, or
switch the
dimmer to on/off mode?
Just a thought. This granted if such a thing were in much need,
DMX relay would still be able to be made by me, I would just
send the electronics parts out to the electronics shop and make the rest. Had
DMX mirror ball motors years before American DJ came out with them - and that is for something that controls more than on/off or fire/no-fire. This as with various
E-Stop linked controllers, Pantographs, Scissor Lifts
etc. that are
DMX based for control in still stating my
point that I would be more interested in the antiques and
build my own confetti
cannon. Worked recently on some 10' dia. internally lit blow up balloons and Confetti Storm units, they both rely upon leaf blowers for the prime mover. This as opposed to the pneumatic tank based
switch mechanism for most confetti cannons or other type of compressed gas actuators for say a T-Shirt
cannon. The Pneumatic one time only is messy, the leaf blower type distributer is a disaster to clean up after. Still both in concept of how to do it fairly simple after the on/off
switch mechanism is figured out.
On pressing the “Go” ... for such a one time only - than spent
effect, believe we are in agreement about it at times better to have localized and very personal control over such a thing. That possibly is why I have never had to do one for
DMX and other than consider over the years in making more, theorize making a new on/off
power confetti
cannon.