We are a community theater group "inheriting" a little used school theater. The dimmer packs are NSI DDS 6000 and thus Microplex as I've learned. Reading up, I need a converter (Looks like a NSI/Leviton I/F 501 Stage Lighting Control Interface) to convert from DMX from the old board we got to the Microplex signal.
My question though, is the wire that is run in the walls from the stage to the tech booth. Would that more than likely be regular XLR wire and thus we would be limited in the fixtures we can run? I don't want to do all this work only to find the wiring in the walls is going to be a factor. Right now there are about 35 lights, about 1/3 LED.
I'm not sure they even all work, I don't think they're all connected like the LEDs to the dimmer packs.
I"m new to lighting so don't be afraid to talk to me like a novice! I'll be learning a lot with this project.
Thanks for any advice!
My question though, is the wire that is run in the walls from the stage to the tech booth. Would that more than likely be regular XLR wire and thus we would be limited in the fixtures we can run? I don't want to do all this work only to find the wiring in the walls is going to be a factor. Right now there are about 35 lights, about 1/3 LED.
I'm not sure they even all work, I don't think they're all connected like the LEDs to the dimmer packs.
I"m new to lighting so don't be afraid to talk to me like a novice! I'll be learning a lot with this project.
Thanks for any advice!