Steve Barter
New Member
Hi Everyone,
I'm pretty new to the Lighting world so I am really trying to wrap my brain around the DMX system and the current set up in my auditorium. We are looking to make some upgrades at a fairly slow pace and I am looking for some guidance and assistance.
Current setup: (pretty outdated) DMX 512 system installed. Pretty old, I want to say 1996? Manual Light board in the control room - ETC Minstril Lite (back of the auditorium) with fixed wires running to a small room off the back of the stage that houses the Dimmers ETC MX I think. We have a good selection of Lights all with twist lock connectors.
Intent: I would like to start to incorporate some LED fixtures and run the system from a computer. So my question is 1. Can I use a DMX splitter in the booth to continue to run the current lights and run a new DMX cable out of the splitter to the stage to chain in some new LED fixtures? I was hoping I would have some DMX out ports on the stage but it doesn't look like I do, but I do have conduit run that I can use to get to a panel on the stage. And 2. Can I use a DMX to USB controller to run both the current Dimmer system and add in new LED fixtures.
Or... am I way off here???
I'm pretty new to the Lighting world so I am really trying to wrap my brain around the DMX system and the current set up in my auditorium. We are looking to make some upgrades at a fairly slow pace and I am looking for some guidance and assistance.
Current setup: (pretty outdated) DMX 512 system installed. Pretty old, I want to say 1996? Manual Light board in the control room - ETC Minstril Lite (back of the auditorium) with fixed wires running to a small room off the back of the stage that houses the Dimmers ETC MX I think. We have a good selection of Lights all with twist lock connectors.
Intent: I would like to start to incorporate some LED fixtures and run the system from a computer. So my question is 1. Can I use a DMX splitter in the booth to continue to run the current lights and run a new DMX cable out of the splitter to the stage to chain in some new LED fixtures? I was hoping I would have some DMX out ports on the stage but it doesn't look like I do, but I do have conduit run that I can use to get to a panel on the stage. And 2. Can I use a DMX to USB controller to run both the current Dimmer system and add in new LED fixtures.
Or... am I way off here???