Recent content by sk8rsdad

I’ve had more success highlighting whatever frames the window or is visible through the window. In your example I would try sidelight on the window frame, shutters, curtains, shrubbery or whatever may be available to bounce light from.

Reach out to ETC to see if they have install documentation for your venue. The behavior does not sound like something an element console would do by itself. There’s either a really malicious macro or something else in the system that is taking control when the console is idle for a while. It...

You could record the SACn or DMX output and play it back. There are commercial devices that do this. The act of recording can be done by any device. If I were doing it I would probably use Wireshark to capture SACn then code something to extract the frames and save them with some trivial...

The fundamental thing to remember about patents is the entire process exists to encourage the sharing of ideas. Improvements are supposedly a benefit to humanity. The flipside of sharing is to provide a mechanism for the inventor to receive compensation for their idea. Consequently, the system...

This sounds like an ideal question for an AI to optimize.

Maybe they did take it seriously and decided to take advantage of the opportunity to further their own plans. Tinfoil hats are back in fashion ;)

There are LED gobo projectors that incorporate a gobo wheel. I doubt they are any less expensive than a moving head fixture though.

Eos has 2 modes of sending OSC strings: implicit and explicit. Explicit cues can be sent in a variety of ways including cues, macros, and magic sheets.Cue x Execute String /cue/<qlab cue number>/startThere's also this recently introduced syntax. I'm not sure how it's supposed to work, or...

OSC doesn’t care about the transport layer. It works with TCP, UDP, serial USB, and could probably tolerate semaphore if somebody was sillly enough to implement it. QLab expects UDP. It sure would be nice if Figure53 would provide support for TCP. FWIW, I use explicit OSC string cues instead of...

I'm having a hard time picturing such a thing working in a standard sensor rack.AFAIK, there are only 2 locations in the rack where different phases are adjacent. The CEM is in one of those locations. Modules all land on a single phase. As others have stated, it would be a BAD IDEA to make use...

In general, you can get creative with patching, grouping in the LED controller, or some combination. In specific, knowing the console and controller would go a long way toward knowing which approach is most feasible. I’m familiar with Eos family consoles and DMXking LeDMX4 pro or ESPixelstick...

According to the setup guide, using Focus Wand is documented in the onboard tutorials in the iRFR/aRFR app. Focus Wand is only useful if you have moving lights.

https://www.controlbooth.com/threads/mechanical-caster-lift.39124/post-338819

+1 on the pneumatic actuators, although we tend to retract the wheels instead of lowering a brake.

QLab can run lighting cues either directly or via network commands to a lighting console. As primarily a lighting person, I wouldn't use QLab as a lighting console but, depending on the license, it has the capability. QLab can trigger lighting cues on a remote console using a variety of...