Keepin' up with the Griswolds...

[bboyink]

Very nice setup Brad, welcome to PL! Just curious what you're using to control the lights, pangolin?

The programming for the lights is done with Light-O-Ram's production software then saved to a SD chip along with show times and various other production information. The LOR Director Control (stand alone device) unit sends a continuous data stream to the other units via a network. This data stream tells each unit what circuit to turn on and off.

At the same time LOR is sending a separate DMX 512 stream and is decoded via LOR's iDMX device. This device is then hooked to DMX input on the Pangolin board. Then Showtime's Live decoded the DMX stream the sent the proper animation to the laser projector.

On the Pangolin system I created a single show with several modules and assigned each one to button via Showtime's Live. So at show time the LOR Director sends out a DMX stream that has the page and cell number for the song that is playing. This way the lights, music, and laser are alway 100% in sync. When the next song that has lasers plays I simply send the new page and cell number for the entire length of the song. Best of all I could change the order of the songs in the LOR system at any time and it always work correctly.

-Brad

[mophead]

Really great setup, Brad. Thanks for sharing.

Welcome to PL.

[buffo]

Fantastic display, Brad! Where are you located?

You've put an awful lot of work into that setup. Very cool indeed. Nice to have you here on PhotonLexicon. I'll wager that next year you'll be fielding a few more questions about how your display was controlled!

Adam

[bboyink]

Fantastic display, Brad! Where are you located?

You've put an awful lot of work into that setup. Very cool indeed. Nice to have you here on PhotonLexicon. I'll wager that next year you'll be fielding a few more questions about how your display was controlled!

Adam

My show is located in Grand Haven, Michigan.

[buffo]

Ahhh... Near Muskegon. We've got a couple other members from Michigan here on PL... DocJohn, Whitcher88, and CDbeam for sure. Maybe a few others I've missed.?. Have you had a chance to meet any of them in person yet?

I grew up on the other side of the lake. (Cleveland, between Sheboygan and Manitowoc) But the company I work for has a contract with a plant in Muskegon, and I almost had to fly there around last C-mas (2007) Trip got cancelled at the last minute, which made my wife very happy! Still, it would have been nice to see the lake in winter again.

I noticed your post on the ILDA list; do you do this sort of thing just for fun, or is it part of your day job?

More to the point - any chance of seeing you at SELEM 2009 this summer?

Adam