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Long-distance programming with W-DMX

USA - Wireless Solution Sweden was recently put to the test by Koster Design of Hollister, Missouri. The company devised a way to test the limits of Wireless Solution W-DMX brand wireless units.

Koster Design installed a searchlight on top of the Yakov Smirnoff theatre in Branson, Missouri. "For this project we used the Omni Light 4000AK," says designer Kelly Koster, "The Omni Light was chosen for its ability to colour-mix and strobe, as well as control beam size and movement. Yakov has been an artist all his life. He is very interested in details and he knows exactly what he wants the light to do. He hires us to make it happen."

The system used to programme the searchlight consisted of one Hog 500, one W-DMX Transmitter, One W-DMX Receiver, one W-DMX Booster, one Directional High-Gain Transmitter Antenna, one Omni-Directional Receiver Antenna, and a 12v to 120v inverter.

One foggy evening Mike Gormley and Kelly Koster from Koster Design set the wireless into place, then drove down Highway 65 over a mile away (1.6 km) and proceeded to programme the searchlight from their vehicle.

Gormley reports, "We were amazed. The response from the W-DMX units was flawless as always. I was literally driving 70 MPH (112 kmh) while Kelly was programming the Hog console next to me in the passenger seat."

(Jim Evans)

(28 January 2008)