PITTSBURGH – W-DMX by Wireless Solution Sweden AB was used for the lighting effects, lasers, strobes and video projections at the Pittsburgh 250 Three Rivers Regatta held last summer. The event included the F-1 ChampBoat Series competition, a concert by Soul Asylum and a fireworks and laser display. Pittsburgh 250 is a year-long celebration of the 250th anniversary of the naming of the region in 1758. The Three Rivers Regatta and related events were a high point, attracting over 400,000 people.
The show included over 100 lasers and large format lights, pyrotechnics, synchronized soundtrack, and a mid-river water screen. Lasers were distributed on downtown buildings and on Mount Washington over a 1-mile radius with W-DMX signal and show control via a grandMA full size console.
LD Martin Potoczny, owner of Visivo Visual Design, used 1 W-DMX BlackBox S-2 Transmitter along with a B-500 Booster to send signal to six BlackBox R-512 receivers. Martin chose one W-DMX Outdoor 8 Omni aerial 8dBi antenna, three Outdoor 9 Panel aerial antennas and two Outdoor 12 Panel aerial 12 dBi to overcome challenges that included distant receiver locations. The receiver points were located on the tops of mountains, tops of skyscrapers and across rivers to control the array of effects.
The W-DMX signal was used for over 100 Large Format Big Lights 6.0, Martin MAC 2000 Wash/Spot, plus strobes, water screen, video projectors, and Lightwave International Prism Series High Power Solid State Full Color Lasers (10-13 Watts each). The entire event progressed without a single interruption in signal.
Lightwave International supplied the lighting equipment. George Dodworth, owner of Lightwave International, credited W-DMX and said he would use it on future projects.
Potoczny concurred. "This project was breathtaking. It is one of my favorite projects I have designed for many reasons – the setting, the grand scale and the audience reaction and positive feedback. This project would not have been possible without W-DMX," he added.
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