XLNT Advanced Technologies has launched the PowerMotion DS8 Pro and Pro Plus Series of Solid State Motion Controllers. Each can control up to eight direct or low voltage chain hoists and features a solid state MCB per individual motor/channel, adjustable maximum power up to nine amps and a PL D, ISO 13849-1 and SIL2 compliant Emergency Stop System.
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Martin Professional’s Windows-based LightJockey v.2.9.1 includes Vista 32-bit compatibility and new fixture updates, as well as other upgrades. LightJockey will now recognize Windows Vista (32-bit only) as an operating system and allow for Universal USB/DMX interface configuration and use when running under Windows Vista.
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ATLANTA — Prestonwood Baptist Church recently added three Digital Projection Lightning projectors and two Highlite displays to help worshippers at its 1,500-seat North campus and 7,000-seat main campus experience a real-time simulcast of services led by head pastor Dr. Jack Graham.
Read More »ATLANTA and LAS VEGAS — Two young electricians were killed in separate accidents in late May. An employee of Rhino Staging and Event Solutions was killed in a fall at the MGM Grand on May 20. A film student in Georgia setting up lights for a shoot outdoors was electrocuted May 28.
Read More »AUSTIN, TX — The Texas House of Representatives refused to concur with the Senate amendments to HB 2649 on May 29, thus temporarily ending the bid to prohibit anyone from practicing lighting design except for licensed architects, landscape architects, interior designers, and Chapter 1305 electricians.
Read More »AUSTIN, TX — The Texas Senate passed legislation that will prohibit anyone from practicing lighting design except for registered architects, landscape architects, engineers, interior designers and commercial electricians.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TX — Radiologists need to compete for their patients’ business, and the challenge for Dykema Architects was to help the building housing Radiology Associates stand apart.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — The Melbourne Theatre opened after 15 years of planning and a $55 million investment. Home to the Melbourne Theatre Company, the MTC Theatre houses two performance spaces, foyer areas with bars, a café and two VIP function rooms.
Read More »In a pixel mapping application, the user creates a pixel “map” by placing “fixtures” from the software’s internal fixture profile library into the display area. … Read More »Pixel Mapping Software Basics
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BERGAMO, Italy — Clay Paky sponsored a visit made recently by members of Society of Television Lighting and Design (STLD), a British association, to the Italian Public television (RAI) studios, for an exchange of experiences among professional counterparts.
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MIDRAND, South Africa — The visual appearance of a radio personality, or his or her surroundings, might seem to matter little more than the timbre of a silent film star’s voice. Even so, Yebo Radio studios at Vodaworld here opted for an architectural upgrade that transcends what most people picture when viewing TV shows like WKRP and Frasier.
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OSLO — When the Nespresso Boutique opened earlier this year, it was still cold in Norway — good for hot beverage sales, but risky for staging an event that would extend the “coffee-café-and-more” retail outlet’s operations into the narrow street by the shop.
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