Product News

Johnson Systems Inc.'s JSI CD-3000 retrofit control system for Strand CD80 and Strand C21 Series dimmer racks is an expanded version of the "system-on-a-chip" technology used in the company's JS-ICON Series dimmer/relay racks, tested with six months of field installation.

GefenTV is now shipping its Wireless for HDMI 60 GHz extender. This sender/receiver system is the fourth product from Gefen offering wireless video connectivity.

Multiform's MultiBar LED lighting system, for small bands, dance groups, mobile DJs and others, includes four MultiSpot Eco RGB fixtures mounted on a 1-meter extruded aluminum cross bar housing the 16 Channel DMX-controlled power supply.

PowerPix from EldoLED are strings of RGBW LED pixels for general illumination or graphics applications. The DMX-compatible units have "power scaling" technology for a continuous 5W output.

i-Pix 4 and 6 lamp Power Bars can be used to mount the company's new BB1 LED fixtures. The BB1 is fully RDM/DMX enabled, with remote address mode and fixture feedback.

Arena Electrol from Da-Lite Screen Company is a motorized projection screen available in widths over 39 feet for large venues. It is designed with a built-in balancing system and steel cable guides for smooth, even screen retraction and a flat viewing surface.

ETC's Fire and Ice are color-spectrum-specific LED fixtures added to the company's Selador Vivid line. Fire features a warm wash of saturated reds, oranges and ambers. Ice provides, in one fixture, a palette of deep indigo, blue, cyan, green (and a touch of red).

Analog Way's Orchestra Remote Controller is designed to independently or simultaneously manage several switchers such as Di-VentiX II as well as the new Opus system, either as stand-alone boxes or as any combination, including soft-edge blending.

GDS (Global Design Solutions) is adding to its LiteWare range with LiteWare HO (High Output). LiteWare HO is an 80-watt version of its LiteWare wireless RGB uplighter introduced last year. It is compatible with the existing LiteWare range, shares the same footprint, and is calibrated to deliver color-matched output. It has an operational run time of 12 hours and will be available in late March.

Synthe FX has announced Luminair 2.0 wireless multi-touch DMX control software for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It uses Art-Net protocol to control compatible lighting and media server equipment using the internal Wi-Fi hardware.

Stage Research's SoftPlot 9.2 is now compatible with Windows 7 and Windows Vista. A new HTML Help viewer displays SoftPlot Help documents on Vista and later operating systems.

EZ-MAX Plus relay panels have been added to Leviton's Z-MAX relay panels product line. The panels are designed to reduce power use without requiring separate time clocks, cabinets, terminal blocks and contactors.