LOS ANGELES – Christie Lites recently purchased more than 200 onPC command wings from MA Lighting to add to the lighting company’s rental inventory. The onPC command wings extend usage of the grandMA2 control system to customers working on location or those who find it physically difficult to fit a full grandMA2 console at their venue. Christie Lites’ latest investment brings its total onPC command wing inventory past the 250 mark.
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LOS ANGELES – Christie Lites has purchased an additional 200-plus MA onPC command wings from A.C.T Lighting, the exclusive distributor of the MA Lighting in North America. The company’s new investment brings its inventory of onPC command wings to more than 250.
Earlier this year Christie Lites took delivery of 50 onPC command wings to extend usage of the grandMA2 control system to customers working on location or those who find it physically difficult to fit a full grandMA2 console at their venue. With 12 locations in the U.S. and Canada, Christie Lites supplies equipment and services to lighting designers and chief electricians across an extensive client base.
MA’s onPC command wing is a portable solution offering realtime control for 2,048 parameters in combination with grandMA2 onPC. Designed as the hardware expansion to the grandMA2 onPC software, onPC command wing enables the look and feel of the software to be as close as possible to a real grandMA2 console.
Its command section is similar to the grandMA2 layout and features 2 A/B faders, one level-wheel, individually backlit and dimmable silent (clickless) keys and an integrated universal power supply. The unit has an ergonomic design and is lightweight (tipping the scales at just 6 kg).
onPC command wing comes with free grandMA2 onPC software. It offers two built-in DMX ports as well as the possibility to send two additional DMX universes via Ethernet. A simple USB connection between the MA onPC command wing and the computer running the grandMA2 onPC software permits all inputs and outputs of a grandM2 console to be available to the user. DMX, MIDI, timecode and analogue remote are all on hand directly at onPC command wing.
The portability and mobility of onPC command wing also make it an ideal backup solution within the grandMA2 system; a powerful control solution on the road or in smaller theaters, shows and clubs; or a handy choice for preprogramming.
“The popularity of the onPC command wings with our customers prompted us to invest in a substantial inventory of units,” says Christie Lites CEO Huntly Christie at the company’s Orlando headquarters. “The onPC command wings can be used anywhere and for an affordable price. They’re a win-win solution.”
