Recent content by DavidJ247

Just a thought, snow machines will typically have at least two channels (fan and pump) and often both need to be active for the machine to work. If the test mode on the controller steps through single channels such as r,g,b the unit may not respond. Does the F16V3 have a test mode with all...

Hey there, drove by your display before Christmas, looked great, good work. Perhaps a flat mega tree in that space, from the ground up and above the roofline, secured to the eave maybe. I'm a big fan of icicle strings around the gutters, it's a traditional 'christmassy' look, you have plenty...

Something tripped a breaker on our display a few days ago, everything but the mega tree came back on, I found a dead psu which was promptly replaced and things were back to normal. On further investigation I found the cause of the psu failure, an earwig had crawled inside the power supply...

Sorry I can't make it, first properly busy weekend since the pandemic started, 4 gigs on that day. Can't complain getting back to work after so long but a shame I'll miss it, Melb mini is always a great time. Enjoy.

Hey Technodisney, MA2/3 and similar consoles like HOG, Avo, etc are capable of controlling pixels, they can send the same sACN (E1.31) data to a pixel controller, the difference is professional consoles often have a limited number of universes available, and/or require additional processing...

Hey Baron. I use Lilia's Disco Santa sequence, been running this one for a few years now and it's always a hit. https://nutcracker123.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=3&products_id=97 https://nutcracker123.com/movies/01-04-%20Disco%20Santa%20(Santa%20Claus%20N%20O%20E%20L%20).mp4

Oh yeah, Jacarandas are awesome, our neighbour has one near our fence, it looks great when in bloom then they seem to drop their leaves (or are they flowers?) all at once and its like a purple blanket over their yard and ours, pretty cool. My floods are actually professional ones, around 200W...

Nice work Dreamin, the display looks great! I have the same trouble with trees blocking the view of the house, ours are council trees and I can't get rid of them, always cursed them at Christmas time because they got in the way so this past season I decided to make them part of the show by...

Cheers Alan and welcome NickWato, yep NarreLights will be running this season, just getting setup now and should be running from early Dec. More than happy to show you around, shoot me a message.

Hey Mark, definitely not a good time for the events industry right now, no work since March and nothing on the horizon until public gatherings are allowed again, but we're hanging in there. The business is not closing or anything drastic like that, but 6 months without work has given us plenty...

Hi all, we are having a clear out of our factory and I thought some of this gear might be of interest to ACL members. Any questions feel free to email info@smokescrn.com, pm me or post here. https://smokescrn.com/exrental-sale David

This is great! Thanks LDL.

Re long range boards vs local ports, keep in mind its is not just either/or, Falcon F16 gives you the option to add expansion boards of either type so you can do both with one controller. In my display for example, I have an F16V3 in a central control box with its 16 local ports feeding props on...

Hey Ambarta, seems we have a few things in common, fellow lighting/screen tech here in Vic and I have been involved with Christmas lights and ACL for many years. No doubt there is alot of cross-over with what we do in entertainment lighting and many of the concepts and protocols are the same...

Hi Stephen, I did this with my ropelight star and am really pleased with the results. You can replicate the original ropelight effects for a vintage look which is fun but also pixels allow you to do so much more with the prop. You could consider simply laying bullet pixels end to end, they...