Big Blue Clear-Com Call Light

Rather than flashing every time a station presses their CALL button, this light only comes on when a CALL button has been pressed four times quickly. It starts out solid, then after a while starts blinking.

Perfect for getting a specific person's attention and ONLY when you need that specific person. I use this for the conductor in the orchestra pit. They just can't see the little call light on their intercom station.

This project uses a couple of modules and minimal soldering.

Understanding Art-Net

While Artistic License publishes a detailed specification on the Art-Net protocol, I found very little additional documentation on the internet - including YouTube, to help configure an Art-Net fixture and light board to talk to one another.  So here is some info I'd like to share.

The light board we are using in this example is an ETC ION.  The fixture is an Elation SIXBAR 500.

QLab cue variety based on day of month

Let's say you have a production where you want some of the sound or video design to be slightly different each show.

You can do this with AppleScript using a script cue in QLab.

QLab serial projector control with AppleScript

If you are using QLab for video cues, I suggest having it triggered by the light board as most projections need to be synchronized with lighting. That way projected scenery will fade in and out with area lighting during scene changes. It is fairly easy to connect a USB MIDI interface between the Mac and the "MIDI OUT" of your light board.