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X-Real-To: stagecraftlist [at] theatrical.net Received: by prxy.net (CommuniGate Pro PIPE 4.2.10) with PIPE id 25132055; Wed, 19 Oct 2005 03:00:50 -0700 X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 4.2.10 List-Unsubscribe: List-ID: Message-ID: From: "Stagecraft" Sender: "Stagecraft" To: "Stagecraft" Precedence: list Subject: Stagecraft Digest #554 Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 03:00:13 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on prxy.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.5 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, US_DOLLARS_3 autolearn=unavailable version=3.0.4 X-TFF-CGPSA-Version: 1.4f2 X-prxy-Spam-Filter: Scanned For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see --------------------------------------------------- Stagecraft Digest, Issue #554 1. Re: Strand Offline by Andrew Vance 2. Somewhat off topic perhaps by "Abby Downing" 3. HDTV, makeup and talent by "David R. Krajec" 4. Re: Somewhat off topic perhaps by "Davis, Thomas J" 5. Re: Somewhat off topic perhaps by Jerry Durand 6. Re: Somewhat off topic perhaps by "Abby Downing" 7. Re: Somewhat off topic perhaps by Jerry Durand 8. Re: HDTV by FrankWood95 [at] aol.com 9. ETC dimmer question by Paul Marsland 10. Re: ETC dimmer question by "Jeffrey E. Salzberg" 11. Re: Strand Offline by "Aaron W. Braun" 12. Re: ETC dimmer question by FrankWood95 [at] aol.com 13. Re: HDTV, makeup and talent by "ladesigners [at] juno.com" 14. Re: hey Merel by Bill Sapsis 15. Re: ETC dimmer question by seanrmc [at] earthlink.net 16. Re: Flame testing by David d'Anjou 17. Morpheus Color Faders by "David Paul Stock" 18. Re: Morpheus Color Faders by "Chris Warner" *** Please update the subject line of your reply to use the subject *** line of the message you are replying to! Please only reply to *** one message subject in each reply. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In-Reply-To: References: Message-Id: <44B73B27-8E78-4078-8BEF-B9451E8E5785 [at] gmail.com> From: Andrew Vance Subject: Re: Strand Offline Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:18:39 -0500 On 17 Oct, 2005, at 18:58, John Gibilisco wrote: >> Does Strand have any offline software at all? > Yes, I believe you need to load the same version OS software that you > currently have running on the console. John is correct here. I highly recommend running the OLE in true DOS mode; I've had problems when I run it through Windows even if it reverts to DOS. I just restart the computer in DOS mode, run the OLE, and it works fine. I don't have XP on my office PC, but I know I can't get it to run on the Win2K box but I can on my Win98 box. > Not sure this will work. I know many have succsefully used thier > Mac's as a > networked remote (X Connect) but that is no help as an offline editor. I've never tried running any OLE on my Mac because I don't own Virtual PC. One of our recent tour lighting people tried running Stand's OLE via Virtual PC but had limited success, even following the instructions Strand gives you. I think she was able to run and edit on the OLE, but any disks that were made couldn't be read by a console. I have an ancient PC laptop in my office that's useless for just about everything else that I use for all my Stand and Obsession OLE needs. > You should contact Bobby Harrell with this question. A very nice and knowledgeable man, and wise advice by Mr. Gibilisco. -- Sincerely, Andrew Vance atvanceld [at] gmail.com ------------------------------ Subject: Somewhat off topic perhaps Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:29:15 -0400 Message-ID: <7AE59BA9B8D15D4787EB1C7A2DB6DFBA3001DA [at] jekyll-sbs.ollsi.local> From: "Abby Downing" I subscribe to an engineering-type website that was talking about this particular item caller Aero-gel. I read the short article with interest, and promptly forgot all about it. While surfing last night, I came across Nasal's website here where they talk about the product in detail. Absolutely amazing stuff, and would be pretty cool to light. =20 The more I thought about it, the more intrigued I became, so I thought I'd pass along this link... http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/photo/aerogel.html Abby ------------------------------ Reply-To: From: "David R. Krajec" Subject: HDTV, makeup and talent Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:35:11 -0500 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: I heard a story (unconfirmed) that the late Peter Jennings auditioned new,expensive cameras for his evening news. I seems that he sat there under the lights in front of the camera for quite awhile. Finally, he turned to his makeup artist and asked what she thought. She didn't like them. The cameras were changed. ------------------------------ Subject: RE: Somewhat off topic perhaps Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:42:06 -0400 Message-ID: <3CF87682970858499CA56707FB1F092B0A928A [at] wscc-s-003000.westshore.edu> From: "Davis, Thomas J" Cool stuff. Apparently literally, cool. With thermal qualities like that, I could sure use it for storm windows, given the price of heating a home in the great white north this winter. If they can figure out how to tint it, we could have "gel" gels again. Imagine no more complaints about the heat from the lights? Next best thing to a force field. OK, where do I apply for the $2,000,000 grant so I can get 10 square feet of this stuff to play around with? Thanks for the link. Tom D -----Original Message----- From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Abby Downing Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 10:29 AM To: Stagecraft Subject: Somewhat off topic perhaps For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see --------------------------------------------------- I subscribe to an engineering-type website that was talking about this particular item caller Aero-gel. I read the short article with interest, and promptly forgot all about it. While surfing last night, I came across Nasal's website here where they talk about the product in detail. Absolutely amazing stuff, and would be pretty cool to light. =20 The more I thought about it, the more intrigued I became, so I thought I'd pass along this link... http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/photo/aerogel.html Abby ------------------------------ In-Reply-To: References: Message-Id: From: Jerry Durand Subject: Re: Somewhat off topic perhaps Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 07:49:01 -0700 On Oct 18, 2005, at 7:29 AM, Abby Downing wrote: > I subscribe to an engineering-type website that was talking about this > particular item caller Aero-gel. I read the short article with > interest, and promptly forgot all about it. While surfing last > night, I > came across Nasal's website here where they talk about the product in > detail. Absolutely amazing stuff, and would be pretty cool to light. The amazing thing is there's already an array of products that use it! Here's one that I've recently designed into a product: http://rocky.digikey.com/WebLib/Cooper-Bussmann/WEB%20DATA/Capacitors/ B%20Series%20Aerogel%20Supercapacitors.pdf ------------------------------ Subject: RE: Somewhat off topic perhaps Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 11:07:18 -0400 Message-ID: <7AE59BA9B8D15D4787EB1C7A2DB6DFBA30DFE7 [at] jekyll-sbs.ollsi.local> From: "Abby Downing" Re the Jerry links... Obviously not as new as I first thought, but simply amazing, nonetheless. I really didn't even think about the uses for this stuff in electronics components. Wow. Between carbon nano-tubes and aerogel one day we're going to need a microscope to read our watches! Gotta get some aerogel and play with it myself. Or perhaps go work for NASA...maybe they need a lighting service-type person on staff? Abby ------------------------------ In-Reply-To: References: Message-Id: From: Jerry Durand Subject: Re: Somewhat off topic perhaps Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:27:41 -0700 On Oct 18, 2005, at 8:07 AM, Abby Downing wrote: > Obviously not as new as I first thought, but simply amazing, > nonetheless. I really didn't even think about the uses for this > stuff in > electronics components. Wow. Between carbon nano-tubes and > aerogel one > day we're going to need a microscope to read our watches! > The bad thing is the parts themselves are getting REALLY small. Two years ago I designed a board with hundreds of "0201" sized resistors and capacitors on it (2mm x 1mm) that are difficult to see without magnification. I found that my hand-soldering ability runs out at about 0402 parts. :( Last year I redesigned that board and added some "chip-scale" packages. about 1.7 x 1.3mm with 5 pins on it! http://focus.ti.com/ lit/ml/mpds158a/mpds158a.pdf I just saw an advertisement for capacitors in 01005 packages (1mm x 0.5mm), now THAT's tiny. ------------------------------ From: FrankWood95 [at] aol.com Message-ID: <1e2.46826d9c.30867b52 [at] aol.com> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:22:42 EDT Subject: Re: HDTV In a message dated 17/10/05 23:37:15 GMT Daylight Time, jdurand [at] interstellar.com writes: > There's also an article about trying to match colors from film to an > artist's computer monitor (for animation, touch-up) and the final > TV/theater screen. I know when we were over at Pixar they mentioned > they render the images differently for the DVD and film versions (so > you will never get the "real" theatrical release on DVD). This is a real nightmare. Video is normally shot, in the studio, with a light source at 3,200K. But, it's displayed on a monitor at 6,500K, with phosphors which are really the defining parameters of the whole TV system. The dyes in colour film are different from those in a TV tube; and the light source is likely to be about 9,000K. with a big Xenon arc projector. But with a smaller one, they may be an ordinary tungsten-halogen at 3,200K. Getting it right for both is very hard. Frank Wood ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20051018170824.65598.qmail [at] web52209.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:08:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul Marsland Subject: ETC dimmer question > ------------------------------ > From: Jeffrey Ferrell > Subject: ETC dimmer question > > ... is left idle for an extended period of time >(we're > talking 10's of > minutes, not hours/days), with nothing up, when > you > bring up a channel > (or any combination of channels), they respond > normally for a couple > seconds, then go dark for several seconds, and > then > restore to what > you've brought up. > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:57:26 -0400 (GMT-04:00) > From: seanrmc [at] earthlink.net > The airflow sensor IIRC, is on the MPE/CEM. I > hink > it's on the right side--it's a little hole with a > silver thing inside. You can use a can of > compressed air (with the rack off/the card out) to > GENTLY blow out that section. If this really is > the > problem, I'd suggest it's time for a more complete > cleaning of the rack. If the heat sensor were the problem, I would think you would see this problem intermittently regardless of the state of the cues, control signal, or terminations. That said, a good cleaning never hurt anyone. > ------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:16:17 -0500 > Subject: Re: ETC dimmer question > From: "Curtis L. Mortimore" > > ...do. My initial thought > would be to isolate each set of dimmers and see if > the problem persists. > Your description does not indicate a termination. > IIRC the ETC racks should > have termination switches on them. Move the NSI > pack > to first or second in line I think the termination switches and moving the NSI pack will solve your problem with virtually zero cost. Just use the term. switch on the last pack in the line > Another > thought is to move the > NSI pack to the second universe off the console > and/or put an isolated DMX > splitter into the system. A good idea, but will call for some extra money (unless you already have the parts sitting around unused) > Third and final thought: > Had a situation where the > dimmers where doing funny stuff and through a > whole > bunch of dinkin around > figured out that my 48/96 was talking to fast for > the old, non-ETC dimmers. > The solution was to slow down the refresh rate on > the console. This is always a good detail to remember (we used it in our facility for years matching ETC control to Colortran dimmers), but since the NSI pack seems to be unaffected in this situation, the transmission speed is probably not a problem for Jeff in this case. Paul > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Reply-To: From: "Jeffrey E. Salzberg" Subject: RE: ETC dimmer question Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:14:53 -0400 Message-ID: <000101c5d407$77fce850$6701a8c0 [at] Dell> In-Reply-To: > This is always a good detail to remember (we used it > in our facility for years matching ETC control to > Colortran dimmers), but since the NSI pack seems to > be unaffected in this situation, the transmission > speed > is probably not a problem for Jeff in this case. I'd be interested to know if optically isolating the NSI pack solved the problem. ------------------------------ From: "Aaron W. Braun" Subject: RE: Strand Offline Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:30:22 -0500 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Diana, Strand's offline editors are the same software that you install on the console. Download the 300 series console software (c3, cn, and hc). The files you download will need to be unzipped before you install them. Please note, the console software is MS-DOS based and will NOT run in NT, Win2k, and XP environments because they use a modified DOS. I use VMWare for my virtual environment on my XP machine with MS-DOS installed in it. Virtual PC is probably similar. Make sure that you use MS-DOS or Win98 in VPC. When you execute the c3instal.exe, cninstal.exe, and hcinstal.exe files in the virtual environment, choose offline editor in the installation menu. Because of the DOS environment, make sure that you install the files to no more than an 8-character directory name off of the root. Please note that Strand also has HF and HT files that can be installed to your computer (even XP). If you click on the html files in the installed directory, you can browse the help system in your web browser. There is also a web based tutorial. I find this helpful to people trying to learn the console. They can have the tutorial running on the laptop next to the console. If you have any more questions, feel free to email me. Aaron Braun Ardee Design Group, LLC Nashville, TN -----Original Message----- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:55:10 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Strand Offline From: "Diana Kesselschmidt" Reply-To: dk [at] dianak.com Does Strand have any offline software at all? I know I should be able to find it at their site but I didn't see what I was looking for. I'm looking to get 300 series software for my Mac, or if I really have to, for my Virtual PC. ------------------------------ From: FrankWood95 [at] aol.com Message-ID: <216.bc0f36d.3086ce4a [at] aol.com> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:16:42 EDT Subject: Re: ETC dimmer question In a message dated 18/10/05 18:10:13 GMT Daylight Time, paulbmarsland [at] yahoo.com writes: > If the heat sensor were the problem, I would think > you would see this problem intermittently regardless > of > the state of the cues, control signal, or > terminations. That said, a good cleaning never hurt > anyone. It just might be. I am not yet familiar with our ETC racks, since they were only installed last summer, and I do little work in the Playhouse, these days. We have three racks worth, and when I powered them up on Sunday, only the fan in the centre rack ran. Later, I found all three running, with no action on my part. It struck me as a possibility that the temperature sensors in the outer racks might have been set to a different temperature from that to which the centre rack had. Perhaps the centre fan pulls in sufficient airflow until there is a load on, when the others kick in. When I get a chance, I'll look at the airflow arrangements, but I'm up to my ears in a show, at the moment. If, as is my custom, you turn on the racks at least half an hour before curtain up, there should be no problem. Frank Wood ------------------------------ From: "ladesigners [at] juno.com" Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:06:49 GMT Subject: Re: HDTV, makeup and talent Message-Id: <20051018.170748.10477.21393 [at] webmail34.lax.untd.com> NEVER underestimate the power of a trusted make-up artist. /s/ Richard _____________________________ I heard a story (unconfirmed) that the late Peter Jennings auditioned new,expensive cameras for his evening news. I seems that he sat there under the lights in front of the camera for quite awhile. Finally, he turned to his makeup artist and asked what she thought. She didn't like them. The cameras were changed. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:36:47 -0400 Subject: Re: hey Merel From: Bill Sapsis Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Pardon the bandwidth folks.... Hey Merel...Lost your email address. Give me a shout will ya please? Thanks Bill www.sapsis-rigging.com 800.727.7471 800.292.3851 fax 267.278.4561 mobile Join the Long Reach Long Riders on their 3rd annual cross country charity motorcycle ride. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20319558.1129692388956.JavaMail.root [at] elwamui-little.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 23:26:28 -0400 (GMT-04:00) From: seanrmc [at] earthlink.net Reply-To: seanrmc [at] earthlink.net Subject: Re: ETC dimmer question Paul.... It's not heat--it's an AIRFLOW sensor. When it gets clogged, it takes fans at full speed to get air to "register" to the sensor. So, when you turn on something in the rack, the fan starts up. The sensor starts looking for airflow. The fans take a couple seconds to spin up to full speed. During that lag: The lights turn on (the dimmer is on) The fans start The airflow sensor sees "no airflow" The automatic "hey, the fans aren't working" protection kicks in and turns off the dimmers The fans reach full speed The partially clogged sensor now sees airflow The auto-protection allows the dimmers to turn on The cue on stage returns. All this takes about 1-5 seconds from the time the rack gets a non-zero level command. By the way, I've seen this happen on a Sensor 24 rack. The airflow sensor was full of a paste of condensed haze fluid and dust. A couple of puffs of Dust-off solved the "Dipping Dimmer Mystery". --Sean Sean R. McCarthy seanrmc [at] earthlink.net -----Original Message----- From: Paul Marsland >\ If the heat sensor were the problem, I would think you would see this problem intermittently regardless of the state of the cues, control signal, or terminations. That said, a good cleaning never hurt anyone. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <96c90e340510182158r3f592246t12bc95532484dc7d [at] mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:58:57 -0400 From: David d'Anjou Cc: Barney [at] josephchansen.com Subject: Re: Flame testing In-Reply-To: References: I have always asked for test strips on drapes - they aren't standard but most manufacturers aren't surprised to get the request. If there isn't one you can usually find a piece off a seam to cut. I don't think anyone is suggesting we should be trying to set an entire, installed curtain on fire- a typical "match test" is intended to get a feeling of how a sample would perform in a real NFPA 701 set-up - so a 2" wide piece tested somewhere safe without wind is usually a good bet. And of course field tests are innacurate - but they can give you a good idea: "No-problem-at all", "kinda-maybe", and "deep-doo-doo". The second 2 categories would send you straight to an independant lab. When in doubt - burn a piece. If STILL in doubt - get someone with a real set-up and the rule book to burn a piece. David d'Anjou Cirque du Soleil On 10/17/05, Barney Simon wrote: > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > Alf Sauve wrote: > > > Most all drape manufactures include some test strips with each curtain. > > Speaking unofficially but based upon my 16 years with Rose Brand, this > was never a standard practice. I've owned JC Hansen for three years, so > I cannot speak to their current practices, nor have I ever visited their > California facility. > > Just to cause trouble: my thought, should I be the suspicious type fire > inspector, is that who ever treated the curtain, probably super treated > the sample... if they treated the curtain at all. > > -- > Barney Simon > JC Hansen Co., Inc > Drapes Drops and Dance Floors > > 423 West 43rd Street, NYC > 212-246-8055 F:212-246-8189 > JCHansen.com > 866-988-8055 > > -- David d'Anjou Cirque du Soleil Mirage 2006 project ------------------------------ From: "David Paul Stock" Subject: Morpheus Color Faders Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 01:02:17 -0400 Message-ID: Can anyone offer operational tips on these color faders. I hear tell that there exists a website with a correlation table for channel level settings and standard gel colors from various color media manufactures. I haven't found it and was curious if anyone has the URL handy. Stock, David Paul Art Direction & Production Designer 8587 Greenbelt Rd., Apt. T2 Greenbelt, MD 20770 (H) 301-552-5492 (C) 716-510-2016 Website: davidpauldesigns.com Email: Dave [at] davidpauldesigns.com ------------------------------ From: "Chris Warner" Subject: RE: Morpheus Color Faders Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:48:46 -0700 Message-ID: <008c01c5d470$c5cc1880$6401a8c0 [at] chris> In-Reply-To: > -----Original Message----- > From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net] On Behalf Of David > Paul Stock > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 10:02 PM > To: Stagecraft > Subject: Morpheus Color Faders > > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > > Can anyone offer operational tips on these color faders. I hear tell that > there exists a website with a correlation table for channel level settings > and standard gel colors from various color media manufactures. I haven't > found it and was curious if anyone has the URL handy. > I believe the color faders manual has one in it, at least when I was working with Hi end color commands that is where I found them. Chris -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.3/141 - Release Date: 10/18/2005 ------------------------------ End of Stagecraft Digest #554 *****************************