Here is my story, I working in an old building where the Smart Fade and Smart Soft are downstairs and I am up the catwalk trying to aim lights. The when i want to aim a separate part of the stage I have to walk downstairs switch the faders and climb back up again. Is there anyway that i can either network the Smart Fade so that i could access and control it fromm my laptop via a wirless connection?
ideas?
I don't suppose you have a really long DMX cable, or a DMX input port on the catwalk, do you? SmartFade isn't a network-capable product, but it is portable... :-)
I hope this helps...
Sarah
Sarah Clausen
Market Manager, GmbH
ETC, Inc.
Do you have two laptops available? You could set up a wireless network between the two laptops and use Remote Desktop Connection (or equivalent) to control the laptop running Smart Soft in the booth.
Best,
John
"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." - William Shakespeare
I just did a quick test using a USB extender between the SmartFade and the PC running SmartSoft.
I used an IOGEAR GUCE51 USB Ethernet Extender that I ordered from Newegg.com. Cost about $80.
The USB extnender allows up to 100' of Cat 5 wire between the console and PC.
After five whole minutes of testing, it works fine.
something like this any use?
http://www.icron.com/products/usb/wireless_usb.php
Iain Ruxton
Speirs + Major, UK