Fader wings

Hi Mark -

Yes, Universal Wings work with Congo. When you say "remotely", though, what do you mean? What kind of system setup are you thinking of using?

 

Thanks much!

Sarah

I want to run a few channels or submasters of lighting from somewhere not directly next to the console.  This could be for a stage manager at a production table, or at the sound board when its a symphony concert and lighting is very simple.  So my thought was a fader wing connected via USB cable.  Do you see any problem with this?

Mark

well if your stage manager is only 3 meters from the console its fine, but usb gets unreliable aflonger that even withextenders. u could put a client pc by the stage managervia ethernet cable and that can be 100 meters away

Is this my only solution?  I'm after a handful of faders so that a non lighting person can get some light on the stage.  So the fader wing idea is a problem if the run is more than 3 meters?

Mark

Hi Mark -

What Corey says is true - the limit on the length of USB cable makes the distance you can "remote" the faders not so very far away. The suggestion of using a client PC or an RVI with a wing is the way to go if you need to be more than 15 feet/5 meters away from the console itself. The advantage of using a client is that you can also connect displays and see the position of the cue list, or do other things with your show from that location if you need to.

Thanks much -

Sarah

Hi Mark -

What Corey says is true - the limit on the length of USB cable makes the distance you can "remote" the faders not so very far away. The suggestion of using a client PC or an RVI with a wing is the way to go if you need to be more than 15 feet/5 meters away from the console itself. The advantage of using a client is that you can also connect displays and see the position of the cue list, or do other things with your show from that location if you need to.

Thanks much -

Sarah

Sorry, what's an RVI?

Mark

Mark Stevens said:

Sorry, what's an RVI?

Remote Video Interface.  In the olden days, we simply called them "remote monitors" or sometimes "Designer's remotes."