Run my laptop instead of my ion board when we go out on location.

I remember seeing a gaffer I work with use a hog software on his laptop to control his one dimmer pack. Now I'm on a show where we have an ion on stage and when we go out on location we just run a couple color blasts so all I really want to do is bring my laptop out instead of unhook the board. I don't see and thing on etc's site that would allow me this feature. I have the offline editor but the name seems to speak for itself as far as controlling the lights. Any suggestions.

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  • There are several companies who make USB-DMX boxes and accompanying software, but last I heard, ETC isn't one of them.

    A quick google search with USB and DMX should turn up a few low-cost options - but you might want to consider buying a very tiny console instead. Personally, I find the use-just-one-finger approach very frustrating, and having faders very handy. The Smartfade consoles are great for that kind of setup, and are comparable in cost to a dongle, output box, and laptop, although you may already have a laptop or notebook laying around...

    You might want to check out other forums like ControlBooth - both for other small consoles and DMX boxes.

  • Cool, thank you. New and interesting things are always being developed at etc.



    [edited by: charcharhinus at 12:35 PM (GMT -6) on Mon, Mar 31 2014]
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