Linking Hog 2 for additional Playbacks

The company I work for recently purchases two Hog IIs. Not wanting to test my bosses patience(or his wallet) I am trying to find the simplest method of adding additional playbacks to the console without having to resort to purchasing a playback wing right away. I have skimmed through the manual and the forum and realize that yes, this is possible using different midi devices and through the input option... However, how would I go about connecting the two Hog II's together so that both of their playback sections would be availiable independent of eachother. Any advice, hesitations, techniques, or laughs at my ignorance would be appreciated...

Blake
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    Blake,

    It's been a while since I tried anything like this. You can not use another Hog 2 to 'natively' add masters, but you can use it (or almost any other desk that outputs DMX - I used to use little Leprecon 24-channel boards) in combination with the 'DMX Masters' option on your primary desk.

    This is detailed (a little) in the Hog 2 manual on page 150 and 151. Find that here (if you don't have a copy):

    www.flyingpig.com/support/hog2/manuals/hog2_v4.pdf

    If you've never done this before, it can take a little bit of playing around to figure out how it works, but it is a very useful feature.

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    If you do try this with your backup Hog 2, you will probably want to set it up as follows:

    Patch 10 desk channels (chans 1-10) to Universe 1, dimmers 1-10.

    Plug the output of Universe 1 into the DMX IN port on your primary console.

    On your backup console (wing) bring channel 1 to full and record a cue into playback 1. Open the options on playback 1 and set it to HTP.

    On your backup console (wing) bring channel 2 to full and record a cue into playback 2. Open the options on playback 2 and set it to HTP.

    Rinse and Repeat for channel/playback 3-10.

    Turn on DMX Masters on your primary desk.

    Follow the instructions in the manual.

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    Let me know if you have any questions.

    Cheers,

    Phil
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    Blake,

    It's been a while since I tried anything like this. You can not use another Hog 2 to 'natively' add masters, but you can use it (or almost any other desk that outputs DMX - I used to use little Leprecon 24-channel boards) in combination with the 'DMX Masters' option on your primary desk.

    This is detailed (a little) in the Hog 2 manual on page 150 and 151. Find that here (if you don't have a copy):

    www.flyingpig.com/support/hog2/manuals/hog2_v4.pdf

    If you've never done this before, it can take a little bit of playing around to figure out how it works, but it is a very useful feature.

    --

    If you do try this with your backup Hog 2, you will probably want to set it up as follows:

    Patch 10 desk channels (chans 1-10) to Universe 1, dimmers 1-10.

    Plug the output of Universe 1 into the DMX IN port on your primary console.

    On your backup console (wing) bring channel 1 to full and record a cue into playback 1. Open the options on playback 1 and set it to HTP.

    On your backup console (wing) bring channel 2 to full and record a cue into playback 2. Open the options on playback 2 and set it to HTP.

    Rinse and Repeat for channel/playback 3-10.

    Turn on DMX Masters on your primary desk.

    Follow the instructions in the manual.

    --


    Let me know if you have any questions.

    Cheers,

    Phil
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