All machines were networked via HippoNet and controlled remotely by Green Hippo's ZooKeeper control software. The individual monitors on each machine allowed the operator, Russ Grujbiak, to easily see and access all outputs.
Using one Hippotizer HD, one HippoCritter and two Hippotizer Stages, Peachment controlled all video and digital lighting via these four systems.
The Hippotizer HD fed the centre screen from one output and the side screens from the second output, with these screens going via a scan converter to the vision mixer so that they could be switched. The HippoCritter with its one output was used to drive the two Olite Towers either side of the stage. And out of the two Hippotizer Stages one did the MiStrips in the floor and ceiling of the stage, while the other one took care of the Plasma screen and the Mistrips on the side of the stage. Both the HippoCritter and the two Hippotizer Stages fed their outputs directly via Fibre DVI to the controllers for the various elements.
A Compulite Vector console controlled all the Hippotizer media servers via DMX, and there was an extra PC running ZooKeeper so that the content creator could upload his work to the network, which was all bespoke content produced specifically for the show. Peachment concludes: "We use the Hippotizers as they give us the flexibility to create outstanding visuals on our shows on a very reliable hardware platform. The technical support is second to none and dealing with Green Hippo is always a pleasure."
(Jim Evans)
