Spanning six days over two weekends, the total event experience was enhanced by the dramatic lighting of the festival grounds, made possible with LumenRadio's CRMX Nova wireless control. Two LumenRadio TX2 RDM transmitters controlled three DMX universes of 20 SyncroLite 7K searchlights, and 260 ColorKinetics ColorBlaze fixtures. Seventeen LumenRadio receivers were placed on remote lighting towers up to three-quarters of a mile from the control centre.
Installed by Felix Lighting of La Mirada, CA, the LumenRadio units performed flawlessly, linking multiple universes of DMX in a wireless environment unusually full of radio traffic, including life-safety communication; numerous Facebook check-in stations; a special on-site AT&T cellular system; performance and production communications for the event's six stages; and even the festival's WiFi 'Web' which operated in the same 2.4GHz spectrum as LumenRadio! At no time was LumenRadio's performance hindered in any way, nor did the LumenRadio devices interfere with the other RF systems.
Felix Lighting president Dave McKinnon explains, "Based on our positive experience at Coachella last year, we were eager to use LumenRadio again this year. LumenRadio wireless control alleviates the problem of trenching cable to the remote towers. What makes LumenRadio shine is its ability to coexist with other signals in high-traffic wireless conditions. Everything went like clockwork, with the assistance of technical support provided by TMB and LumenRadio."
(Jim Evans)
