The Las Vegas-style roundabout, including a sizeable fountain lit with submersed LED lights and a sound system synced to the water pumps, was equipped with additional lights that provide area-wide colour washes and special effects for public holiday celebrations such as Christmas and New Year. LumenRadio's Slovenian distributor, MK Light Sound d.o.o., was asked by the local municipality to supply a lighting control system that not only would leave an uncluttered look and be invisible to the public, but could also be installed without disrupting traffic.
Dean Karov, product manager at MK Light Sound d.o.o., Ljubljana, found the solution in CRMX technology - specifically the outdoor Slim product range and LumenRadio's OEM solutions. The wireless DMX/RDM system eliminated the need for any control cabling, which would have been impossible in this retrofit project due to the very difficult location and limited mounting options. Anolis ArcSource 96 Integral fixtures with LumenRadio's CRMX receiver on board were selected due to the effortless integration process and their ability to withstand adverse weather conditions and a particularly harsh environment in the middle of a traffic roundabout. Visual Production's CueCore system provided central control.
"LumenRadio's CRMX products were chosen because of their proven track record for outstanding performance and long-term reliability - key in this kind of installations. It was also a requirement from our client that the communication between the control room and the fixtures was secure and encrypted since this is a high visibility project in a public area and tempting target for hackers and pranksters. The CRMX technology features 128 bit encryption and that more than satisfied this concern", explains Karov. "The system works perfectly - both we and the customer are very pleased with the results in general and particularly with the performance of the wireless CRMX system".
(Lee Baldock)
