In the town of Charleroi, Lux Lumen has used Martin Exterior 600 washlights to add colour to the castle's belfry, the Beffroi de Thuin. The tower is illuminated using two Exterior 600s working with a Martin Wireless DMX-512 Pro Diversity transmitter with two receivers. The signal is transmitted over the castle's ditch and about 100 meters further. For the client to get DMX lines where they needed them would have cost five times as much as the Martin wireless DMX solution. Lux Lumen's installer for this project commented: "The distance involved was quite extensive. Experience showed that the transmitter should be a Martin Pro Diversity system to have the best results. The signal strength was just enough and the system works flawlessly."
In addition at Piens Music Planet, Belgium's largest music store, customers are welcomed by a dynamic Martin Architectural light and sound concept using Martin Exterior 200 washlights and Martin ViroSphere panels. Amazingly, the project was programmed from a car with wireless DMX transmitted over the site via a Martin Wireless DMX-512 device. As Lux Lumen reports: "The system even worked from a closed car, driving around! A warm, comfortable car makes programming of any outdoor installation suddenly less of a burden."
Finally at this year's Interieur 04 design exhibition in Kortrijk, Lux Lumen used a Martin Wireless DMX-512 system over three identical dynamic, temporarily stretched ceilings. According to Lux Lumen's Duncan Verstraeten, it was impossible to connect the three sites with DMX cables so they turned to a Martin wireless system, which reportedly proved to be very stable.
The Martin Wireless DMX-512 has a range of up to 200m (Pro Diversity up to 300m) and can be setup via a PC and PC-based controllers such as the Martin LightJockey. Both versions operate through radio signal, via a powerful WLAN card, transmitted between the mother box and receivers.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
