NBC Olympics lighting designer Steve Brill of The Lighting Design Group utilised SHoW DMX to light the Bob Costas NBC Prime Time Studio set which rotates 360° on a turntable. Power to dimmers mounted on the revolving set is run through a three-phase commutator, but DMX data is sent wirelessly from a SHoW DMX Transmitter in the studio. SHoW DMX delivers DMX data to dimmers, which control 26 key lights on a circular truss over the newsdesk.
SHoW DMX's user interface allows it to be adjusted to have minimal impact on any other wireless equipment in the studio. SHoW DMX was set to output in limited bandwidth mode and to output only 30 DMX channels, thereby creating only a very small radio footprint, and not affecting any WiFi networks in the studio.
Steve Brill commented: "We needed a solid wireless DMX solution, and SHoW DMX met that need. There is a lot of RF in the facility, and SHoW DMX fit in seamlessly and reliably."
(Jim Evans)
