Dodd Technologies of Pendleton, Indiana created a dazzling lighting design for the Village, using W-DMX by Wireless Solution to send a flawless signal to 134 Elation Platinum Beams with W-DMX cards built in. Nine W-DMX Pro Box F2500 sent signals with directional antennas.
Ninety-six of the Platinum Beams were spread out across three city blocks. At the beginning and end of each block there was a W-DMX transmitter, six in total. Each transmitter broadcast to half a block worth of lights and was fed with DMX from a grandMA2 port Node. 14 Platinum Beams were used on the main stage, fed from a W-DMX ProBox.
Sixteen Platinum Beams were placed on top of the 12-story-tall Pan American Tower. Directional antennas were used to get the W-DMX signal to the top of the building, and then two transmitters were used as repeaters. Eight Platinum Beams were placed on top of the Indiana Convention Center and fed with a ProBox.
Jason Greene, wireless technician and programmer explains, "We chose to use W-DMX because the number of fixtures, the fixtures' positions, and the weatherproof domes around the fixtures made running five-pin DMX impractical. The solution worked perfect in spite of high traffic and cold temperatures."
(Jim Evans)
