ELC Lighting are switched on for PLASA 2013
Networking specialists ELC
Lighting will be presenting developments to their product range at PLASA London 2013, on stand H20 from the 6th to 9th
of October at London’s ExCeL. With the move to a new exhibition venue and ELC
Lighting’s new dmxXLANv4 lighting
network management software nominated as a finalist in the “2013 PLASA Rock our World Awards”, Silvio
Cibien and Joost van Eenbergen have every reason to be looking forward to the show.
Joining the now established
Ethernet networks for entertainment systems, ELC Lighting will debut a new and
faster switch component – Switch8GB
– forming a new backbone of the network distribution system. With 8 ports Local
Area Networks have speeds of 10/100/1000 GB, plus a fiber optic option is
introduced on ports 7 and 8. Thanks to the multiple back up loop feature there
is fast recovery of back up data in the event of a glitch or interruption of
the signal due to a cable break or accidental disconnection. Another smart
feature that is sure to be appreciated is the ability for each Ethernet port to
be assigned to different VLAN networks, for example keeping lighting control
networks separate to audio networks. The Switch8GB is totally compatible with
ELC’s dmXLANv4 system management software.
New software from ELC, derived from continuing
experience gained through working on live events, is now available as dmXLAN v4. This completely
revised freeware program for Windows and OSX recognises that managing the
Ethernet network on live events has become a specialist role within
the technical team in recent years. ELC’s software engineers
often freelance on shows where they take responsibility for
maintaining the integrity of data networks that distribute data for
lighting, automation, LED screen and communications to distributed
areas of the rig and dmXLAN v4 is the tool designed to do that job. Version 4
of the program has a new user interface and builds on the core
network overview and remote setup of Ethernet switches and lighting
components. New features include a full implementation of RDM, multi-universe
merging (three universes may be merged on each DMX output port, and
re-transmitted as a single universe), merged universe can be
programmed as a full softpatch for each channel, merge functions such as a
soft changeover between desks or a media server can be controlled by a DMX
channel. Another great feature is that dmXLAN v4 can be remotely controlled and
monitored via a web browser on a smartphone. PLASA’s
Lori Rubinstein has informed ELC Lighting that the dmXLAN v4 Software is
one of just eight finalists in the sixth annual “Rock Our World Awards”, to be
presented at the PLASA Cocktail & Awards Reception at LDI 2013. The Rock
Our World Awards were created to honour ground-breaking achievement by PLASA
members and to acknowledge the genius of both the creator of the technology and
the designer or integrator who applies it in a real world environment. Winners
will be selected by a panel of industry judges and be announced at the PLASA
Cocktail & Awards reception on Thursday, 21 November from 5:30-7:30pm at
the Las Vegas Hotel during LDI 2013.
Also featuring at PLASA
London 2013 will be the much applauded, award winning Green-GO communications system, Offering
many of the features only previously available in expensive matrix systems, Green-GO is a cost effective solution
embracing intercom, cue light, show relay and text messaging that is scalable
from just two users to more than 3,000! Green-GO offers a digital intercom
system over Ethernet with 32 full duplex channels and no requirement for the
expense of a master station or central matrix, as matrix information resides in
each single unit, belt pack or wall station. There are savings too by avoiding
the need for dedicated cabling as it can be run over most commonly used
protocols such as ArtNet, ACN or even the office network. Green-GO which won the 2012 Rock our World Award is fast becoming a
favourite for production teams from theatre to TV studio production, stadium
concerts and grand opera – in fact any live event where precise timing is
essential and clear communications between directors and equipment operators is
critical.
Billed by the organisers as a
“driving force in the development and promotion of the professional
entertainment technology industry for over 35 years,” in an enforced move to
ExCeL London, the show will open under its new name PLASA London 2013,
and take place a month later than in recent years. Extolling the virtues of the
move, PLASA CEO Matthew Griffiths said; "PLASA London 2013 reflects a new
focus on international visitors … ExCeL London is just five minutes from London
City Airport. London is already the best connected City in the world and this
October, PLASA London 2013 will take place in one of the best connected venues
in the world."
Visitors to ELC Lighting on
stand H20 will have the opportunity to see the systems in use and discuss
specific user requirements directly with the technical team. And for those less
familiar with lighting protocol over Ethernet, there is a handy guide booklet
available at the show.
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Notes for editors:ELC Lighting
ELC
Lighting www.elclighting.com is based
in Elsendorp in The Netherlands. It was founded in 1994 by Joost van
Eenbergen, who worked on many live events and saw an opportunity to
use this experience in the design and manufacture of lighting products for the
theatre, concert, TV and the live events industry in general. His development
team is still closely involved in live events, and all ELC products are
developed and tested ‘in the field’.
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