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My favorite Christmas story
Luke 2:1-20
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Location
Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
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Biography
Running, Mountain Biking, Gadget Geek (including Christmas lights)
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Interests
Running, Mountain Biking, Gadget Geek (including Christmas lights)
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Occupation
Network and Sysadmin Consultant
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About my display
2017 display, tried projection mapping. Consider it a proof of concept.
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PlanetChristmas shifting away from forums?
Russ replied to Chuck's topic in Announcements From Evil Management
I don't have much to add that hasn't been said already other than to add my vote -- I'd like to see the forums stick around. -
Hope everyone has been able to enjoy the fruits of their Christmas display labor -- and had time to enjoy other's displays as well. Is there a technical and automated way to detect if lights are out or your display is otherwise not working as expected? I am in charge of the lights for our church. We have a 112 channel LOR display that grows each year. We have issues with GFCIs or circuit breakers tripping, someone yanks an extension cord, animal problems... We could set up a security camera and someone (me, probably) would need to check on it every night. Probably the mostly li
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LOR 112 channels, 10,000+ lights Get's a little bit bigger every year.
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LOR 112 channels, 10,000+ lights Get's a little bit bigger every year.
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LOR 112 channels, 10,000+ lights Get's a little bit bigger every year.
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Carol of the Bells / Sing We Now of Christmas - BarlowGirl
Russ posted a video in Christmas Displays
Carol of the Bells / Sing We Now of Christmas - BarlowGirl LOR 112 channels, 10,000+ lights -
Russ started following Light-O-Rama World
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Russ started following Anyone make a mock-up before full-blown testing?
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As great as the preview window is on Light-o-Rama, sometimes sequences just look different on the live production with real lights. LED lights react different than incandescents, and I've noticed even different brands of lights have a slightly different ramp time. Short of trying to hook up 96 strings of Christmas lights in the basement, I began to think of a way to make a mock-up. It would be nice to cut a string of lights to a foot or two long -- and I know you can't do this with mini-lights, or any other lights that are wired in series. Has anyone come up with a solution that you'
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Some projectors have network connections (either wired via an RJ-45 or wireless) have have the ability to turn the projector on/off remotely. I don't know that any of these have a daily schedule timer (i.e. turn on at 4pm and off at 11pm)...but...if there's a web-interface, then there is undoubtedly a way to automate it with your computer (but might take some software scripting/hacking to do). Do do theater lighting work part-time and have never seen a projector with DMX input...but now that I think about it, it sounds like a great idea. I can't say one doesn't exist somewhere, but of the
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Looking For Ideas For How To Narrate My Nativity
Russ replied to toozie21's topic in Motorized Contraptions
Just curious if you got the video up on YouTube yet. I know it's that time of year, and everyone is busy. But just curious...and I wanted to let you know I'm still interested in seeing this! -
Looking For Ideas For How To Narrate My Nativity
Russ replied to toozie21's topic in Motorized Contraptions
How does the story get "told" now? You said the nativity blowmold turns on in sequence and the star raises...is it just a sequence of events that tells the story (without narration, or text on a wall, or anything)? I'm just trying to get a mental picture of what it is now. I think the turning pages would be super-cool, but I have no idea how you'd accomplish that. I go the route of having signs with lights that turn on ('cause that's what I know how to do). Maybe, instead of a light that turns on, the pages/storyboard could be "revealed". The pages lay flat (so the text isn't seen) -
Thanks for the info. I need to cover a large area (this is for a church building...planning for next year). So probably the zip cord and individual sockets would work best. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I547 using Tapatalk
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Thanks. I'm looking at these for my church (for next year). This would be to cover a section of roof, so probably 20-30 feet between to cover the area we need.
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I was looking at the strobe bulbs from CDI, but how do you mount them? Do you use a strand of C-9 and replace every Xth bulb with a strobe? Or is there a special wire with very wide spacing just for this purpose? You guys have me intrigued... -r
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I was looking at the strobe bulbs from CDI, but how do you mount them? Do you use a strand of C-9 and replace every Xth bulb with a strobe? Or is there a special wire with very wide spacing just for this purpose? You guys have me intrigued... -r