[SML] relay switch for Kabuki mechanisms

Wed Dec 14 16:54:50 UTC 2016

This sounds like a perfect spot for an Arduino. Some basic Arduino programming could have those three relays fire at the same time from a single source, whether it be software related or a hard button for the SM.

Travis McDonnell
Director of Production Staging
Director of Technical Theatre
The Shipley School
C: (215) - 316 - 1727

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re:  shipping (Barney Simon)
   2. Re:  Relay switch for Kabuki mechanisms (info at wjsstudios.com)
   3. Re:  shipping (Stephen Litterst)
   4. Re:  shipping (Jon Lagerquist)
   5. Re:  shipping (Jeffrey Kanyuck)

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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 20:35:09 +0000
From: Barney Simon <barney at jchansen.com>
To: Stagecraft Mailing List <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
Subject: Re: [SML] shipping
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Good.  Get me their number!  I have a package that has been ?On the truck for delivery? every day since Dec  2.
At the close of business, about 7:01pm, it converts to ?Rescheduled for next business day?.

Saturday I had the UPS customer service call to say it was on the truck and out for delivery.  He promised to keep an eye on it to make sure I received it and would call me back.  Guess what? no package, no call.

Barney Simon
Joseph C. Hansen Co., Inc.
201-222-1677
FAX: 201-222-1699

From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft-bounces at theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Durand via Stagecraft
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2016 1:53 PM
To: Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
Cc: Jerry Durand <jdurand at interstellar.com>
Subject: [SML] shipping

Just had a call from a UPS billing person who's thinking.  !!

On Dec 1st I dropped off an overnight package, it was scanned and I got a receipt.

On December 2nd it wasn't delivered, tracking only showed the original scan.  I filed a Lost Package report and  the package was finally scanned again that evening.

Their tracking now showed "on time" delivery for Monday the 5th.

Nope, not going to fly with me, not for overnight prices.  I filed a refund request.

Now comes the call.  The person said she sees the request was denied but it didn't make any sense to her, so she called to verify things.

It seems that UPS doesn't count a package as shipped until the DRIVER scans it but during holiday season he just loads up the truck and doesn't scan anything until it's unloaded, whenever that is.  So a Next Day package is sitting there waiting for someone to notice it.  The receipt you get doesn't actually count for anything.

The UPS person said she was marking this as a valid refund and seeing if she can get it through as that just doesn't sound right to her.

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Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc.

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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 15:06:36 -0700
From: info at wjsstudios.com
To: stagecraft at theatrical.net
Subject: Re: [SML] Relay switch for Kabuki mechanisms
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 Sending this again. It did not go through yesterday.

Each circuit will have 10-15 Kabuki mechanisms on it. They each draw 1.2 amps 120v momentary to trigger them.  They are mounted on a batten or truss anywhere from 3'-8' apart depending on what is being rigged to fall. (each mechanism can support 25 pounds) What I am looking for is a way to trigger all of them simultaneously as a stand alone FX and not have to bother the lighting dept. Now we are just using three switches that are pressed at the same time. It works fine usually. I want to simplify the process and add another toy to my inventory!

Bill Schaffell
WJS Studios

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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:13:23 -0500
From: Stephen Litterst <litterst.stagecraft at gmail.com>
To: Stagecraft Mailing List <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
Subject: Re: [SML] shipping
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On 12/12/16 3:35 PM, Barney Simon via Stagecraft wrote:
> Good.  Get me their number!  I have a package that has been ?On the
> truck for delivery? every day since Dec  2.
>
> At the close of business, about 7:01pm, it converts to ?Rescheduled for
> next business day?.
>
>
>
> Saturday I had the UPS customer service call to say it was on the truck
> and out for delivery.  He promised to keep an eye on it to make sure I
> received it and would call me back.  Guess what? no package, no call.

Last year we had someone waiting at the office for our Nutcracker
backdrops to be delivered.  At 5PM she saw the UPS truck drive past.  At
5:10PM the tracking status changed to "No one home."

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Stephen Litterst            Technical Operations Supervisor
litterst at udel.edu           Mitchell Hall
302/831-0601                University of Delaware

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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 14:49:40 -0800
From: Jon Lagerquist <jon at lagerquist.com>
To: slitterst at gmail.com, Stagecraft Mailing List
        <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
Subject: Re: [SML] shipping
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One of the many reason I invite our driver to the monthly grilling of meat.

On 12/12/2016 2:13 PM, Stephen Litterst via Stagecraft wrote:
> Last year we had someone waiting at the office for our Nutcracker
> backdrops to be delivered.  At 5PM she saw the UPS truck drive past.  At
> 5:10PM the tracking status changed to "No one home."

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Jon Lagerquist
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 14:26:57 +0000
From: Jeffrey Kanyuck <JKanyuck at Harford.edu>
To: "'Stagecraft Mailing List'" <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
Subject: Re: [SML] shipping
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I worked for UPS for 10 years. You can bet she will be given a bad write up.
Anything you can do to make friends with your driver like Stephen does of inviting them to a meal or offering them a drink on hot days or something on cold days, will go a long way to getting you better service. Have the item in hand as you offer it to them as UPS has them on a high delivery/minute ratio. They will turn it down if they have to wait for you to go get it.
And this will help to avoid what happened to Jon for his shop.
This will help in most cases. Though in holiday seasons it can be tougher as they hire extra drivers and then they don?t know who you are and you may not get the best treatment. The overhire drivers are held to an even higher delivery/minute ratio so they can have a reason to not retain the person after the season when they are looking to hire on new permanent personnel.

Jeff Kanyuck

From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft-bounces at theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Durand via Stagecraft
Subject: [SML] shipping