[SML] Low Voltage LED fixture w/ Wireless Dimmer/Wireless DMX

[Lyric Opera Kansas City]

Hey Everyone,

I think I am getting close to making a decision on this.  Does anyone
have a recommendation on what wireless DMX controller to use with the
Chinese WiFly units?

Thanks,

Nate
Lyric Opera of Kansas City



On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 7:14 PM, Dale Farmer via Stagecraft
<stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> On 5/26/2016 9:48 PM, Joe D via Stagecraft wrote:
>>
>> The disk jockey industry is embracing wireless DMX and battery powered
>> units, since they must constantly set-up tear-down.
>>
>> One example is American DJ WiFLY QA5 WH .  I have never seen it in person,
>> so can't judge the quality of its light.  But there are certainly many LED
>> units out there that are battery powered with integrated wireless DMX.
>>
>> -Joe
>>
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> We've got lots of Wifly units in rental stock.  They are constantly going
> out for our party and social event clients.   They throw a good amount of
> light for a few hours.  Great for things like curtian and wall washers, and
> accent lights for anything you don't want to bother running cables for.
>
> You have to keep on top of them for the batteries.  LIke all the made in
> china stuff, the batteries are not super consistent in quality, so you have
> to do a load test every so often and pull the ones that die early for
> battery replacement.  Although that may also be because we didn't buy them
> all at the same time. so some of the units are much older than the others,
> and the batteries have just worn out.
>
> We have also empirically determined that they do not stand up well to being
> run over by the caterer's truck.  Nor do they do so well when the ice
> sculpture slides off the table and lands on top of one.  If you drop one
> onto a hard surface from counter height, like any other light, it will take
> some damage.  How bad the damage will be is variable.
>
> Dale
>
>
>
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