[SML] LED Star Curtain Control

[Steve Boone]

I’m a digest recipient who frequently lurks, so I apologize if someone’s already replied with the same idea.

Maybe search the saved shows folder for a show where they used the star drops?  You can glean addresses and maybe even discover that they created or found a fixture profile that worked for them.
Otherwise, if creating a fixture yourself isn’t going well, you can patch each address to a channel, and then use subs to control the channels out on the surface.  A little label tape can help tame the confusion.  

just an idea

Steve Boone
BGSU Dept. of Theatre and Film

> 
> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:27:05 +0900
> From: David Neale <dneale at asij.ac.jp>
> To: stagecraft at theatrical.net
> Subject: [SML] LED Star Curtain Control
> Message-ID:
> 	<CALOQE56v92+6vBwnuG0O8ju8CbG0d2x=CvZ4ZYnx3dKi+Q4nRQ at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> 
> Howdy listers.  I hope this finds you all well.  Our high school musical
> opens next week.  Tech is this Saturday.  We are using a star curtain
> purchased by my predecessor many moons ago.  I know it is a relatively
> inexpensive model purchased from an outfit in China but there is nothing on
> the curtains or DMX boxes indicating the name of the company and there is
> no manual.  My predicament is I can't figure out how to patch it.   I'm on
> an ETC Ion desk and know that each curtain requires 6 DMX channels. (My
> predecessor wrote it on the DMX boxes.) I dug through the Generic fixture
> profiles but didn't find any likely candidates.  I tried to create a new
> fixture prolife but don't know which parameters go with which channels.
> When plugged in, the LEDs light up.  I just can't control them.
> Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
> 
> *David Neale*
> 
> *Theater Manager *
> 
> 
> *"To entertain, inspire, and have the time of our lives"*
> 
> 
> *The American School in Japan*