r/lightingdesign • u/BarkinDuck • 19h ago

Control Need Help Building a Profile

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I and the company I work for are in the middle of a renovation for a local theatre/concert venue. The promoter from the venue who is in charge of the "creative" decisions went and bought a no-name LED ring that is rigged from three winches. I've included the DMX chart that came with the system.

We installed a Hog5 system as part of the install and in the fixture builder I have all of the light parameters no problem. The issue is I'm not sure what to use for the motor controls. Would using a basic intensity work?

Im also not exactly sure how "Color variation of LED main light effect" should be interpreted.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

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u/Basix96x 19h ago

Yay sketchy Chinese lights post! 

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u/kuumotusperuna 18h ago

Dmx controlled no-name chinese winches? Nope.

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u/didilva 16h ago

Yeah, hell no. 🥴 I was fine with the light until I read winches

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u/BarkinDuck 18h ago

dude i know. im not thrilled either.

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u/halandrs 18h ago

Just say no

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u/Exidose 16h ago

Tell them to sort the profile out and if they can't then send it back and buy something proper.

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u/ExplanationDecent954 16h ago

If it was me I would refuse work due to safety issues. Where I live there are rigorous standards for rigging safety and required inspections. Just plain stupid for the venue to be saving money at the cost of safety.

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u/christophdwr 17h ago

Patch a bunch of dimmers and turn each one up to see what happens. Write it down. When you’re done, call ETC and ask for help

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u/RegnumXD12 15h ago

Im like 80% sure ETC wont help with this, I think motor winches is on the list of things that shouldnt be dmx without proper safeguards

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u/gnarfel Contrast! Less is more. 14h ago

“Self propelled”

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u/regrettablyAnnoying 13h ago

Have you put your questions and images of the book into AI yet? That’s what I would do (I use Gemini). I don’t think you should let “cheap Chinese” be the thing that stops you—without it many of us wouldn’t have any fun lighting. At the very least you would learn a lot and perhaps enough to help others.