The Execution

My initial focus was on updating inventories and testing equipment during work calls leading up to the point at which we received the design. This included training technicians to perform testing and small repairs to fixtures, as well as working with one of the manufacturers to verify warranty and receive repair on one of our LED fixtures.

For execution of the plot, I broke the space into three separate bays defined by the rafters of the building. Each bay was given its own universe, and addresses were broken down within. Initially, control was based on running the first moving fixture in each bay on network, with each fixture acting as an output node to the remainder of the bay. The fixtures, however, had a firmware issue that resulted in flickering on the output, so a dedicated control line was run from the console to each bay.

This show featured a mix of real and fake candles. The fake candle had a Multiverse receiver fitted to allow the lighting designer to control the intensity of the flame, with specialty high capacity 9 volt batteries specced to ensure that the candle would last for the duration of the show under the high current draw of the receiver.