Section: Wireless

W-DMX Adds CORE Lighting as OEM Partner

Wireless Solution Sweden AB has announced CORE Lighting of UK as the latest OEM partner to build W-DMX™ into their products. The technology will be installed directly at their London facility.
CORE has developed a range of rugged battery-powered LED lighting products for the ‘Temporary Events’ market – both for indoor and outdoor use. With the [...]

Clear-Com’s Two-Channel Tempest Wireless Intercom

Clear-Com, one of the leaders in intercom systems announced a new addition to their Tempest 2400 2.4Ghz wireless Intercom Family, the Tempest two-channel wireless intercom system.  While at LDI, I did not have a chance to stop by the Clear-Com booth and take a closer look at this, but here is more information from the [...]

Lumens in the Air with LumenRadio

One of the newer products that I got a chance to play with at LDI this year that wasn’t an LED fixture was the LumenRadio system.  LumenRadio made it’s debut into the entertainment lighting industry at the PLASA show this year and took home PLASA’s 2009 Award for Innovation.
LumenRadio is a wireless system to send [...]

ETC iRFR iPhone App – Update

We wrote yesterday about ETC demonstrating one of their latest products on the show floor of the USITT Stge Expo, the iPhone iRFR app.  We were able to get a few more images of the iRFR in action as well as a bit more information.  One of our readers, robinsta, talked with ETC reps in [...]

Strand Lighting SLD96 vs Walkie Talkie

We received another email from faithful reader TN with a link back to YouTube with a pretty interesting video having to deal with Walkie-Talkies and a Strand SLD96.  While what is happening is not really explained, it does give some good pointers.  Don’t use a walkie Talkie around a strand rack!

Announcement: iPhone PocketLD Application

Right before LDI this year in Las Vegas, Michael Zinman announced the release of PocketLD for the Apple iPhone application.  The PocketLD is a database and calculation tool for the entertainment lighting professional.  With PocketLD, you are able to enter the throw distance that you require, then select a manufacturer of a particular lighting fixture [...]

Update: FCC Opens up “White Space” to Tech Companies

Recently, we wrote an update on the “white space” spectrum of the wireless band in the United States and what that means for the entertainment industry.  You can read our posting about the “white space” here.
Today we received an email for a reader in the industry about the status of the “white space”.  Seems like [...]