Fixture Tester App for iOS Devices Available in iTunes App Store
iOS app developer Bart van Stiphout has been a busy cat lately! First he releases the FocusRemote app and now the Fixture Tester App. The Fixture Tester iPhone OS is an application to test all the fixtures on the network in 4 steps: 1 Patch – Make a patch (or import a patch from ELC’s [...]
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Elation Introduces LED Dummy
“Lights out: is supposed to mean just that lights out. Unfortunately, as anyone who’s ever worked with dimmer packs and LED fixtures knows, there can be an afterglow that keeps radiating small amounts of light even after the dimmer has been turned off. Well, now “out” can really mean out and “off” can really mean [...]
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iSquint Holiday Gift Guide for the Theatre Geek
Can you feel that? It’s the gift giving season! There are always great gift giving guides for loved ones, kids, add all kinds of other people in our lives. But what about the techie in all of us? There are a bunch of cool tools and toys out there for the techie and designer in [...]
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FireSword-IV, When is a Flash Light to Bright?
You have to ask yourself sometimes, when is a flash light to bright? My response, Brighter the Better Baby! One of iSquint’s readers, Tobin Neis sent me a link this morning about something he read in Wired Magazine, the FireSword-IV from Elektrolumens. First things first, this thing puts out over 3,000 lumens. Talk about CRAZY [...]
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The Piranha By PocketToolX.com
Tools tools tools, we can never have enough tools. But what about tools that do more then one job? How about The Piranha from PocketToolX.com? The PIRANHA is a single-piece, multi-purpose pocket tool that is constructed from heat-treated and corrosion-resistant S30V Stainless Steel with a built-in neoprene double-ended driver bit holder. Keep this slim tool [...]
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Video: StageJunk’s Ratchet Ultimate Focus Tool
While down in Orlando, StageJunk announced the release of their latest Ultimate Tool, the Ratchet Ultimate Focus Tool.The new tool looks and feels just like the previous tool, the Ultimate Focus Tool, with one exception, the Ratchet. StageJunk has taken the all aluminum tool and re-engineered the wrench portion of the tool to incorporate a [...]
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Ocean Optics Jaz Light Meter
While doing some research on the internet, we came across an interesting tool from Ocean Optics, the parent company for the SeaChanger color engine, called the Jaz Light Meter. What is neat about the Jaz that is that is a small light weight meter with a lot of features built in. Such as the ability [...]
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“Playing” With Moving Lights via a Wii Joystick
Most lighting consoles these days are big computers based on some for of operating system such as Windows Embedded and have the ability to add USB devices such as a mouse or track ball. Users have the ability to control moving lights either by the attached mouse or track ball to control the pan and [...]
Read More ...Win the Ultimate Focus Tool
A couple of months ago, we did a review and write up on the Ultimate Focus Tool from StageJunk.com. iSquint.net and StageJunk have banded together to bring you the next contest. This contest is for the flagship tool from StageJunk, the Ultimate Focus Tool. The UFT has a dizzying amount to features packed into one [...]
Read More ...Electri-Calc Pro and Lite
The Electrical calculator is nothing new to the electrical contractor world or even the entertainment lighting world. The Electri-Calc is designed for Electrical Contractors, Designers, Electricians and Lighting Specialists to solve tough electrical calculations in seconds and deliver those solutions in conformance with the latest NEC. The Electri-Calc Pro has the 2002/2005 NEC built-in and [...]
Read More ...Goddard Design Starts Shipping DMXter4 RDM
Goddard Design, the makers of the Lil’DMXter and the Lil’DMXter2 have released and started to ship the newest addition to their DMX testing devices, the DMXter4 RDM. The DMXter4 is simple to use. Eight buttons run its menu-driven software. The DMXter4 uses a backlit 40-character display. Some functions can drive a PC using the USB [...]
Read More ...BRIGHT LED Flashlight UC3.400
Every good lighting Tech needs a reliable and BRIGHT flash light. While maglites are the good old stand bys and have been in use for YEARS in the industry. With LED technology improving by leaps and bounds ever year with brighter LEDs and much improved battery performance, it is a natural fit to use LED [...]
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