The lighting crew and the head of the lighting department, Stanislav Dvorak, had already worked with a complete range of ADB equipment in the Antonin Dvorak Theatre, which is also part of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre. ADB’s top of the line console Phoenix 10 was chosen for the control desk. This allows enough flexibility to harness the mix of moving and conventional fixtures installed throughout the theatre. The Phoenix 10 has an extended front panel including a very powerful motion control module organized around a multi-function LCD touch screen. The ISIS software, common to the entire Phoenix range, integrates a large number of state-of-the-art functions such as user programmable LTD, FTP and HTP mode per channel, real-time tracking, move in dark, multi-merge of shows etc.
Zat Easy Control, provided a further effort by using the newly-developed ADB Software ISIS Translator to provide the Phoenix 10 with all menus, pop-up windows and status reports in Czech language. This enables any local operator of the console to easily understand the information on the computer screen and work faster and more efficiently with the ISIS 1.53 software. Furthermore, the first installation in the Czech Republic of the Dimmer Manager software based on a bi-directional communication network (ADN) has been made. ADB’s Dimmer Manager software works on a standard PC running a Windows operating system and can take control of any dimmer on the network. Playback of 20 lighting cues stored directly in the dimmers can be controlled from the Dimmer Manager software directly during rehearsals or as a backup for the main console. The Diagnostic system checks the actual load for every dimmer channel. After storing the correct values for every dimmer channel and during subsequent checks, it will indicate any change in the load, even when several luminaires are used in parallel on one dimmer. If a short circuit is detected during an automatic scan, the system will react before the dimmer fuse blows. The statuses of the system are reported on the dimmer’s local display and on the Dimmer Manager PC graphical user interface at the same time.
(Lee Baldock)
