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Rosco Keystroke
Now you can cue such video playback programs as PowerPoint™,
Keynote™ Quicktime™ or Windows Media Player and such sound playback
programs as ProTools™, iTunes™, Garageband™ and SFX™ from your light
board.
In fact, Keystroke, Rosco's new hardware/software solution allows
your lighting control board to control virtually any software
program running on an external computer. These include cues that
require Microsoft Word™ or a video player or proprietary software
controlling other features such as water effects, fountain
choreography or scenery motion control
Keystroke™, available for both PC or Mac, is easy to install, easy
to use and insures your sound, video and lighting cues are in sync.
It may end forever your need to search for extra crew members or
volunteers to push buttons on computers.
The Keystroke system configuration is shown in this simple diagram.
Rosco supplies the Keystroke hardware and the USB cable which
connects to your computer.
The Keystroke hardware electronically listens to the DMX channel (1
- 512) you assign in the Keystroke software. You will also define
the commands the slave PC executes when Keystroke receives a
predefined value at its DMX channel address. For example, if you
were controlling a PowerPoint slide show with Keystroke, you could
assign the value of 100% (255) to send the slave PC a space bar
command to advance to the next slide.
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Online Demo of how to install and use Keystroke |
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Lighting Paperwork System is a set of software
products focused on streamlining the paperwork and information used when
designing and implementing entertainment lighting. LPS uses an
innovative display system that significantly speeds up the creation of
lighting paperwork and using the paperwork information during hang,
focus, and tech rehearsals. LPS uses a base set of ten industry standard
paperwork layouts, and the user can define any number of more
specialized layouts. Users can view the paperwork in multiple layouts
simultaneously. Included with LPS is a library of fixtures, colors,
templates and lighting supply companies at the users fingertips, inside
one application.
If your venue has a repertory schedule or a house hang, LPS is a
powerful tool. One of the core concepts to LPS is the idea of "light
plots" and "shows". One light plot can be used for multiple shows, so
why have multiple files? Contained within an LPS file users can have as
many shows using the same set of fixtures with different colors, focus,
or patch. Any aspect of the fixture can be changed from show to show,
except hanging position. LPS can be used to create show changes reports
highlighting the differences between two different focuses. If one show
uses a particular fixture and the next doesn't LPS can account for that
too.
Along with displaying a fixtures channel, circuit, dimmer, position,
unit number, unit type, wattage, purpose, color(s), template(s), focus
status, and notes, users can define an unlimited set of custom fields.
Perhaps in your venue you need to keep track of what fixture has a
certain connector, or where it was rented/borrowed from.
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