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[Oovis]

Martin Macs do do the 'delayed lamp strike' thing - when set to ALON, they strike automatically after a short delay that's proportional to the DMX address of the fixture.

Oh, fair enough. Just too used to striking from the desk as thats how most hired ML's come pre-set.

 

I guess the Mac thing makes sense, if you are lamping on from the desk, then you can stagger it, however if not then it provides a way of ensuring that you can switch on a rig without tripping things. Do any other manufacturers do this?

Yes the inbuilt staggered lamp strikes a good idea for when you can't strike via the desk.. But when would their be much point to this?

Some movers have sequence programming built in so you don't have to have a desk on site with them. You'd still need to strike them, though, so the automatic facility is built in too.