[LCtalk] Another Satisfied Customer

[Bosco DiCervo]

We've got our Lanbox LCX up and running and I gotta say that I'm quite 
impressed. It's doing everything we've asked it to and the LD hasn't 
even scratched the surface.

I was quite impressed that the new s/ware release still runs pre OSX and 
I actually used my dusty old 7600 to light a "costume parade". It even 
opened up the OSX file which I didn't expect. It saved me moving a G4 
around and I had the 7600 in the right spot setup as a CD burning 
station. All I had to do was run an ethernet cable. And after the 2nd 
unsuccessful attempt, a xover adapter. I forgot that older Macs don't 
automatically switch that.

I was concerned about memory but the LD has only used 12% of it. And 
I've learned how to program it. I never could get the hang of our 
Lightboard M but the LCedit app made sense to me. My LD however kept 
saying he didn't like it and kept referring to how you'd do it in a 
Whole Hog. But I always found a way for him to do what he wanted. And he 
managed to program 2 shows without really learning how to use the app.

He has it down to 3 layers. The top layer is the main engine for the 
lights. The 2nd layer is for the scrollers and he's set that to non- 
fade. The 3rd layer is used for chases. The cuelist is being triggered 
by midi and the scrollers and chase cues are inbedded in the cuelists 
with zero hold times. So that I'll fire cue 12.1 and it will jump to 
12.3 because 12.1 and 12.2 fire the scrollers and chase with zero hold 
and 12.3 has the fixture levels. I'm not convinced that it's the best 
way to do it but it seems to work.

Again, a very nice product and I'm spreading the word.