Sorry refering back to the original post , what exactly are thier reasons for insisting on a Fire One over other Computer based systems. Do they realise that there have been problems with some Fire one shows. Actually NO firing system is ever going to be perfect, it's an impossible goal and the more complex and clever they get the more likely that system or human failure will become an issue.
I think it was just a game of good marketing, the Fire One advertisement looked the "coolest".
The real reason is that the show is advertised as being "syncronised to music" and the customer feels that a show like this needs a computer. I agree on some points, the script calls for some comet "wipes" and "volleys", which are difficult (but not impossible) for a human.
I know that competing companies have never had a problem, and they are using contracts of past years as a basis for new bidding. I think they wouldn't be too "picky" if we used a different system, just as long as it was automated to timecode.
Pyroclock, it's a snap-together system of T-shaped plastic pipes with inserts of bits of Bickford in a sort of plastic carrier
Which SUCKS at the end of the evening, when the site cleanup begins, the plastic "leftovers" are difficult to rake up
However if you are doing a barge water show ***Bloooopp***
I also want to build an interface unit to connect it to existing manual desks so that wireless hits can be hit from the same desk as the wired hits without having to switch desks.
Now THAT is an idea that got my attention, if you do built something like that, it may be marketable.
Thank you for the technical "rundown" of your system, wireless technology is still quite new to me and my electronic background is not the best, but I'm learning slowly
