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Are there shows like kaleidoscopic shows?
Just shows you can play at a party without programming a show..
And Maybe a iphone app or something to use as a remote for controlling patterns, and if possible use the touchscreen for multitouching your own time tunnels...
I hope it exists:)
Also a bit offtopic but i tried looking today for a ilda file archive...i found 3 links but they are all dead:(
Just searching some nice animations to build my first show with...
Borg, the way I'll be controlling my projector, is to use an ipad remote controlling the PC connected to the projector. You will need some form of "remote control" software like logmein or some type of VNC server set up on the lasershow PC. Then after linking the pc into a secured wifi access point (you need to provide this as well), for which only you know the password (you dont want every tom dick and harry trying to take over your laser show!) you then take control of the PC using the ipad or iphone (ipad would be easier), and thus control the laser show. So you have the full benifits of iphone/ipad control, yet the redundancy of computer control should your idevice run down (batteries)
I have teamviewer for PC and ipad/iphone but its not ideal for....anything. everything just goes alot slower since there is no real mouse, and the network adds delay.Quote:
Originally Posted by dash8brj
what i ment, software on ipad and on PC. that are made for each other. Then use the ipad multitouch screen to pinch to draw bigger/taller time tunnels. or one click to create a beam. That sounds real awesome, not so damn hard to make, and i'd pay 50 dollar for the app.
and also some ILDA show files or something like that, who imitate the dealextreme laser projectors....wich only have kaleidoscopes.
There is a program for the iphone/pad that is called luminair, which is as close as your going to get. Sadly, its only for controlling DMX fixtures, and need an expensive DMX wireless controller hooked up to your dmx setup.
Sorry I cant help you more on this one Borg!
it is something....but my ITRUST also has its limitations probaly so all the app talks about, cant make the itrust make reality :(Quote:
Originally Posted by dash8brj
Heehee. I started something identical to this recently.Quote:
Originally Posted by borgqueenx
Not had enough time as I'd like to put into it though, so won't be ready any time soon.
:)
I reckon its going to be a fun way to control the projector, and if you milling with the audience you can show interested parties how its all done (and perhaps even meet another laser nut like us!)
<devil's advocate>...and how do you reach for the e-stop?</devil's advocate>Quote:
Originally Posted by dash8brj
>:)
damn you!!!! lol
yes an rf controlled (like a coded garage door remote) e-stop would work, but would not be a 100% reliable failsafe. ideally they should be hardwired and kill the projector the second the button is pressed.
I'm not sure we need e-stops here in australia (you guys in the states have a whale of a time getting those projectors certified etc); but for the power levels of my present build, one will be mandatory. So I guess I'll be stuck next to the e-stop button :(
argh! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by danielbriggs
sounds awesome though^^
Australia operates to the same standards as the UK, Europe, increasingly the US and most of the rest of the western world: IEC 60825, an e-stop is not something that is 'ideally' fitted; it is a requirement.Quote:
Originally Posted by dash8brj
Does some guy needs to come and approve my projector on savety or is it approved by my own opinion when i think all savety rules are applied?
No, but if you are using the projector in a public place and an inspector visits you could be in trouble. If you are using it in a public place and somebody gets injured you WILL be in trouble. Also remember NO crowd scanning without a fast scanfail device AND proper measurement and calculations.Quote:
Originally Posted by borgqueenx
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Australia operates to the same standards as the UK, Europe, increasingly the US and most of the rest of the western world: IEC 60825, an e-stop is not something that is 'ideally' fitted; it is a requirement
Didn't someone say on another thread that as laser control had moved forward, so had the requirements and that if you could demonstrate the emergency stop could operate in software, that would pass? I'll have to try and dig up the thread I think.
Also, I didn't think that scanfail was a requirement for crowd scanning under MPE, only if you were planning on doing 10xMPE (as detailed in the revised safety document)?
If you're referring to the "revised safety document" that I think you are, it is a suggestion for how policy might be changed - it is NOT the current legal policy anywhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by norty303
You can only crowd scan without a scan-fail detector if your projector does not exceed the blink-reflex-time MPE at the audience even if the galvos stop moving. So, if your projector is less than 5mW, then OK... Otherwise, no.
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So, if your projector is less than 5mW, then OK... Otherwise, no
How does 5mW figure in MPE, then? I always thought 5mW (and 5mW what? cm2? 0.7cm2?) at the point of hazard would put you over MPE?? >:)
I will try and make something for Ipad / iphone later on.
Will be working on 2 versions.
One will be a remote controll for Autoplay from the QM2000
and the other one, I'm not sure yet, will be lasersoftware that supports easylase though.
I don't know how much I will charge for it on the appstore.
Either 0 euro's if it doesn't end up taking me too much time.
Else I will estimate a price around~ 0.30$ but I doubt I will do that.
Since I use windows for developing I will make this in adobe flash
(which has an iphone dev feature).
Just to remind people, At the moment I'm still browsing through loads of code, learning from it and studying it.
You shouldn't be expecting that App I'm planning too soon, I'm a bit spreading out my time with things, I multitask at a high level already :p