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    Holy crap, where to start. Basically the control electronics operated a much bigger system that is no longer in service. The electronics are used to control this 8 position beamer currently. The electronics still would operate a big system, but it was highly customized and the chance of you reproducing it are slim to none (leaning more towards none). It is best if I answer questions as opposed to try to explain its operation. But what is cool is the "fiber beamer remote" you do NOT have to use a fiber cable, you can shoot ANY laser into the input hole and actuate gm-20 to shoot beams 360 degrees (except where blocked by mechanics). The remote can be put on a tripod or hung with c clamps from a truss or mounted to a table or rail and shoot a laser into it. Hopefully you can study the pics and learn enough. Once you have played with this controller you would probably adapt a controller of your choosing as this one is WAYYYYYY overkill for just controlling a 8 position beam rail. Head and controller and cable. The system operates perfectly. I have very little to no documentation, it is plug and play. If the gm-20 driver fails you should be able to figure it out as you will have 7 other identical circuits to figure it out.

    Size of beamer head- 21"L x 9"H x 4"W
    Beam input height-3.5" Above base
    Signal Input - 25 pin D connector
    AC and lighted power switch
    8 position bi directional GM-20 Driver Card with gain, offset and dampening pots
    Power supply to run gm-20 driver card

    Electronics
    Ability to control 2 beamers (16 gm-20's)
    ability to accept two touch panels
    ability to color modulate RGBW (4 gm-20s)
    ability to control two shutters (2 gm-20s)

    Bottom line is the controller is a gift to get you going with the head until you make something more appropriate for your needs. Any way i just want to post this and get some feed back, looking for a quick sale because I need to paint my house. This is the only one I have and it is sacrificed at $1200.00 for what you see. I would challenge anyone to replicate this for less than that.
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    forgot to show it with covers on
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    holy crap that's cool!

    ...and a really good deal.



    Quote Originally Posted by Laserman532 View Post
    forgot to show it with covers on
    suppose you're thinkin' about a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness.

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    Quote Originally Posted by swamidog View Post
    holy crap that's cool!

    ...and a really good deal.
    And you didn't post PM sent . You know you want it!

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    no lie, I want it a lot.. it's just a bad time
    for me to buy things right now.

    someone is going to get lucky with that
    and I hope they post pics and video.


    Quote Originally Posted by sugeek View Post
    And you didn't post PM sent . You know you want it!

    -Adam
    suppose you're thinkin' about a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness.

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    is this varianced?

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    Quote Originally Posted by flecom View Post
    is this varianced?
    nope, the original machine was, but this is just a component of that machine no longer in service.

    you will note the key switch and the emission indicator on the control electronics.
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    still, 8 GM20's for $1200 is a steal

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    Quote Originally Posted by flecom View Post
    still, 8 GM20's for $1200 is a steal
    it is not a steal really, but a running machine for 1200.00 is a steal, even buying all the parts only would be over $1200.00 forget about the engineering and fab time I did not want to sell it, my dream was to shoot my melles into it, but i need to turn every hard asset i have into FRN's.

    back in the day, i would rent out the fiber beamer system for $7,500.00 per night. System was 8 watt argon and 2 watt krypton, graphics and fiber fed remotes...sweet stuff back then...oh well it is in the past.
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    Laserman532 definition of irony - to take this thing apart to sell it in parts for some one to build one of these.
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