help with my new lasers

[Barty]

Hello everybody i need some help please i am new to lasers but i have just bought 2 lasers both green one is 300mw one is 400 mw the 400mw is ilda but the other one is not which program is best & easy to use also is there any way i can make my 300mw work with ilda i am a mobile DJ & would lave to use my lasers in a show that i can program myself.....thanks

[Stuka]

Hello everybody i need some help please i am new to lasers but i have just bought 2 lasers both green one is 300mw one is 400 mw the 400mw is ilda but the other one is not which program is best & easy to use also is there any way i can make my 300mw work with ilda i am a mobile DJ & would lave to use my lasers in a show that i can program myself.....thanks

Hello Barty - welcome to the forums!

Here's some info that might help us, help you :

• Post this question in the "Help" section of the forum, where it will probably get more attention.
• Let us know where you live by filling in some more info on your profile - you might find that you're close enough to experienced members to get some first-hand assistance!!
• Concerning your questions on your lasers -
  
  • What are the brands and model numbers of your projectors?
  • Is your non-ilda projector equpped for DMX control?
  • Do you already have a controller for your ILDA projector, or do you need that as well? Your software options closely relate to the hardware you have available.

I'm sure that if you can "fill in the blanks" with these questions, you'll find plenty of plenty of folks here ready to help out!!

[Barty]

just to say i have a isolution 300mw DMX green laser & i have just purchased a green laserworld 400mw ilda laser out of the 2 i would say that the 300mw was better it seems more smooth but like i said before i am new to all this...thanx

[soforene]

Oooh he said the "L" word.

Your isolution projector is probably Twelvety Two times more powerful than any Laserworld crap.

In tests, 8 out of 10 users prefer a dead match to a Laserworld projector.

[Barty]

yes my none ilda laser has got DMX that is the isolution one the laserworld one has both DMX & ilda i don't have any software at the moment would like to know which would be the best to use...thanks

[soforene]

ILDA will give you ultimate control over your lasers but if you just want "quick and dirty" as a mobile DJ then link 'em both up to DMX.



Assuming you are familiar with DMX then the options available on lasers are usually something like;

• Laser On/Off
• Display pattern (1 - 125, 1-256 etc.)
• Rotate Pattern (Z,Y,Z axis)
• Resize Pattern
• Move Pattern (L,R) etc.

(The details will be in your laser documentation)

Or you could whack 'em on Sound to Light and just hit the on/off switch every now and then.

A point to bear in mind is that you should have some means of killing power to the lasers to hand at all times (in case a projector gets dislodged and sends beams directly into the eyeline of customers etc.).
Usual H&S considerations.

There's a laser meet this weekend in Surfleet so if you are serious about getting answers and incidentally want to see the kind of equipment that you'd normally only dream of getting access to, then pop along.
Search the forum for UKLEM details.

[Speculative Lasers - Dan]

if you post a few pictures people can help you more, there is some free software on the site and the creators are happy to help.

spend some time here and read especially about safety before you consider using dmx on 300mw

as far as your laserworld goes, well chances are you got burnt.

[soforene]

....as far as your laserworld goes, well chances are you got burnt.

They won't be that powerful.

[Barty]

the laserworld one does'nt seem that bad in terms of power but the movement of the patterns & graphics are nowhere as smooth as the isolution but i suppose in all fairness i paid the same for both of them although the isolution was not new & the laserworld was both aprox £300.00 each