CHALLENGES
As part of a lighting renovation project at Peery’s Egyptian Theater in Ogden, Utah, the design and installation teams were looking to install a reliable wireless DMX system that would allow them to add DMX controllable fixtures, like LED Tape, in locations otherwise impossible to run a wired DMX system. This included faux windows, wall accent grills, and the proscenium grill, all historical details which were originally run with multiple circuits that had three different 2.4 kW dimmers, one for each colored bulb, red, orange, or blue.
The team sought a cohesive LED Tape and dimmer solution that could provide versatile, color-changing LED tape accents with robust wireless DMX dimming at low ends of the dimming curve. The ideal LED tape would be similar to the theater’s original color accent system, but provide brighter light and more color control.
SOLUTION
The team used 23 QolorFLEX 5x2.5A Multiverse 900MHz/2.4GHz Dimmers and one Multiverse Transmitter 900MHz/2.4GHz to provide wireless DMX dimming control for 8 reels of QolorFLEX 5-in-1 LED Tape in RGB + Amber + Warm White, which were installed over custom harnesses, to realize their vision of wirelessly controlled LED accent lighting throughout the theater.
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| | “QolorFLEX and Multiverse products were chosen due to the nature of utilizing a system of components that are cohesive and known to work well together.”
- Hayden Wadsworth, Theater Technical Lead, Peery’s Egyptian Theater | |
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LED TAPE ACCENT & EFFECT LIGHTING
The plan for the new accent light system at Peery’s Egyptian Theater was to use it for the many upcoming Broadway-style shows and upcoming events. The main purpose of it is to light up the accents of the theater with beautiful backlighting, but it could also be used to theme or add special effects, whether it’s themed lighting for corporate or collegiate events during seating, or audience-interactive lighting actions with surrounding effects that would expand the performing area. For example, the new accent lighting would offer lighting designers for upcoming shows opportunities to create lightning effects like flashes, or to portray magic, and more, based on their creative intent.
The QolorFLEX 5-in-1 RGBAWW LED Tape was installed on pieces of conduit as attachment points in the areas of the faux windows, wall accent grills, and proscenium grill. The LED tape provided rich red and amber colors, similar to the original accent lighting of the theater, but with greater brightness and color-mixing and dimming control.