ELC Lighting Brings its Buddies to LDIELC Lighting's Buddy is set to make its debut across the Atlantic! Launched in the Netherlands in summer 2014, and receiving its UK debut at PLASA London in October, the pocket sized Ethernet to DMX node has already won rave reviews from industry lighting designers and visitors to the Stagelight booth 2866, at LDI2014 November 21 - 23, will be amazed at just how capable the little device is. Designed and engineered as an entry-level product, the Buddy was originally aimed at students, but is already being hailed as an essential piece of kit that established designers want to carry in their back pockets, with hundreds of units already sold. ELC Lighting's Silvio Cibien said: "Buddy has all the functions required to enable a user to get DMX out of their laptop at an entry-level price. We feel that those taking their first tentative steps in the industry need to be able to experiment without the fear of doing something wrong, or losing all their work. The Buddy will enable them to program and create with ease, on their own laptop. But it's also an ideal piece of kit for any lighting designer who may suddenly find they need access to DMX and the ability to test a network when they least expect to." The Buddy boasts the same quality and reliability as all ELC Lighting's products, yet at half the price of the company's professional range. Giving the power of 1024 DMX channels, the Buddy is a two-port DMX-Ethernet node compatible with Art-Net, sACN, and ShowNet and is fully supported by ELC Lighting's dmXLAN software, providing features such as setting up the DMX ports for complete dynamic merging of different DMX sources, control fixture for testing and rig start up and RDM (Remote Device Management) support. The Buddy's two DMX-512 ports can be programmed as input or output. Programming the device is simple via specific software applications which are available to download from the dedicated website, www.dmxbuddy.com. As with all ELC dmXLAN nodes, the Buddy is compatible with dmXLAN v4 software. An added benefit is the availability of an integrated web page, available on any pc, laptop, tablet, or Smartphone, which will convert the device into a simple DMX controller like the ELC focusHAND remote. Smartphone and PC-based software developers of DMX software applications such as Freestyler, Luminair, Fil Rouge, and LightFactory all recommend Buddy. "We welcome anyone to visit the stand at LDI to trial our Buddy and hope to receive a reaction from our US customers that's equally as positive as we've received in Europe," concluded Cibien. 
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