City Theatrical at ABTT

	City Theatrical's SHoW DMX Neo family

City Theatrical will be demonstrating their new technology at ABTT in stand 58 in the Blue Hall, on June 12 - 13, 2013, including new SHoW DMX wireless DMX products, the new Cognito lighting controller from Pathway Connectivity, and Moving Light Assistant.

City Theatrical's SHoW DMX is the wireless DMX of choice for lighting professionals on Broadway and West End shows, permanent entertainment installations, architectural landmarks, major music tours such as U2 and Madonna, and large scale events such as the opening ceremonies of the London Olympics, according to the company.

The newest members of the SHoW DMX family are the SHoW DMX D4 and SHoW DMX D2 dimmers. These are tiny devices (the size of a credit card and 14mm thick) designed for dimming LED tape. The SHoW DMX D4 dimmer has four outputs with a total capacity of 10A with a maximum of 5A on any one channel. The D2 dimmer has two outputs and also has a total capacity of 10A with a maximum of 5A on any one channel. Both the D4 and D2 dimmers are equipped with a SHoW DMX Neo receiver and are compatible with the entire family of SHoW DMX Neo products, including the SHoW DMX Neo transceiver, SHoW DMX SHoW Baby transceiver, SHoW DMX Vero, SHoW DMX Vero Net, and the MasterBlast battery-powered wireless LED fixture.

The D4 and D2 dimmers include a user interface to set DMX address and the SHoW DMX broadcast show ID, a variety of user selectable dimming curves, and film and video modes. The dimmers are also RDM proxies and responders, enabling users to set the DMX address remotely, as well as to monitor radio signal strength and battery information on CTI products from the lighting desk.

SHoW DMX D4 and D2 dimmers were designed to meet the most stringent dimming smoothness demands of professionals and are smooth with no steppiness at even the lowest dimming levels. The small size of these dimmers also makes them perfect for costume and prop designers to hide on performers or in small spaces. The D4 and D2 dimmers both are stocked in a wired version as well as the SHoW DMX wireless version.

Also being shown is the Cognito lighting controller from Pathway Connectivity. Pathway's Robert Armstrong will be in the stand to demonstrate this innovative new small lighting console that is perfect for smaller venues and shows. The Cognito utilizes natural language control and a graphical user interface for lighting programming, producing an environment in which even an inexperienced user can quickly learn to program, while still having the rich features a more experienced programmer expects.

The Cognito console solves the complex task of programming shows for systems that include incandescent dimmers, moving lights, and color changing LED fixtures. The Cognito is network-ready and features a streamlined user interface to guide you through the process of selecting lights, adjusting their attributes, and recording reference libraries, memories, and cues. Once programmed, the show is played back manually or with sequenced playlists.

The Cognito has up to 1024 output channels with no practical limit on the number of memories, cues, or playlists, and its natural language control uses real world terms and values, not channel numbers and DMX values, making operation intuitive for everyone. The built-in fixture library contains over 1,200 commonly available multi-attribute lights from manufacturers worldwide. Context sensitive help is available on every screen by just pushing the Help button.

Andrew Voller will be in the stand as well, displaying Moving Light Assistant. Moving Light Assistant is an application designed to document both the physical setup and programming information for moving light rigs commonly used in the entertainment industry. The application runs on both Apple Mac OSX (Intel only) and Microsoft Windows operating systems. Moving Light Assistant features a spreadsheet view showing configuration (lenses, lamps, menu options etc.) of moving light fixtures in the rig and an integrated gobo and fixture library that's easily customized and updated. The application allows for data import and export through Lightwright, as well as data import from the Electronic Theatre Controls EOS family of consoles (presets/palettes, cue list, and patch), MA Lighting GrandMA Series 1 consoles (presets, cue list, and patch), and High End Systems Whole Hog 2 console (cue list data only). Moving Light Assistant also allows you to design, print, or generate PDF paperwork reports.