W-DMX Lights World's Largest Christmas Tree in Brazil

	World's largest Christmas Tree show was programmed using WDMX. The tree is located in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

Wireless Solution Sweden AB's award-winning W-DMX made Bradesco Seguros Christmas Tree a sparkling success in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. This is the 18th edition of the annual tree, which according to the Guinness Book of World Records is the largest floating Christmas tree in the world, standing at an astounding 85m high with an 810m2 base and weighing in at a massive 542 tons.

The scenography and lighting design was by Abel Gomes from P&G Cenografia, and charmed all the visitors of Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas and also those who follow the tree on the internet and social media.

The entire show was programmed using W-DMX. The Bradesco team needed to program from a long enough distance to get the right visibility. They team used two W-DMX F-1 units as transmitters and two W-DMX F-1 units as receivers, plus an antenna of 9Db. They installed a grandma console 800m away and were able to get the best audience point of view for programming. Once programmed, all the control equipment was located in the tree base.

Gomes has been responsible for the Christmas tree decoration since the first edition in 1996. This year presented various cycles of light and color from 120km of illuminated rope light with 3.1 million micro lamps, 100 LED spot lights, and 2,150 strobe effects.

The 85m-tall mega structure was installed beginning in September on the banks of the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon. Around 1,200 people were involved in the process of installing, building, lighting, and dismantling the structure. Lighting the tree was then held every night during the Christmas season, with its final lighting for Epiphany on January 5.

The lighting rig was supplied by Companhia da Luz. Lighting BitsDaniel Ridano of Lighting Bits said, "W-DMX made the programming possible. With the logistics of the water and distances involved, I don't know how this tree could be lit any other way. It's a fantastically reliable solution. It worked perfect and we were able to achieve our common goal: for each and every spectator to remember all the emotions and memories that highlighted the previous editions." Judging by the record crowds that turned out, the Bradesco Seguros Christmas Tree achieved that goal and was an enormous success.