Gaffer & Gear 158 - Using Lights as CRMX Transmitters

Gaffer & Gear 158 - Using lights as CRMX Transmitters
In this episode I show you how to turn a light with a TimoTwo Lumen Radio receiver into a transmitter, even if you have no menu options in the light and no link button.

[@scottbryant6438]

Super handy tip, thanks. I just picked up a 600D and didn’t realize that I also purchased a hidden Lumen Radio receiver inside of it for free!

[@ProfessaJ]

not sure you'd really use it as a transmitter often though- since you probably want to still use the 600d as a light. and signal is limited between ur controller and the transmitter.

[@meetthegaffer]

Great to know! Love how you found it just noodling around with a new app! Thank you for sharing.

[@666size666]

Me: "Hey you, Mr. electrician. Go back up that ladder and link that light." See Andrew, the technology was always there.

[@ProfessaJ]

i love crmx

[@brianwennersten8456]

In transmitter mode, does the timo two in a aputure light (or any other for that matter) connect to multiple receivers or is it a single 1 to one connection. Thanks for the super informative videos.

[@matthewjackson2656]

hey can you check out the Ecoflow Delta Pro portable power station. I heard it can power entire house, mybe its good to power all the light without getting any engine noise like traditional power generator do

[@philpritchard5173]

Great video as always. (How do you print your name on the fixtures?!). Stencil and spray paint?

[@gaffergear]

I made a stencil and use a paint pen

[@InDepthProductions]

I was trying to do this to use a 600c as the transmitter and get the 600d to receive and it didn’t work. Keep getting an error when I try to press link on the transmitter in the 600c

[@OppaiDaisukiful]

if we turn that 600d to transmitter like u did, can we still use the 600d manually or via bluetooth/sidus link app ?

[@gaffergear]

I don't know about the app, but you can run the light manually and via the DMX being fed in.

[@DasArmageddonTV]

I still didn’t really understood the difference between art net and crmx in all day use. Why are you using lumenradio or for which system should I go ?

[@gaffergear]

Man, I am still trying to figure out the whole thing, Art-Net, sCAN, CRMX (lumen radio) and WDMX. I would be lying if I said I know the answer!

[@DasArmageddonTV]

@@gaffergear thank you for your answer. Would be nice to see a video if you know something. The internet isn’t that full with information about those systems. As far as I understand the technical details, scan and artdmx have the best capabilities and artnet is license free.

[@oliver_peng]

@@gaffergear Not an expert myself, but hope this is helpful from my own research on this. Art-Net and sACN is for sending DMX over ethernet cables and can handle tens of thousands of universes (versus DMX cable that can only handle a single universe). Art-Net is older and sACN is a more modern protocol. Probably useful to know those if you're a board op handling multiple universes. Also, if your iPad is talking to a RatPac AKS via hard wired ethernet or WiFi, it's using one of those protocols to send DMX. WDMX just stands for Wireless DMX and different manufacturers implemented their own ways to make DMX wireless. There's CRMX from LumenRadio, W-DMX™ from Wireless Solution, SHoW DMX from City Theatrical, E-Fly™ from Elation. For the motion picture industry, you can ignore everything other than CRMX/LumenRadio. If a unit says it has wireless DMX, it's going to be CRMX (or some people just say LumenRadio).

[@cassadams6399]

can you do a video on the lightbrige CRLS?

[@gaffergear]

They have been in touch with me, I hope so

[@abutomatto]

How can I find the lights which uses Timo Two module inside other than 600D...?

[@gaffergear]

They are the only ones that appear in the app.

[@andy-mu3sx]

Hey Andrew, I might be doing something wrong here, but I don’t see any ‘link/unlink’ option. Also, I have two 600ds, 2 vortex 8s and a Nanlux 1200c on with 2 timotwos showing and the Nanlux. I’m wondering if I’ve misidentified the lights or if there’s been some firmware update since you posted this video…what do you think?

[@gaffergear]

Are you set to TX. Then make sure you click (it something like) apply settings.

[@andy-mu3sx]

@@gaffergear yeah, installed update, set to tx, saved, re-tried, set head unit to crmx manually...

[@andy-mu3sx]

@@gaffergear I installed the update, set to tx and selected crmx and lumin radio on the controller...

[@gaffergear]

@@andy-mu3sx I think I misunderstood you, are you trying to unlink the light from the app so you can then send it a link command from your transmitter

[@andy-mu3sx]

@@gaffergear no, I'm basically just trying to follow your video step by step to use my 600d as a transmitter so I don't have to rent an aks while I decide what transmitter(aks, exalux, etc) I want to buy.

[@TimTylerCine]

Just to clarify - The light / device must be in LumenRadio mode for the CRMX Toolbox app to connect, not Bluetooth mode. This stumped me at first!

[@gaffergear]

Thanks for the heads up on that. I always have my CRMX on

[@BenBowmanNYC]

@gaffergear Does this work with MC-Pros?

[@gaffergear]

Yes, if you can get the DMX in via an adaptor cable

[@BenBowmanNYC]

@@gaffergear That's terrible news. Now I have to buy more of them.

[@gaffergear]

@@BenBowmanNYC Do a test first

[@BenBowmanNYC]

@@gaffergear Will do. I only have one and have been thinking about adding some. Potentially using them as both TX and RX makes getting more an easy choice. Being able to dim one or two lights that can be placed pretty much anywhere would be very useful. I don't need to do much with CRMX, but I might only be saying that because I haven't tried it yet.