Thread: In Need of Some INFO!!!

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Now that everything is put away I want to start on the biggest part of my build for next year. I want to build a master control room. And I 1st want to start with the control board, I was wanting to build somthing like TERROR SYNDICATE set-up that way I could control each room the way I want. I don't know much about prop controllers and and Comp. stuff so I think this is the easiest way for me to control my whole haunt in the end. I was hoping maby someone else has done somthing similar to what I'm talking about. I also want to add a camera system of 16 cameras we ran eight this year and I would like to add 16 more of a diiff. company I seen some cheap on ebay. I already build my sound system and have already started on a smaller version of it so this year there will be 7 car decks used for the sound in the haunt. we are going in a new direction for the lighting and will be going dark this year but not the typical led to led walk threw. O well there are some of the new ideas if anyone can help out let me know.

my my Cory hard at work lol...eating his Scare Rings

Not sure if this helps but Guitarist151 is building a DMX control station. Here is the link to his tutorial thread:
dmx haunt control system.

hey thankz I was checking out his thread but I no nothing about DMX or the components he is using the build looks great and I wish I could do somthing on those line but I have no clue where to start...

Yeah, I'm with you. I had a difficult time understanding DMX. I asked a million questions and got many patient answers. Then I decided to just dive in and still asked many questions and eventually worked it out.

This year, I'll be in the same boat as you because I now want to expand the DMX haunting and I will have to make a control panel of some sort. I'm going to start by buying the eXorcist box (or DMeXorcist box if it's ready) and dive in again.

Northern touch, I'm with you. I know NOTHING about DMX right now. I do think that it is the way to go in the future so might as well get on board now. I have a couple complicated props that I will be building this year and I think that DMX is going to be the best and easiest way to control them.

Terra, I saw that job you did on the Vampire coffin and thought it was awesome!! I have looked at a tutorial at vile things for a haunt controller, Controlling the haunt, 2005
I actually already bought most of the stuff for it but ran out of time to assemble it. Recently read a lot aboput the eXorcist and think that it may do more for me. Does the DMeXorcist have big advantages over the regular eXorcist?

Originally Posted by Oldsguy350

Northern touch, I'm with you. I know NOTHING about DMX right now. I do think that it is the way to go in the future so might as well get on board now. I have a couple complicated props that I will be building this year and I think that DMX is going to be the best and easiest way to control them.

Terra, I saw that job you did on the Vampire coffin and thought it was awesome!! I have looked at a tutorial at vile things for a haunt controller, Controlling the haunt, 2005
I actually already bought most of the stuff for it but ran out of time to assemble it. Recently read a lot about the eXorcist and think that it may do more for me. Does the DMeXorcist have big advantages over the regular eXorcist?

Hey, thanks For my first foray into electronics, it was relatively painless and I ended up with a powerful light show to go along with the pneumatics. I love what DMX lighting can do. I'll take a look at the haunt control system you are talking about. Thanks for the heads up.

In regards to the differences between eXorcist and DMeXorcist: From what I can gather, DMeXorcist is specificaly designed for DMX systems. But, it is still in production. I know that Phoenix UK is part of that design so hopefully he'll pop in here and tell us more.

Here's what I know about DMX. It is a protocol used in DJ lighting that through a single DMX cable you can have 512 addresses (channels).

So, for example, my coffin used four addresses for the fog controller, the 4 channel DMX relay switch used four addresses (I only used two of them; a regular light and a solenoid), and the two DMX lights used eight addresses in total and so that left 496 addresses I could use! WOWZER! That's off of ONE cable that is daisy chained!

So, I could conceivably run many, many props (I dunno.... 32 more!?).

It would be best to run a DMX relay controller that way each prop can have it's own designated DMX universe instead of sharing one with another prop. As you know DMX is a protocol used in lighting. So normally when you daisy chain fixtures together, that are typically of the same type. This make is easier to control. You can run them all together and address each it's own channel but then you are getting complicated and you might have props going off in unison.

One thing I am looking at doing for next year is to use VSA that is triggered by a PIR, if this is possible. I think it is, I don't see why not.

Thing about DMX in a haunt setting is someone or someones have to man it at all times. Unless you plan on putting it in some routine or trigger. Which you don't really need to run DMX to do.

Wow I really don't know where to start but this DMX stuff sound cool and I might give it a try.
just need to find some good info and if this is the way to go for me as for contorling the whole thing that is what I am looking for...

Terra, did you use a trigger for the coffin or does it run on a loop.

I'm wondering if we can use the haunt controller from vile things to activate the vsa the same way eXorcist does. It would be about half the cost. I'm going to get the demo and play with it a little.

What do ya'll think?