light jocky and SCS compatability

[mherman3]

does anyone know if martin's light jocky is compatable with ScS and if so how to make them work together???

[Mike Daniell]

I don't have any experience of the LightJockey system from Martin, but I've just downloaded the User Manual from their web site. From that manual I assume you can control LightJockey using RS232. In SCS you can use Control Send cues to send RS232 messages via a COM port, so if you know the message structure expected by LightJockey then you should be able to fire LightJockey cues from SCS via an RS232 link. Is that what you want to do? The LightJockey User Manual doesn't provide the required message structures, so you would need to get that information.

[mherman3]

well what i ultamatly would like to do is be able to run from one computer, sound, lights,and projection cues. i have a duel monitor card so one monitor is the projector screen and the other is in the control booth.i bought light jocky instead of a dmx light mixing board

[Mike Daniell]

Unless anyone else has tried this and found a solution, I can't see how you would do this. However, if LightJockey accepts MIDI control then you could send MIDI messages from SCS to LightJockey, and within a single machine this could be done using a product like LoopBe1 or possibly MIDIYoke. The only reference to MIDI that I can find in the LightJockey manual is on p44 where it mentions the MIDI In Button on the Cue List toolbar. That sounds promising but the manual doesn't explain anything about the MIDI In Button, so I've no idea what it does.

If you're using LightJockey instead of a DMX Light Mixing Board, I'm wondering what the maximum CPU power and memory usage would be. I would expect you'd need a reasonably powerful computer to run sound, video and lighting simultaneously. Having two computers, one for SCS and the other for LightJockey, would be my preferred solution. However, you do need to consider the extra hardware you may need for the MIDI or RS232 connections.

If possible in your environment, it is also recommended that you keep all your sound equipment (including the SCS computer) on a dedicated power circuit. Lighting equipment, especially dimmer racks, should be on a separate circuit.