\u201cURA: A Celebration of Water\u201d, an innovative multimedia experience designed by Cadabra, creative division of XYZ Cultural Technology, on the coast of Quebec (Canada), uses LS-Node to manage a complex and fascinating lighting system<\/strong><\/p>\n There is LS-Node RDM\/DMX<\/strong> by Work Pro<\/strong><\/a> at the center of the fascinating installation \u201cURA: A Celebration of Water\u201d<\/strong><\/a>, whose design is due to Cadabra<\/strong><\/a>, the creative division of the audiovisual integration company XYZ Cultural Technology<\/strong><\/a>. URA<\/strong><\/a> is open throughout the summer and operates in both daylight and evening hours in Chandler,<\/strong> a place where the sea is both symbolically and economically important.
\nVisitors are transported into a timeless maritime universe where they experience storms, shipwrecks, equinox high tides and even life at the bottom of the ocean with a chance to meet a host of sea creatures including a black whale. Guided by the voice of Lamia,<\/strong> a fantastical being descended from Basque legend, visitors spend an hour walking through eight storytelling stations where they are entertained and educated by a combination of vivid scenery and cutting edge technology.<\/p>\n
\nCadabra<\/strong><\/a> and XYZ<\/strong><\/a> worked closely with Canadian distributor AVL Media Group<\/strong><\/a> to identify the right audio, video and lighting technology for this project. For seamless management of the installation\u2019s lighting, AVL<\/strong><\/a> recommended Work Pro LS-Node2 DMX streamers<\/a>,<\/strong> one of which was positioned at each of the eight stations. LS-Node<\/strong> is an RDM\/DMX streaming device<\/strong> that supports industry standards ArtNet<\/strong> and sACN<\/strong> and comes in three different models \u2013 LS-Node1<\/a>, LS-Node2<\/a><\/strong> and LS-Node4<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 with each number representing the amount of freely configurable DMX<\/strong> universes that model can handle. They all feature several modes of use including Standard Node,<\/strong> with ArtNet\/sACN<\/strong> inputs and DMX outputs, and Merger,<\/strong> where the LS-Node<\/strong> can receive different universes via ArtNet\/sACN<\/strong> and merge them in the same DMX output.<\/p>\n
\nGarou Blancan, Cadabra<\/a>\u2019s lighting designer for<\/strong> URA<\/a>,<\/strong> said: \u201cLS-Node2<\/strong><\/a> units were chosen for their ease of use, their support of PoE power and their small, rugged build. Also the price\/quality ratio was also interesting and I have rarely seen a user interface that is so simple to program.\u201d
\nMaxime Perreault of AVL Media Group<\/a><\/strong> said he was very satisfied with the final result: \u201cThe project\u201d \u2013 he said \u2013 \u201cwas a great success and attracted many visitors over the summer. URA<\/strong><\/a> is now closed for the winter and will reopen in Spring 2020<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMany challenges have been faced and overcome by the teams of Cadabra<\/strong><\/a> and AVL Media Group<\/strong><\/a>, not least the fact that the experience is located outdoors on a beach so everything \u2013 even the equipment inside the stations \u2013 had to be hard wearing and weatherproofed.
\n\u201cHaving a safe control system in all eight stations decisively contributed to the realization of the project\u201d \u2013 concluded Garou Blancan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n