Wireless QLab Go Button

[Florian Staab]

Hi all,

I’m doing a site specific show, and due to the existing infrastructure of the venue, my QLab computer has to sit in the kitchen. However my SM follows the show around, and needs to hit cues. It’s an old building with thick stone walls, where I’ve had some problems using an IEM. Is my best option to use QLab Remote and add some wi-fi repeaters as necessary? Are there other options for wireless remote control that might work? It’s also a period show, so if I can do something that does not involve a bright phone screen, that would be a preference.

Best,
-Staab

[Sam Kusnetz]

On October 16, 2017 at 5:13:13 PM, Florian Staab (mfs...@gmail.com) wrote:

I’m doing a site specific show, and due to the existing infrastructure of the venue, my QLab computer has to sit in the kitchen. However my SM follows the show around, and needs to hit cues. It’s an old building with thick stone walls, where I’ve had some problems using an IEM. Is my best option to use QLab Remote and add some wi-fi repeaters as necessary? Are there other options for wireless remote control that might work?

Hi Staab, and all

(I am now removing my Figure 53 hat…)

My side project, Team Sound, has just released a wireless QLab controller called the Go Box Rover which might be what you’re looking for:

http://www.teamsound.nyc

I’m not sure, of course, and the thickness of the stone walls, etc. might be too much for the radio, but it might be worth trying.

(I am now replacing my Figure 53 hat…)

If the Team Sound box doesn’t work for you, but you can install a wifi system that gives consistent coverage, your QLab Remote plan sounds good to me

Best

Sam

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Sam Kusnetz | Figure 53

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[Paul Gotch]

On 16 Oct 2017, at 22:13, Florian Staab <mfs...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> It’s an old building with thick stone walls, where I’ve had some problems using an IEM.

Is there a ring main in the building with sockets in each room?

If so powerline Ethernet might work for extending the a network reliably however I'd be wary of any of the consumer products that advertise this feature as the device would take appreciable time to roam between the WiFi networks created by each of the adaptors. I'd be using dumb adaptors plugged in to controller managed ubiquiti access points.

The trouble is almost any wireless solution you buy is going to use the 2.4GHz ISM band regardless of if it is WiFi or something else and the propagation through thick stone walls of this band is virtually nil.

-p

[Sam Kusnetz]

On October 16, 2017 at 5:47:01 PM, Paul Gotch (pa...@chiark.greenend.org.uk) wrote:

The trouble is almost any wireless solution you buy is going to use the 2.4GHz ISM band regardless of if it is WiFi or something else and the propagation through thick stone walls of this band is virtually nil. 

Hi Paul

I quite agree with your assessment of 2.4 GHz ISM (which, for those who don’t know, stands for “industrial, scientific, and medical”) band.

For what it’s worth, the aforementioned Go Box Rover uses the 915 MHz ISM band in the American, and the 868 MHz band in the rest of the world. Those bands aren’t hugely better for wall propagation, but they are somewhat better!