Inside View: Wireless Solution

Web Summit 2019

The international technology conference Web Summit, held in Lisbon, Portugal, has recently featured equipment by Wireless Solution Sweden, the manufacturer of the W-DMX wireless DMX technology. A total of 20 universes of DMX data over wireless were used, combining nine W-DMX BlackBox F-2 G5 transceivers plus two W-DMX BlackBox F-1 G5 transceivers. All the devices were setup in 2.4GHz, controlling over 200 LED tubes around the circle seating in the arena. The audiovisual setup all the transceivers at FOH and transmitted to the units, utilising the maximum channel count the units could do, so they could create pixel mapping effects. The distances were never above 100-metres, but what was most impressive was running such a large number of universes over wireless, in the same space. Wireless Solution is known for providing reliable wireless DMX technology for several high-profile events, including the Eurovision shows, Super Bowl events and several Olympic and Commonwealth games worldwide.

WIRELESS SOLUTION

Wireless Solution Sweden Sales AB is a manufacturer of the reliable and exciting wireless lighting control equipment, W-DMX, now celebrating 350,000 units sold worldwide and around 50 high end OEM partners. Founded in 2003 by top professionals from the lighting industry and wireless communication engineers, the company designs and produces this twice award-winning wireless DMX system that is today the unofficial standard for those that require the most dependable product available for transmitting lighting control data wirelessly, no matter the distance or location. www.wirelessdmx.com

Science Museum

The Science Museum in London went through a new lighting installation for exhibition Making the Modern World, and in doing so, it took over 12 Micro R-512 G5, five WhiteBox F-1 G5, two BlackBox F-1 G5 and one WhiteBox F-2 G5 transceiver, in order to control different areas wirelessly. Given a new infrastructure would be extremely costly, a scheme was conceived that made use of existing lighting tracks and wiring, and relied upon wireless technology for data transfer, therefore allowing the museum to maximise the spend on actual fixtures and avoid costly changes to infrastructure. Due to the complex nature of the space, it was realised that a clear coverage was needed - something easily achieved with four transmitters. By ensuring that all spotlights had micro-receivers, this immediately reduced the need for any extra data cable and made it much easier to retro fit fittings. The Micros were perfect to sit alongside fixtures discretely.

The Streets of Amsterdam

In Amsterdam, colour changing LED lighting fixtures were placed to adapt the lighting mood to social situations. Dutch company RENA Electronica installed a high tech LED lighting system hanging above the Reguliersdwarsstraat and its alleys. The system was installed in the existing nostalgic fixtures. RGBW high power LED boards, drivers and control from RENA were placed inside the existing fixtures. They change colour according to the desired atmosphere on the street. All the fixtures have a W-DMX NANO TRX G5 module with a 2dBi antenna, for remote wireless control. With this installation, three WhiteBox F-2 G5 were also used to repeat the signal at different blocks of the avenue. Over 20 fixtures were hung, spanning over 250-metres, with three perpendicular streets. Thanks to Wireless Solution’s proprietary Adaptive Frequency Hopping, the units run on 2.4GHz in a busy urban centre such as this one, in the middle of Amsterdam.

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