| Pixel
Range Expands at PLASA
Lighting
Product News Published: 16 September 2004
James Thomas’s Pixel LED division launches four exciting new
products at PLASA 2004 following the brand’s most successful
year to date:
PixelPAR 24ec (enhanced control)
Pixelpipe 48ec (enhanced control)
Pixelpup range (enhanced control)
Pixelline 110ec (enhanced control)
The Pixel team is sharing the James Thomas stand with their core
business colleagues from both American and British manufacturing
operations.
Along with the new Pixel products being launched, the JTE team
will be showing a selection of the industry standard JTE products,
including trussing, ground support systems and their diverse range
of theatrical lanterns.
PixelPAR
24ec (enhanced control)
This is a high power projector, utilising twenty-four
1 - 3 Watt Luxeon emitters in RGB and Amber, thus providing a full
spectrum output. The lightsource is the same as the popular PixelPAR
90(A) architectural fitting, and the unit uses the same streamlined
mechanical housing.
The PixelPAR 24ec takes full advantage of new 3 Watt blue and green
LEDs, which are combined with the 1 Watt red and – for the
first time – an amber emitter. Incorporating the amber expands
the available colour palette, making the fixture ideal for television
and film applications, due to its exceptionally low flicker rate
whilst offering a generally higher and more comprehensive quality
of colour mixing.
The standard beam angle is 4 degrees. A choice of 6 different holographic
film discs use refraction to expand and widen the beam as required
Enhanced
DMX control
The new ‘ec’ facility is available on
all latest generation Pixelrange products.
Advantages include the ability to set a selection of user-definable
dimmer curves, which eliminate ‘steppiness’, and ensure
ultra-smooth fading throughout the cycle. The curve information
is stored in the head of each Pixel fixture. 16bit dimming gives
the user a choice of dimmer curves to suit different applications,
such as greater control of intensity at low levels.
PixelPipe
48ec (enhanced control)
PixelPIPE is the first in a new series of Pixel
products targeted at the retail / commercial lighting market.
It’s a fully self contained linear Luxeon wash projector,
with Ethernet or DMX control, offering an even and seamless wash
effect. It’s ideal for covering large areas, displays, signs
and walls, and at PLASA will be illuminating the plasa sign as you
enter the arena.
Each 1200mm pipe includes 4 x 300mm cell featuring 12 LEDs –
RGB and amber per cell. Pixelpipe is available in a single row of
pipe, which has a base station, fully self contained and fitted
with easy power and data in/out. Pixelpipe is also available equipped
with six pixelpups, ideal for accent/key lighting. Each head and
300mm RGBA pipe pixel cell is independently controlled, or simply
programmed as a whole.
The same highly versatile Pixel fixture will therefore provide
both wall wash and key lighting simultaneously.
PixelPUP
range (ec)
PixelPUP is a range of ‘next generation’
Luxeon projectors, capable, indoor, outdoor and submersible applications
(up to 3 metres). The fixture features a familiar PAR 36 footprint
and replaces the incandescent lightsource with Luxeon emitters –
offering all the benefits of LEDs, in a IP68 based housing. PixelPUPs
can be clustered together as a mini 6-lamp bar( as used with pixelpipe)
or used individually.
Pixelline 110ec (enhanced control)
The industry standard Pixelline 1044 fixture’s new ‘brighter
brother’ is designed for high output wash illumination, using
five cells of RGB and amber 1 - 3 Watt Luxeon emitters.
Housed in the same tough mechanical housing as the immensely popular
1044 batten, the Pixelline 110 (ec) is mega bright – in fact
it’s double the output of the PixelPAR 90(A) in a linear package,
complete with forced air cooling, from our patents pending heat
management system.
Five cell resolution using RGB and Amber LEDs offers full spectrum
reproduction. The standard beam angle is 4 degrees, and holographic
films offer 6 options of expanding beyond this, using the innovative
refraction method.
Beam expansion by refraction is also now available as an accessory
for the Pixelline 1044.
PixelDrive v1.26
PixelDrive software is now a year old. Used on many tours and events,
it has been further developed as a simple, user-friendly method
for mapping video and image effects onto the Pixel Range LED products.
The latest version offers several new features including:
· Drag and drop functionality of matrix devices
· Full rotation of all matrix devices
· Improved DMX efficiency
· Preset playback eliminates the need for a lighting desk
for certain projects.
· The addition of double byte character sets - for Japanese,
Chinese, etc.,
· A new range of generic matrix devices
PixelDrive is a powerful and useful tool for programming large
numbers of LED fixtures. It eliminates the need for thousands of
DMX channels and enables the user to create stunning looks in a
fraction of the time taken with traditional programming methods.
Combining cutting edge technology with straightforward and familiar
control, PixelDrive introduces lighting designers gently to the
digital dimension that’s taking the industry by storm. Multiple
rig configurations become possible with up to 32 layers for control
of different aspects of the led lighting system.
And also ….
Other popular PixelRange fixtures on show will include:
Pixelline 1044 : The touring industry standard LED batten –
as seen on tour with Scissor Sisters, Massive Attack, Oasis, Radiohead,
The Charlatans, Phil Collins, Primal Scream, and many, many more,
plus many more television programs on both the BBC and ITV networks.
PixelPAR 90 (A) : This equally popular indoor and outdoor architectural
fixture has featured in Glasgow’s newest multi-purpose arts
and entertainment space Oran Mor. PixelPAR 90(A)s are installed
to illuminate Cadogan Hall in Chelsea, the new home of the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra, and have also been in action lighting the
Toyo Ito Pavilion sculpture at Battersea Power Station.
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