Kings
Lake, Alaska
August 21, 2004
As is often the case, the display
may be on an island or a barge separated by water.
In this case, the manual portion of the show had
to have a string of boats anchored to keep the
cables out of the lake. The Firelinx controller
had no problem bridging the distance wirelessly.
In fact, this show was for a (fairly large) wedding,
and I got to stand with the bride and groom.
The bride had the honor of pressing the firing
button--not possible with a standard system.
Here,
instead of miles of cables and wire, a small radio
module sits at the base of each rack of mortars.
Wires still go from the igniters to the module,
but there they stop. This reduces over 90% of
the wiring.
Instead of spending the show
head-down flipping switches – where he can’t
even see the show he’s firing – the
technician can now control the show, freed from
the need to control every igniter.
Powerful abilities to adjust
and fine-tune the display, disable hazardous elements
if the wind shifts, and even rearrange the order
of elements in the show make Firelinx a powerful
ally in producing advanced pyrotechnic displays.
There is simply nothing like it anywhere in the
industry.
In
brief, Firelinx represents the fusion of an engineering
team with wireless and architectural expertise,
a fundamentally new solution to the problems facing
the operator, and some of the best known and acknowledged
gurus of the pyrotechnics and explosives industries
to create a system that will completely revolutionize
these companies for the next decade.
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