Peter Kirkup

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  • Headset FM - Peter Kirkup

    Headset FM

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  • Putting Up with BackTalk

    Stage Directions

    RDM gets DMX completely backwards—and that’s a good thing, as it allows for bi-directional communications with devices
    MX. Isn’t it wonderful? Plug in a cable to your console and 512 channels of data are available! 512 unique channels—that’s huge! All of this data flows across a simple twin core, shielded cable … But what if that cable could do even more for you? What if, for example, it could tell you what wasn’t working in your rig, before you even hit GO on the first cue? Did you ever…

    RDM gets DMX completely backwards—and that’s a good thing, as it allows for bi-directional communications with devices
    MX. Isn’t it wonderful? Plug in a cable to your console and 512 channels of data are available! 512 unique channels—that’s huge! All of this data flows across a simple twin core, shielded cable … But what if that cable could do even more for you? What if, for example, it could tell you what wasn’t working in your rig, before you even hit GO on the first cue? Did you ever forget to set a DMX address before rigging a fixture? Wouldn’t it be awesome if you could just hit a button and fix it without having to pull a ladder out? Ever wish you could monitor the lighting rig to know when your lamps are getting close to their specified hours? What if I told you that all of these are possible, today, using equipment you might already own? Enter RDM.

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  • Remotely Interesting

    Stage Directions

    When you’re up a ladder without a board op, a well-configured Wi-Fi network is your best friend
    Throughout these recent articles we have been focussing on lighting networks as a method of getting DMX data from point A to point B. There is, however, another increasingly popular use of networking within theatre, and one which we should explore in more detail: Remotes.

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  • Lighting Network Management Tools

    Stage Directions

    Once your lighting network hardware is in place, you have an abundance of tools to make sure it operates correctly and makes your life easier.

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  • How clean are you pipes?

    Stage Directions

    Measuring bandwidth, latency and hops for lighting networks—and why it matters
    Over the past few years, the word bandwidth has become increasingly commonplace. Generally applied to Internet connections, your phone and broadband connection will be sold to you on the basis of a connection speed. Buzzwords emerge all the time: 4G, LTE, gigabit and so on. Where once a dial-up modem connection at 56,000bps was considered top of the line, now a 2,000,000bps connection isn’t enough to stream the…

    Measuring bandwidth, latency and hops for lighting networks—and why it matters
    Over the past few years, the word bandwidth has become increasingly commonplace. Generally applied to Internet connections, your phone and broadband connection will be sold to you on the basis of a connection speed. Buzzwords emerge all the time: 4G, LTE, gigabit and so on. Where once a dial-up modem connection at 56,000bps was considered top of the line, now a 2,000,000bps connection isn’t enough to stream the latest episode of Game of Thrones in HD. But what does it mean? And, more importantly ... Why am I reading about bandwidth in a magazine dedicated to theatre?

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  • Know Your Nodes

    Stage Directions

    They don’t come in a swatchbook, so here’s what you need to know when choosing nodes for your lighting network

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  • Perplexing Protocols

    Stage Directions

    Want to send DMX over Ethernet? Better make sure you’re speaking the same language
    If you read our June edition, you should now have a basic understanding of Ethernet systems and why you would want to use one in your lighting system. However, there are still a number of factors you need to consider before you make the leap into running an Ethernet system for your show, and not least of these is “Which protocol should I use?”

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  • Ethernet Demystified

    Stage Directions

    Lighting systems are getting bigger. Where a 24-channel console and dimmers would have been sufficient for a regional theatre, now there is talk of multiple DMX universes, protocols and networking. We could spend many pages debating the merits of larger and more complex systems, but with low-cost LED technology, improved processor chips and PC-based consoles, chances are you’ve already experienced part of this growth. Now it’s time to make sense of it.

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  • Vital Stats - 129 - Peter Kirkup

    TPi Magazine

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Patents

  • Lighting Control Desk With Encoders Surrounded by Color-Coded Visual Indicators

    Issued US 8,430,518

    A lighting control desk includes a housing with a cavity provided within the housing and a control surface. The control surface includes digital displays, encoders, faders, pushbutton switches and a keyboard to assist in controlling different aspects of the light fixtures that are communicably coupled to the lighting control desk. A multitude of light-emitting visual indicators are positioned around one or more of the encoders. The visual indicators provide a visual indication of the color…

    A lighting control desk includes a housing with a cavity provided within the housing and a control surface. The control surface includes digital displays, encoders, faders, pushbutton switches and a keyboard to assist in controlling different aspects of the light fixtures that are communicably coupled to the lighting control desk. A multitude of light-emitting visual indicators are positioned around one or more of the encoders. The visual indicators provide a visual indication of the color, hue, color saturation, or color intensity of the light fixtures being controlled by that particular encoder as well as the changes that will be effected to the color, hue, color saturation, or color intensity based on how the user may adjust the encoder. One or more light emitting diodes positioned in the cavity are optically coupled to each visual indicator to generate the color of light to be emitted through that particular visual indicator.

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  • WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL

    Filed US 20150137958

    A system and method a wireless remote control solution is implemented in an integrated circuit (IC) and that IC is specified to the controller manufacturer. The controller manufacturer provides an IC-compatible electromechanical interface in communication with a central processing unit (CPU) of the controller. When the manufacturer is ready to implement a wireless solution, the IC is installed into the IC-compatible electromechanical interface. Different wireless solutions and/or protocols are…

    A system and method a wireless remote control solution is implemented in an integrated circuit (IC) and that IC is specified to the controller manufacturer. The controller manufacturer provides an IC-compatible electromechanical interface in communication with a central processing unit (CPU) of the controller. When the manufacturer is ready to implement a wireless solution, the IC is installed into the IC-compatible electromechanical interface. Different wireless solutions and/or protocols are enabled by the manufacturer's choice of IC that is installed.

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  • Lighting Control Desk with Removable Touch Screen Device

    Filed US 12/970,462

    A lighting control desk having a removable touch screen device is provided. The lighting control desk includes a multitude of surface mounted control devices for adjusting attributes of lights and other devices. The touch screen device enables a user to configure, control, and monitor information associated with the lights and other devices controlled by the lighting control desk when attached to and when detached from the lighting control desk. The lighting control desk includes a receptacle…

    A lighting control desk having a removable touch screen device is provided. The lighting control desk includes a multitude of surface mounted control devices for adjusting attributes of lights and other devices. The touch screen device enables a user to configure, control, and monitor information associated with the lights and other devices controlled by the lighting control desk when attached to and when detached from the lighting control desk. The lighting control desk includes a receptacle for receiving the touch screen device in the form of a cavity in the lighting desk's control surface or in the form of a docking station. The touch screen device can communicate with the lighting control desk via multiple wireless technologies and via a wired connection, such as a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection.

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Honors & Awards

  • PLASA Gottelier Award nominee

    PLASA

    Nominated for the 2022 Gottelier Awards - Starting as a control technician for Stage Electrics 20 years ago, Peter Kirkup has played a key role in pushing forward exciting new technology with a hands-on approach. Most recently, Peter was one of the first to push virtual production and metaverse technologies to a new level. Having joined the disguise EMEA Sales team in 2015, his continuous drive to push innovation forward, whilst staying close to the customer, opened him up to entirely new…

    Nominated for the 2022 Gottelier Awards - Starting as a control technician for Stage Electrics 20 years ago, Peter Kirkup has played a key role in pushing forward exciting new technology with a hands-on approach. Most recently, Peter was one of the first to push virtual production and metaverse technologies to a new level. Having joined the disguise EMEA Sales team in 2015, his continuous drive to push innovation forward, whilst staying close to the customer, opened him up to entirely new opportunities within the company and he now heads up Global Technical Solutions, working closely with the disguise user community to build solutions tailored to their specific project needs.

  • PLASA Awards for Innovation, Gold Award

    PLASA

    LumenRadio CRMX Chip
    The judges said: "If ever there was a game changer, this is it. The low price point and incredibly small dimensions mean that there is now no excuse for not making wireless DMX a standard feature of every lighting product that uses DMX. The only option now should be whether the application calls for copper or air, not whether a light has the in-built option. This could be the beginning of Skynet for lighting."

  • PLASA Awards for Innovation, Honourable Mention

    PLASA

    LumenRadio CRMX TiMo
    The TiMo is an implementation of the CRMX Chip, both of which will have a profound impact on our industry. The TiMo adds RDM and transmission capabilities to the CRMX chip, and it's pricing and small form factor make it standout in entertainment lighting.

  • PLASA Awards for Innovation

    PLASA

    The award is shared between two products of similar purpose and equal merit: LumenRadio for SuperNova3, and Artistic Licence for eSense
    The judges said, "They both solve data management problems eloquently and practically. They will create new ways of understanding the massive data produced by shows and installations in an efficient and understandable way."

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