Connecting an existing house system to a Grand MA3
Hey y’all!
I just started working for a venue that hosts a lot of tours, and my experience is mostly in theatrical lighting, meaning: I would walk into a venue with a system set up to only cater to that venue and things didn’t change much beyond that. Which means I am still learning a lot of things about a lot of systems and equipment that I haven’t had much exposure to in my previous experience. So if any of my questions seem confusing, it comes from a lack of familiarity with a lot of these technologies that I am newer to. So please be kind. :)
I have a tour coming into my venue soon that will be bringing in a Grand MA3 and they want to hook into our system. I have a 2 port portable ETC Response Gateway set up to send out my universe 1 and 2 for this reason that works just fine. And typically that’s all folks need. But this tour also wants to use my universe 3, which is all wireless Lustrs talking to a show baby that’s hooked up to our house console, an ETC Ion.
My issue is that I don’t know much about the MA line of consoles (which is why I’m coming here for your expertise!) and I want to make sure I can provide him with access in whatever way he needs it. How can I make sure he can properly hook into all three of my universes? We have a lighting network, can you just run an Ethernet from one of our lighting network ports straight into the board? And would that grab the wireless universe as well? Does my house console need to be on for any reason or should it be off at all times?
I am trying to learn more and more about networking to better understand all of this, but I am nowhere near knowing what I want to know. So please explain things to me even if they might seem obvious to you. Thank you so much in advance for any help provided!!!! :)