This will be my first year animating my display and I ran into a problem that I didn't expect. I have a USB dongle (DMX), 4 Express controllers and I'm using Vixen 3. I was going to use the same PC that I sequence on for the show.
To dip my foot in the water, I put a single LE outside for Halloween and I'm running just a single lightning channel with floods just to see how everything works. It became apparent quickly that using my sequence PC from within my house isn't very convenient. Not being able to sequence stinks and getting RS-485 outside isn't so bad, but for trick-or-treat I wanted to play a lightning track with the floods. There really isn't an easy way to get the sound outside (I don't plan to use music for Christmas, so I don't have a FM transmitter).
I'm curious to see what all of you are using for a (DMX) show controller (PC, conductor, Panther player, FPP on Raspberry Pi, etc.).
Thanks!
Jim