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Post by khogan on Jul 3, 2014 9:35:40 GMT -5
Here's whats left after firing last night, not as much as what you guys have looking at your stashes but it made for a nice little show. Everything went off just as expected except one single shot item dudded and I found the shell on the ground after the show  |
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Post by pyro on Jul 3, 2014 21:10:24 GMT -5
Sweet,got some nice ones there. How did you like the night assaults?
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Post by khogan on Jul 4, 2014 7:58:13 GMT -5
Night assault was nice, I shot them both off at the same time and one was breaking right after the other so it looked sweet. They were actually supposed to be splat! but they did not have any in stock so I got these instead. Not sure if they are worth the full price but I got 2 for $16 since they did not have Splat! in stock. I should have filmed but I was too excited and also tired from setup. Never realized how much work efiring is, especially when you are trying to use Ethernet cables and don't have them cut to the right length. I gained much respect for you guys that do big shows and the amount of work you put in. I only had to wire like 15 queues and it still took me a while.
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Post by inthesewoods on Jul 4, 2014 13:07:40 GMT -5
Lookin' good!
I was able to get my hands on some fuse so I fused the majority of my show this year. Would like to step up to e-firing... though it seems it may take the same amount of time?
What setup do you have? How long of a cable did you get? Were you able to sit with the spectators?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2014 14:51:10 GMT -5
I forgot to film my finale of 24 cakes man it was nice  |
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Post by khogan on Jul 4, 2014 15:27:38 GMT -5
I have the rfremotech MB32Q (Magic Fire B) system.
The cabling took me the longest as I was not really prepared, and I could not find proper scab wire so I was using Ethernet cable, and not even a roll but a random pile of Ethernet cables that were different lengths. I should have worked out the lengths I needed and cut everything before hand and it would have been a lot easier. Because of this my runs of cable were pretty messy and short, like 5 feet or so.
I also did not bring something out to raise the module up so it was flat on the ground and because of this I was closer to the setup than the crowd as I was worried if I got too far it would not work (I have read on PyroU that you should always raise up the module) and I also did not do a proper range test on the module before using it.
Overall I made a lot of little mistakes but in the end everything worked out pretty well, but could have gone a lot smoother. was my first time efiring so I was happy with the results.
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Post by Pyro Boss on Jul 4, 2014 22:15:45 GMT -5
Night assault was nice, I shot them both off at the same time and one was breaking right after the other so it looked sweet. They were actually supposed to be splat! but they did not have any in stock so I got these instead. Not sure if they are worth the full price but I got 2 for $16 since they did not have Splat! in stock. I should have filmed but I was too excited and also tired from setup. Never realized how much work efiring is, especially when you are trying to use Ethernet cables and don't have them cut to the right length. I gained much respect for you guys that do big shows and the amount of work you put in. I only had to wire like 15 queues and it still took me a while. It is a lot of work, but efiring is totally worth it because you can sit back and watch the show. For next year its going to even better because my control modules are going to be fired with the Pyro Ignition Control software. So its going to be one press of the mouse on the laptop and the show fires. This year for July 1st I installed 70 cakes with ignitors and 100 shells. I pre-wired all my talons a week before then took about 2 hours to hook up to the modules. But like I said, well worth it! |
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Post by khogan on Jul 6, 2014 9:20:28 GMT -5
It is a lot of work, but efiring is totally worth it because you can sit back and watch the show. For next year its going to even better because my control modules are going to be fired with the Pyro Ignition Control software. So its going to be one press of the mouse on the laptop and the show fires. This year for July 1st I installed 70 cakes with ignitors and 100 shells. I pre-wired all my talons a week before then took about 2 hours to hook up to the modules. But like I said, well worth it! Where did you find the radio part to use Pyro Ignition Control? I am having some problems finding the RT-11 433.9 (AUREL TX-SAW 433) part to build the transmitter. I also was not sure if it will work with my system. I see it works with MS32Q so it will probably work with my MB32Q but it may take some modifications that I am probably not capable of doing without some help (seems they hacked the system or something? not sure how they are syncing to the modules when I though they are supposed to be secure?) What system are you using it with? I though the openpyro project was abandoned but I saw recently a post on PyroU from the creators saying they are releasing .04 soon. Instead I bought a couple Arduinos and nRF24L01 2.4GHz Radio/Wireless Transceivers and I am going to see if I can come up with something myself. |
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Post by Pyro Boss on Jul 6, 2014 13:38:43 GMT -5
I use remotefiringystems.com S12. The Arduinos software with board are going to be installed to run the software. So its basically going to be an S12C transmitter.
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Post by khogan on Jul 6, 2014 13:48:31 GMT -5
maybe I am misunderstanding what you need to do.
I though you need to basically make your own transmitter using the arduino and RT-11 433.9 (AUREL TX-SAW 433) then this connects to your computer as well and when you send a signal from the computer it goes to your homemade transmitter then sends the command to the firing system. Are you taking apart your transmitter you already have to get the part, or am I misunderstanding how this all works?
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Post by Pyro Boss on Jul 6, 2014 14:51:35 GMT -5
maybe I am misunderstanding what you need to do. I though you need to basically make your own transmitter using the arduino and RT-11 433.9 (AUREL TX-SAW 433) then this connects to your computer as well and when you send a signal from the computer it goes to your homemade transmitter then sends the command to the firing system. Are you taking apart your transmitter you already have to get the part, or am I misunderstanding how this all works? This is the transmitter from Dewey. S12This is where I want to have the Arduino board installed in my S12 by Andrew at FJ Pyro Systems to control my firing systems. S12CI hope this makes sense or starting to. |
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Post by khogan on Jul 6, 2014 15:32:06 GMT -5
Ah ok thanks for the info that makes sense, I guess you just send your current transmitter to this guy and he does the mods (using the parts already in the transmitter I am guessing, which is why you don't need the radio part)
I was actually going to try to build my own transmitter, but was not sure how all this worked or if it would even work with my system. I was looking at SuperbFire - OpenPyro_Transmitter_mini within the files.
I am going to see how far I can get trying to build my own system as it seems none of the systems but cobra has the feature I want, which is to be able to use stepper but at the same time have one of my steps fire multiple queues at the same time, or fire a set of queues separated by time. Also gives me an excuse to play with some arduinos.
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Post by Pyro Boss on Jul 6, 2014 15:40:57 GMT -5
Ya, with the Pyro Ignition software you can do whatever you mention above, very easily.
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Post by khogan on Jul 7, 2014 13:29:54 GMT -5
Ya, with the Pyro Ignition software you can do whatever you mention above, very easily. Thanks you are right, I did not take a close enough look at it before and I see the HandFire option allows you to do this. |
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Post by pyropinky on Jul 7, 2014 14:59:35 GMT -5
hey pyro i saw you wired up shells but used talons? why not e-match? also yes e firing is a pita. our canada day show took like forever to mount match and fire.
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