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Post by khogan on Feb 3, 2018 6:05:57 GMT -5
Hope they can come to an agreement, sounds like Firemaster has done everything they can to minimize the noise.
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Post by khogan on Jul 10, 2017 14:05:36 GMT -5
Sign me up if its not too late. Thanks Mystical!
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Post by khogan on Jul 5, 2017 16:26:37 GMT -5
From this link it sounds like a lot of shows did not happen. www.timminspress.com/2017/07/02/ukraine-closes-fireworks-competitionTIMMINS - Team Ukraine brought drama to their fireworks show on Canada Day. Their performance was followed by the detonation of Finland's leftover fireworks for a grand finale. Large crowds filled the area outside Stars & Thunder's fence to watch the show. Several teams - China, Brazil and the United Kingdom - were unable to compete due to high winds and Team Canada ceded their July 1 spot to Ukraine and Finland. Leftover fireworks may be used at a later date, as Team Canada has offered to return
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Post by khogan on Apr 11, 2017 10:51:43 GMT -5
I have always wondered about the pricing of these shows, as I have never been that close to planning.
What does $2000 even get you? I'm not sure I could even buy enough consumer fireworks to fill 20 minutes with $2000 if I had it all to spend on product.
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Post by khogan on Mar 15, 2017 15:29:12 GMT -5
I like Royal Brocade
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Post by khogan on Mar 14, 2017 15:47:02 GMT -5
Welcome Jellyhead, looking forward to hear about your experiences working in the industry for so long.
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Post by khogan on Mar 14, 2017 15:45:58 GMT -5
Welcome TJ glad to see you join
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Post by khogan on Mar 14, 2017 15:44:24 GMT -5
I didn't buy a cobra and regret it, save for it if you can afford it. Gotta agree with pyrotechsupply though, if you are going to use it once a year Cobra may be a little overkill. There are some hidden costs as well I believe like buying some of the software and I think you need a separate device to update it? I would still go for the Cobra though if you can justify the cost.
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Post by khogan on Mar 14, 2017 15:38:28 GMT -5
That is a pretty cool idea but agree the video was not too impressive.
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Post by khogan on Jan 23, 2017 16:33:07 GMT -5
Hey gusa sad to hear you left Mississauga. They started allowing fireworks on Chinese new year and Diwali permanently in Mississauga. Go get your license and become one of the pros!
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Post by khogan on Jan 9, 2017 15:38:06 GMT -5
Not sure if anyone has used this system other than me, but I only ever used it with consumer fireworks.
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Post by khogan on Jan 1, 2017 13:43:35 GMT -5
Happy New year!
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Post by khogan on Dec 18, 2016 9:11:40 GMT -5
It sounds like the MS32Q would be a a good fit for you except your one concern about all the modules not starting at the same time and lack of ability to connect them with cables. Email them about the cable thing, I am pretty sure I discussed it with them on pyrouniverse and they said it was non functional (or that you could use the cable with the omega fire to turn the MB32Q into a module for that system) but if you could connect to start a script on all with only one in range that would be really nice. Pyro Boss made some nice extension cables to get the antenna up into the air a few feet instead of being on the ground with the module, that would be a good idea if you are going to get a few of these.
If you made it to the second video from Dewey he has a good idea, put a strobe at 0 sec then don't start the show for like 10 sec. Start and make sure all the strobes start then you know all your modules are going. If they are not though that's going to cause a delay but at least you know and can stop the modules.
Regarding the fusing not being perfect, no firing system is going to help you with that as they just report if the match is good, not if its connected correctly to the product.
I don't think you would have to worry about them supporting you if you bought the product, but we are probably not getting any new features.
Also the software for the OmegaFire does not cost $300 it comes with the unit. It says it cost $300 if you buy it separately but why would you buy their software if you are not buying a firing system?
If you are technically savvy enough to get a remote desktop setup that will allow USB passthru I could try to install the software for you so you can check it out.
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Post by khogan on Dec 17, 2016 15:29:33 GMT -5
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Post by khogan on Dec 17, 2016 13:37:57 GMT -5
If you go on their site (http://www.rfremotech.com/FiringSystems.html) they have a new system OmegaFire which they seem to be focusing on now, and it looks to be a lot more complicated and expensive. It looks like they are charging $300 just for the software and it looks like the same software I got for free. The software was last updated Apr.26, 2016 but I can't find any changelog. I will install it later and check it out but looks like I need to boot into safe mode to install the driver in Windows 10 because their drive is not signed. There used to be firmware updates for the MB32Q on the site but I can't find them now. There are firmware updates on the OmegaFire page. From your PM but I'll answer here in case anyone else knows more. I don't have 2 units to test so this is from my interpretation of the documentation and using the software. First I am almost certain you can't connect the units together with wires. The ports are there but they are not used. If you use the software to make a fully scripted show you should be able to setup cues to go off on different modules at different times or multiple modules at the same time. You load the script into the Modules and as long as they are all in range when you hit start they should all go. You can see here how they explain it www.rfremotech.com/ADV.files/ADV151215.pdfThen you could also get the FSK & OOK Multifunctional Firing Systems Transmitter TCF200-U which I believe allows you to control multiple Modules with the one Transmitter. There is a video about it here www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjKhQaiIBaALet me know if you have any other questions. I may sound a little hard on it but it is pretty good for the price. Not sure the transmitter is worth the extra money, but if you have lots of modules and want to shoot to music maybe it is.
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Post by khogan on Dec 12, 2016 10:29:39 GMT -5
Hey pyrotechsupply we don't really have any rules about posting things from other Vendors so you can post anything you find.
I am going to go through the links, but if you see anything that stands out as really good information please let me know.
Ideally I want to have one source for the info, we can use all these sites as references but I think if we have a page that just contains a bunch of links to other sites people will not be bothered to look at it. I think we should compile the best info from these pages, combine it with our own knowledge and try to come up with somthing people will actually read.
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Post by khogan on Dec 9, 2016 20:29:56 GMT -5
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Post by khogan on Dec 9, 2016 15:27:53 GMT -5
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Post by khogan on Dec 8, 2016 17:41:53 GMT -5
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Post by khogan on Dec 8, 2016 12:47:30 GMT -5
What needs a signature and what doesn't always makes me scratch my head. I order a 2 dollar thing from ebay and I have to sign or go pick it up. Order a $500 piece of electronics and it's left on my doorstep. I guess its just based on how it was shipped?
Im still interested in the safty sheet you should get when buying fireworks. Is my experience normal that you don't get it? Whats everyone elses experience when buying consumer fireworks?
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Post by khogan on Dec 6, 2016 17:38:11 GMT -5
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Post by khogan on Dec 5, 2016 16:26:55 GMT -5
Thanks for the info. That is interesting, I have not bought fireworks that many times but I have never been offered safety instructions when I did.
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Post by khogan on Dec 5, 2016 15:03:54 GMT -5
You all know there is a requirement by law that all the consumer stuff must come with safety information right? Can you clarify this? Are you referring to the warning on the product, or is there actually supposed to be some additional information provided when you buy consumer fireworks?
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Post by khogan on Dec 5, 2016 8:58:44 GMT -5
If we take mandatory out of the equation it changes everything. I don't think anyone is against safety, but I am against more regulations.
I think you should talk to Mystical about this and see if its something they are interested in dong, maybe you can teach the course? I think it would be even better if the course is online/ recorded so that people can look at the material whenever they want, as if its just a one night thing people may want to attend but have other obligations. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help?
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Post by khogan on Dec 4, 2016 13:34:22 GMT -5
I became more aware of this when I wanted to take a milky way galaxy picture like they show 4 mins into the video. Took a look at this map and figured I am probably not going to be able to take one anywhere arouund where I live. darksitefinder.com/maps/world.html
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Post by khogan on Dec 4, 2016 11:44:40 GMT -5
congrats, glad to hear everything went well!
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Post by khogan on Dec 4, 2016 10:53:18 GMT -5
tannerite was my first thought also, I searched google images and don't see any images that are an exact match but they all look similar and are colored orange. As far as as a mandatory safety course goes, I do agree it's a good idea to have a safety course, I even agree that maybe people should not be able to buy large cakes without some training and that cakes should have better instructions on them. But I don't think there should be a mandatory course to get any consumer fireworks. I am not convinced that your buddy would take a safety course, sounds like he did not even read the instructions on the product. You proposed a question to him about a safety course after he had an accident, who in that state is going to say it's a bad idea? If he could not take the 30 seconds to read the instructions then why would he really go out of his way for a safety course. Maybe he would now that this incident happened but does not sound like he was too concerned with safety before that. You said in another post "The guy at work is not dumb by any means, but he had no idea what he was in for when lighting it." I don't think hes dumb but he lacked judgment in this situation. If he had no idea what he was in for maybe he should have though about it for a minute, he was lighting an explosive device with other people around him. I think this is the problem in general, people have a lack of respect for fireworks and what they can do. Unless your buddy was lighting a Vulcan cake, then maybe we can forgive him even if he read the instructions
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Post by khogan on Dec 3, 2016 10:23:37 GMT -5
It's hard to see whats in the pic, but a lot of items I don't recognize. Are some US consumer fireworks? There is an item in the middle that looks like a NOAB, or is that the mystical 9 shot thing? Here is another article from a couple years ago that's clear, looks like a lot more firecrackers which IMO are pretty dangerous as well. Any idea what the orange containers in the front are? www.surrey.ca/city-government/16084.aspxLike I said people getting 1.3 is a bit of an exaggeration but my point is when something is not available, people will sell it illegally, and when you are dealing with criminals then all regulations are out the window. They got this stuff from the goofs that put ads on Craigslist and whatnot, maybe there are some smart criminals that did not get caught and they have more dangerous stuff. One time while up north I was on a lake pretty close to some houses where it did not seem like an appropriate place to light off 1.3 but I found a bunch of larger tube inserts and burnt up pieces of quickmatch in the grass, so either someone did a pro show in a very tight area and did not clean up after themselves, or someone was lighting off 1.3 illegally. I am not against safety courses and I like your idea that some vendor do a course and then give a discount for people that complete it, but I don't see them getting a big benefit out of it so that's probably why they don't. We should do our part by coming up with some safety information and post it prominently on the site.
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Post by khogan on Dec 2, 2016 17:50:17 GMT -5
Ya saying people will get 1.3 is a little bit of an exaggeration, but I do think if people were forced to have some cert to buy consumer fireworks from somewhere like Mystical or Rocket that there would be someone to step in and sell to people that don't want to bother with a cert. Here is an article that shows there are illeagle fireworks out there, may just be m-80s and not 1.3 shells but they can still be dangerous Surrey seizes 'record' $100K of illegal fireworks before Halloween: www.thenownewspaper.com/news/399076051.htmlEdit: here is a better article bc.ctvnews.ca/undercover-investigation-reveals-illegal-fireworks-for-sale-1.3126278
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Post by khogan on Dec 2, 2016 15:53:03 GMT -5
huggyd do you have any good resources we could link to? We can ask Pyro Boss about settings up a safety page like we have the Canadian Consumer Fireworks page. I am not sure if anyone ends up on this site that is not already a big pyro fan but maybe some do and it could help.
Every firework has instructions for lighting them off but sometimes they are generic. The little cakes can be dangerous, how did he set it up? I am guessing just sitting on the ground with no bracing of any kind? I try to avoid the little cakes all together but when I do use them I like to tape a few together to get a better base then attach them to a board.
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