Stairville LED Commander 16/2 4-stars Reviews

Good value for the price

We use it with moving heads and LED parcans.

Pros:

Easy to setup and use.

Handy using the AUX for a fog machine.

Good functionality for the price.

Cons:

Tricky to get the joystick going but good once you do.

Works but not so easy to use

There is just one fade in/out time that is shared with all scenes.

Clicking the buttons is very loud. You can hear the CLICK sound all the way to the audience.

The labels of the buttons are difficult to interpret. It is very difficult to know if the fixture number 7 means the button above number 7 or below number 7.

You need to set up all lamps as multiple of 10.

A small example from our theatre:

Eurolite LED Flood Light 252 RGB 19°

1 - Red

2 - reen

3 - Blue

4 - Dimmer

Stairville LED PAR56 MKII RGBW

11 - Red

12 - Green

13 - Blue

14 - White

18 - Dimmer

Stairville LED PAR56 MKII RGBW

21 - Red

22 - Green

23 - Blue

24 - White

28 - Dimmer

Stairville LED PAR56 MKII RGBW

31 - Red

32 - Green

33 - Blue

34 - White

38 - Dimmer

Stairville LED PAR56 MKII RGBW

41 - Red

42 - Green

43 - Blue

44 - White

48 - Dimmer

Stairville LED PAR56 MKII RGBW

51 - Red

52 - Green

53 - Blue

54 - White

58 - Dimmer

Bulb light Stairville DDS 405 ? 1

61 - Dimmer

Bulb light Stairville DDS 405 ? 2

71 - Dimmer

Bulb light Stairville DDS 405 ? 3

81 - Dimmer

Bulb light Stairville DDS 405 ? 4

91 - Dimmer

Mapping the sliders to DMX channels:

Keep the PATCH button pressed for 3 secs to enter patching mode

Activate the lamp by pressing the button in FIXTURES

Use SPEED and FADE sliders to choose the right DMX channel

Press button under the slider you want to attach to this channel.

When everything has been programmed press PATCH again.

Use for bulbs:

Activate the lamp by pressing the button in FIXTURES

Use Dimmer slider to set the light

Use for Color LED lights:

Activate the lamp by pressing the button in FIXTURES

Use FUN, RED, GREEN, BLUE to set the color (W,R,G,B)

USe Dimmer to set the intensity

Programming SCENEs and CHASEs are well described in the manual.

Conclusion: it works if you have a light man during the show. For a system run by actors it is better to get a much bigger computer based setup with support for running both sound effects and lights by a single button press. This is the way we are heading now after a few years with Stairville LED Commander 16/2.