Description

On the south edge of Kansas City, a multi-story commercial building has been lighting its windows in special colors and patterns for decades. ETC’s Mosaic system, a unique pixel-mapping and show control solution, recently gave them a 21st-century upgrade to heighten the graphics and even provide a new revenue stream for the building. Data from Mosaic is distributed throughout the building over a network, then converted into DMX using ETC’s Response Mk2 DMX Gateways. The DMX is sent to RGBW LED strip lights from a local manufacturer that are placed in each of the windows. In addition to the animated American flag waving across the front of the building, the crew has added sports team and company logos back into rotation and mapped rainbow color chases across the exterior. To keep the light show interesting, they use Mosaic’s scheduling features to ensure the shows don’t run every night.