The Knight KL8 is a theatrical lighting control console for medium to large size but advanced shows. The KL8 console is designed with the intent of being cost effective, easy to manufacture, and extremely customizable. The KL8 can run any lighting control software, but natively runs a piece of software called DMXControl 3.
Any ideas or help with this project is greatly appreciated!
Software
- Command Line Plugin
- Channel/Preset Fader Plugin
- Preset Direct Select Plugin (or easier creation in softdesk?)
- X Key Plugin
- Secondary Screen Softkey & Encoder Plugin
Hardware
Programming Keypad
(Revision 2)
Here is the current keypad layout design, a mix of an ETC Eos and grandMA3 face panel. The main programming blocks are taken mostly from Eos and adapted to DMXControl 3. The "X Key" block is taken from the grandMA consoles. These X keys will be fully configurable to do whatever the user likes with an intuitive GUI plugin for DMXControl 3. The screen on the left hand side is sandwiched between it's softkeys. These soft keys can relate to fixutre customization, encoder settings, or any function the user desires. There are 6 encoders (I might decide on only 4, but I'm not sure at this point) which are user assignable to fixture controls such as pan, tilt, color, or anything else.
This design was created using a tool called Keyboard Layout Editor. Feel free to edit it for yourself.
- Body (Case)
- Programming Keypad Assembly
- Keyboard Assembly
- Executor Keypad Assembly (8 Executor Assemblies put together)
- Executor (Fader + Buttons) Assembly
- Motherboard
- Connection Daughterboards
- I/O Boards
- Screen Assembly
Design References
The KL8 console body design will mostly be derrived from grandMA3/2 and ETC Eos consoles.
Here are some of the reference images I'm using to design the KL8.
And last but not least...
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