What we built, and what it did on set.

Short write-ups from real productions: what a feature does, what it took to make it reliable, and where it goes next. Written for gaffers and desk operators, not for a brochure.

// zigbee2026-08-09

Practicals on a DMX channel: Zigbee bulbs driven from the console

IKEA smart bulbs patched to universes, paired and mapped from the dashboard, running over 4G on set. What we built, what it took, and the alternative coordinator we are testing.

// osc2026-08-06

sACN to OSC: a few faders for someone with an iPad

Any channel of any universe a beam sees can be sent as OSC to a console or a Blackout iPad next to it. Built for a small desk on universe 99; now a tab on every node.

// upstream2026-09-15

Faders in the DIT tent: sACN upstream from the DoP's desk

A small desk next to the DoP fed sACN back into the main console over the same link, and the operator handed picked faders to the DoP and gaffer on the fly.

// in development2026-09-15

BeamBee: a hand-held console that sits on a beam

Six motorised faders, twelve encoders, a battery and a 4G node inside. Follows the console's universes, takes over by sACN priority, or talks OSC to a Blackout iPad.

// rdm · monitor2026-09-15

Remote eyes on the rig: RDM, Stardust, LAN scan and the sACN monitor

Address and configure fixtures over RDM from the browser, see an Astera Stardust the moment it is on the segment, list every device on the set LAN, and read any sACN channel live — all from wherever you are.