ALBUQUERQUE, NM — The intersection of I-25 and I-40, called the “Big-I,” is getting more eye-appeal after dusk with a landscape lighting project controlled with the help of W-DMX from Wireless Solutions. The project, a joint effort funded by the state of New Mexico and the city of Albuquerque, lights walls, trees and art pieces using a single W-DMX wireless transmitter and multiple W-DMX receivers. The state and city hired landscape architects Morrow Reardon Wilkinson Miller, Ltd. (MRWM) as part of a $10 million highway beautification effort. MRWM, in turn, specified W-DMX after consulting with local lighting manufacturer’s representatives, Resource Lighting, Inc. Contractors for project included Mountain West Golfscapes, Inc. and electrical subcontractors Northridge Electric, Inc.
“The project, due to its complexity and size, required the use of wireless DMX,” said Brian Verardo of MRWM. “Eliminating the DMX cabling means less maintenance and increased long term reliability, particularly in the outdoor environment. Lighting fixtures are LED, the cost effective and environmentally conscious choice,” Verardo added.
“With locations that cover almost a square mile, this project does not lend itself to traditional DMX wiring methods,” said Andrew Feldman of Resource Lighting. “We chose W-DMX for its flexibility, signal robustness and lack of interference.”
To transmit the programmed LED show to six separate Outdoor R-512 receivers, Resource Lighting used an omni-directional 8 dB antenna, mounted on a 15-foot pole, Feldman said, noting that all receivers use the standard two dB antennas. The W-DMX system gives the city of Albuquerque the flexibility to add receivers as needed, in case they want to add additional components along the I-25 and I-40 corridors in the future.
TMB supplied the W-DMX equipment to Resource Lighting. “TMB provides support for suppliers to many of the world’s leading productions and installations,” said TMB’s Kent Flemming. “We sell and recommend Wireless Solutions’ W-DMX equipment with absolute confidence, based on hundreds of successful installations.”
Wireless Solutions are specialists in the field of RF, Flemming added. “They developed the first fully FCC compliant, plug-and-play wireless DMX system. Their 1mhz per channel spread spectrum frequency hopping completely eliminates interference with Wi-Fi, walkie-talkies and wireless microphones and monitors. W-DMX is the only choice for those high-profile jobs where noise immunity and flawless performance is essential.”
For more information, please visit www.resourcelightingsw.com and www.tmb.com.
