More details from Harman (www.harman.com) and Martin (www.martin.com):
“Since its launch two years ago, the MAC Viper family quickly became a new industry standard being used in all sorts of entertainment environments,” stated Markus Klüsener, Product Manager for Stage Lighting, Martin Professional. “Be it corporate events, theater or concerts, the whole MAC Viper family can cover it!”
Low noise cooling, which at first was only implemented in the Performance version, is now standard throughout the entire family. Aligned dimmer-curves and smoother effect speeds are also valued additions to the new firmware.
“We have been in close dialogue with lighting designers, rental companies and technicians from all fields of the entertainment industry to gather feedback and suggestions to make their favorite choice of moving-head even better,” said Klüsener.
Major improvements for the Viper Family
• Extended RDM enabled
• Gobo x-fading enabled. (slower gobo scroll speed)
• Colour wheel speeds and acceleration aligned with other MAC Viper variants
• Effects rotation made smoother
• More robust DMX hot-plugging
• Control of fans improved resulting in lower noise
• Random Strobe startup randomized across fixtures
• Auto blackout deployment synchronized across fixtures
• Temperature warning and cut-off levels adjusted
• Lamp strike command in Shortcuts menu now activated by first button press
• Dimmer blackout implemented during lamp strikes
• Smoother pan/tilt movement at startup and reset
• Improved movement during fast pan/tilt snaps
The firmware update is available as a free download via Martin’s support page: http://www.martin.com/service/service.asp.
