PR Lighting’s new PR XLED 70 Spot has been designed for club and bar use. The fixture houses a Luminus PhlatLight CBT-90-W Big Chip white LED source. Features include a color wheel comprising eight colors (plus white) and a gobo wheel (with 11 gobos plus white). The head movement offers adjustable speed of 540 degrees pan and 190 degree tilt;  it also offers auto position correction and magnetic sensor positioning. The fixture weighs 10 lbs.

FT. WAYNE, IN - Apollo has expanded their Multiform line of LEDs to include the MultiSpot HP LS1012. Using 3-in-1 MulTriCell LEDs, color mixing happens right at the light source to generate a consistent beam of colored light. The unit has no fans, resulting in silent cooling. Apollo is targeting this fixture as a truss toner, and a wall and tent uplighter.

MIDDLETON, WI – ETC’s Paradigm Responsive Controls – the newest additions to the Unison Paradigm family of architectural control – reduce wasted electricity in any indoor or outdoor space. Paradigm Occupancy/Vacancy Sensors use passive infrared sensors (PIR) to detect vacancy, automatically shutting lights off when a space is unoccupied. They can also be configured to turn on when someone enters a room. The sensors can also adjust the output of lighting fixtures based on the amount of natural light in an area.

DALLAS – Philips Strand Lighting is now shipping the Philips Selecon PLProfile4 LED luminaire.  The fixture uses four 120-watt RGBW LED chips which create more than 6,000 lumens of output. Features include pattern projections and interchangeable lens options. Variable color temperatures range from 2300K to 9970K in white.

LAKE ORION, MI  – High Resolution Systems introduces UDC Pro ECS-Raptor, a UDC Pro Embedded Control Server designed for permanent AV installs.  Raptor teams up with the company’s UDC software to offer a cost-effective, stable hardware/software solution for long-term installations in a range of environments. A Linux-embedded server, Raptor significantly lowers costs to users over full-blown Windows servers while significantly lowering power usage. It begins shipping in February.

Sommer Cable is offering its new Octopus Hybrid PUR 443 fiber-optical hybrid cable line, pictured left, for control applications or for transmitting AES/EBU (or DMX) signals. Along with the 443, which combines four OM3 multi-mode fiber optics with three power supply wires and two signal pairs, the company is also offering its reworked Octopus Hybrid PUR 244, pictured below right, with two single-mode fiber optic lines and two power wires plus two signal pairs. Both the PUR 443 and 244 are touted for their light weight, compact size and rugged design features. Add a comment

CAMBRIDGESHIRE, UK - The Dirty Rigger Octo-Pouch is designed for tool convenience, especially when working in the rig. The Octo-Pouch offers a durable 600 x 600 denier polyester nylon construction with a built-in buckle system to securely attach tools directly to the pouch, ready for quick release when required. The built-in draw-string closure net keeps smaller tools secure in the main center pocket. More tools can be attached on the multiple metal D-rings positioned around the pouch.

OWATONNA, MN -- Wenger Corporation’s new StageTek staging was designed to offer the user more benefits over its older product line. The StageTek staging assembles quickly without tools, folding frames or other cumbersome understructure. The decks are 20 percent lighter than comparably sized Wenger Versalite decks and feature integrated hand grips that require 40 percent less grip strength to handle. Assembly time is also reduced.

COLUMIA, MD —Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. announces the Japanese-language version of the Vectorworks 2013 line of design software, including Vectorworks Designer, Architect, Fundamentals, Landmark, Spotlight and Renderworks. The “Vectorworks 2013 Caravan” launch events are free and will take place throughout Japan in January.

HARROW, Middlesex, UK - Artistic Licence Engineering's dVnet is a new digital video-to-network converter.  The latest addition to ALE’s Rack Pack range, dVnet is aimed at retail and architectural applications in which a media facade or light sculpture is to be controlled by video, and the complexity of a media server is not required.