Zero-G said:
"Ya know, It's kinda funny, Millennium Force's lights on the lift hill are controlled by a simple on-off light switch, not unlike one you may have in your room to control the lights. I was suprised... I guess I was expecting some massive lever that required two people to pull down to get the lights started.
In case anyone is wondering exactly what those lights are, I am pretty sure that they are:
http://www.highend.com/products/EC-2/EC2.html
...but they may be the previous model that was offered from this company (I know that Power Tower uses lights like these, as I've seen them). I was gonna say you were wrong about what controls the lights, becuase typically lights like these need a specialized controller, but then I saw on the web site that they have a built in memory for for up to 32 steps of programming. However, it would still be more accurate to say that a switch controls their power, not the lights themselves (and I would still think that they use a controller so they can program different color schemes for different occasions).
Working with programmable, aka "intelligent" lighting is my profession - http://lighting.dynamicgroove.com
I hope someday to work in a park, 'cause I have some great ideas for special effects lighting for coasters.
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Current favorite coasters:
Wooden: 1) Beast 2) Raven 3) Son of Beast 4) The Boss 5) Timber Wolf
Steel: 1) Raging Bull 2) Millennium Force 3) V2 4) Wild Thing 5) Mr. Freeze
Visit: http://www.dynamicgroove.com
*** This post was edited by Joe Carroll on 1/26/2002. ***
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