Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Interlock Question

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Posted by Robert John Jeromson (Member # 2559) on 02-10-2005, 08:54 PM:

Has anybody ever tried interlocking a Kinoton FP30 - Electronic with an FP30D, is this physically possible?

Posted by Thomas Dieter (Member # 2507) on 02-11-2005, 04:21 PM:

I'm sure that interlocking any projector with another projector is possible, you just need to know how to do it. When I ran an interlocked movie, the first projector had an auxilary motor that controlled the speed of the entire projector. Naturally, you can't slow it down to the point to that it's noticable, but it does slow down(this interlock was on 2 CenturyJJ projectors that were more than 20 yards apart).

I don't know if all projectors come with an optional auxilary motor that you can plug into it, but these ones did. If I'm using the wrong terms here, some one please correct me so that I know what I should be saying.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 02-11-2005, 04:25 PM:

Just program the inverters inside the projector so that they both "ramp up" at the same speed and you will be fine.