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grandMA2 Sets New Technological Standards in Austria Center
New technology, a new look, achieving the best results and with many plans for the future, The Austria Center Vienna (ACV) is on a steady and very successful expansion path. Austria's biggest conference centre is primarily used for international congresses, fairs and proms. In terms of facilities, and technical equipment, the ACV is at the top of the international congress business. It offers 17 halls on four floors that can accommodate between 100 and 4,200 guests. Four additional exhibition halls cover a total area of 22,000 square metres. Its latest technological upgrade sees the ACV now equipped with a grandMA2 full-size lighting console and an MA NSP.
Thomas Keil of Eventtechnik explains why the grandMA2 was chosen. "The MA family has become a standard for event technology in recent years. There is no other manufacturer that offers such a well designed system solution - consoles, networking technology, dimmers - as MA Lighting, plus the excellent support," he said. "Furthermore, MA Lighting has a very competent partner with LDDE in Vienna, so a grandMA full-size was a logical decision for us. It is future-proof and downward compatible with the grandMA ‘series 1'.
"The grandMA2 is mostly used in halls A, B and C," says Keil. "The MA NSP is located in the dimmer room of these halls and supplies the analogue PANI dimmer modules via a DMX/analogue converter as well as further DMX fixtures. Until the grandMA2 software is ready the console is being operated in ‘series 1' mode. In addition a laptop runs grandMA's onPC software as a backup solution. We will be replacing the old dimming system in stages with a dimMA system, and will also install an MA-Net in all the bigger halls."
Michael Kamtner works with Thomas Keil in running the new lighting solution. The equipment was delivered by LDDE, and F & A Showtechnik is the MA Lighting distributor in Austria.
photos: ACV Pressefoto
11th August 2009
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