Bakery wrote:I use a system called Cuebi, its a tiny device that allows for red/green light and is connected via wifi. I connected extra Datavideo TD-3 lights to it so they are better visible from larger distances.
This system is a little bit dangerous for any production. From the manual:
The proprietary protocol that is used by the ATEM mixer requires low-latency and direct
responses from its clients.
While this is not an issue for a wired connection, for a wireless connection, there are
many factors that can disrupt the speed and stability of the network.
It is therefor important to make sure the wireless network is set up in the most optimal
condition.
If one of the Cuebi lights won't respond to a packet from the ATEM the whole LAN system of the ATEM breaks down and the switcher will lose any network connection. To reestablish you would have to power cycle the switcher. You won't be able to control the switcher in this state unless you power cycle.
The next thing to know is that each Cuebi light uses a steady connection to the ATEM. That means that if you use more than a couple of Cuebi lights the ATEM will run out of LAN connections. (Remember every ATEM software and every ATEM panel is a LAN connection to the switcher. And I think the newer ATEMs can run about 5-8 connection in parallel) If this ever happens the result will be the same as described above: Power cycling the switcher is the only option then.
So that system isn't really an option and can be very dangerous in any production if you lose packets over WIFI. And that will happen in most cases.
There is a reason why BMD warns anyone not to use the control software via WIFI.
Cheers
Robert