City Theatrical’s Multiverse® Connect Module won the ABTT Lighting Product of the Year 2024 at the ABTT Theatre Show’s awards ceremony, which took place at Alexandra Palace in London, England on June 5, 2024. The Multiverse Connect Module (City Theatrical P/N 5914 broadcasts over the 2.4GHz band for worldwide use) is a small device that brings all the capabilities of Multiverse wireless DMX/RDM to a lighting fixture built by an OEM manufacturing partner of City Theatrical, including Martin Professional’s MAC Viper XIP, such that the fixture has a Universal Connect Module socket built into it. The chassis of the device plugs into the fixture, and with a few menu changes on your fixture, it becomes wireless using the Multiverse Connect Module.

The ABTT Theatre Show Judges’ comments included: “City Theatrical’s Multiverse Connect Module is a clever option to allow wireless control to lights. Either integrated into the motherboard, or externally added as an option on the front control panel – both options open possibilities for manufacturers and end users to add wireless functionality for existing products, both at and post purchase.”

The ABTT Product of the Year Award for the Multiverse Connect Module comes as its second industry accolade, having won the Lighting Award in the Controls Category upon its introduction at LDI Show 2023. The ABTT Product of the Year Award for the Multiverse Connect Module comes as the product’s first recognition in the European market.

“We want to thank ABTT Theatre Show for recognizing our Multiverse Connect Module product as this year’s Lighting Product of the Year, and Martin Professional for collaborating with us to provide this plug and play wireless DMX/RDM solution to users of their MAC Viper XIP fixture,” said Gary Vilardi, Vice President, Sales for City Theatrical. “City Theatrical’s vision for Multiverse has always been to expand the future of wireless DMX/RDM. With Multiverse Connect Module being open architecture, we hope that this product will create a new and simple way to bring wireless DMX to more lighting fixtures, and therefore more lighting end users, industry wide.”

Also highly commended by the ABTT Theatre Show Judges in this category was Martin Professional’s Mac Viper XIP. The judges’ comments included: “The Martin Mac Viper XIP is a new take on the much-loved Viper fixture that many still find in their rigs today. The Viper XIP has embraced the demands we expect from a modern moving head, making it 2 kilograms lighter than its older counterpart and taking a much-loved fixture and developing it for use outdoors.”

City Theatrical's Multiverse Connect Module is expected to start shipping worldwide during the third quarter of 2024. Other City Theatrical Multiverse wireless DMX/RDM solutions and Accessories for Martin Professional fixtures, including a Follow Spot Handle, Concentric Ring, and Hexcel Louver for the MAC Viper XIP fixture, are currently available through City Theatrical dealers.

Multiverse Connect Module is a part of City Theatrical’s Multiverse wireless DMX/RDM system, which includes the Multiverse Transmitter 2.4GHz (P/N 5911) and has the ability to broadcast up to 10 universes of DMX data on the 2.4GHz band while using less radio energy than other single universe wireless DMX transmitters.

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