A little advice. (Sorry for the long post)

[Mrraffi]

Hi guys. I need input on this idea. I want to built a messenger type communicator for my events/ concerts use. From my front of house, where the sounds, lighting & video are to control the concert's sounds & such. To the monitor mix, where the individual mix of the each musician is mixed/ controlled & the final mix sent to the front of house. The communicator has to be vice versa. Front of house to monitor mix, monitor mix to front of house. Usually, we use walkies or intercoms but most sound engineers hate to have a headset or headphones stuck on their ears with mostly radio noise or small talks on the channel & they have to monitor the front of house sound most of the time. Which is very loud at times & the engineers can't make out what the other guys are trying to tell them. So the best way is to, communicate visually. My idea is to have a touchscreen with keyboard input on a rpi at both ends running on cat5 or fiber optic for long distances. ( i have a fiber to ethernet converter). Maybe i could use it wirelessly too without internet? Can this be done? Thanks!

[FLYFISH TECHNOLOGIES]

Hi,

Can this be done?

Yes, this could be done. There are various paths to solve this,... If these communicators are not 100% static (fixed location, fixed installation) I'd rather build a solution based on mobile phones and/or tablets (where, optionally, RasPi could fit as a mini server - "junction point").


Best wishes, Ivan Zilic.