Please post your lighting setups for use with Optishot

[madspeed]

Really honing in on my simulator setup and need to determine the best lighting to use with my Optishot. My setup is in the basement with next to zero ambient light. I have a 10' x 10' x 10' netted enclosure that I had to trim down a few inches due to ceiling height of 9' 8". I have an Epson Powerlite Home Cinema 730HD on the way, it will be set back at about 15' and directed onto one of Coreys impact cloth screens. Working on building a stance platform that I can set the sensor pad into. About the only remaining piece is lighting. I have seen several different setups and some use a floor mounted lamp directed to the sensor pad, while others are using an overhead light of some sort. I would like to use an overhead light as i can recess it into the joist area above, as the ceiling is currently unfinished.

So, feel free to chime in with what lighting recommendations you have!!

[madspeed]

Harbor Freight has a pack of 4 2'x2' squares that are 1/2" thick on sale for 7.99! I picked up 6 packs. Best deal I've seen anywhere!

[madspeed]

Here's my setup. I have a monster tee turf with cutouts for the sensors. I actually have two Optishots and one for the lefty and one for the righty. You will see in my pics I have to offset the Optishot because if directly in the center the wall would be a little too close in your back swing. So I have a A/B USB selector switch so it's as easy as hitting a button to activate the left or right Optishot.

Hey make, care to share any more info as to the usb switch? I am finishing my setup and have a separate cutout for lefties and righties. I will be using just my one optishot sensor for the time being but want to try and make it simple and not have to keep swapping usb cables or anything like that.

[madspeed]

I picked up a pair of these led shop lights from Lowes. I hung one directly over top of each sensor pad. Getting great ball reads! They put off a ton of light, and the Optishot sensors agree with them.



http://www.lowes.com/pd_595731-11840...uctId=50277255

[braycobb]

Cool. I wondered how the leds would work

[madspeed]

I highly recommend them!

[madspeed]

Almost finished. Plan to let the artificial turf settle for a day or two before tacking down [ATTACH=CONFIG]n29270[/ATTACH]

[Maxxx]

Nice Job Madspeed ! It looks like a first class job. How far is it from the sensors to your screen ?

Cheers

Almost finished. Plan to let the artificial turf settle for a day or two before tacking down

[madspeed]

Sensors are approx 15' from screen. Mat area is 16' L x 10' W. Projector is mounted about 19'.

[JohnMeyer]

Looks awesome pal, I wouldnt dare have that large gap between sensors and side netting, prone to the odd shank Do you have any probs when hitting say a LW, or do you have a netted ceiling too

[madspeed]

Sensors are about 4.5 feet from the netted area. No issues so far

[wbond]

Madspeed, looks really nice. What are you using for you impact screen? Do you end up standing on the opposite sensor when hitting? Are you using the jagman joe covers?

[madspeed]

My impact screen is the HG stuff from Cory at Par2Pro. I am 5'10" and I am standing just in front of the left handers sensor when hitting from the right hand sensor. Perhaps someone over 6' may find the sensor pad to be a bit in the way, but in that case, they can go build their own setup! And those are tthe Monster Turf covers from JagManJoe

[madspeed]

I am also using real balls with this setup. I think the extra carry distance helps as there are no marks at all on the screen. The bottom of the screen is just hanging loosely for now, but I would like to come up with some type of fastening system to prevent the balls from going behind the screen

[Mike80]

Madspeed! Your sim build looks great! Cool you set it up like mine with the two sensor pads. That's the only way I could do it making it fit both lefty and righty players. My room wasn't wide enough to have only 1 sensor pad in the middle.

Did you get the new A/B Selector switch? Does this one work? You said the last one didn't detect the sensor pads.

[madspeed]

I returned the usb selector switch. It was a pos, loojed like it was put together by a kindergartener. Ordered a different one but it hasnt arrived yet.

I tacked down and trimmed the carpeting today, looks great! About the only thing left to do is hook up the usb switch when it arrives. Other than that, she's ready to play. Time to practice before I join ya'll on the course as I'm not that good.