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The set kit
SetDots runs on any phone — but a little hardware makes it feel like magic: a board the whole set can read, a button at the cart that flips it, lights that show status on the wall, and a network kit that moves from production to production so nothing ever gets re-paired. This is the field-tested list.
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The status board
ROLLING / CUT in letters the whole village can read, plus current scene, next up, and the meal countdown. One tablet per viewing spot; a TV stick for crafty or the stage wall.
Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet
The budget board. Open your board link, go fullscreen, and it runs all day on a power bank.
View on AmazonGooseneck floor stand / clamp mount
Puts the board at eye height at village or clamps it to a c-stand at staging.
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Turns any TV into the big board — open your board link in its browser and walk away.
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Fourteen-hour days without hunting for stinger power at the board.
View on AmazonThe set button
Click: cut. Double-click: rolling. Hold: standby — and every gesture is remappable per button in shoot settings. Velcroed to the cart or the 2nd’s clipboard — no unlock, no screen, works with gloves at hour thirteen.
Flic 2 smart button
Every board, bulb, and phone on set flips in the same beat you press it. Sets up in minutes, runs for months on a watch battery.
View on AmazonFlic Hub LR
Lets buttons work with nobody’s phone involved — lives in the network kit case, long-range to the cart.
View on AmazonStatus lights
SetDots drives LIFX and Govee lights as set-status zones — red for rolling, green for cut, straight from the shoot. Every light below works with the On-Set Lighting card in shoot settings, and you can mix brands across zones on one set. Pair them to the network kit once and they come back online wherever the case opens.
LIFX Color A19 (Wi-Fi, no hub)
The standard SetDots status bulb — screw into any practical fixture or clamp light. Works with the LIFX zones in shoot settings.
View on AmazonGovee Wi-Fi color bulb
The second brand SetDots drives — cheaper per bulb, great for multiplying zones. Works with the Govee zones in shoot settings; mix with LIFX freely on one set.
View on AmazonClamp light fixture
Clamps the bulb to a doorframe, c-stand, or the truck — the classic rolling light.
View on AmazonSimple lamp base
A standard bulb socket on a weighted base — a status bulb sits on the cart, the AD table, or crafty with zero rigging.
View on AmazonInstallable lamp base
A screw-mount socket with its own switch — install one over the stage door and the rolling light has a permanent home.
View on AmazonStanding light fixture
Puts the status bulb at eye height at video village or a corridor mouth — footswitch, no clamping surface needed.
View on AmazonThe network kit
The network belongs to the kit, not the location: a travel router that puts out the same Wi-Fi network name on every production, so bulbs, buttons, and boards pair once and just come back online. The cellular version runs remote shoots with no site Wi-Fi at all.
GL.iNet Slate AX travel router
Takes whatever internet the location has and turns it into the kit’s own network. Powered by USB-C, small enough to live in the case.
View on AmazonGL.iNet Spitz AX (cellular)
The same kit network with its own cell connection — drop in a SIM card and the set has internet in the middle of a field.
View on AmazonRaspberry Pi 5 kit
For the feature we’re building next: a small, silent computer at the cart that listens to channel 1 and flips the board when it hears the calls. Runs on stinger power.
View on AmazonUSB audio adapter (3.5mm mic in)
Gets the radio into the computer: one cable from a walkie’s headset jack to the adapter’s mic jack. That’s the whole hookup.
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