You then use short patch cables to link between the dimmer outlets and the socapex themselves. The included cables with quick open packs are great. A dimmer rack utilizes removable connector modules for interfacing the rack to various types of standard electrical connectors in preexisting lighting systems. Check out multi packs of trs cables like the live wire trstrs balanced patch cables 8pack and the musicians gear trs trs patch cable 8pack. At stage electrics, we stock a selection of dimmers for productions. Im not sure if 1 patch cord from patch to switch will be long enough and not sure if there is enough room for a 3 patch cable to loop in the cable management tray. Ec21 advanced technology dimmer rack installation guide. Works best with 48 port patch panel matched with 48 port switch, but ive also used them with 24 port switches where all the ports favor one side of the switch, just gets really tight on one side if you have a full switch. Electronic theatre controls sensor dimming systems provide high density, professional. This supplement serves as a temporary modifier of that manual for the i series e product. Controldimming portable dimming racks controlbooth.
These cables are ideal for use in new copper network installations for a guaranteed reduction in downtime when dealing with faulty wiring and wiring mistakes. If the rack contains less than 48 dimmers, the multipin outlets will be direct also, and will be labeled as 16, 712, etc. Sr48 aux 30 30 auxiliary rack s for sensor sr48 racks vibration reduction mounts available for all sensor rack modules. Rack mount dimmers applied sa series of rack mount dimmers are a robust, fully enclosed rack mount chassis design. Fourchannel packs are very popular since they typically can plug into a 20 amp circuit, which is the standard for newer commercial building wiring. There are noted patch cables missing on socapex a and b. Commonly you would have your dimmer racks and they would be all connected together via daisy chained dmx cables. You have the patch bay in the dimmer rack, with dimmer numbers, and you have the dmx addresses of those dimmers. The dmx512 port a and b patching shall support a rack start address and individual dimmer patch. The architectural patch shall define the rack circuitroomroom channel relationship for control systems. The cem3 is designed to simplify the task of getting your lighting system up and running as quickly as possible and, more importantly, keep it running. Cablerack fiber optic and low voltage cable solutions. In the case of a breaker module preceding a dimmer module in the rack the dimmer.
The hanging cords are the hot conductor s of the circuit s and the jacks are the dimmer outputs. This is a dimmer rack, it has 6 channels of dimming but. Our unique online custom configuration tool enables valueadded resellers vars, it integrators and other solution providers, and direct. On a personal note, i prefer to run cables from the patch panel down to the switches, rather than have longer cables that go off horizontally, then down the side edge of the rack, then horizontally into the switch.
The sensor patchable touring rack is a modular dimming system with. The optional cable management clips are purchased as pairs and help to organise unused cables to aid access to the required patch leads. Dimmer racks, all stored in one location with cables to the lanterns with on dimmer pack supplying 6 to 72 dimmers per rack. Fantastic product and concept for patch management. Avolites 48 way art2000 dimmer rack blue room technical forum. On a straight forward touring rack, your dimmers and circuits will be well labeled, and pretty straight forward. Includes snagless, nonbooted, usamade, shielded, crossover, and value packs. Lighting patch panel for patching outputs from dimmers to lamps. Non dim cc20 and dimmer modules d20 available 4 patch points per dimmer 32 patchable socapex outputs. Dimmers alter the output of incandescent stage lights to adapt the mood and tone of a live performance. Light dimmer cable, 2 conductor 18 awg solid bare copper conductors with flamarrest insulation, cmp rating, flamarrest low smoke pvc jacket with ripcord. Each multipin connector on the back of the rack leads to a cluster of cables by the patch panel.
The patch bay may also enable many circuits to be connected to one dimmer and even series connection for lowvoltage lamps. Again, just looking for any and all opinions or advice on dealing with all of your multi cable at the dimmer rack end. Mbt c1201 12 channel memory dimmer controller board rack mount this item does not have any cables. Elation cyber pack 4channel dimmer pack, adj dpdmx20l 4 channel dmx dimmer pack, doug fleenor design dmx512dimelv 12 channel 100w dimmer pack, chauvet dmx4 4channel dimmerrelay pack, the cyber pak is an. The way everything is connecting is a little mess, with cables running from the first ports of the patch panel, either to switch 1 or to switch 4 and so on. Its a great time to upgrade your home music studio gear with the largest selection at. Racksolutions patch cable organizer combines our covered 2u horizontal cable management unit with a tray for hiding and storing extra slack coming from patch cables routed between switches and patch panels. Our unique online custom configuration tool enables valueadded resellers vars, it integrators and other solution providers, and direct consumers to design their own irregularlength cat5e cables, cat5e patch. If i need a bundle of 10 cables, or 24 6 ones to go from one panel to the switch, fine with me.
Nov 3, 20 this is a dimmer rack, it has 6 channels of dimming but has 12 sockets, this is because it capabilities of being able to patch 2 lighting fixtures at once to the same channel. An open top box sleeve for cables, break ins or what ever you want. Im not sure if 1 patch cord from patch to switch will be long enough and not sure if there is enough room for a 3. They feature a userfriendly front panel interface, dmx or standalone scene mode, independent dimmed or nondim mode per channel, autosensing single or three phase power control, a fully magnetic circuit breaker per channel and low noise dual fan cooling. This is a 36ch 6k3 dimmer rack from skirpan lighting control systems with batesstagepin as. Avolites 48 way art2000 dimmer rack blue room technical. Also in some theatres individual cables are run directly from the light to dimmer.
Both of these value packs contain eight 17 cables and are individually colored so you wont have any trouble keeping track of everything you plug in. Applied sa series of rack mount dimmers are a robust, fully enclosed rack mount chassis design. Apr 10, 2012 what im trying to get clarification on is what am i looking at when im looking at the back of a portable dimmer rack when it comes to the hard patch. The dimmer racks connect to the lighting bars via multicore socapex cables.
In a rack with 12circuit multipin connectors, the cables are labeled a1 through a12, b1 through b12, and so forth. Custom cat5e ethernet patch cables custom patch cables. The dimmer rack has a dmx in and out so it can be daisy chained to other racks and devices. You have the circuits that all run out to the lights, and are generally labelled with the rack and letter of input. Jan 22, 2014 ive been admiring the pics of dimmer beach monthly recently, and how neat and tidy the cabling looks or at least not like a giant rats nest ive also seen pipe structures built around the dimmer racks to allow for tying up the slack above the rack. Please follow the instructions in the manual except where modified below. Scratches and minor dents on frame but dimmer is in good working condition.
Os1 9125 singlemode duplex om4 50125 multimode fiber om3 multimode fiber om2 multimode fiber om1 multimode fiber 9125 simplex singlemode. Rack dimensions empty dimmer rack weights model weight shipping weight lbs kgs lbs kgs sr6 36. Dimmer packs, can be placed local to the lantern with one dimmer pack only supplying 24 lanterns. Cat5e, cat6 and cat6a patch cables used for power over ethernet applications poe, networking, ethernet cabling and more.
The control electronics shall provide a facility to disable the output of any individual dimmer by setting the level to 0. Understanding touring dimmer rack patch panels controlbooth. A patch bay usually sits next to the dimmers enabling the dimmers to be connected to specific circuits via a patch cable. Os1 9125 singlemode duplex om4 50125 multimode fiber. A system using physical cables to connect into equipment uses a hard patch i. In providing a complete cable solutions for your enterprise, offers a range of bulk patch cables for purchase. Choose from multichannel portable dimmers, touring dimmers, permanently installed dimmer packs, plus all the accessories and patch cables youll need.
New rack installation with the following in this order. Cable racks and cable management products organize and secure power, communications and audio visual av cords and cables while allowing easy access for future moves, adds and changes. Universal cpu power cord nema 515p to c right angle 15 amp. Buy used sensor dimmer rack dimmer racks by electronic theatre controls. Buy etc sensor cem3 dimmer power control for sensor3 dimmer rack featuring smooth 16bit dimming, failsafe data backup, net3 ethernet connectivity, intuitive input controls, controls up to 48 individual dimmers, universal voltage range 91259vac. Used sensor dimmer rack by electronic theatre controls. The sensor iq intelligent breaker panel is a mainsfed power panel with up to 48 branch circuits of switching and 010v dimming for stage and houselight systems. Instead of a patch panel or hard wired connections, road racks have plugs into which cable to the instruments is plugged in directly. Dimmer packs generally draw to 16amp single phase max. We can build high quality cat5e patch cables of solid or stranded wire to all custom specifications and at different lengths. The channel patch plugs combined with the patch cables allow lighting instruments to be hard patched to dimmer channels.
Custom cat5e cables are longer than usual and generate magnetic fields to interfere with signal strength of your current network. Etc sensor cem3 dimmer power control for sensor3 dimmer rack. Ive been admiring the pics of dimmer beach monthly recently, and how neat and tidy the cabling looks or at least not like a giant rats nest ive also seen pipe structures built around the dimmer racks to allow for tying up the slack above the rack. The rack also has dmx patching, you can either set a global address for the rack so setting the address to 001 will mean rack 1 has a start address of 001, rack 2 start address 0 and so on, or you can assign a different dmx address to each channel. Belden offers a complete selection of racking, cabinets, power distribution units, monitoring and airflow management products to meet your infrastructure needs for optimizing system performance. Singlechannel wireless lamp dimmer, ground pin down, white textured. A rolling racks individual receptacle s stagepin, edison, or twistlock will always be direct, i. It is the network information hub, input monitor and dimmer module control center, all in one. Dimmer rack used for touring, large festivals and large corporate events. Lighting dimmer rack with removable connector modules.
The evo6 traceable patch cable from mertek employs a bright led that allows you to instantly trace a cable from end to end without complex testers. I understand that there are soca plugs for the fan outs that are run where ever you need them but per each grouping of cables to the hard patch, what is the general knowledge i should know for. Etcs cem3 power controller forms the basis for essential control of your sensor dimmer rack. This is a dimmer rack, it has 6 channels of dimming but has. The number of channels per pack can be as low as 4 and as high as 24. The dinner rack includes a front bay for receiving dimmer modules, a rear bay for receiving the connector modules, and a patch panel for routing electrical power from the dimmer modules. Racksolutions patch cable organizer combines our covered 2u horizontal cable management unit with a tray for hiding and storing extra slack coming from patch cables routed between switches and. Cem3 control card available by request 2 5 pin dmx inputs with dmx thru. Rack mount switches 96 dragon mach4000 12 dragon mach4000 6. Right now we have a rack with the patch panels and 4 switches below them. Portable dimmer packs consist of several independent dimmers packaged into one chassis. Cable management from patch panel to switch networking.
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