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The old comms system was replaced in January 2009 by Ewan Connor (Technical Manager) with help from Mal, Jamie McQuilkin and various others. The new system is one ring with two lines: | The old comms system was replaced in January 2009 by Ewan Connor (Technical Manager) with help from Mal, Jamie McQuilkin and various others. The new system is one ring with two lines: | ||
'''Line 1''' | '''Line 1''' | ||
Base | Base | ||
SL Followspot | SL Followspot | ||
'''Line 2''' | '''Line 2''' | ||
Base | Base | ||
Sound Position | Sound Position | ||
LX Point | LX Point | ||
Indoor Hall | Indoor Hall | ||
SR Followspot | SR Followspot | ||
Dressing Room | Dressing Room | ||
Stage Cupboard | Stage Cupboard | ||
(If anyones interested the reason why we didn't go the other way, ie SL Followspot, Indoor hall, Stage Cupboard, is that there was no suitable point to drop cable down to indoor hall and we didn't really want to drill any more holes lest the building collapse.) | (If anyones interested the reason why we didn't go the other way, ie SL Followspot, Indoor hall, Stage Cupboard, is that there was no suitable point to drop cable down to indoor hall and we didn't really want to drill any more holes lest the building collapse.) | ||
== Wiring == | |||
The whole thing is now cabled with three-core xlr: | |||
Red: Hot/Send | |||
White: Cold/Return | |||
Shield: Power | |||
Within the boxes, there is a choc block connecting the incoming and outgoing xlr components with three small wires. These wires then connect to the corresponding xlr pins. | |||
Latest revision as of 14:13, 12 March 2009
Comms System
The old comms system was replaced in January 2009 by Ewan Connor (Technical Manager) with help from Mal, Jamie McQuilkin and various others. The new system is one ring with two lines:
Line 1
Base
SL Followspot
Line 2
Base
Sound Position
LX Point
Indoor Hall
SR Followspot
Dressing Room
Stage Cupboard
(If anyones interested the reason why we didn't go the other way, ie SL Followspot, Indoor hall, Stage Cupboard, is that there was no suitable point to drop cable down to indoor hall and we didn't really want to drill any more holes lest the building collapse.)
Wiring
The whole thing is now cabled with three-core xlr:
Red: Hot/Send
White: Cold/Return
Shield: Power
Within the boxes, there is a choc block connecting the incoming and outgoing xlr components with three small wires. These wires then connect to the corresponding xlr pins.
