strandcentury
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My schools main DMX line has been somehow cut (rodents, whatever, tension). It runs under the ground and we cannot fix it until the school boards electricians make an appt. and diagnose the situation which will take a while. We have a show coming up and we do not wish to run it above surface nor do we have the funds to rent a wireless DMX combo.
We checked both ends of the DMX line and the pins are correctly connected. It is not the console or dimming equipment either since we ran it back stage without any problems (and no I will NOT run the show back stage!.)
However... our audio crew does have a Radial RDX-24 audio snake with 4 returns and 24 inputs (3 of the 4 returns are ALWAYS in use). They are willing to let us use it as long as it does not cause any damage to their equipment or present any undesirable effects to their sound quality.
I was thinking of taking a standard 25 foot DMX cable... cut it in half, solder in standard XLR-3 connector on each of the halfs.
So what I would end up with is one XLR3 female to XLR5 male (for the console side of the snake, booth) and one XLR3 male to XLR5 female (for the amp/backstage side of the snake).
I would be running the DMX line through the snake inputs (use 24 since we never go past 20 inputs) and not the returns.
Our dimmers are stage R and our amps are stage L. We would run a 50 foot XLR5 cable from our dimmers to the amps (and snake) via our catwalk. It would then run into snake input #24 via the XLR3 male to XLR5 female cable and continue its way up under ground through the snake up to our tech booth. The #24 input up in the booth would then meet the XLR3 female to XLR5 male cable and be connected to our lighting console.
Theoretically this should be possible since the snake does not have any internal electronic/processing components and should just be simple plug to outlet type connection.
Any ideas on this issue?
-LX Specs-
Console: ETC SmartFade 24/96
Dimmers: 18 ch Electro-Controls @ 2.4k - 100A 230V (Retrofitted to support DMX 5 years ago)
-Sound specs-
Allen Heath sound console
3 x QSC amps
6 x EV speakers
(Mics/processing equip. should not be important
Radial Engineering RDX-24 24 ch audio snake w/4 returns
We checked both ends of the DMX line and the pins are correctly connected. It is not the console or dimming equipment either since we ran it back stage without any problems (and no I will NOT run the show back stage!.)
However... our audio crew does have a Radial RDX-24 audio snake with 4 returns and 24 inputs (3 of the 4 returns are ALWAYS in use). They are willing to let us use it as long as it does not cause any damage to their equipment or present any undesirable effects to their sound quality.
I was thinking of taking a standard 25 foot DMX cable... cut it in half, solder in standard XLR-3 connector on each of the halfs.
So what I would end up with is one XLR3 female to XLR5 male (for the console side of the snake, booth) and one XLR3 male to XLR5 female (for the amp/backstage side of the snake).
I would be running the DMX line through the snake inputs (use 24 since we never go past 20 inputs) and not the returns.
Our dimmers are stage R and our amps are stage L. We would run a 50 foot XLR5 cable from our dimmers to the amps (and snake) via our catwalk. It would then run into snake input #24 via the XLR3 male to XLR5 female cable and continue its way up under ground through the snake up to our tech booth. The #24 input up in the booth would then meet the XLR3 female to XLR5 male cable and be connected to our lighting console.
Theoretically this should be possible since the snake does not have any internal electronic/processing components and should just be simple plug to outlet type connection.
Any ideas on this issue?
-LX Specs-
Console: ETC SmartFade 24/96
Dimmers: 18 ch Electro-Controls @ 2.4k - 100A 230V (Retrofitted to support DMX 5 years ago)
-Sound specs-
Allen Heath sound console
3 x QSC amps
6 x EV speakers
(Mics/processing equip. should not be important
Radial Engineering RDX-24 24 ch audio snake w/4 returns