MikeDonovan
Member
Hello. I have a festival coming up in June, and we’re considering wiring the majority of the rig with Cat6 and sending sACN or Art-Net directly to the fixtures. How reliable is this? I reached out to a lighting forum on Facebook and got mixed reviews.
Last year, we wired the entire rig with XLR5, but some of my fixtures have a DMX footprint of 80 addresses, meaning some trusses required 3-4 universes. I’m trying to make the wiring more efficient by running a single Cat6 to each truss and taking advantage of the fixtures’ abilities to receive Art-Net or sACN directly.
My console is an MA2UL. I will have a switch at FOH and one at Dimmer beach (not sure on the brand yet). I will also be using an Elation eNode8 to convert to XLR5 for the fixtures that don’t accept Art-Net or sACN. The networkable fixtures are:
24 x Elation Proteus Rayzor 760
24 x Elation Artiste Picasso
10 x Elation Dartz 360
6 x Elation Artiste Van Gogh
4 x Elation Chorus Line 16
Thanks
Last year, we wired the entire rig with XLR5, but some of my fixtures have a DMX footprint of 80 addresses, meaning some trusses required 3-4 universes. I’m trying to make the wiring more efficient by running a single Cat6 to each truss and taking advantage of the fixtures’ abilities to receive Art-Net or sACN directly.
My console is an MA2UL. I will have a switch at FOH and one at Dimmer beach (not sure on the brand yet). I will also be using an Elation eNode8 to convert to XLR5 for the fixtures that don’t accept Art-Net or sACN. The networkable fixtures are:
24 x Elation Proteus Rayzor 760
24 x Elation Artiste Picasso
10 x Elation Dartz 360
6 x Elation Artiste Van Gogh
4 x Elation Chorus Line 16
Thanks