Hi Guys,
I'm very new to lighting and audio installations, however I've come across an opportunity to supply a fairly large outdoor beach club with a substantial light and sound budget. Whilst not being an engineer I have a reasonable level of knowledge, but lack the formal background to make decisions with confidence on the more technical sides. Of course I will have an engineer to assist me with the project but I will be battling with a language barrier with him being Thai. So I'd like to hear some opinions if I may on the architecture in distributing the audio and dmx signals throughout a quite large venue with 3 separate areas.
I've researched the use of Cat 5, Cat 5e cables etc for transmitting the signals with balun connections. My question is, can I send the lighting DMX signal down the same cable as the audio signal without interference? From what I understand the cable matches the parameters for both signals. To my logic this would work??... Please advise. Also can I
My only concern here is that my goal of lowering costs by using cat cable will be eaten up by the expensive balun connectors and perhaps the suggested conduit for the cable. I can only seem to source the xlr balun connectors for about $20 a piece online. Any suggestions on where to source for cheaper?
My current non Cat cable installation audio proposal has about 600m of speaker cable and 60 odd audio connectors amounting to over $1500 USD. I haven't begun to calculate the DMX cabling requirements yet. At an estimate, there may be 300 m cabling required for up to 20 light fixtures. I guess with this sort of expenditure on cabling, it'll be worth my while using cheap CAT cable?
Thanks so much in advance for your help.
I'm very new to lighting and audio installations, however I've come across an opportunity to supply a fairly large outdoor beach club with a substantial light and sound budget. Whilst not being an engineer I have a reasonable level of knowledge, but lack the formal background to make decisions with confidence on the more technical sides. Of course I will have an engineer to assist me with the project but I will be battling with a language barrier with him being Thai. So I'd like to hear some opinions if I may on the architecture in distributing the audio and dmx signals throughout a quite large venue with 3 separate areas.
I've researched the use of Cat 5, Cat 5e cables etc for transmitting the signals with balun connections. My question is, can I send the lighting DMX signal down the same cable as the audio signal without interference? From what I understand the cable matches the parameters for both signals. To my logic this would work??... Please advise. Also can I
My only concern here is that my goal of lowering costs by using cat cable will be eaten up by the expensive balun connectors and perhaps the suggested conduit for the cable. I can only seem to source the xlr balun connectors for about $20 a piece online. Any suggestions on where to source for cheaper?
My current non Cat cable installation audio proposal has about 600m of speaker cable and 60 odd audio connectors amounting to over $1500 USD. I haven't begun to calculate the DMX cabling requirements yet. At an estimate, there may be 300 m cabling required for up to 20 light fixtures. I guess with this sort of expenditure on cabling, it'll be worth my while using cheap CAT cable?
Thanks so much in advance for your help.