Clearcom portable base station plug?
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Gaff's picture appears to be the non-symmetrical (Neutrik, black insert) XLR6,
and ClearCom uses the symmetrical (Switchcraft, gray or green insert) variety:
Why does my 6 pole XLR not fit into the Neutrik 6 pole XLR?
Perhaps the jack has something to do with StrandNET or for the lighting system (RFU or remote HouseLights of some sort) perhaps? Pull the plate and see what's wired to the back. I'm guessing two of the pins are for power (16 or 14g wires).
and ClearCom uses the symmetrical (Switchcraft, gray or green insert) variety:
Why does my 6 pole XLR not fit into the Neutrik 6 pole XLR?
Perhaps the jack has something to do with StrandNET or for the lighting system (RFU or remote HouseLights of some sort) perhaps? Pull the plate and see what's wired to the back. I'm guessing two of the pins are for power (16 or 14g wires).
I agree it's not the standard symmetrical 6 pin Clearcom plug, it appears to be the Neutrik plug in the lower picture. All my intercom gear is Clearcom and there's no portable station that I have seen. There's a lighting network 5 pin DMX jack about a foot away, plus every other outlet in the theater is wired 5 pin DMX and labeled "lighting network". So I find that really unlikely. The other odd thing is the white plastic plate itself. You can see in the picture that the bottom of the plate is oddly cut. In person it looks like even more of a homebrew job... in a two year old building. All of the intercom, mic, monitor, and lighting network plates in the rest of the theater are brushed black metal. Only the data ports have a white plastic cover.
techieman33
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Checking with the band teacher is a good idea. The pit is fairly worthless. It's about 35' wide and probably 6' across at center and tapering to about 3' on the sides. Best of all it's level to the floor so the people in the front row have to look over the heads of the orchestra to see the stage. I doubt we will ever use it.
Amiers
Renting to Corporate One Fixture at a Time.
After almost 2 years here I am still finding stuff. It makes a crappy day turn great when you get to fiddle with new things.
Well that's peculiar, as the product specification for the Unison Paradigm Portable Touchscreen Stations state "6-pin Amphenol connector", which I took to mean a locking 6-pin DIN- or CPC-style connector, non-XLR, similar to all other Unison remotes.
But didn't I suggest in post#3 above, that it might have something to do with your lighting system?
Other mysteries include why such a substandard plate and P-Touch labeling from ETC.
As far as wiring and documentation goes, wouldn't ETC have drawings on file?
A two-year old facility with LightPaletteVL, Paradigm architectural, and Sensor+(?) dimmers?
Answering the BatSignal from DL:
I would say that your system is likely a Strand install rather than an ETC install and as such we are unlikely to have drawings. If you PM me your location, I will be happy to look for what (if anything) we have on file when I am back in the office after the New Year.
Agreed. This is not an ETC Paradigm touchscreen nor do we currently use the 6 pin connector pictured. In older ETC systems, we did use the connector for our RFU stations and devices as well as the ETCLink connections in Sensor systems. In some extremely custom systems, we can use this connector for other devices, but we tend to shy away from it to avoid confusion with compatibility with RFU and ETCLink.
I would say that your system is likely a Strand install rather than an ETC install and as such we are unlikely to have drawings. If you PM me your location, I will be happy to look for what (if anything) we have on file when I am back in the office after the New Year.
Sorry, it's an all Strand system (Pallete VL, CD80's, Vision Net). I thought that was oblivious by the Strand Logo on the touchscreen in the picture above and got cute with my post... except I didn't notice it was washed out by the flash of my camera. See that white Rectangle? Imagine it saying Strand.
And in a box in a dark corner, above the booth I found this... Apparently, somewhere there is a special cable for music stand lights. I found some specially labeled twist lock plugs under the pit cover. That's a nice oak box!
