I spoke to a couple colleagues over in Dimming. They do not recall how Sensor classic racks are setup internally, but Sensor+ racks already have a pass-thru
connector internally. A service tech could easily land some wires on that and give you an output if that output is not already being used somewhere else. They could even use your existing wiring and
switch the
receptacle onstage if you wanted it to be a permanent output. Do you know if you have Sensor Classic or Sensor+? (with Sensor Classic, the top of the rack has red indicator lights while Sensor+ have blue indicators)
The other option is to put an
opto-isolator/splitter in front of the rack on the
DMX chain, and have one output of that go to your dimming rack and another to your
I-Cue's.
Additionally, if you have
DMX gateways, you a service tech can just reprogram any
DMX inputs from those to be
DMX outputs and vise versa.
Derek, for your reference, Sensor+ racks are already equipped with a pass-thru; it's just a matter of whether or not they are connected to a
connector some place. Paradigm DRd racks are now equipped with two
DMX ports, one of which is a dedicated output and the other can be assigned as an input or an output. Paradigm ER processors also have two ports, and either can be assigned as an input or an output. In almost all cases, having an output
connector or
receptacle near the rack is not useful for many applications, but regardless, it's an easy add by a service tech, near the rack or across the other end of the
theatre so long as you're willing to run the
wire.
ccm1495, Kirk is also looking into this and will be responding shortly or will PM you privately. He's in Tech Services and if he can figure out your job number or if you can find it, we can pull up the details here at
ETC and see how everything is wired for your install. The people I spoke to in Dimming said they'd be very surprised if you didn't have a
DMX output
somewhere in your
theatre. You may not know where it is, but you probably have one. If not, as I was mentioning earlier, it's not a difficult add.
EDIT: For clarification, the internal connectors I mentioned are not
XLR 5-pin. They're places to land the conductors on the
PCB's. So don't plan on punching out a knockout on your rack and plugging in your 5pin
XLR DMX cable, because you won't find a place to
plug it in.