Good morning, CB! It’s time for Newbie Nate’s Question of the Day!
Today, I’ve been studying dimmer racks and modules, in an attempt to get a better electrical grasp of what’s going on in my PAC. One of the things I’ve seen worked on (and mentioned) are “patch panels” (correct me if the term is incorrect) located on the back of touring dimmer racks such as the ETC CEM+/CEM3.
Brace yourself for Pain from Hard Face Palming, please:
How the *&$% do these things work?!?
Now, mind you, I’ve been googling trying to find instructions on how the signal flow works from rack control to those small connectors on the panel, and then from there to the circuit outputs that will eventually become a touring rig of conventionals. Unfortunately, I don’t have a touring rack in my PAC to play with and figure it out on my own. And, lastly, I’ve scoured the forums here and found plenty of technical troubleshooting, but I barely understand the dang thing.
If anyone has an article tutorializing me on how to patch a touring rack, I’d be beyond elated. Of course, if this is one of those RTFM sorts of things, please do point me to the right point in the manual, because I read the entire CEM Configuration Manual and couldn’t find info on it. T_T
Thanks for those of you who took enough Tylenol to answer this post!
Today, I’ve been studying dimmer racks and modules, in an attempt to get a better electrical grasp of what’s going on in my PAC. One of the things I’ve seen worked on (and mentioned) are “patch panels” (correct me if the term is incorrect) located on the back of touring dimmer racks such as the ETC CEM+/CEM3.
Brace yourself for Pain from Hard Face Palming, please:
How the *&$% do these things work?!?
Now, mind you, I’ve been googling trying to find instructions on how the signal flow works from rack control to those small connectors on the panel, and then from there to the circuit outputs that will eventually become a touring rig of conventionals. Unfortunately, I don’t have a touring rack in my PAC to play with and figure it out on my own. And, lastly, I’ve scoured the forums here and found plenty of technical troubleshooting, but I barely understand the dang thing.
If anyone has an article tutorializing me on how to patch a touring rack, I’d be beyond elated. Of course, if this is one of those RTFM sorts of things, please do point me to the right point in the manual, because I read the entire CEM Configuration Manual and couldn’t find info on it. T_T
Thanks for those of you who took enough Tylenol to answer this post!
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