James Remo

Does anyone have any experience with the LSC Nexus nodes? They have come up as an option. POE again.... I have ruled out the DMX King product, DMX in only unicasts to one ip address only. Bad info, the DMX King does do broadcast on DMX in

Good to know, think I've ruled them out. Anyone have any experience with sundrax? http://www.sundrax.com/our-products-category/theatre-stage-lighting/

Cheap but ticks the boxes. The UK distributer doesn't list it, but the US one does at a cheaper price point, I could get it delivered to the first venue. I know folks who use the 4 way DMX King nodes, will get some more input on their products.

Do you know how big the wall wart for this is?

Hi all, Looking for recommendations for a small, reliable single universe DMX to artnet unit. Basically I'm touring a pair of Resolume servers, and on an upcoming tour I'd like to have the option of DMX control rather than Artnet, due to some venues not having cat 5 lines in their FOH runs. Size is fundamental, the rig is already overflowing from the peli 1510 it lives in (hand luggage restrictions due to flights) Both servers receive the same control signals, as they are main and backup, so the converter needs to broadcast rather than unicast. Ideally I would go with a Luminex DMX2 Truss, but it's too big and requires POE. But would match the artnet nodes I already own, and I do have the budget for it. I've used the Enttec ODE, but it's still a bit big, POE or a big-ish wall wart. Didn't like the NMU config software. Ive seen the Smart Show Net Buddy on ebay, but fly on Sunday and don't have the lead time as they are made to order, and look a little cheap. Can anyone vouch for their reliability? ELC XLAN buddy looks like a good option, usb powered (already have a 5 way usb psu to power blackmagic HDMI to SDI convertors) but have had friends trash ELC nodes due to issues in the past, not experienced them myself. Doesn't look too rugged though ELC XLAN 1 looks better made, but again requires POE. Can upgrade my network switch to one with POE if needed, but can't really increase the size of the unit (currently a netgear GS105, haven't found a branded POE switch in the same size) Is there anything else out there that people can recommend, the key features being :- DMX to artnet, small, usb powered, reliable, web page config preferred. Thanks J

I still have an intellabeam controller at the back of the unit, for posterity.

dbuckley - Thanks for that, reading up on the rs-602 it uses pins 5 & 6 of the beltpack as the program input, which you can mix the amount you want in your ears. So if I had one of those beltpacks and a breakout lead I could inject audio only to my beltpack. Are they compatible with Tecpro/stonewood/asl?Pete - Good spot sir! I'm not looking for a masterstation, rather just a beltpack or bodge box that I can sling in the tool box that is compatible with my clients existing comms packages. Thanks again

Shez - The low tech solution is what I'm trying to move away from Cedd - Will look into summing amps and headphone amps TAG - Glad to hear it works for you! Just can't justify the price Ynot - The aux input of all masterstations I've ever come across goes to both channels. dbuckley - Program is a term I'm well aware of, but in order to clarify that it's only for my headset I chose not to use that term. Which clearcom belt packs have you seen with an aux in? As I said all my research has thrown up is an auxiliary headphone output on clearcom beltpacks. I'll happily be corrected and can easily pick one up from Canada when I'm there next month. boatman/paulears - great idea if I'm behind a desk, I ought to have mentioned that I'm more often employed as system or radio tech, so won't always have a desk to route through. Having a fly lead to plug into the headphone out of a receiver (I mostly work with sure premier / uhf-r which have a headphone jack on the front panel) without having to switch headsets is part of the application for this idea. The other (fairly major) part is to inject ipod / laptop (dvd sound) into my comms headet for those yawn inducing corporate jobs. themadhippy - Erm, yes. Sounds great! Bit beyond me, but sounds great! If I win the stonewood DC2 I'll give my idea a go and see what happens. Does anyone have any advice on if you can safely mono sum a headphone signal via the method described for mic / line signals in the rane notes? That's my major concern. From having a sneak peak inside the interspace di box I can't tell if the mono process happens before the tx or after, was hoping to nick their circuit if pre- tx! Thanks for all of your input so far, I'm going to knock up a system like paulears uses for the time being, and will let you know how my experiments go. Any other input? (Pun fully intended)

Hi all, First I'll start with the concept. I wish to be able to put an aux. input into my comms headset, mix it with the comms traffic but so that only I can hear it. It needs to be passive, discrete and preferably integrated into the belt pack. The aux input will either be a PFL cue from a sound desk or a 3.5mm headphone input from my ipod or laptop, so some form of isolating transformer would be a good idea to avoid putting hum (or in a lot of cases worsen the already existing hum) on the comms system. The signal from any stereo input needs to be summed to mono as I hate wearing double muff headsets. This is to use with a party line system that is Clearcom/tecpro/asl/metro/stonewood compatible (as most of my clients use) So, firstly I went looking for a system that had this feature already built into it's belt packs. Clearcom's encore system has an aux headset connector, which I am lead to believe is an output only. Dead end. Secondly I found a product from interspace called the CiO which rang almost every bell, but the price (£275 + vat list!!!) and the fact that this is an extra box (which requires a separate power supply) kind of ruled this option out. I've got a load of the interspace PC-Di boxes, and they are fantastic, but the CiO sadly did not quite fit the bill. So to look down the home brew route. Unfortunately my electronics knowledge is sadly lacking, so I thought about bastardising an existing unit. I looked at the canford tecpro units, wishing they had an extra input channel. Lightening struck the old grey matter, and with a flash of inspiration I reasoned that if I got a dual channel unit, the audio from the second ring could be my extra input. Not so I hear you cry! On the Tecpro BP 113 units the audio from ch 1 is routed to the left side of a double muff headset, and ch.2 to the right. So a dual channel design and no mixer element involved. But there is also the BP115 I cry back! The monaural version! I seam to recall using a metro audio unit that was dual channel, but fed both signals into a single sided headset. Could it have been a DC2 I was using? Could I achieve the mono sum of a headphone level signal by using the mono summing circuit from the rane notes? If so then a small circuit with a few resistors and a isolating transformer could do the trick, but the output of a laptop, ipod or headphone out on a desk is effectively a very small power amp, and I know better than to try to combine the outputs of a power amp together, damage could ensue. Rather than alter the beltpack in any way I could make adaptor cables that have a 3 pin XLR for input to ring 1, then a 3.5mm minijack to input into ring 2. If the power supply is shared for both rings then I might have to isolate them in the comms box, to avoid sending 24v dc to the audio input on ring 2, but that is a bit beyond my means. So to re-cap (just in case I've lost you all...) 1) Do any other possible solutions exist? 2) Would my <monaural dual channel belt pack as a mixer> idea work? 3) Is the metro/stonewood DC2 like the techpro BP 113 or the monaural BP115? (Might as well admit I'm bidding on a DC2 for £9.99 on ebay at the mo, worth a punt to see if it might work) The Stonewood website is greatly lacking in detail... 4) Can you safely mono sum a headphone signal via the method described for mic / line signals in the rane notes? Thanks in advance, James