Coemar De Sisti Australia manufactured a special PCB to carry out the works and also installed the systems into the existing dimmers. The PCB was built into a custom metal box, which made the installation and any future work on the dimmers very easy. The company also fitted standard XLR connectors in the metal box, so that a technician or operator can connect any standard DMX tester or console directly to the electronics for testing or fault-finding of the dimming system.
In addition to the conversion of the dimmers, Coemar De Sisti Australia also built and installed a simple DMX patch system for the studio. Earlier in the year, the company had also converted Channel 7’s Studio 6 dimmers (which are the old tried-and-tested Strand Electric JTM racks) to DMX.
(Lee Baldock)
