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This is an old revision of DMX made by MegSchrock on 2023-02-05 21:40:31.
DMX
Labels
- Use electric tape to perfectly bisect where the boot meets the shell. Should the tape creep too close to the end, then it is in danger of preventing proper entry into a port. should it creep to close to the cable, then it'll look ugly or could be misconstrued as some other marker.
- Colored tape is used to denote universes, but the universe number can also be written, if deemed necessary. However leaving the color to do its job allows for changes later on.
- If a number is necessary, it is adequate to only label once per connector, but must be underlined.
Flags
- It us useful, but not always necessary to denote the purpose of a particular DMX run, especially if it covers quite a distance or of there are many DMX coming out of an [Glossary | opti] or a [Glossary | node].
- Flagging should be done using white gaff tape of adequate length to fit the description and should be labeled at the male end with the destination and the female end with the origin. Such as: Male: "Truss 3 Skypanels"; Female: "Node 4".
Orientation
Any cable, whether it be socapex or bates or a single should always have the labels oriented such that the male-end point to the sky and the female end points to the ground. This is because, more often than not, cables drop from the grid and are viewed in this manner. It also ensure that, coupling this with lining up your labels with the key/keyhole, you will be able to read the connection as it enters the back of the dimmer rack.Colors
| Color | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Red | Hard Power |
| White | Dim Line |
| Black | Dim Line |
| Pink | Rack 1 |
| Orange | Rack 2 |
| Green | Rack 3 |
| Teal | Rack 4 |
| Purple | Rack 5 |
| Brown | Rack 6 |
| Gray | Spare |
| Blue | GFCI |
Break Outs
Break-outs should be labeled to correspond with their socapex run in the correct color and label on the socapex connector and the edison end should be labeled in white with the appropriate channel number written in black sharpie. Alternately, for a sexier approach, black gaff tape, with a white paint pen. The exception to this rules is with [Glossary | hard power] break outs where every label (including the edison) should be in red, as mentioned above.Great care should be taken to orient the labels appropriately and attention should be given to the fact that there is an sequence to the break-outs themselves.
Organizational Methods
Socapex can be organized almost any way imaginable, here are 3 of the most common methods:- Channel numbers: Some folks like to keep it simple and label the socapex with the appropriate channel numbers. If the 96-rack is channels 701-796, then the first socapex would be labeled 701-706, the second would be 707-712, and so on. This can be limiting if the channel numbers change later, then all the cable is wrong. The following 2 methods reserve the channel numbers for only the breakouts and identify socapex by rack and port.
- Rack "1" Port "A": This method is useful if there are multiple racks. The first number identifies which rack and the letter identifies the port. The first rack would have labels "1A", "1B", "1C" and so on. The second rack would be "2A", "2B", "2C", and so on.
- Rack "A" Port "A": This methods eliminates the the funky pseudo words that crop up with the previous method such as "1H" and "1I" and "1O" which can be confusing to look at. So instead, the first rack (rack "A") would have labels "AA", "AB", "AC" and so on. The second rack (rack "B") would be "BA", "BB", "BC", and so on.
