flying faders I optical cable

[pucho812]

outside of martin sound, Anyone know where I can get one? or has one they could sell me?

 

[Walrus]

www.scotchmcneilaudio.com

 

[pucho812]

they are hard to get a hold of, real hard.  I am sure digikey sells the cables but I do not know the name of the end connector. It's different the other fiber optic I have seen

 

[Walrus]

A lucky search turned up this......
http://www.rapidonline.com/Electronic-Components/Hfbr-4506z-Duplex-Connector-58-0862#techSpecs

It's the off white one 3 down in the picture. I'm not definite on this, but it looks right.

Avago site

http://www.avagotech.com/pages/en/fiber_optics/eval_kits_accessories/fiber_optic_connectors/

gives a PDF of the 4506 range, but I haven't studied it....

 

[pucho812]

thanks for that. 

 

[mg73]

thanks for that.

Old thread...
But I'm about to install a FF system and I'm missing the optic cable,
did you found out what the name where ?
The links doesn't work anymore

 

[pucho812]

Old thread...
But I'm about to install a FF system and I'm missing the optic cable,
did you found out what the name where ?
The links doesn't work anymore

yes. I ended up buying one from Martinsound. I know they are in the Los Angeles area but give them a call and talk with Joe Flowers.

 

[mg73]

Thanks!

 

[mg73]

I'm in Sweden so shipping will take sometime form US.
Found this at Farnell.se

https://se.farnell.com/en-SE/broadc...yX-BtqeMpyecHGOP4G6mMpf6qCKFO0thYt5o8A4etwgNf

Will this work you think?

https://se.farnell.com/en-SE/broadc...yX-BtqeMpyecHGOP4G6mMpf6qCKFO0thYt5o8A4etwgNf

 

[musgrave]

here is the cable :
https://www.digikey.com/en/products...tGb5XfjXiwxxMrDoqIlps7WzTYBpm9-gaAvWvEALw_wcB

Make sure to get the very dark grey and not the light grey cable. the dark has a much higher bandwidth and lower los. the proper one will have the: HFBR-4516Z – Duplex Latching plug as shown in the post above
cheers.
also I set one trimmer to 30ohms and the other to 65ohms to start to set up current. I cant remember which but I think the card on top of the rack is 30 and the computer card is 65.

 

[mg73]

Thanks

But if I understand it correctly that link you send is a "Standard Simplex Connectors" with a "Simplex cable"
according to the datasheet with the code "RNS010Z"

You mean to get 2 of those cable
or should a get a cable with a singel double connector(DUPLEX)
Like this one?




https://www.digikey.se/en/products/...10Z/2220196?s=N4IgTCBcDaIEoBUAiAGAjCgWiAugXyA

 

[musgrave]

I might have copied the wrong link, YES FULL Duplex. Digikey was offering the same image for several things...

 

[mg73]

Ok thanks.
I try that Digikey cable

I found out that Martinsound builds their own cables with "Extra Low Loss POF" cable
but that cable can only be bought in bulk lengths of 500m

 

[Zeltec Service]

Avago part number HFBR-RMD010Z, 10 Meter.
350 West Trimble Road
San Jose, CA 95131

 

[mg73]

HFBR-RMD010Z use Standard Attenuation POF cable
(that what the R stands for)
You think that will work?
I will only use 30 Faders and maybe Extra Low Loss POF cable
is needed when you use more faders.

 

[Zeltec Service]

I have it in use at Brooklyn Recording, 64 faders and Sear Sound, 36 channel, 8 group, 1, 4 channel master fader. I also build Pentium 4 FF computers with USB keyboard and mouse, display port (HDMI compatible), and SATA drives, in use at both above locations plus 2 more. The cable dropped right in with no adjustments necessary at Brooklyn and only very slight changes in the other 3 installations.

 

[Zeltec Service]

Also Newark has the connectors and there's a page in the FF service manual on how to re-terminate the existing cable

 

[mg73]

Wonderful! Ordered now.

 

[mg73]

Btw have you tried THD-Labs FF option? Wonder if that is a good thing to get?

 

[Zeltec Service]

I like what they've offered. The interface is a bit different and it doesn't allow some of the original features. It works with ProTools though and that's a serious consideration. If you get the ProTools machine control option though, it should broadcast a time code burst of the PT go to point which will then slave the FF automation to the same (without having to run in play to reset the FF cue point). A tape machine with a synchronizer would also see that go to Point from ProTools. With the Machine Control option the ProTools 9 pin becomes active as a Sony Master. With its own lynx 2 module, it responds to all the ProTools commands. If you decide to use a tape autolocator, on the lynx, you would change the Lynx master to the tape machine, ProTools locks and reverts immediately to word clock, like any video transport locks to video black, but PT code still rules the master time code rate. That's still locked to word clock in ProTools. In that case if you went to a locator cue point, the tape machine would stream back time code generated by the master Lynx (now the tape machine) from the locator counter and through the 9 pin connection and is in position when the tape machine arrives to its cue point.