Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: What automation are you using?

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Posted by Harold Hallikainen (Member # 5405) on 03-27-2017, 12:35 PM:

What automation is being used between a digital cinema server and other auditorium equipment? I'm aware of the JNIOR and the eCNA. What else is out there?

THANKS!

Harold

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 03-27-2017, 02:25 PM:

I put in 334 eCNA's, mostly the eCNA-5. Not a one of them has so much as blipped.

Mark

Posted by Barry Floyd (Member # 385) on 03-27-2017, 04:04 PM:

We're using American Cinema Equipment's KLA-1 manufactured by Kimber Labs. I believe that Scott Kimber (who works as a tech at American Cinema Equipment) is probably connected to the unit in some way.

We are running Barco DP2K-23B's with GDC-SX2000AR servers, and the automation plugs in to our IMB via simple ethernet cables.

Being a drive-in, we use it to control field lights, projector exhaust fans, concession warning chimes, etc. Very simple panel. It's always work well for us in the 4 years we've had it.

Posted by Carsten Kurz (Member # 5396) on 03-27-2017, 04:45 PM:

Server-side GPIOs.

- Carsten

Posted by Nguyen Jack (Member # 7530) on 03-27-2017, 09:12 PM:

I used GPIO

The automation included Dimmer.

Posted by Annli Com (Member # 8266) on 03-27-2017, 11:01 PM:

We are used GPIO With PLC for full automation Light , masking and audio .
Regards
ShibuPaul

Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 03-28-2017, 07:51 AM:

We are an eCNA company.

Posted by Jack Ondracek (Member # 1466) on 03-28-2017, 08:38 AM:

We had our TA10 automations upgraded when we installed our Barcos. That eliminated any need to change how our lights and other program equipment interfaced with the projectors. Everything in front of the automations stayed as it had been when we had film.

For our lights, we moved in the Kelmar dimmers we had at a former indoor quad. When we converted to LEDs, we bought dimmable ones.

Previous to that, we had Eprad Co-Operators and push-on, push-off type relays to run our lights. The low voltage coil lines just ran across the foil sensors we had at the time.

Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 03-28-2017, 11:23 AM:

We designed and built our own RS232 system that has the same footprint as the TA10 motherboard

Posted by Pete Naples (Member # 761) on 03-28-2017, 03:21 PM:

Similar to Gordon, we designed and build our own interface, both RS232 and Ethernet in one.

If we're not using that, it'll be a Jnior.