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Hey digital console users don't forget your UPS
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<blockquote data-quote="Eric Cagle" data-source="post: 66191" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>Re: Hey digital console users don't forget your UPS</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Current gear......I am not shure what types of power supplys are used. Gear that I still currently use on occasion, yes. I still have a Lexicon Primetime 93, a PCM42, and some other vintage stuff I had in my recording studio that found its way into my main FOH rack. I am not shure what voltages occur occasionally but the Primetime used to freak out every few shows and my Protools rig crashed 7 or 8 times the first time I tried it out live without a UPS. Since I have been using a UPS I have never had an issue with anything analog or digital that didn't fall into the "Is it plugged in? Is it turned on?" catagory.</p><p></p><p>To answer the question about power issues in the US, I have seen voltage swings often, even when using a distro. It really depends on what is upstream on the service. I used to see swings of allmost 20 volts sometimes that were long enough in duration to be viewed on the Furman rack power meters at the Masquerade in Atlanta. This is not the norm at most places though. I have also been behind more than one digital console that rebooted mid show because there was no UPS in place. I used to work as a hired gun and it amazed me in those early days to often see a digital console running without one. As mentioned earlier in this thread, losing front of house for those seconds during a reboot seems like an eternity and as we say in the south, "There ain't nothing you can do but wait."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eric Cagle, post: 66191, member: 277"] Re: Hey digital console users don't forget your UPS Current gear......I am not shure what types of power supplys are used. Gear that I still currently use on occasion, yes. I still have a Lexicon Primetime 93, a PCM42, and some other vintage stuff I had in my recording studio that found its way into my main FOH rack. I am not shure what voltages occur occasionally but the Primetime used to freak out every few shows and my Protools rig crashed 7 or 8 times the first time I tried it out live without a UPS. Since I have been using a UPS I have never had an issue with anything analog or digital that didn't fall into the "Is it plugged in? Is it turned on?" catagory. To answer the question about power issues in the US, I have seen voltage swings often, even when using a distro. It really depends on what is upstream on the service. I used to see swings of allmost 20 volts sometimes that were long enough in duration to be viewed on the Furman rack power meters at the Masquerade in Atlanta. This is not the norm at most places though. I have also been behind more than one digital console that rebooted mid show because there was no UPS in place. I used to work as a hired gun and it amazed me in those early days to often see a digital console running without one. As mentioned earlier in this thread, losing front of house for those seconds during a reboot seems like an eternity and as we say in the south, "There ain't nothing you can do but wait." [/QUOTE]
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