Re: Scene File for Per
Well if I had to guess I would say it's user error! LOL I have been known to screw up before! Lot's of times!
Well if I had to guess I would say it's user error! LOL I have been known to screw up before! Lot's of times!
That's the thing though, a warranty that takes your paddle away when you are up shit creek is not really a warranty that means anything to users that rely on actually having to use the product.
If it blows up, then I'll be happy to send it back and get it replaced, but shipping across a continent and waiting two to three weeks to solve some non-terminal problem, possibly paying for expensive shipping, then owning and using the board potentially becomes more of a hazzle than it is worth.
I do appreciate that no manufacturer will let you start spraying stuff into their equipment, and most of us will reserve the self repair and home cooking to equipment that is out of warranty, but parting with vital equipment for a long period to solve minor problems sure is a pita.
Keep the old desk as a spare is my message to them. Because of any digital desk being able to fail. Not very likely but it can happen. Don't sell it for the extra cash just keep it doing nothing. It's always good to know the show can go on..
While trying to find a suitable UPS, my associate is leaning towards a power conditioner instead. He believes that a UPS will only kick into battery if power is completely lost, and some UPS's don't don't handle over voltages (surges), though the Liebert Powersure Psi PS1000RT3-120, I'm looking at seems to include AVR.
My guess is that the caps in the power-supply are rather small compared to what you might find on older equipment (there are good reasons for not using big caps from both a design and cost point of view), and thus no reserve to cover a missed cycle or even half-cycle.
Right. Just to be clear though... a regular ups that "kicks in" the battery when needed, and does so within 20 milliseconds or less, will work fine with the x32, so the extra cost of those types of ups systems is unjustified.
What I never do is put myself above someone else because I have more knowledge than them. I never saw a post and thought "I'm too smart to give him or her that simple answer". I get the fact that people don't read when they should. I am not one of those people. I'm just saying if you don't want to help me then don't.
I'm not a Wiki user, so I go into this with very limited knowledge of the format, but have at least got 35 years of experience (on and off) writing technical documentation, standard operating procedures and instructional documents, so I know what a nightmare it can be and how many pitfalls there are.
RE: complexity and dedication, no doubt it's a big job! I think you will like Wiki editing. There's some fairly simple markup language (Uli - I hope your team is looking at MediaWiki or one of it's derivatives!) and tons of flexibility. Plus complete history of all edits with full roll back. It's a tech writers dream from a version control standpoint. When we get our X32 I'll help as much as I can. Over the years I've found the fastest way to learn new technology is write documentation for it and/or provide support; that's why I like hanging out in these threads. reading the questions/answers provides far more than I could ever get out of most manuals.
Thanks for the detailed explaination, sadely, now I wish I got an online UPS. We have a Liebert PS1000RT3-XR120 on the way, hopefully it solves our problem, but scanning the manual, it definitely is an in-line UPS, and actually advertises "wider input window" as a good thing. The last week, we've been running the UPS through one of our "cheap" power conditioners, and the problem has been happening still, not *quite* as bad, just a pop, and a moderate effects overload which dissipates after 10 seconds (argg), in our case, turning both the effects faders to zero, along with each effects send to zero avoids the feedback, and allows us to continue the session without having to do a reboot. The UPS should arrive next week, so I'll know then.These days I pay the 30% or so and go for "double conversion" or "online" UPS's. They have two invertors. One charges the battery. The second takes the battery and powers the gear. Your gear is always running off the battery, there is never any worry about transfer speed. And since your equipment is never running off the mains, AVR just happens as a byproduct of this design.
B.E.S.T. used to make the best UPS's (pardon the pun) but APC bought them a while back. A few of the APC models used to be easily descernable B.E.S.T. designs, but these days I can't tell if any of their current ones are previous B.E.S.T. designs. And since APC has been coasting on their name for some time now I no longer recommend them. Liebert is a great brand and if you can afford them you could do allot worse. I have a hard time justifying brands like Liebert and luckily I've had really good luck with CyberPower, a brand that seems to be in the Behringer sweet spot of features and price.
The problem with UPS's, even with AVR, is if the power gets too bad you will switch to battery. I've seen online UPS's hang on where AVR UPS's would drop to battery, then run out of juice and finally die. The online wasn't getting enough to keep up with the battery, but what it could suck from the crappy mains power keept it alive until the gig was over. I hate extension cords...
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No doubt, Tim is a smart guy and I have oodles of respect for his technical prowess and experience. But for goodness sake, this is the JV forum. And for those who say even more reason to point out RTFM - really? Do you have or did you have kids? Any teenagers? Did they ever listen anything common sense related that you told them or did they have to stub their toe and figure out the what should be basic stuff on their own? Same thing here....
It is MediaWiki. so no worries there. I take it you have hereby volunteered. ~~:smile:
Perhaps it's my experience as a high school and college debater, but learning how to do research and glean information from primary, written sources is the initial way of learning almost any/everything.
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Posting a question on a forum is not research, it is not learning.
There's lots of empty space inside the X32. It's too bad Behringer can't offer an option to integrate a battery directly inside the X32. Would cut down on the outboard gear and no need for an inverter - since that's what's the power supply is for! I realize it's not as simple as just plugging a battery in internally, but I would think the additional circuitry required to integrate a battery natively into the power supply would be pretty minimal.
Hmm...
Surely knowing what to do when switching to your backup is a clever idea in all sences. :razz:Keep the old desk is just as appropriate with analog. We moved into a new building and got a new desk. There was talk of selling off the old one to recoup some cost. I and another recommended we keep the old desk "in case" - it's saved us a couple of times.
Just as important in having a backup desk (analog OR digital) - have a plan worked out with a checklist of what you need to do to swap to your backup in an emergency. It doesn't have to be complicated; there is a point of diminishing returns. But if you at least make a simple punch list ahead of time if you do find yourself in an emergency situation and the adrenaline is flowing (and/or people around you are raising a stink for obvious reasons) you'll have a much better chance of success. The first time we needed to switch out to our backup, luckily it happened during a practice. After that fiasco (turns out we didn't remember everything as well as we thought we would!) some basic documentation was created. Years later when we again needed to switch to our backup things went MUCH more smoothly.