Re: X32 Tech Talk
Hi Michael,
It sounds like you are on a path and are trying things that might work; good for you!
Your cable is shielded, so that is good. Someone else will have to tell you if it meets the spec.
Are your RJ45 connectors inside the Ethercons the metal coated ones like Declan described? If so, then you'd need to have the same thing running from your reel to the console and then your rig should be fully shielded.
If you connect everything up but place the S16's close enough to the console that your ohmeter leads can touch both, do you get zero ohms? And in thinking about that for half a second, wouldn't you get zero ohms anyway from the ground pins on the console and S16 AC? Hmmmm. Maybe just measure between each RJ45 body that would be otherwise plugged into the console and S16. If you can find something like the Greenlee NetCat, I believe that tells you if the shield is connected, too.
Regarding your last point, about feeding both FOH and S16, that's what I'm doing. You just need to keep in mind that your UPS will have a maximum capacity, and if you need AC for other things at FOH, you may need to run a separate non-UPS service there to avoid exceeding that capacity.
Thanks for posting the pic; I'd wondered what those reels looked like.
Good luck; it's hard to decide if you are better off not having the problem again but not knowing what it was for sure, or having the problem so you can figure out what it is and definitely fix it.
Dan
