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Suggestion Needed for RCS-NexGen Relay Interface Panel

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spinjector

Hi all,

We run RCS NexGen here with Sine Systems ACU-1 for the audio/relay automation switching.

Well...all of our relays are in use, and I like to get more before it becomes an emergency.

Can anyone suggest a dedicated relay-only interface? (We have available audio inputs, so that's not a problem)

My first thought was Broadcast Tools, and then Adtran & Sealevel.

I'm sure they all work fine, but I just thought I'd ask and see if anyone's got good dirt on a particular product.

And of course...cheap is good. =-)
 
Go with the Broadcast Tools, they interface easy with NexGen.
 
I am not 100% familiar with the Sine ACU-1 switcher, but on the Broadcast Tools switchers, you can do a ground matrix to basically give you 8x more contact closures on the same switcher.

On the BT switchers, they have an GND pin that is tied to each input position. That pin (OC 1-8) is only activated when that input is selected. (i.e. OC1 to GND when Input 1 is selected, OC 2-8 are floating.) So, you can stack all of your closures on the various PIP 1-16 inputs and put the ground for that input on OC1.

Example:
Source 1 is an ABC XDS. You use 3 closures from this receiver. (Local Break, Legal ID, Liner) Each relay has a high and a common. I would wire Relay 1 high into PIP1, Relay 2 high into PIP2, Relay 3 high into PIP3. The common for all 3 goes to OC1. Source 2 is a Premiere XDS. Relays 1,2,3 high ALSO go to PIP 1,2,3. BUT the common goes to OC2. And so on.

This way, ABC can send relays all day long, but they won't appear in NexGen until source 1 is selected, putting OC1 to ground. That way you can setup all of your shows in NexGen to look for closures on 1,2,3 etc. Only the closures for the source selected will show up.
 
Lazy J said:
This way, ABC can send relays all day long, but they won't appear in NexGen until source 1 is selected, putting OC1 to ground. That way you can setup all of your shows in NexGen to look for closures on 1,2,3 etc. Only the closures for the source selected will show up.
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Wow, learn something new every day. I didn't know it was set up like that.
 
Yea the Sine Systems ACU-1 does the same thing with the common ground for each input channel.

It has 8 stereo audio inputs, 8 common grounds (one for each audio input), 16 relay inputs, and 8 dry-contact normally-open relay outputs.
 
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