Dont touch these wires. in Photos of Broadband gear http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21175004 en Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:07:36 EDT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:07:36 EDT Re: Dont touch these wires. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21628627 A900MHz Fan :
said by Jahntassa See Profile :

What truck was that?

CanerisErik See Profile, yes, that's a production video truck. That's about on-par for most trucks to look like during a shoot. Generally they're setup for the 'out', connect things so that you can yank it as fast as possible.
Sorry forgot about this post, the truck is IMSP (Indy Motorsports Production) HD-1

Neal]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21628627 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:54:14 EDT Re: Dont touch these wires. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21563086 joshb :
said by Jahntassa See Profile :

You use a lot of Gaffers tape and White paper tape, but you get the job done. Most of the time you have faulty pairs and gear too, so you get to swap things out on the fly.

It was a lot of fun compared to IT, that's for sure.
Sounds like a completely different world than I live in...

This thread has caused me to pause and think a little... Put's a new spin on things thats fore sure... ;)
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Live long and prosper, Mom]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21563086 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:40:51 EDT Re: Dont touch these wires. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21562420 battleop : "and incompetent production staff!"

Don't forget the Egos that hold microphones. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21562420 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:00:30 EDT Re: Dont touch these wires. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21562166 kewlkeed : AWWW DAMN!

I wanna go back!!! Lemme go back! :D

Those were still some of the best days though, by far!
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Have a nice day!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21562166 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:13:40 EDT Re: Dont touch these wires. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21562106 Jahntassa :
said by kewlkeed See Profile :

Hehehe!

Reminds me of some good times! :D
It's like the IT boot camp. You get to do the same thing, in a muddy storm, or in the worst environments possible, and or course with zero time.
Don't forget with faulty equipment, ground loops, lots of stairs, heavy cameras, and incompetent production staff!

Plus the idea of walking in to the truck in the morning with a clean slate, having ~200 patch cords going, intercoms, various other hardware strewn all over the place, then making it like you were never there!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21562106 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:05:25 EDT Re: Dont touch these wires. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21561969 kewlkeed : Hehehe!

Reminds me of some good times! :D
It's like the IT boot camp. You get to do the same thing, in a muddy storm, or in the worst environments possible, and or course with zero time.
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Have a nice day!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21561969 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:41:49 EDT Re: Dont touch these wires. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21560723 Jahntassa : Ha! 12 hours. Some shoots the whole thing is 12 hours, that means unloading the truck, setup, debug, shoot, pack, leave.

It's actually easier than it looks. The trucks themselves are setup very precisely. Everything has a patchbay, and everything is very well labeled. The interconnects are where things get tricky.

You use a lot of Gaffers tape and White paper tape, but you get the job done. Most of the time you have faulty pairs and gear too, so you get to swap things out on the fly.

It was a lot of fun compared to IT, that's for sure.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21560723 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:41:47 EDT Re: Dont touch these wires. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21560705 kewlkeed : Yeah it's a pain in the ass to debug. But when it comes to live rigs like this, you just don't have time to be anal. Get in, get setup, get the shot, and get the hell out, as fast as you can.

Live A/V setups are very different from Datacenter setups. Although technology is similar and same in some aspects, the "style" of it is much different, especially in live environments. Just gotta make it work and make due with what you have, in zero time.

Imagine you had an entire datacenter worth of systems. A blank building (Some cases a tent) and you needed to make it live in 12 hours. It ain't gonna be pretty, then knowing you're gonna rip it down after only 5 hours of work... and set up again somewhere else for the same thing.
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Have a nice day!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21560705 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:38:19 EDT Re: Dont touch these wires. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21560440 joshb :
said by Jahntassa See Profile :

Here's another one for you. This is the NEP 'ESU' truck at the US Open in 2001.
Here's a question for you. If Murphy should decide to have fun and kick murphies law into effect on you. How to find the problem in that kind of mess.. :huh:

As a tech from day one I was always told the more anal you are the better...

This is confusing to me... :uhh:
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Click for full size
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21552992 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:05:50 EDT Re: Dont touch these wires. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21543538 kewlkeed : Yeah it's the norm for any "On location" shoot. Very temporary and usually never very orderly looking. But surprisingly it all works well.
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Have a nice day!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21543538 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:11:17 EDT Re: Dont touch these wires. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21543369 battleop : I did some contract work for ESPN and Sports South years ago. This does not look all that uncommon. Most of these set ups were very temporary. Often setup for less than 24 hours. Some times for races you might see this setup for a few days. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21543369 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:35:15 EDT Re: Dont touch these wires. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21542832 Jahntassa : What truck was that?

CanerisErik See Profile, yes, that's a production video truck. That's about on-par for most trucks to look like during a shoot. Generally they're setup for the 'out', connect things so that you can yank it as fast as possible.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21542832 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:22:48 EDT Re: Dont touch these wires. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21542665 DaMaGeINC : That was the setup for the Olympics if i recall correctly]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21542665 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:42:38 EDT Re: Dont touch these wires. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21542603 CanerisErik : Please tell me that was a temporary setup!?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21542603 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:28:29 EDT Re: Dont touch these wires. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21542106 A900MHz Fan : Got some nice orchestrated mess from the IRL circuit last season. All the coax is 1.485Gpbs HD-SDI video, same thing on the fiber.





Audio patch. Does 2Mbps AES Audio equipment qualify as broadband gear?

Neal]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21542106 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:31:02 EDT Re: Dont touch these wires. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21328833 Jameson :
said by UncleScooter See Profile :

We still install those things on a couple of networks for dail backup. You can drop a truck on one and it'll still work! :D
That is very true :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21328833 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:26:20 EDT Re: Dont touch these wires. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21286640 UncleScooter : We still install those things on a couple of networks for dail backup. You can drop a truck on one and it'll still work! :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21286640 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:42:37 EDT Re: Dont touch these wires. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21286598 InfamousCow : I bet that US Robotics 56k modem stuck on that wall still works like a champ!
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21278969 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:15:50 EDT Re: Dont touch these wires. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21248972 TheMG : Wow, have these people never heard of making their own cables?

It looks like they have 5-8ft patch cables on everything!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21248972 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:22:54 EDT Re: Dont touch these wires. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21235308 jwersan : No excuse for either.. :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21235308 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:50:28 EDT Dont touch these wires. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21175004 Harddrive : a global financial investment company's back room in Providence RI. they should be ashamed. it aint much, but its still ugly.
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the next place i went wasnt too bad.
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