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The tally system, also known by its codename Roxanne, is formed of a series of blocks mounted upon the camera hot-shoe mounts, which should illuminate when that camera is live using some data fed out by the [[Magic_DaVE|vision mixer]]. [[File:Tally_and_control_units.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Tally control unit and blocks|The Tally system: four bricks, the control unit and splitter]] | The tally system, also known by its codename Roxanne, is formed of a series of blocks mounted upon the camera hot-shoe mounts, which should illuminate when that camera is live using some data fed out by the [[Magic_DaVE|vision mixer]]. [[File:Tally_and_control_units.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Tally control unit and blocks|The Tally system: four bricks, the control unit and splitter]] | ||
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=Splitter (Menorah)= | =Splitter (Menorah)= | ||
The splitter, or Menorah as it's affectionately known, contains 5 RJ-45 jacks. Each of the 8 connectors on each jack is wired to the same connector on all the other jacks, causing it to look a little like a Menorah before being installed in the box. Despite looking like it would work for computer networking as well, it won't as all the connections are wrong, however it is designed to be placed at the point the [[Umbilical|umbilicals]] meet to connect to the wall, splitting the single line from the control room into one for each brick. | The splitter, or Menorah as it's affectionately known, contains 5 RJ-45 jacks. Each of the 8 connectors on each jack is wired to the same connector on all the other jacks, causing it to look a little like a Menorah before being installed in the box. Despite looking like it would work for computer networking as well, it won't as all the connections are wrong, however it is designed to be placed at the point the [[Umbilical|umbilicals]] meet to connect to the wall, splitting the single line from the control room into one for each brick. | ||
A second Menorah was built for [[hist:Battle Of The Bands 2014|BoB 2014]]. | |||
A third one built into a patch panel for [[Kenobi]] when [[hist:Robert Walker|Robert Walker]] got bored over Easter 2014. | |||
=Control Unit= | =Control Unit= | ||