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An umbilical contains all the cables to connect a camera through to the control room for a live show. These are run in parallel inside a flexible plastic sheath, so they should be dead easy to connect up and move around with, without risking tangling everything. | An umbilical contains all the cables to connect a camera through to the control room for a live show. These are run in parallel inside a flexible plastic sheath, so they should be dead easy to connect up and move around with, without risking tangling everything. | ||
==Old Umbilical== | |||
A typical umbilical should contain: | A typical umbilical should contain: | ||
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* A Cat-5 cable (network cable) for [[Tally_(Roxanne)|Tally]]. This should be connected to a tally block on the camera end, and the tally splitter (menorah) at the other end, which then links to the tally line back to the control room | * A Cat-5 cable (network cable) for [[Tally_(Roxanne)|Tally]]. This should be connected to a tally block on the camera end, and the tally splitter (menorah) at the other end, which then links to the tally line back to the control room | ||
==2019 replacements== | |||
The fate of the original umbilical set is unknown, although with the changing equipment they probably became redundant or broke, there has been no replacement for at least a few years (as of 2019). There is a plan to update this system and build new versions of the Umbilical for future studio shows. | |||
At this point, the plan follows closely to the original design: Containing. | |||
* XLR 3 pin, for comms | |||
* COAX for camera signal | |||
* 13A power for the converters | |||
* CAT5 possibly for some form of new tally if it ever happens | |||
[[Category:Technical]] | [[Category:Technical]] | ||
[[Category:Equipment]] | [[Category:Equipment]] | ||
