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Long Distance Fader Panel

I am about to be a VERY happy Ion owner. (order could be placed as soon as today) The one question I have is:

The Ion is going to be a replacement for a Strand 300 series console. Our space was retrofitted at the time of purchase pulling CAT5 to the back stage, which allowed for an SM panel to be back stage.

 My question is this, can I run a 2x10 fader panel backstage using a USB over CAT5 adapter?

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  • I am sure as long as your adapter works like a normal usb, that it should work. Be sure that the wall wart for the faders is plugged in, and the usb is plugged into the console before turning the console on.

    However, I would like to take you one further... when you register the console you get a usb dongle which allows you to run the client software on another computer and essentially be a designers remote. So, you could take your cat5 cable, get a hub and another computer for backstage, and have a fully functional console backstage. You can plug your faders into that computer as well. If you take it a step even further, you could get an X-keys pro, and program it to have all of the same buttons that the Ion has.

    Congrats on the new console! 

     

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  • I am sure as long as your adapter works like a normal usb, that it should work. Be sure that the wall wart for the faders is plugged in, and the usb is plugged into the console before turning the console on.

    However, I would like to take you one further... when you register the console you get a usb dongle which allows you to run the client software on another computer and essentially be a designers remote. So, you could take your cat5 cable, get a hub and another computer for backstage, and have a fully functional console backstage. You can plug your faders into that computer as well. If you take it a step even further, you could get an X-keys pro, and program it to have all of the same buttons that the Ion has.

    Congrats on the new console! 

     

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  • in reply to Brian Webber

    And to chime in with the exact opposite answer, I would bet that it doesn't work.  Well let me qualify that a bit.

     

    If you need to load some sort of external driver for the USB to Ethernet adapter,  I would guess that it won't work.  Also - the USB connector on the back of the Fader wing panel is an "B" type of connector.   This is opposed to the "A" type connector that is on the ION itself.  (And is also the type found on your PC, or memory stick/thumb drive/ whatever else is out there)  So you need an A to B USB cable to connect the Fader wing to the ION.  So you would also need an A type connector to Ethernet adapter and a B type connector to Ethernet adapter on the other end.

     

    All this being said, it would be really freakin cool if it did work.....

    I can think of so many ways to use a fader wing if that kind of set up did work....

     

    Maybe I'm wrong here.  But I am sure someone in the know will chime in shortly and clarify.

     

     

     

     

  • in reply to Brian Webber
    I would just like to add to this by saying that you would do well to use a computer on stage that has internal USB so that your client dongle is 'locked" safe inside the computer. This will prevent it from getting stolen or broken. I believe that you can still plug a fader wing into a computer running client software. 
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