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192-OOO SER/ES _ THE RACK

Maximum density dimming . . . up to 192
2.4kW drmmers orcombinations with other ratings.

a 192-1 2 or 2.4kW d mmers per rack.

The most in the least amount of
space
n Each d mmer is independently
coo ed w th ambient alr from the
front of the rack. This accounts for a
ack of temperature gradient in the
rack ..this means coo & quiet.
n Top and bottom access panels for
line & load runs. Quickly and
easily installed.
n P ug- n d mmer and control modu es
make the Dimenslon 192 rack f ully
serviceab e.
n The D mension 192 contains
auxilary functions as a standard
and built-ln feature.
The need for an "aux cabinet" is
e iminated in most systems.
n Dimmers of different ratings (1.2
2.4, 6.0 & 12.0kW) may be located
anywhere in the rack.
n Three identical control modules
drsplay syster slalus with I L D s
n Plug-in electron c system controls
up to 192 dimmers. Each modu e
controls up to 64 dimmers.
n Spare module provided per system
for emergency backup.
n Maintenance
- fully front
accessible, no side or back access
required.

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o Copyright July 1990 IFF CoLonran, lnc.

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THE RACK B
Bemoveab e ironl pane lor blower
andwrngaccess
Dimmer Modu e S ot
C Lock ng door wth ntegra
e ectrostat c i ter.
D Coftro Modu e w ndow
E Contro Module slol
: Removeable froni panel Ior
wir ng access
G Removeabe pane ior w ring exl
H Femoveab e pafe lor w r ng entrance
(access ble iro.n rack nter or)
2412 Fan erh;rrsr rreA
25 25,
(64 l3 cn.r) (61 26 cm)

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1237'
(31 42 cm)

55 37"
(140 63 cm)

19 0' 26 0"
(66 0a rm)

Spec if ications
OIMENSIOI{ 192 DIMMER BANX & COIITROL ITIODULI
I [4E C HAN CAL
A. 0 mmer Rack sha be free slafd nq dead lr0nt
switchboard fo arqer than 80 (203 2cm) N x lS
(48 3crn) 0 x 26' 166 lcrnl W or multpe wdlhs
thereof house a spec lred equipmeni ll
sltf creft lo
sha be subslanla y lramed w th code-qaLrge lorrned
stee and extruded a uminuan slruclura rnembers and
cornp ele y enc osed wrth code Oauqe sleel or
a um num panels A I slee pa(s sha be p ated
and or pa nled A
exter or surlaces sha be
lnrshed rf lwo tone qrey powder pant
B. Dlmmer Rack sha be conslrucled so as to onv.e-
qu re front access All line oad aid conlr0 w rinq
sha be throuqlr rernovab e condu 1 access panels in
top and boflom lnleT or access lor nsla lat on and
serv ce shal be from the frort lhrouqlr screw down
panels lree of w red dev ces or through thl] re.noval
ol p u! n rnodu es for ease ol access Space lor iu-
lure puO n modues sha/be covered wth pu! n
durnmy modules
C. D nrmer Rack shal b€ desrqned t0 conla n 96 Co onran
Dimens on 192 D mmer lM0du es. excepl l0r lhe l0kW and
12kW D mmer l,lodule wh ch takes up two spaces and 3
Colorlran D mens on 1!2 Conlrol Modlles Each modu €
pos( on shal conla Imodu e suppon ra ls mechanica ly
keyed 10 accepl lhe modu es spec led and d nmer modu e
posrtons sha I be denlriied w th engraved amaco d 0r
pr nled posil on nurnbers. 0immer Module posilrons sha
conta n I al copper bus bar powder conneclors and quad'
sprinq oad€d tln p aled bery I um-copper 'banana p ug
conlr0 c0nnect0rs conf gured 10 acc€pl ihe modules spec '
led Conlr0 l/0dule p0sil0ns shal c0nian !0ld-llashed
pr nled circu t card c0nredors c0nl g!red t0 accepi the
THE CONTROL MODULE.
the brain of the rack system.
IFu ypuq i
] The mod! e contra s a funat ons of o rnnrer
- bus bars and po!,,,er slppy s gfa slalls and
D. 0 mfirer Back slra contarn a conl nuous dLly
sea ed bear n0 ow-no sc sqLirre caqe b ower to
marnia n ihe temperalure of al conponenls al proper
operai nq eve s wlh a I d mmeis under lu I load pro'
v ded amb enl roo.n temperalure does nol exceed
10'C (104'F) Blower shal be acluated 1o turn on and
oil autornat ca y as needed by sens n! tlre presence
or absence ol coniro srqna s Rack sha be prov ded
w(lr an automat c a r-llow sensor to shulofl a dm-
..ers Ln lhe rack sh0u d the a r f ow be irnpeded and
sale operat ng temperalures rn the rack be exceeded
A si0nai shall be provrded by tlre rack lo operate a
remote over ternperalure LED I lhe a r l ow sensor
has shut lhe rack do\'rn A r rnlake sha be througlr
the lront oj lhe rack and exhausled throuqh the 1op oi
the rack
E. D mmer Rack sha I be provided w lh a lwo po ft
ock-
fO ocor lo dery access lo llre modu es
Th s door sha a s0 sea oii tlre a I I ow around the
edqes. forcinq the ntake a r to pass thlouqh lhe rn-
le0ra slal c liter beh fld ts louvered iace F lter
pane s sha b€ eas y removed lrom the back s de ol
lhe door for cleanrng
F. Each plug rn contro modu e sha be assembled on a
lorm€d aumnum chasss al least 090 thck afd
lrfished rn qrey powder Daint The chass s shal iorm
tlre basrc heat s nk lor the modu e and prov de bolh
a r entry rn?afs lhrough lhe ftonl ol lhe module and
llow conlrol lhr0ugh lhe module, The chassts sha
a so iorm the lacepLale lor the rnod! e and lhe
sw tchboard lhat houses 11 and ihe mounl nq means
ior a I componenls Eaclr chass s shall be equ pped
wth a hande for easy tnsenlon and wthdrawal Ex
ceot lor mode se eclor swichino devices. pots and
cofneclors the module sha c0nt? | 0n y so d slate
eeclrca componenls with no movn! palts. Each
m0dLle sha I be labeled w th the manuiaclurer.
catalog fumber and complete ralinq inlormat on
192
the rrodLr c iroflro s a 64
d,m er ocaloris n a v-.rtaa coLrmn Tl'crc
are il'Lrs tirre,o contro 'nodLras per rack
acaess I'm ng and ramp ng as !'r'e as
dccrd ng wh ch channe s er€ d g la "^/h ch are
ana og v/fr ch channc s are cn pan a and doas
: a ,!ih re iab ty
Fronl pafel nd cators sho,"! slatus cf leeder
rack overteano
G, The contro modu e sha be no arger than 2r,! (5 4
cm) H x Tr's" (18l crn) W x ll3!'
(29 S cm) D and
weioh no rnore than 3 4 bs (1 54 kq) l shalcon
tan twa mnimum 062 lhck soderpaled qlass
epoxy pr nt-c rcurl boards wlh p ated-through h.hq
lhal p u0 together for ease ol serv ce The pr nted'
c rcurt card sandw ch sha I be provided wrth gold-
plaled pinled-orcuil card connectors on the rear lor
connect on 1o the swrlchboard bussinq and conlro
term na board. and to lwo sels oi l6 Drmmer lvod-
u e contro conneclors Appeafin0 through and nnt
atlached 10 the iacep ales slral bea s gnal LE0 an
over-temp LED lwa power' LED s whch aso
nd cale whetlrer AC s !rcsent on the sw tch board
buss fO and lwo screwdnver adlustment pots The
top ol the module shal be provided w lh a dusi cover
lo prevefl conlarn nat on of the c {cu I boards and the
facep ate cornponents shall be dent fied wrtlr approp
flale s k screened eqends The Conlro Modules
sha be cornp €te y nlerchan0eable w th llre other
Coflrol lvod! es contained I the safire sw tchboard
rack seclion and shall not be nterchanqeabk with
any ol lhe 0rmmer l',lodules Any contro tnodu es or
olher pr nted c rcu 1 cards that conta n aclive compo
nenls and that do not pug n and/or are behnd
paneLs reqr r n! tools lor rcmova sha nol be ac.
ceptab e
ELECTRICAI
A. Dimmer Rack sha I be d€signed to operale trom lhe
slecrfed votaoe and lype ol eectrca service with
line buss ng sized lor the specif ed ampac iy Al
power afd s qnal connectoG willr n the D mrner Rack
sha be lactory w rcd t0 tubu ar screw terrn nation
points and neaty dressed Adequat€ space shal be
orov ded lor insta lat on tc iie d wir fo per code
B. A auxiliary equipment necessary lor the operat on of
lhe Drmmer Rack under the ntenl ol these specifca
lions shal be iurnished and shall inc ude but not be
lim ted lo over oad and shcrl c rcuit prolect on Al
qlF o 'o to lciar'rg d-c piot,ctol de!ce\
sha be appropraley labeed wlh engraved p astic
rdenlfcalion str ps.
C. D rmer Rack sha be lact0ry-tesled and al prnied-circurl
cards burn€d in at e evaied iemoeral!res and voltaqes lor
a period 0f iour hoLrrs Th€ entne assembly shal be UL
rsred and abeed wlrh a LIL ntefiuptinq ral ng ol 10 000A
i0r Dmmer Banks des gned l0 acc€pt 120V Dmmer
l,ladu es UL iscd WFJX Swilchboards. Fk N0
- H. Ma\ rnum power consurnpl on oJ the Contro Module
84r215(S)
0. The coniro npul s gna lo the Conlrol l\4od! e shall
be per EIA standard RS-422 Thh signal shall be a
mu 1 p exed d g tal conlrol s gna conta ning at least 8
orl( o lp,o r_o'_1dtol lolod!l ol 5'2 drjri-g
conlrol channels updated al least 30 times a second
The Contro l,,lodu e shal be capab e o1 caplurin! the
ntensiry oi any dirnming control channel ava lab e on
the np!1 and decode I lor use by any d mmLng
channel Additjonaly the Control ModLrles shal ac
cepl sx 0 to 'I0VDC lnear analoo conlrol sqnas
with an input rnpedance ol l00k ohrns and ernp oy
lhem lo operate three Dimmer l\4od! es and lhree
parls ol Dimmer ilodules These rnodules shalbe
operated by the d g tal or analoq s qnal dependlng on
the presence or absence of a transler s onal contacl
c osure A second panic signa conlact closure
sha I bypass lhe conlro ol these specia ly des gnated
0 rnrner L4odu es and iorce the r so id state sw tching
P .o
i=--EColortran,ltrc.
Prlnred u.s.A.
modu e(s) on lu
direcl y. The Coilrol l\4odu e shall
be iurnper seeclable to operate Jrom l20V or 240v
AC ines
[. Each 120V conlroLmodu e slral bearecognlzedconrponenl
ol UndeMrilers Laboralor es. and be s0 abe ed Nl',lTR2
Component F € No. E41099(5)
F, When us€d in conjunciion wrth dimrn€r flrodu es
specitied e sewhere, lhe output vollage of each dirn
min! channel sha I r€pealedly respond within 12V to
a 0% lo 100% conlrol slonalwlh a modled square-
aw lransier characterisl c. Th s response sha I rol
e{i ddo b . Jr e. o 0 co.olo. a1d c-d t bp -cens -
tve to the phase frcm whch the control sonal is
lakei. Al dlrnmin0 channe transier characterstics
shal be factory sel wilh no !ser adjustmenls re-
qu red
G. Each conlrol module shalbe proteded againsl over
currenl and shorl-circuil current by 2
lA s o bio
fuses w lh an interrupt nt nq 0l 10 000A.
slrall not exc€ed 20 wat6 per holr
III. OPTI()NAT FEATURES ANI] EOIJIPMEI{T
A. li specif ed, Power Rack sha I be s milar in construc-
tion to the rnrner Rack as specfed in items A..
D
LB. LA. I 8. and I C. above Rack shal contain
al speciied aux rary equ prnenl I specfied. rack
shal incude a maichin! door srn ar lo tern .E.
above but wthout fiter
L I spec iied Backs sha be mechanlcally I nked to-
Cether and complelely inter-connecled to form a
s ngle complete lactory buil and lesled D mrner Bank
assembly Main feeder bussing s m lar to buss nq
specifed in 11 A above wlh an arnpacly as specilied
sha be provided and housed n a Power frack as
spec lied in I I A above
C, I specied. Drnmer Bank blssng shalbe sec-
tiona zed and provided wlh s ver-sand juses to imit
the lault currenls lo 10.000A beyond lhe Jeeder bus
sing
0. ll specif ed, D mmer Bank can receive D[4X 512 protoco
(USTT Slandard)
E. Porlable d mmer racks can be manuiaclured upon request
1015 Cheslnut Sl., Burbank, CA 91506-9983
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40 Commerce Way, Totowa, N.J. 07512
unil 1,400 Matheson Blvd. Easl, Mississauga, ontario L4z 1N8' (416) 890 0935
IV OIJANTITY AND SIZES
A. Provide lhe io own! D mmer Racks:
1. racks lor 192 Dimmer Modules confgured io
accepl the lolowin0l
a. dual 1 2kw, l20V stage/studio 0 mmer
Llodulcs
b. dua 2.4kW. l20V or 2 okw. 240\'
slaqe/stud o 0 mmer/Non Dirn i/odules
c. s nqle 6.0kW. 120V or 5.0kW 240V
stage/stldio 0 rnrner/Non-o rn Modules
d. s nole l2 okw 120V or 10 okw 240V
sta0e/studlo Dirnmer/Non-D rn [4odules
(req! res two rnodu e spaces)
e. dual2 4kW. 120V or 2 OkW, 240V
lrouse ght/worl(light D mmer/Non D m
l\4odLrles (three max rnum for V.A l.e.
pusf)
L sing e 6 OkW 120V or 5.0kW 240V
houselighl/work ighl D mmer/Non 0im
Modu es (three max mum ior lV.A 1.e
plus i.)
g. pair 01 dua 2.4kW. 120V or 2.0kW 240V
houseligh!work ight D mmer/Nof -Dim
l\,4odues (three maximum for V.A 1.0
push)
h. s ng e 6 0kW. l20V or 5 0kW,
240V ho!selighvworkli0hl
Dimmer/Non D rn [,lodu es (three
rnaxirnLrm tor lV A 1 g plus h.)
i. hai rack space lor aLrx ary equipmenl
(requires 96 modu e spaces)
2. racks ior 192 D mmer Modues conligured to
accept the io ow ng:
a. dual ] 2kW, 120V staoe/stud o Dimrner
lvlodu es
b. dual2 4kW, 120V or 2 OkW, 240V
slage/stud o D mmer/Non D m Modu es
c. sing e 6OkW l20Vor50kW,240V
stage/sludio D mmer/Non 0 m Modu es
d. single 12 OkW l20V or 10 okw, 240V
stage/sludio Dimmer/Non-D rn Modules
.
(requires two moduie spaces)
L Prov de the fo ow ng opuoia equlprnent
L oor.r aa(|. 'or du\, iar) pol pn e-'
2. Amp rnain leeder buss ng and faclory
int€r-connect on ol ali racks
3. Lot spec al bussinO and siver-sand lLrses ior
add lional lauli currenl prolection.
(818)843-1200 . FAX: (818) 954-8520
FAX: (201)256-0889
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