Harman Martin VC-Strip 90357280, User Manual

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10 VC-Strip Safety and Installation Guide
System installation
Warning! Read “Safety Information” on page 4 of this manual carefully before installing a VC-Strip™
system.
Warning! Connect the VC-Strip™ only to the devices and using only the Martin™ cables specified in
this manual.
Warning! Do not exceed the maximum numbers of devices that can be connected and maximum
cable lengths specified in this manual and the manuals of the other devices in the system.
Important! The VC-Strip is not designed to allow hot-plugging. Shut down power and data before
connecting or disconnecting modules.
The VC-Strip is designed to display either Martin P3™ video or DMX-controlled lighting effects. It
automatically recognizes and responds to either a Martin P3™ or a DMX data signal. The next sections
explain how to create a VC-Strip installation to display P3 video data or DMX-controlled lighting effects.
Installing a P3 system
See Figure 6 for an overview of the elements and layout of a Martin P3™ video display system.
To install a system that displays P3 video on VC-Strips, see the overview in Figure 6 and follow these
directions:
1. Make sure that no devices in the installation can be connected to AC mains power until all installation
work is complete.
2. Read “Safety Information” on page 4 and ”Electrostatic discharge precautions” on page 6.
3. Connect VC-Strip modules together in chains using Martin™ hybrid PCB-to-PCB cables (see ”VC-Strip
to VC-Strip link cables” on page 28). Connect each cable from the THRU connector of one VC-Strip to
the IN connector of the next VC-Strip to create the chain.
Warning! Each chain that is connected to a Martin P3 PowerPort 1500™ may contain up to a maximum
of forty-five (45) VC-Strip 16x1 modules or sixty (60) VC-Strip 8x1 modules.
4. Connect each chain of VC-Strips to one of the four 4-pin female XLR hybrid (48 VDC power + P3 data)
outputs on a P3 PowerPort 1500™ using a Martin™ hybrid 4-pin male XLR to PCB adapter cable, P/N
11840158 (see Figure 5).
5. If necessary, extend the cable by connecting a Martin™ 4-pin XLR hybrid extension cable to the
Hybrid-to-PCB adapter cable so that you can run the hybrid link to the P3 PowerPort 1500. Suitable
extension cables are available from Martin™ in various lengths. See ”Extension cables” on page 28.
6. Create a P3 video data link from a Martin P3™ system controller such as the P3-100™, P3-200™ or P3
PC™ to the P3 PowerPort 1500™ (see the products’ user manuals for details).
7. If required, continue the P3 video data link in a daisy-chain by connecting the P3 data throughput of one
P3 PowerPort 1500™ to the P3 data input of the next, as described in the P3 PowerPort 1500™ user
manual. You can connect up to fifty P3 PowerPort 1500s in a P3 data daisy-chain like this. If you need to
Figure 5: Power and P3 video data input
4-pin male XLR PCB connector
Hybrid-to-PCB adapter cable, P/N 11840158
Insert 4-pin XLR hybrid
extension cable here if you
need to extend the hybrid cable
run
DC power and
data from P3
PowerPort 1500
DC power and
data to VC-Strip
chain