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InfoTrace RDM System Overview
The heart of the InfoTrace (IT) system is the Net-IT and InfoGate PC or Mac software —
specialized hardware and software that uses the bi-directional communications protocol,
Remote Device Management (RDM), to facilitate remote addressing and diagnostics for
potentially every piece of equipment mounted on a rig. Net-IT works with all Wybron IT
products and all RDM-compatible equipment from any manufacturer.
In addition, any non-RDM equipment can be upgraded with the installation of an
InfoChip. Because InfoGate can work with any equipment, the setup, unit testing, and
troubleshooting for an entire rig can be coordinated from a single laptop.
Wybron's IT equipment (Coloram IT, CXI IT, Eclipse IT, and Nexera) are equipped with
a series of sensors that can relay a wealth of information to InfoGate. These sensors
can detect everything from light, voltage, and current, to fan speed and even gelstring
frame color information.
So while RDM equipment will allow identification and remote addressing, IT equipment
can give more specific status information and warn of potential problems, possibly
averting failures in the middle of a show. If the status of a device indicates any problem,
InfoGate displays an alert with the nature of the problem and the exact location.
Troubleshooting is now done in a fraction of the time.
InfoTrace provides the ability to:
• Automate the setup of DMX addresses – no more manual setting of DIP switches
• Proactively check the condition of equipment before, during and after a show
• Track lamp duty cycles to predict lamp failures before they happen
• Predict maintenance on equipment
• Predict gel replacement prior to degradation
