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InTech

Batteries Charge Ahead cont'd...
Li-Ion battery is compatible
with Gold Mount camera
plates and Anton/Bauer Li-Ion
chargers.
Two or more PAGlink
batteries, in any state of
charge, can be linked,
combining their capacities and
allowing a higher current to
be drawn. Up to 12 amps can
be supplied for camera setups with multiple accessories.
Individual PAGlink batteries
can deliver up to 10 Amps.
Two
linked
batteries
PAGlink batteries
longer
run-time
can deliver up to 10 Amps provide
than two single packs used
CUE batteries can be used without consecutively.
a standard V-Mount connection if
PAGlink also allows batteries to be
required. The range is fully compatible hot-swapped. It was designed so that
with all Endura V-Mount chargers and 94 watt-hour battery units can be
accessories.
linked to create a high-capacity Li-Ion
power source on location. Linking two
PAG introduced at NAB2014 its HC-PL94T packs creates an 188Wh
Gold Mount compatible high-current battery. The number of Li-Ion batteries
PAGlink battery, a replacement for all above 100 watt hours that can be
Anton/Bauer lithium-ion batteries. The carried on a passenger aircraft is
smaller and lighter PAGlink HC-PL94T restricted to two; while Li-Ion batteries

that have capacities greater than 160
watt-hours are banned from passenger
flights altogether. PAGlink batteries
are unrestricted in quantity by air
transport legislation. PAGlink Gold
Mount chargers will be introduced
this year. PAGlink is also available as a
V-Mount system of batteries, chargers
and accessories.
Pro-X offers a wide range of camera
batteries including the XP-L95RED
V-mount lithium-ion which is IATA
approved. Capacity is 196 watt hours,
charging time is seven to ten hours
and weight is 1.35 kg.

Future Technology
Looking ahead, the increasing use of
lithium-ion batteries in electric and
hybrid cars can only help to advance
both the technology and the costefficiency of mobile power supplies.
Though
pocket-portable
fusion
reactors are not yet a practical option,
let alone a safe one!
Swit's S-8U63 lithium-ion
battery operates with the
Sony viewfinder
indicator

Swit's S-8U63 lithium-ion battery
is designed to power Sony PMW-EX1,
EX1R, EX3, F3, PMW-100/200, PXW-FS7
and PXW-X160/180 camcorders. It can
exchange data with the camera and
display remaining power information
on the camera viewfinder. Features
include a four-level LED power
indicator, 14.4 volt D-tap output and a
5 volt USB power output. Weight is 403
grammes.

Gearhouse Chooses Custom Consoles'
Desks For Australian Open
U

K-based systems integrator
Gearhouse Broadcast chose
Custom Consoles Module-R technical
control furniture for a flyaway
production system to be used at
the 2015 Australian Open tennis
tournament.
"This is a very large and prestigious
contract,"
comments
Gearhouse
Broadcast Managing Director Kevin
Moorhouse.
"The furniture aspect alone includes
26 Custom Consoles Module-R desks
in a wide variety of configurations and
two EditOne desks for the edit suites.
Module-R provided a highly efficient
basis for us to specify a furniture
system which we could confidently
assemble on site.
"It is robust, popular with operators,
and attractively styled. Equally
important, Module-R provides easy
access to equipment and cabling
during installation as well as for any
required technical maintenance. The
EditOne series is flat-packable which
makes it very compact to deliver.
Assembly and equipment integration

are quite straightforward."
"The Australian Open project for
Gearhouse
Broadcast
embraces
a wide range of desk sizes and
configurations," adds Custom Consoles
Sales Manager Gary Fuller.
"The Module-R desks include a
single-operator EVS varispeed-replay
control station, a dual-operator
robotics control desk, senior technical
director
position,
three-operator
camera control desk, a two-operator
quality control desk, three-operator
Rod Laver Arena production control,
a shared two-operator production
control desk for Hisense, Margaret
Court and Courts 2/3, a shared twooperator control desk for Courts 6 and
8, plus a three-operator world feed
production control room desk.
"All 26 Module-R desks have
hard-wearing
grey
Marmoleum
work-surfaces and oak veneer. They
incorporate desktop level 1U-wide
rack-mounting equipment pods with
up to 17U bays. Each of the production
control desks is fitted with an integral
video production mixer. The desks are

The CAD simulation of the
Custom Consoles Module-R
desk installation

variants of our normal Module-R
range. They have the same high
strength and rigidity as the standard
Module-R series but are designed for
easy transport and on-site assembly,"
said Fuller.
A
mix-and-matchable
control
room furniture system, the Custom
Consoles Module-R product range
allows aesthetically attractive and
long-life desks to be configured to
meet specific shapes and dimensions
from a selection of high-quality pods,
base sections, 19-inch rack housings,
worktops, end-panel modules and legs.

Coordinated desk pods are available.
Developed for use in video editing
suites, broadcast graphics areas and
audio studio control rooms, Custom
Consoles EditOne desks go beyond the
traditional rectangular configuration
by using sculpted MDF support panels
rather than metal legs.
The curved theme is carried through
to the desktop and a raised monitor
shelf. Integral equipment pods are
provided. An auxiliary equipment
pedestal with an additional 11U of
rack space and an integral worktop is
available.
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