Cases for Catalyst Systems

[SourceChild]

Gian's cases are impressive.

I am designing a new case with a very small footprint.
The case is large enough for the Mac Pro but on the side of the case I am mounting very small rack mount displays.

For me it is very important to have a small footprint because I usually try to get the roadcase on the airplane with me when I fly to a show.

If you are interested in some of the design ideas I've come up with, contact me.

I'm in Austin, TX ( 5 1 2 ) 4 2 6 - 4 0 0 4

[RedLightning]

I have two built for me by ECM in Toronto Ontario. I will post pictures asap

-s

[bright]

Thanks for both replies. I would be very interested to see the sollutions of both of you :-)

TODD: I really would apreciate if you would share your ideas. My email is t.giegerich (at) bright.de

[SourceChild]

I really would appreciate if you would share your ideas.

I made a few changes and I have been busy working on another project. I will be in touch with you soon once I have ironed out my ideas.

Basically, I am trying to design a roadcase that has a 2' x 2' x 2' cube footprint.

Simon made a comment about "easy to troubleshoot." So I thought more and changed my ideas.

The idea I had was to have an 8-core Mac Pro, 2 TH2G (for 6 outputs), 2 Marshal 3 screen rack LCD, and an easy access port for getting to the VDAs, and converters.

I am still debating on the output signal

• 6 5-wire BNC ports
• 6 DVI Ports
• 6 RJ-45 with internal DVI over ethernet Extenders
• 6 SDI outputs wih 6 internal DVI to SDI converters

The problem is that different people have different capabilities. I prefer using SDI since many projectors have SDI inputs but as a secondary I would prefer DVI and use ethernet extenders.

I am even considering a KVM solution rack with built in 15" Monitors, keyboard and mouse.

Obviously the more devices in the signal path the greater the potential for failure but if I can enhance the efficiency of a system, it is tremendous in value.

This is a subject I would encourage a great deal of feedback on.