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Re: Field Electronics
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Originally Posted by rsisk View Post
The scoring panels this year were running what looked like a version of Windows. An application would launch to all the scores to be entered via touch screen. These were then connected via ethernet cable to the ethernet switch in the SCC.

There were also a pair of DMX boxes controlling the lights in the tower. A harness of wires from two towers were run to the DMX box. I'm sure the harness contained wires for the lights at the base and the top as well as the signal switch at the top of the tower. The DMX boxes were connected to the SCC ethernet switch as well. The DMX boxes were also linked to each other via a 75' ethernet cable.
The lights at the base of the tower were connected to the DMX Controller. The AB Signal Lights and the trigger at the top of the tower were all harnessed together and connected to another AB ArmorBlock I/O Controller.

As far as the PanelView Application for the scorers, it is a program that was built in AB's FactoryTalk View.
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