Networking

Question 1

RESIDUAL CURRENT DEVICE (RCD)

Answer 1

A Safety device that detects the leakage of current to Earth and cuts of power supply.

Question 2

MINIATURE CIRCUIT BREAKER (MCB)

Answer 2

Detects Current exceeding safe levels, and trips cutting power supply.

Question 3

HALF-DUPLEX Cables

Answer 3

Data can only communicate in one direction at a time

Question 4

FULL-DUPLEX cables

Answer 4

Data can communicate in both directions at once

Question 5

DMX (DIGITAL MULTIPLEX) cable

Answer 5

Uni-directional
512 channels per cable, can daisy-chain over 32 devices
1200m maximum length of cable
5 Pin DMX Connector ends

Question 6

ETHERNET cable

Answer 6

Bi-directional
High bandwidth

• RJ45 CONNECTOR
• (NEUTRIK) ETHERCON CONNECTOR

Question 7

RJ45

Answer 7

Ethernet connector

Question 8

ARTNET

Answer 8

A NETWORK PROTOCOL

Sends DMX512 over Ethernet
Multiple controllers
Bandwidth of 30,000 Universes

Question 9

SACN (STREAMING ARCHITECTURE FOR CONTROL NETWORKS)

Answer 9

A NETWORK PROTOCOL

Sends DMX512 over Ethernet
prioritisation
Bandwidth of 63,999 Universes
Has a preview mode

Question 10

RDM (REMOTE DEVICE MANAGEMENT) NET

Answer 10

A network extension of RDM

Question 11

RDM

Answer 11

A protocol enhancement for DMX allowing for bi-directional communication over a single cable