today I want to present you the new Pangolin
laser a media dock 5.5. To run the laser show you need
much more than only the laser output. You need professional audio,
you need SMPTE time code, you need media, like DMX to control
your lighting.
MIDI to connect your controllers, so
when you set up all this things on your table,
with your laptop, you have a lot of
USB hubs. You have a lot of cable,
you have a lot of single items all around.
And that is, was the idea to built
a complete housing enclosure
19-inch professional housing with all this
items inside in one box. So
let's have a look onto the front panel. On the left side
we have the audio control and
here you have the volume control, to control the volume of the headphone,
of this small speaker. Sometimes you don't have
monitor speaker on your site, so it's quite helpful to have a small speaker.
To have maybe the preview for the customer. And you have the headphone
connection and you have the control
for mono and stereo switch. Sometimes people give you only
a sum with the one-line only.
So in this case you can output mono signal.
On the right side, you have the security features
like the key switch and the emergency button. The system
is in standby when it shows you the red LED.
Once you turn on the
key switch, it is giving you power
on the external connector that powers the laser.
Once you push the emergency button,
the power is off. You have to
release it and you have to reactivate it
by the key switch again. Welcome to the center of the box.
This is so very nice feature of the laser media dock.
You can slide in your time code
or FB3 boxes. So depending on the size of your show, you
just configure your system, put it inside,
it is connected. Connect your USB cable,
put in front the acrylic plate,
so it cannot go out. So this is a transparent glass window, gives you the
access for the view inside, for the look inside.
So you can see the complete status of your FB3 boards
and the time code. Okay time to have a look on to the back side of the system.
On the left side you see here, the
power out and input.
This is by a Neutrik professional connectors,
capable of handling up to 20 amps. So
this is so good to connect a lot of lasers on the output.
That is controlled by the via relay
by the security switch from the front.
Here you find the USB inputs
coming from your laptop. Those as well
we use the Neutrik connectors, so you cannot
pull out the a USB cables.
We have one input USB for the FB3 boards only,
to have a really reliable system. And
another one only for all the other devices.
On this section, you see a lot of
DB-25 connectors. This is two
ILDA outputs each
FB3 box. So you can connect
two separate projectors from one FB3 board.
On this position you will find the
SMPTE time code input and outputs via RCA
connectors. More to the right,
we find a USB. Just to connect other devices or maybe a lamp,
or connect just your iPhone for charging.
Up you find
MIDI in and out. This is two MIDI in and
two MIDI out. It is self configured.
On the right side, you have DMX
512 output, And
here, this is a very nice feature. You have
audio out, with a integrated DI box.
So it is isolated and symmetric already.
No need to connect a external DI-box.
In the center here, you find the ground lift
button. So when you want to run your
system, the only thing that you have to do is just to
connect your two USB cables.
Connect your power.
Thats it.
So and you see a complete laser show control system.
With the Pangolin laser media dock 5.5.
for beyond. Having 5 ILDA outputs,
MIDI, SMPTE and DMX.