S6L fiber vs ethercon

[Rockpolice]

Hi,

We're using 150m fibers for connecting the stage rack(s) to the foh-console and we've used ethercon to connect everything else in the system: control surface to engines, mon- engine to stage racks and linking stage racks, so all the short cables. Is there a reason they should be changed to fiber or is everything fine like this? Everything has worked without any glitches but just wanted to check.

Ilkka

[Valentyn]

Originally Posted by Rockpolice

Is there a reason they should be changed to fiber or is everything fine like this?

I don't think you need to change anything. Fiber is a solution for long distances, otherwise good wire is ok.

[hugolarin]

Totally fine. A shared media scenario is no problem


Hugo Larin, VENUS | S6L ACSR

[RyanJ]

it's A-Okay to use fiber for some portions of the system and ethernet for others, I imagine that in most cases console to engine will be ethernet run, and the run to stage racks may be fiber.