[SML] Failing CD80 rack

[Stephen Litterst]

It depends on what era of CD-80 you have.  The Supervisor racks I had in my last venue had two parts to the processor — the removable processor you can swap easily, and the sled it fits into.  First step would be to write down your settings on all the racks, and then try swapping the removable processor to see if the problem stays with the rack, or moves to the new rack.

Either way, you’re still going to want to reach out to Strand Support to see if they can send you a loaner processor so you can send yours in.  

Steve L.

Stephen Litterst
ETCP - Certified Entertainment Electrician
slitterst at gmail.com



> On Nov 17, 2021, at 1:41 PM, Andrew Vance via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> 
> The space I'm working in has five racks of CD80s [I know], and one
> appears to be failing. Rack 2 keeps going into panic mode and the
> active processor LED goes dark. After a few seconds [or minutes at
> times], it returns to normal. Following advice from the internet, I
> reset power to the rack, which seems to work for awhile. This behavior
> occurs whether the lightboard is on or off. But its intermittent,
> meaning it occurred yesterday morning, but was fine the rest of the
> day. Then it started happening again this morning.
> So my questions are: Anything I can do to mitigate this situation? I
> fear its the control card failing. Does anyone have a spare control
> card [or two] laying around that I could beg/borrow/buy off you? [Im
> located in LA if that helps.]
> 
> Thoughts?
> --
> Sincerely,
> 
> Andrew Vance
> Lighting Designer
> 
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