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Futronix' scope at Times Square
included lighting controls for the huge Manhattan Ballroom - the
largest pillarless room in Asia - as well as the adjoining Pre-Function
and Conference Boardrooms; all public spaces; hotel lobby and
reception areas, restaurants and cinemas.
The Manhattan Ballroom
installation is notable for several features. Lighting in the
ballroom includes a combination of dimmable cold-cathode lighting,
dimmable fluorescent uplighters, and banks of twin-300W tungsten
halogen downlighters set halfway up the walls in translucent
glass-fronted recesses.
This vast room can be partitioned
into 2-3 smaller Ballrooms, each with its' own control room;
with the Futronix PFX dimmer racks located in 2 separate DB (distribution
board) rooms with input from 3 switchplates located in the
rooms and 3 more in service areas.
Futronix' X-BUS protocol
allows for all power and data to be sent down a single multi-stranded
cable, daisy-chained to each switch plate in turn. As cabling
had to be routed across the ceiling, this enabled a single
cable in excess of 600 m. length to replace 6 separate CAT
5 cables, with the additional benefits of less cabling and installation,
greater reliability due to fewer components and connections,
easier terminations, and more robust cable.
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