Sommer Cable announced that it is now shipping the new SYSCAT4 cable series, a product family designed to enable the reliable transmission of up to four analog or eight digital AES/EBU or DMX signals over distances of up to 100 meters/110 yards using stage-compatible Cat cables.
At the centre of the SYSCAT4 series is a fan-out adapter that consists of a compact HI-HOUSING metal housing, which contains an integrated EtherCON RJ45 full metal panel jack and a stable cable gland. The adapter is combined with a 50 cm/20 in-long, four-way fan-out made from the flexible SC-Semicolon 2 digital patch cable and equipped with Neutrik or HICON XLR connectors. The channel assignment is clearly labelled on the connectors to help ensure quicker handling.
The SYSCAT4 series also includes matching floor stage boxes with EtherCON NE8FDV connectors, which offer four XLR 3-pin female and male connectors in parallel. There are also 19-inch patch units in the SYSPANEL housing, which enable a high packing density on just 1 U. These offer space for 18 connections (2 x EtherCON NE8FDV <> 2 x 4 x XLR 3-pin female + male in parallel) as well as an additional connection option via the 14-pin flat-ribbon SYSBOXX cable system.
