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Author Topic: Raven Automation (eck!) Chris Trainor unregistered posted 05-30-1999 01:32 AM              Heya, I got a old crap Raven PAC1 automation box and am having some trouble... after a while, it just thinks the failsafe tripped... i've checked all the obvious, like connections, etc... It also runs for a random amount of time before dying... but it definatly dies because it thinks the failsafe has been tripped. Brad Miller unregistered posted 05-30-1999 01:33 AM              I've never seen a Raven automation. Wish I could help. How many screens are we talking about here? One? Eight? If it is only one or two, perhaps we could just set you up with a better system, new or used? There's got to be someone out there who has worked with these! If so, please post. Gordon McLeod unregistered posted 05-30-1999 01:34 AM              The Raven Pac automation (also the EDLO or the Ballantyne SPA6) uses a unijunction transistor timer and eventually they need to be replaced. Also the older sensafe eventually developed shorts in it that caused intemitent shutdowns. They now offer a proximity cue type with IR sensors That usually cures the problem. I have installed hundreds of their automations and they seem to stand up well over time gordon mcleod Chris Trainor unregistered posted 05-30-1999 01:34 AM              : I've never seen a Raven automation. Wish I could help. : Your better off. :-) : How many screens are we talking about here? One? Eight? : If it is only one or two, perhaps we could just set you u just one... my personal screening room. Brad Miller unregistered posted 05-30-1999 01:35 AM              This should be easy. #1 Junk your Raven. #2 What would you like your "new" system to be capable of doing? Chris Trainor unregistered posted 05-30-1999 01:35 AM              : This should be easy. : : #1 Junk your Raven. Heh, always a good idea... but I was cheap and wanted to try to fix it. Then again, I could probably build a new unit from scratch in the amount of time it would take for me t figure out how to fix this beast. : : #2 What would you like your "new" system to be capable of : doing? Failsafe.... that's about it. Doing neat stuff like having start and stop buttons and being able to play with quetape would be nice, but #1 is failsafe, and cut power to the lamp. (or if I can get a zipper for a Simplex E7 have it trigger the zipper instead of killing the lamp). Brad Miller unregistered posted 05-30-1999 01:36 AM              That'll be easy. Give me a couple of days and I will find you something basic, cheap and reliable. I will contact you directly through email. Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-04-1999 11:36 PM                     The Raven Mini-PEC automation manual will be posted soon on the Adobe Manual Downloads.  |  IP: Logged

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