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Author Topic: Need help with Interlocking Christie Projectors Daniel W. Skeen Film Handler Posts: 6 From: Yelm, Washington, usa Registered: Apr 2007 posted 04-30-2007 08:37 AM                        I am trying to find info on interlocking Christie GPS 35 projectors. My theater has 8 projectors and I want to interlock 3 of them to show 1 print in three theaters. The automation being used is CA-10. These projectors have been interlocked before, however the only person that has done it here is now gone. The machines are set up for it. [ 04-30-2007, 11:17 AM: Message edited by: Daniel W. Skeen ]  |  IP: Logged Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 04-30-2007 08:56 AM                     Welcome to the club. You need to first change the subject before the Grand Poohie Piggy Winny Ba starts shouting about reading the site policies to something like "Need Help With Interlocking Christie Projectors" Well secondly, state what kind of automation you have on your projectors. Is it the CA21, CA100 or the 3Q. You can see this by what is mounted on the console. The 3Q as far as I know has 2 option switches on. When you switch "option 1" on, each console which has the option 1 switch on and if you have the film threaded properly throughout the projectors you need to interlock, press the start button on any of the projectors which is interlocked and all the projectors should start. Demetris  |  IP: Logged Chad M Calpito Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: San Diego, CA Registered: Apr 2006 posted 04-30-2007 10:29 AM                        Yes, as Demetris has said, welcome to the club. I would also agree with him with regards to the title of this thread & his post. Another piece of advice, if & when you do the interlock, keep a close eye on the entire operation.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 04-30-2007 01:47 PM                     And obviously, if you're relying on your centralized interlocking system, you should make sure that the 3 projectors in question are in the same interlocking zone as each other. Otherwise you'd have to force it by hitting start on all 3 at the same time and pray.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 04-30-2007 01:52 PM                     If you have Christie SLC consoles (Look in your SLC manual for interlock terminations on the TB board section) there are two wires that connects up to the main TB board (forget which terminal numbers) - the main board where the 220v mains goes into - which needs to be in parallel with the other two units.  |  IP: Logged

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