AES Pacific NW Section Meeting Notice

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Around the Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

NOTE: anyone can attend this meeting regardless of their status as an AES member.
AES MEMBERSHIP IS NOT REQUIRED.

Notice of Elections

We will elect our Section officers and committee members at start of the June Meeting. If you are an AES Member or AES Associate Member, you may vote in this election. Even if you can't attend the entire June meeting, please arrive at 10:30am so that you can vote. Note that you can also vote by mail.

Slate of Candidates

Everything* You Need To Know About Using Ethernet Cable For Portable Audio

An All-Day, In-Depth Workshop

Presented by

Dan Mortensen

and

AES Pacific Northwest Section

Saturday, June 1st, 2013, 10:30am until at least 4pm

Raisbeck Hall, Cornish College

Directions to Raisbeck Hall

What do all those CATegory cable numbers mean? How are they different from one another? Does it matter if you use this one instead of that one? How well do they hold up to repeated deployment? Can you do anything to them while in use that will cause a disruption in your signal transfer? If so, how can you avoid doing that thing? Is it hard to put those little connectors on them? How well do those little connectors stand up to normal use/abuse? How is an Ethernet cable's performance measured, qualified, and quantified? Two of our presenters will bring Fluke DTX-1800 network cable analyzers so we can characterize the various cables on hand.

You are encouraged to bring your own ethernet cables for non-destructive testing. It appears that many CAT6 cables do not meet the CAT6 standard.

If you have devices that use audio over Ethernet, we encourage you to bring those as well, so that we can compare the robustness of the data transfer among devices.

The first half or so of our day will be spent answering these questions and others like them, and the second half we will use a variety of CAT cables with multiple digital consoles and try to interrupt the data stream, so that we can understand what is tolerable and what will cause a real problem for you at your event.**

While we intend to test the limits of environmental and circumstantial factors on Ethernet cables, it is not our intention to harm any cables during the course of our testing.

Our intention IS to take advantage of the many smart and experienced people we have in our Section, and to have everyone present share their knowledge with the group in a roundtable fashion. There are several knowledgeable people specifically invited and confirmed to attend at the time of this writing (5/7), and more names will be added soon.

So far, the list includes:

Stephen H. Lampen, CBRE, RCDD, Technology Specialist, Multimedia Products, Belden Electronics
Mac Perkins, Pacific Studios
Fred Forsell, Forsell Technologies
Rick Rodriguez, Fluke Corp
Kurt Denke, Blue Jeans Cable
John DiNicola and Steve Young, Product Support, Music Group, Behringer
Jeff Gerson, Gerson Power and Light
Moderator: Dan Mortensen, Dansound Inc., PNW AES Section Committeemember, and digital console owner

Please keep checking this page, as more information will be added as it becomes available. This workshop will be available as a live stream on the Internet by invitation. Respond to by May 26 if you want to see what's going on but can't physically be there. Spaces are limited.

As with all our meetings, admission is free and open to all interested people. We will have a lunch break, with either food you've brought for yourself or takeout from nearby, and can do a dinner break if we get going. Ideally, these breaks will be for personal networking as well.

* "Everything" is a big word; we'll present as much as can be fit into the day, which could extend into the evening if we wish. This should be a unique and informative event.
** Our Moderator has specific experience in this area.

Dave Tosti-Lane
AES PNW 2012-2013 Section Chair

n.b. The material presented at our meetings is the opinion of the presenter and not necessarily that of the Society. You are encouraged to conduct your own research and to form your own opinions before adopting the presented material as Truth.

Our meetings are open to anyone interested in Audio. AES membership is NOT required for you to attend our meetings.

2012-13 Officers
Chairman Dave Tosti-Lane	Vice-Chairman Greg Mauser	Secretary Gary Louie	Treasurer David Franzwa	At Large: Aurika Hays, Membership Rick Chinn, Webmaster	Refer to the Officers and Committee contact list for contact information.
Program Committee
Committee 1 Bob Smith	Committee 2 Mark Rogers	Committee 3 Scott Mehrens	Committee 4 Greg Mauser	Committee 5 Rob Baum	Committee 6 JJ Johnston	Committee 7 Dan Mortensen (1-yr term)	Committee 8 Dr. Ivan Tashev	Committee 9 Dr. Michael Matesky	Commmittee 10 Rich Williams

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