[PLUG-AV] Equipment Boxes, inventory, networking

[Luke John]

Those look awesome and reasonably cheap from Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Lowepro-Fastpack-350-Black-350-Black/dp/B000YIWR8G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394592641&sr=8-1&keywords=TRANSIT+BACKPACK+350AW
On 12/03/2014 10:43 am, "Leon Wright" <techman83 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Lowepro have a bunch of different cases + bags. My main thoughts were to
> make our kit more portable. Currently it fills Nick's entire car and we
> have to rely heavily on a small number of people to store a large amount of
> kit. If it was more portable and we rationalised what we bring, with a bit
> of fore planning we could get a couple of bags out to members in advance of
> an event, which they can just chuck on their backs, rock up and have a
> working setup.
>
> http://www.lowepro.com/
>
> This is the bag I have, but they have plenty of others in the range.
>
> http://store.lowepro.com/backpacks/dslr-video-fastpack-350-aw
>
> Leon
>
>
>
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> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Nick Bannon <nick at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 01:51:57PM +0800, Nick Bannon wrote:
>> > Ingest workstation:
>> >  * Laptop, bag, tally light?, firewire card, cable, camera, PSU, 1x
>> ethernet cable
>> >  * Tripod, powerboard
>> > Speaker ingest also requires:
>> >  * Twinpact, boundary mike, speaker mike
>> >
>> > Leaving the mixing hub:
>> >  * Audio mixer, PSU and cabling
>> >  * plugav1-mix, netinst, encode laptop and bag
>> >  * main network switch and powerboard
>> >
>> > The idea being that these get bundled into an appropriately sized box
>> > or kit and perhaps in a partly connected ready-to-run layout in a custom
>> > foam packing.
>>
>> We've still got standing PLUG committee approval and a few hundred
>> dollars budget to Do Something (tm) along these lines.
>>
>> Leon's got a padded backpack/rucksack in mind, ~$150 each, that would
>> transport a station kit nicely, with a spot for a mid sized tripod
>> (smaller and cheaper than the ones we're mostly using) and room to spare.
>> He's got one of his own to bring along next time. Leon - got a link to
>> see them online?
>>
>> and/or a foam-packed suitcase solution, done right it can be opened and
>> operational, without having to fully unpack it. That would likely be
>> a two part, suitcase+tripod solution. Roughly suitable things might be
>> ~$100 from Repco, Jaycar, Bunnings, etc. Not unlike:
>>         http://www.altronics.com.au/index.asp?area=item&id=T5052
>>
>> Current equipment distribution, correct me if I'm wrong:
>>
>> Leon: plugav1-3 + camera kit + tallylight; Digilent Atlys HDMI2USB
>> Jason?: plugav1-2 + camera kit + tallylight
>> Nick: 2*tripods, everything else
>> Luke: RFID card for PLUG's access to spacecubed.org
>>
>> Nick.
>>
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