[PLUG-AV] Equipment Boxes, inventory, networking

[Leon Wright]

Shipping is usually the issue out of the US, if it's even possible (without
a 3rd party like comGateway).

I used these guys:

http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/

My bag:

http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/prod8268.htm

--
DRM 'manages access' in the same way that jail 'manages freedom.'

# cat /dev/mem | strings | grep -i cats
Damn, my RAM is full of cats... MEOW!!


On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Luke John <email at lukejohn.me> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> DRM 'manages access' in the same way that jail 'manages freedom.'
>>
>> # cat /dev/mem | strings | grep -i cats
>> Damn, my RAM is full of cats... MEOW!!
>>
>>
>> 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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