single QU24 board with multiple AR84s?

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Hi all. I have a QU-24 board installed in my church. We have two separate stage areas and are considering purchasing two AR84s to increase our available inputs and using a dsnake to ease the wiring requirements. My question is: Can we connect multiple AR84s to a single board by running multiple cat5e cables to a router/switch, and then into the QU-24?

Thanks,

Matt

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dSnake boxes may only be chained through the expander port, an AR84 is always end of the chain. You’ll need an AB168 or AR2412 for the first box.

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Given the price difference it might be same to get a single larger stage box, and run analogue between the stages?

Run some cat5 as well, and you can be flexible later.

All depends on the church layout though…

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Thanks y’all! Are these boxes heat resistant? Could I run analog from the stages up to a box in the attic, and the cat5 back to the board?

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I don’t know how accessible your attic is, but I would always recommend that a patch box be readily accessible. So if your attic isn’t readily accessible then I wouldn’t recommend putting a stage box in it.

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The temperature specs are probably on the A&H site, but electronics always last better when kept cool.

In theory there is no issue with having the stage box hidden and two analogue multicores run out to convenient locations - but if there is an issue it makes it harder to find…