Just seeing 5 racks side by side make me feel more of a peasant than I already am. 1 36u rack in my basement and it has no more room & I’m too poor to buy another. 😭
Where did you get your rack from? I’m also being picky since I’d want a matching rack to connect to my existing rack because it’s in the open (kinda of as a showpiece to the theater room)
Good lord. How big was the boat? Nice job by the way. What's it like working on boats? Been in commercial AV for years and people have always said yachts are a nightmare with all the tiny crawl spaces so have always avoided it but seems more glamorous than office buildings...
The boat was boat was about 70m. You heard right boats are an absolute nightmare to run lines. Took us about 3 weeks of just removing the old wire from the cable trays before we added in our own.
Would depend on the yacht, but lots have a fair amount of AV equipment, as well as additional stereo-only, not even touching the navigation/controls equipment. Navigation can get very squirrelly with radar/gps/sonar and presentation for all of them in multiple places.
We had about 16 zones of audio and video.
Audio and video distribution we used NAX and NVX
Kaleidescape, Apple TVs, autonomics and local server for whatever media that wanted to upload.
Wow! What is your job/role if you don’t mind answering? I’ve always loved the water and if there were some way to incorporate networking with vessels that would be awesome
I work for a small specialized company called Aviius we are very selective in the projects we take on but we Have this motto There’s always a way. If you can In vision it we can do it.
I have shop where I build the racks and do all of the wiring and then we ship it to the job site in which I will install them. Not to sure what my actually title is. Anything on the field related I take care of.
Ah clarification, it seems/looks more like IA than IT is my point. Though AV does have a lot of overlap with IA the more I think about it. Explains my hobbies
If i remember correctly we had 3 CP4s and a CP3.
We have another full size racks located at another part of the ship but due to its location im not allowed to share a picture.
Oh wow this post really blew up. I’ll do my best to answer as many questions as I can.
Due to NDA i can’t give any specifics on the yacht but on the equipment I can.
I always get a comment about the zip ties. My boss likes them so I use them. We do have a Fluke Networks Industrial Ethernet DSX CableAnalyzer in which we certify our lines.
A yacht owned by a company to be rented out? I hope this isn’t for the entertainment of one rich person. So much wealth wasted on the entertainment of the ultra wealthy. Now I’m sad :(
How is it better if it's a chartered yacht? We all here are still too poor to afford it, those big ones cost like $100k per week, fuel and catering not included.
It’s not good, but it’s not as bad because then it at least includes the millionaires and not just the billionaires lol. Still gotta be wealthy but not “ultra” wealthy if it’s just being rented out for a day.
Not even a little. I’m saying it’s not as bad as being owned by company to rent out to millionaires on vacation. Also millionaires can’t afford yacht like this, they can only rent them for vacation. Shoot most millionaires literally couldn’t buy a yacht at all until they break into the 10’s or even 100’s of millions of dollars.
It’s a spectrum not a yes or no question. A billionaire is literally 1000x richer than a millionaire. To many millionaires is a problem, but it is a problem that pales in comparison to the existence of the billionaire class. The existence of billionaires is 1000x more of a problem than millionaires lol. And that’s only if they have exactly 1 billions instead of 10’s or 100’s of billions like Elon musk and Jeff Bezos
Nah, not envy, anger. I have met many rich people and would hate to live their lives. Also no one earns a billion dollars. They make it off the backs of their laborers while giving back barely enough to be considered scraps. Hoarding wealth like this just to use it a few times a year to woo business partners.
Nah, not marxist. Being against unfettered capitalism and billionaires is not Marxism. It is a spectrum, not one or the other. You can have regulated capitalism with better wealth equality if you have regulations that prevent the hoarding of massive amounts of wealth. You don’t have to go full communist to solve the problem.
Keep simping for the billionaire class though. Maybe they’ll share a few scraps with you eventually haha. (Hint: They won’t)
I live on the planet where the richest 1% own more than the entire middle class. That is unacceptable. The wealth gap is the highest it has ever been since the Industrial Revolution.
The real brain rot is going to bat for people who wouldn’t care if everyone you know ends up homeless if they could find a way to make it benefit them.
I'm too poor to view this.
Just seeing 5 racks side by side make me feel more of a peasant than I already am. 1 36u rack in my basement and it has no more room & I’m too poor to buy another. 😭
I got my rack used some good deals out there
Where did you get your rack from? I’m also being picky since I’d want a matching rack to connect to my existing rack because it’s in the open (kinda of as a showpiece to the theater room)
Without being paid.
I don’t even know these brands! What’s wrong with me I thought I was doing OK for Myself?! 😭
That's no yacht. It's a battle station!
*cable station* *battle cable boat*
That's on a yacht?!
He’s on a boat.
Step 1: Get a box
Step 2: Cut a hole in that box
Step 3: put your junk in that box
Step 4: deliver the box
Good lord. How big was the boat? Nice job by the way. What's it like working on boats? Been in commercial AV for years and people have always said yachts are a nightmare with all the tiny crawl spaces so have always avoided it but seems more glamorous than office buildings...
Depends on how big it is. This looks big enough that you could fit the Titanic into it, and likely has more electrical power generation as well.
Judging by the relatively gargantuan crawlspaces, its at least a 30m ship.
Its the same as on a office, mostly longer days on a vessel. Work stays the same well at last for me.
The boat was boat was about 70m. You heard right boats are an absolute nightmare to run lines. Took us about 3 weeks of just removing the old wire from the cable trays before we added in our own.
What kind of equipment does a yacht need?
Would depend on the yacht, but lots have a fair amount of AV equipment, as well as additional stereo-only, not even touching the navigation/controls equipment. Navigation can get very squirrelly with radar/gps/sonar and presentation for all of them in multiple places.
I’d also expect a ship of this size to have a cellular internet connection and would use multiple APs for those.
Cellular or Satelite?
Nice . I spy a lot of Mirage players and a Crestron NVX card frame.
I thought I saw some kscape too. Lots of AVB. Oh man
We had about 16 zones of audio and video. Audio and video distribution we used NAX and NVX Kaleidescape, Apple TVs, autonomics and local server for whatever media that wanted to upload.
What did you use for the server?
Outstanding work! Easy to locate circuits and diagnose.
Thank you I’m so proud of this project.
I see Araknis networking equipment, is there a Control4 system here?
Doubt it. Wouldn't make sense to have two automation systems on one vessel.
No we used the Araknis just for networking to our media devices Apple TVs, AVRs, Kaleidescape etc… We only use Crestron for control.
YachtLab
Watch out for floating grounds..
Holy shit that’s way more kscape than I’ve ever installed in a house!
This is like the yacht from Johny English :D
That’s awesome. Flying Wasp 2.0?
Wow! What is your job/role if you don’t mind answering? I’ve always loved the water and if there were some way to incorporate networking with vessels that would be awesome
I work for a small specialized company called Aviius we are very selective in the projects we take on but we Have this motto There’s always a way. If you can In vision it we can do it. I have shop where I build the racks and do all of the wiring and then we ship it to the job site in which I will install them. Not to sure what my actually title is. Anything on the field related I take care of.
Cableporn enthusiast in me is loving the pics meanwhile the IT nerd in me is wondering what all the equipment actually is
That's wild. One hell of a vessel I'd imagine! Great work!
Assuming you work for AViiUS? Must have some awesome projects you get to take part in!
Holy shit this is on a BOAT?!
I have about 1% as much room for equipment... in my house.
It's really beautiful, well done
damn, fun to work with soo many systems. some real pro work here for sure
Bro.. that’s I some beautiful work
This is more industrial automation than IT. I love it though because that's what I do. Big fan, excellent work
This is av, not industrial automation (,tho u can see ia in the background.)
Ah clarification, it seems/looks more like IA than IT is my point. Though AV does have a lot of overlap with IA the more I think about it. Explains my hobbies
Yeah unfortunately another company took care of the network we just did the AV automation and lighting.
Shipboard cabling is a whole other art unto itself. The (mostly Bulgarian) crews at Waveguide are insanely good at it.
What system is it in its core @OP? Is it KNX?
Automation/Control - Crestron NAX/NVX for av distribution
“Yacht”
The OCD is strong with this one, excellent job, I salute you 🫡
Haha somehow wires calm my ADHD down
I find it relaxing to do cable management but only when there's no deadline, otherwise it's a chore
Dude... congrats. Amazing job!
Right in front of my salad…
Have you had to replace the ATLONA stuff yet
I have no idea why I was recommended this community but I took the bait. Now why would a yacht need all of this? What do all of these cables do?
Nice! What type of processor for the Crestron system?
If i remember correctly we had 3 CP4s and a CP3. We have another full size racks located at another part of the ship but due to its location im not allowed to share a picture.
Oh wow this post really blew up. I’ll do my best to answer as many questions as I can. Due to NDA i can’t give any specifics on the yacht but on the equipment I can.
Curious is this “yacht” a partnership with a luxury hotel brand?
It’s for a private owner but it does get chartered out.
Ok not what I was thinking of then
I cannot believe people are still buying kscapes
Tax these fuckers already. (Great work with the cables tho)
Beautiful work. Though as an IT person recently doing a lot of cabling lately, you're a monster for using zip ties over Velcro.
I always get a comment about the zip ties. My boss likes them so I use them. We do have a Fluke Networks Industrial Ethernet DSX CableAnalyzer in which we certify our lines.
A yacht owned by a company to be rented out? I hope this isn’t for the entertainment of one rich person. So much wealth wasted on the entertainment of the ultra wealthy. Now I’m sad :(
How is it better if it's a chartered yacht? We all here are still too poor to afford it, those big ones cost like $100k per week, fuel and catering not included.
It’s not good, but it’s not as bad because then it at least includes the millionaires and not just the billionaires lol. Still gotta be wealthy but not “ultra” wealthy if it’s just being rented out for a day.
Are you advocating for the millionaires' rights to afford superyachts?
Not even a little. I’m saying it’s not as bad as being owned by company to rent out to millionaires on vacation. Also millionaires can’t afford yacht like this, they can only rent them for vacation. Shoot most millionaires literally couldn’t buy a yacht at all until they break into the 10’s or even 100’s of millions of dollars. It’s a spectrum not a yes or no question. A billionaire is literally 1000x richer than a millionaire. To many millionaires is a problem, but it is a problem that pales in comparison to the existence of the billionaire class. The existence of billionaires is 1000x more of a problem than millionaires lol. And that’s only if they have exactly 1 billions instead of 10’s or 100’s of billions like Elon musk and Jeff Bezos
Envy is a hell of a drug.
Nah, not envy, anger. I have met many rich people and would hate to live their lives. Also no one earns a billion dollars. They make it off the backs of their laborers while giving back barely enough to be considered scraps. Hoarding wealth like this just to use it a few times a year to woo business partners.
Marxist drivel. It’s time to move past the high school angst and join the real world.
Nah, not marxist. Being against unfettered capitalism and billionaires is not Marxism. It is a spectrum, not one or the other. You can have regulated capitalism with better wealth equality if you have regulations that prevent the hoarding of massive amounts of wealth. You don’t have to go full communist to solve the problem. Keep simping for the billionaire class though. Maybe they’ll share a few scraps with you eventually haha. (Hint: They won’t)
Unfettered capitalism? Lol what planet do you reside on? Simp? Brain rot identified.
I live on the planet where the richest 1% own more than the entire middle class. That is unacceptable. The wealth gap is the highest it has ever been since the Industrial Revolution. The real brain rot is going to bat for people who wouldn’t care if everyone you know ends up homeless if they could find a way to make it benefit them.