Isolation Day 40: I Want a Broadcast Truck – Part 2

Lets Finish The Trailer

So I’ve done a bit more research in order to finish off the planning stage of this project.

Air Conditioning

So first things first it’s going to get a bit warm in the trailer without some cooling. Whilst looking for air-conditioning solutions I came across the Truma Aventa Compact Plus Caravan Air-Con units. They seem like pretty simple units to install too, though they need to be installed by a professional due to the gasses used for the cooling.

I’m thinking of including two of these in the plan, one at the front to cool the crew and one at the back to cool the gear and possibly even the sound engineer. I have a feeling that most of the time I”ll only need the one but it’s better to be safe than sorry during a hot summer.

Power

I’m going to need to run ton of power through out the trailer not only for the gear but also for the people using it and bringing their own devices.

I’ve decided that all user accruable sockets will have USB charging available so we are not wasting outputs with power adaptors, though I’d imagine a few will still be needed for iPad and such like that require more than the standard 5w you get in USB. I’ve gone with 20 of these for now, though I’ll probably need a few more.

When it comes to trailer lighting I’m going to be 4″ down lights from Zemismart above each station mounted into the ceiling. As these smart lights can run the MQTT protocol it does mean I’lll have to setup Home Assistant with an MQTT server and maybe spend a day programming but it does give a bit more flexibility when it comes to control.

I’ll also be adding some control panels throughout the trailer to control the lights and sockets. I’m looking at placing smart switches through out the trailer so each station has control over their light and power. These Sonoff controllers give eight button that can all be customised (well once they’ve been flashed) So I can set scenes for the lights and add control for each of the sockets.

I’m also going to be needing a boat load of cable to wire the trailer. So I’ll be adding some CAT6, 1.5mm & 2.5mm Twin & Earth and XLR Cables.

Video & Networking update

So I’ve changed my mind about running fibre for all of the video and networking. It’s bloody expensive I’ve saved close to £10,000 by running 7 15M LC Patch leads and running CAT6 cable instead. The main problem is the cost of media converters, LC connections and the fibre tool kit.

The rack panel at each station hasn’t changed and will still have the same connecters it’s jus the cabling that will be different. It’s going to be a lot of fun terminating so much SDI and CAT6 but once it is done the flexibility of each station will more than make up for it.

The (Mostly) Final Total

So I think I’ve actually covered everything this time but once again I’m pretty sure I’ve missed a couple of the small things. But for now let’s have a look at the complete price list including all of these new items.

Item	Price	Qty	Cost
Ifor Williams Business Inabox Trailer (estimated)	£20,120.00	1	£20,120.00
Tesla Power Wall	£7,750.00	2	£15,500.00
43” UHD TV	£240.26	2	£480.52
28” UHD TV	£249.00	7	£1,743.00
VESA Mount	£21.99	5	£109.95
Vesa Mount Arm	£71.20	4	£284.80
4K KVM	£129.99	7	£909.93
Mac mini (3.0 GHZ 6 Core, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 10Gb Ethernet)	£1,399.00	7	£9,793.00
Keyboard and Mouse	£34.99	7	£244.93
Fibre to SDI Converter	£157.00	25	£3,925.00
HDMI to SDI Converter	£188.99	4	£755.96
VoIP Phone	£60.00	10	£600.00
LS9-32	£6,940.80	1	£6,940.80
Yamaha MY16-AUD2	£693.00	1	£693.00
Yamaha Rio3224-D2 Stagebox	£6,999.00	1	£6,999.00
Lumens VC-A61PB PTZ Camera	£2,340.00	4	£9,360.00
Lumens VS-KB30 Camera Controller	£1,554.00	1	£1,554.00
Lumens VC-AC06 Cable Extender	£84.00	5	£420.00
8 Pin Mini Din Cable	£6.52	5	£32.60
39U Server Rack	£564.00	1	£564.00
The t.racks VM-100 Volt Meter	£41.00	4	£164.00
BMD ATEM 4 M/E Switcher	£5,852.52	1	£5,852.52
BMD Teranex AV Converter	£1,657.80	3	£4,973.40
BMD Talkback Converter 4k	£2,439.72	2	£4,879.44
BMD 12G SFP Optical Module	£269.99	32	£8,639.68
BMD Videohub 40X40	£2,943.00	1	£2,943.00
BMD HyperDeck Studio 12G	£1,542.00	1	£1,542.00
BMD MultiDock 10G	£594.00	4	£2,376.00
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB SSD	£214.80	18	£3,866.40
BMD Multiview 4K	£479.00	6	£2,874.00
BMD Teranex Mii Rack Shelf	£85.00	3	£255.00
BMD SmartView 4K	£934.00	1	£934.00
UniFi Dream Machine Pro	£362.92	1	£362.92
UniFi Switch 16 XG	£562.10	1	£562.10
USW-24-POE Gen2	£355.62	2	£711.24
UniFi AC Mesh AP (5 Pack)	£450.22	1	£450.22
4U Hackintosh Server	£2,500.00	1	£2,500.00
Mac Mini Server Rack	£180.00	4	£720.00
QNAP SFP+ to Thunderbolt 3 Converter	£177.99	7	£1,245.93
24 Fibre MTP Trunk – 500m (Method B, OS1/2, 24 Ferule)	£1,072.80	2	£2,145.60
Lite Linke 6 Slot 19” Chassis, 1U	£70.80	2	£141.60
Lite Linke 24 Way Cassette (1x24f MTP to LC OS1)	£298.32	4	£1,193.28
Millenium MS8 Microphone Splitter	£67.00	6	£402.00
Blackmagic URSA Broadcast & Fuji LA16 Lens	£7,153.92	6	£42,923.52
URSA Mini Should Mount Kit	£388.00	6	£2,328.00
BMD Ursa VLock Battery Plate	£95.99	6	£575.94
IDX Duo-C198 & VL-4SE Charger	£2,581.20	3	£7,743.60
BMD URSA Studio Viewfinder	£1,942.92	6	£11,657.52
BMD OLED URSA Viewfinder	£1,710.00	6	£10,260.00
Sandisk 256GB CFast Card	£399.00	12	£4,788.00
Camera C15P AL MS System	£1,792.42	6	£10,754.52
100M Simple Mode Fibre Cable (LC-LC)	£26.67	16	£426.72
Truma Aventa Compact Plus	£2,245.00	2	£4,490.00
Zemismart 4 “ RGBCW LED Down Light	£20.54	8	£164.32
Ener-J 2 Gang 13 Amp Socket with USB	£39.99	20	£799.80
Sonoff Remote Controller	£15.01	8	£120.08
Sonoff RF BRidge	£11.24	2	£22.48
2.5mm T+E Cable 50m	£23.49	2	£46.98
1.5mm T+E Cable 50m	£19.49	2	£38.98
12 Way Duel RCB Consumer Unit	£56.60	1	£56.60
XLR Cable 100M	£82.80	3	£248.40
XLR Male Connector	£2.40	20	£48.00
XLR Male Rack Connector	£3.25	20	£65.00
XLR Female Connector	£2.75	20	£55.00
XLR Female Rack Connector	£3.33	20	£66.60
SDI Cable 305M	£994.00	2	£1,988.00
SDI Connector	£2.81	500	£1,405.00
SDI Rack Connector	£7.10	50	£355.00
SDI Crimp Tool	£180.95	1	£180.95
UniFi CAT 6 Cable 305M	£234.02	2	£468.04
CAT6 Plugs	£54.00	2	£108.00
CAT6 Rack Connector	£11.90	20	£238.00
CAT6 24 Port Patch Panel	£54.00	3	£162.00
Fibre Optic Cable 15M	£35.00	14	£490.00
Fibre Optic Cable 2M	£35.00	20	£700.00
LC Rack Mount	£66.00	20	£1,320.00
LC Patch Panel	£48.00	1	£48.00
10 XLR Rack Panel	£11.20	7	£78.40
Total			£235,986.27

So defiantly not a cheap setup then and there’s still one extra cost to be added too. A Car to tow the trailer, but that’s a post for another time. For your money though I think this would be pretty good value for money. Yeah I could choose different cameras and knock between ten and fifteen grand off the price but when your spending this much already it doesn’t make much of a difference, in my opinion.

So what do you think of my trailer? Would you do something different? Would you like to find my trailer for nothing in return? Let me know in the comments bellow, unless you are serious about buying this for me then drop me a message on the contact form.