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SHOWCASE - Times Square in Kuala Lumpur (cont'd)

Futronix' scope at Times Square included dimmers for the huge Manhattan Ballroom – the largest pillarless room in Asia – as well as the adjoining Pre-Function and Conference Boardrooms; all public spaces; hotel lobby and reception areas, restaurants and cinemas.

The Manhattan Ballroom installation is notable for several features. Lighting in the ballroom includes a combination of dimmable cold-cathode lighting, dimmable fluorescent uplighters, and banks of twin-300W tungsten halogen downlighters set halfway up the walls in translucent glass-fronted recesses.

This vast room can be partitioned into 2-3 smaller Ballrooms, each with its' own control room; with the Futronix PFX dimmer racks located in 2 separate DB (distribution board) rooms with input from 3 switchplates located in the rooms and 3 more in service areas.

Futronix' X-BUS protocol allows for all power and data to be sent down a single multi-stranded cable, daisy-chained to each switch plate in turn. As cabling had to be routed across the ceiling, this enabled a single cable in excess of 600 m. length to replace 6 separate CAT 5 cables, with the additional benefits of less cabling and installation, greater reliability due to fewer components and connections, easier terminations, and more robust cable.

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The Manhattan Ballroom is the largest pillarless room in Asia - Futronix
dimmer systems greatly simplified cabling and installation