MY BUILD / YOUR STARTING POINT

CUSTOM
RACK PANELS.

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Winston's fly pack with two wireless receivers above a custom rack panel fitted with video, audio, network, and USB connections.
INSIDE THE BUILD01 Custom panel 02 Wireless receiver rack
01

THE CUSTOM PANEL

My panel design and the connectors I use for video, audio, network, and USB.

Start with the panel.

Open my saved design in Penn Elcom’s Panel Designer, then adjust the layout and labels to suit your fly pack.

PENN ELCOM PANEL DESIGNEROpen my custom panelID / 635040-e295c4

The cutout reference shows the IEC 320 inlet, rotated BNC, and XLR D-series shapes.

Close-up of the custom panel's HDMI, monitor, and headphone cutouts and labels.
THE PANEL / BEFORE THE CONNECTORS GO IN
Power inlet and four SDI cutouts on the left side of the custom panel.
Power & SDI
Monitor, headphones, LAN, WAN, and USB cutouts on the right side of the custom panel.
Audio, network & USB
CUTOUT REFERENCEIEC 320 inlet / BNC (rotated) / XLR D-series
Penn Elcom cutout examples: a rectangular IEC 320 inlet, a rotated BNC hole, and an XLR D-series cutout with mounting holes.

THE CONNECTORS

05 PARTS

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01NETWORK
Shielded RJ45

Shielded RJ45

Panel mount connector

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02VIDEO
HDMI pass through

HDMI pass through

D-Type panel mount connector

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03AUDIO
1/4" to 3.5 mm

1/4" to 3.5 mm

Female panel mount to 1/8" female stereo audio

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04USB
USB-C coupler

USB-C coupler

USB 3.1 Type C panel mount coupler

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05SDI
Canare BCJ-JRK

Canare BCJ-JRK

12G-SDI, 75 ohm BNC female-to-female panel mount barrel

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02

GIVE THE RECEIVERS A HOME

WIRELESS RECEIVER RACK

A dedicated panel for the receiver mounts, with room to position them for your build.

Set the spacing for your setup.

My mounting holes are 45 mm apart, center to center. Rearrange the hole positions to best fit your build.

PENN ELCOM PANEL DESIGNEROpen my receiver panelID / 635035-7d7780
MOUNTING HOLE SPACING
45mm
CENTER TO CENTER

Position each pair to match your rail.

RECEIVER PANEL LAYOUTTwo pairs of mounting holes
Wireless receiver rack panel with two pairs of circular mounting holes.

THE MOUNTING HARDWARE

02 PARTS
06MOUNTING
NATO rail

NATO rail

The mounting rail used on my wireless receiver panel.

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07HARDWARE
1/4-20 nut

1/4-20 nut

Hardware for securing the rail to the panel.

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IN THE PANEL DESIGNER

ADDING THE MOUNTING HOLES

01

Choose a custom circle.

In the Custom section, select Circle to add a mounting hole.

Penn Elcom Panel Designer with the Custom section selected and the Circle option visible.
02

Set the diameter to 7 mm.

This is the hole size used in my panel for the 1/4-20 screws.

Circle Dimensions dialog with the diameter set to 7 millimeters.