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For a facility\u00a0designer and\/or installer, it has always been an enigma how best to deal with the 5 wires coming out of a Yellowtec Mika microphone boom with a built in tally light. \u00a0Various methods may \u00a0include:<\/p>\nFor a facility\u00a0designer and\/or installer, it has always been an enigma how best to deal with the 5 wires coming out of a Yellowtec Mika microphone boom with a built in tally light. \u00a0Various methods may \u00a0include:<\/p>\n
All of these methods take a lot of time (Except the Scotch tape method, that one goes pretty fast)<\/em> and none of these are super versatile.\u00a0 While the Mika arms can be ordered with a 5-Pin XLR conveniently preinstalled, connecting them without the Tally Helper 150 would require significant time and effort. Who wants to wire up a mating 5-Pin XLR, build a custom circuit on a perfboard and split out all those wires. Of course, it never looks as neat as you want. Lucky for you we did all the hard work for you! The Tally Helper 150 makes short work of connecting Yellowtec Mic booms.<\/p>\n Tally Helper 150 Shown with Included 5-Pin XLR and Shielded Cat5 Cable. (Axia Adapter not Included)<\/p><\/div>\n A feature of the Mic Booms from Yellowtec is they have both red and white tally indicators, however when installing using traditional wiring methods, you must choose which color will be permanent in your installation. Once again, we have you covered! Both the red and white indicator lights can be controlled simply by choosing the input control bits of the interface. An included power supply provides power for the tally lights as well as the device.<\/p>\n With our interfaces, driving the tallies in an entire studio full of Mika booms can be achieved faster than most engineers can heat up the soldering iron.\u00a0 While the Tally Helper 150 does not solve all of life’s problems, when installing Mika mic booms, it comes pretty darn close! \u00a0Imagine having a nice clean counter-mounted XLR connector just waiting for a Mika 5-Pin XLR to be securely plugged into it.\u00a0 Imagine a shielded RJ-45 cable making a quick and easy conenction to the control box.\u00a0 Imagine convenient screw terminals for the Mic audio to be peeled off toward your favorite mic preamp.\u00a0 Imagine having a power supply that plugs into the device and provide a solid 12 volts of regulated power. \u00a0Imagine an easy RJ-45 connector waiting to be plugged into an Axia GPIO port or Wheatnet Logic port or any standard GPIO type output that provides a closure to ground to activate. \u00a0Imagine being able to decide which GPIO input bit will trigger the red tally and which will trigger the white tally. \u00a0That is quite an imagination, but actually it is all real and ready to help on your next build.<\/p>\n The Tally Helper 150 has the following features:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/notabotyet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/TN150Connections-300x176.png\")
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