
One Church Home in Fairview, Tennessee, underscores the deep impact that the best AVL technology can have on a ministry and how important it is to support that technology with properly detailed power infrastructure.
Integrated Production Solutions (IPS), a company that excels in both production and AV integration, ensured One Church Home was ready to open its doors with comprehensive audio, video, and lighting. For audio, the church has a d&b audio system, including Yi8 and Yi12 line arrays, KSL subs, 44S fills, and 40D and 10D amplifiers, all managed through a DiGiCo SD10 digital mixing console. QSC handles the distributed audio with Q-SYS control. Lighting is managed through a GrandMA 3 Compact lighting console and Elation Fuze pendant house lights, while the video setup features Blackmagic Design URSA Broadcast G2 cameras with Fujinon XA20 lenses, URSA studio viewfinder G2, ATEM 2ME Switcher, ATEM CCU, and a squareV Vi 2.9 LED wall.
With such a robust system, power sequencing and management were paramount. The church needed the ability to sequence on and off and control a large amount of power for these systems from multiple locations within the church — the control room, front of house, and electrical room. To ensure their new home was equipped with reliable power control and management, One Church Home IPS turned to LynTec’s power control solutions to deliver dependable, streamlined operation for the church’s AVL systems.
A power control and distribution system purpose-built for AVL can reduce the wear and tear that happens when users use their breaker panel to turn systems off — a practice that organizations aren’t aware can have costly consequences. It also prevents systems from being left on, which can generate continuous heat that can damage equipment. Finally, it protects equipment from power surges.
LynTec’s power control solutions are the chosen solution for many houses of worship; IPS has standardized on the platform. For One Church Home, the company installed a 65-breaker LynTec RPC and two XRS-20 for remote power sequencing.
The RPC is LynTec’s flagship power control and distribution solution. Based on the G3 Powerlink hardware platform by Square D and engineered to simplify audio, video, and lighting buildouts by accelerating the installation process, LynTec’s RPC power control panels decrease operating costs with simple wiring that allows electricians to quickly and easily complete the install, eliminating the need to install a separate relay panel. Available with 30 to 84 controllable breakers per panel, the comprehensive power control solution provides additional circuitswitching control capabilities in the same enclosure and grants flexible lighting control across multiple zones and control protocols, including HTTP, Telnet, sACN, DMX, RS-232, or contact closure control systems.
When it comes to properly sequencing systems, IPS knew how vital LynTec is to systems operation. Sequencing is an important step in production. For example, if an amplifier isn’t sequenced on after the mixer, the loudspeakers could be damaged. Just one circuit turned on out of sequence could translate to expensive repairs for a system. LynTec ensures every piece of audio equipment is powered on in the proper order and mitigates start-up inrush currents from electronics, including video walls.
With LynTec’s web-enabled control and monitoring, every circuit of the church’s system can have its own delay setting. With the push of one button, the crew can power on every piece of equipment in exactly the right order with the correct delay settings.
The web-enabled control and current monitoring within LynTec GUI provides power and energy data on branch circuits and mains, giving the operator an accurate and intelligent view of capacity, energy use, and reliability. For ultimate monitoring and control flexibility, RPC panels are compatible with popular control systems, including QSC. The RPC also features brown-out protection, automatically shutting down selected circuits during over- and undervoltage situations and powering up as programmed when voltage stability is restored.
The greater purpose of all this stability is how it impacts the AVL systems and the worship experience as a whole.
“Threading that needle is the thing that matters most to me,” said Ian Gilchrist, Senior Pastor at One Church Home. “That [the congregation] be impacted by what God’s doing, by appropriately hearing, seeing, and experiencing what we’re trying to do here, without being distracted by the noise.