MOTM

> From: "David Bivins" <david@...>
> 
> Serious question, and not meant to offend: has anyone found their
patching
> has gotten faster or better using color coded jacks? I understand
> color-coded cables (though I only color code cables for length), but
jacks?
> Seems like once you know the module, you would know where things go, and
> there is a label for each input and output...
> 
> Like I said--no offense meant!

None taken here Dave.  You may have missed the origin of where this
discussion started some time ago.  Color coding of jacks was an alternative
for homebrew multiples as an easy way to see what jack was connected to
what.  For example, all the reds are one group, all the blues another, etc.
 One advantage of a system like this is flexibility.  It would let you have
multiples connected that might not actually be adjacent 1/4 jacks.  And, if
you had a 1U or 2U panel that was blank, you could mark your multiples
without any painting on the front.  Plus, if you decided six months after
you started using it that one of the multiples needed "one more" jack
attached, you could do so, robbing it from another and indicate the rear
connections by simply changing the color of the washer on the front.

My MOTM multiple will be a single row of 1/4 jacks 48 jacks long that runs
the length of my case horizontally between two rows of MOTM modules (24
single units wide).  I cannot be certain how I will need the multiples, so,
I will leave that flexible by marking them with colored washers.

Larry H.