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Special Application Snake · V2

Four lines, one Ethernet run, any mount.

Four lines of analog audio, AES/EBU or DMX down one shielded CAT cable. Run it as a whip today and bolt it into a rack panel tomorrow.

A top-mounted, IP-rated NEUTRIK etherCON pass-through breaks out to four 3- or 5-pin XLRs, so it plugs straight into your analog or digital source. Pair it with a second CAT-SASS-V2 and you send and receive four balanced lines over a single Ethernet run.

The V2 is a ground-up redesign of the body, the mounting and the labeling, and it keeps the connectivity our customers have relied on for years. The heavy folded-steel housing is gone: the whole unit now weighs less than the old housing did on its own.

  • Stage boxes
  • Intercom runs
  • DMX over Ethernet
  • Install wall plates
  • Broadcast
  • 4balanced lines per Ethernet run
  • 3 or 5-pinmale or female XLR, your pick
  • 2.5 ftstandard whip length (approx.)

Whip to rack in about a minute

Two screws off, through the D-hole, two screws back: the same unit goes from loose whip to rack panel.

What's new in V2

  • Lighter than the old shell

    A patent-pending carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer body replaces folded steel. The complete unit weighs less than the old housing alone.

  • Modular mounting

    Use it as a loose whip, or mount it with M3 bolts or sandwich it onto a standard D-hole. Fits most blank D-hole rack panels and wall plates.

  • Route it front or back

    The interior wiring harness separates completely from the pass-through, so the cable can come through the front or the back of the panel.

  • Labels that stay put

    Top and bottom labeling trays, a first for the line, so every unit in the rack says exactly what it carries.

Two CAT-SASS-V2 units mounted through the D-holes of a 1U rack panel, front view with XLR tails

Built for the rack, happy without one

The etherCON pass-through is the mounting point, so the V2 drops into the same D-hole as any panel connector. Out of the rack, it's the same compact whip it has always been.

Mix and match: run a pair of whips for a one-off show, then panel-mount them in the install when the gig becomes permanent.

CAT-SASS-V2 etherCON pass-through with its dust cap open, braided XLR tails behind

Works with what you already run

Analog audio, AES/EBU and DMX all ride the same four pairs, and anything built on 3- or 5-pin XLR plugs in, including ClearCom and other party-line intercom. Use shielded CAT5e, CAT6 or CAT7 between the two ends.

STAGE L 1-4CAT-SASS-V2 · 3PFD
Custom labeling

Your name on the cable

Custom labeling is what makes a cable yours. Tell us what the label should say and we print it and put it on the cable, so the cable that walks off at load-out walks back.

V2 has labeling trays on the top and the bottom of the body.

Specifications

SignalsAnalog audio, AES/EBU (digital audio), DMX (digital lighting)
Circuits4 balanced lines over one shielded CAT cable
Connector ANEUTRIK etherCON pass-through, IP-rated, top-mounted
Connector optionsNEUTRIK XX-series XLR: 3-pin male · 3-pin female · 5-pin male · 5-pin female
MaterialPatent-pending carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer body
MountingLoose whip, M3 bolts, or D-hole sandwich; fits most blank D-hole rack panels and wall plates
LengthWhip approx. 2.5 ft (standard)
LabelingTop and bottom labeling trays
CompatibilityClearCom and other 3- or 5-pin XLR systems
Cable requiredShielded CAT5e, CAT6 or CAT7
Built inGreenbrier, AR, U.S.A.

It takes two: one CAT-SASS-V2 at each end of the run, joined by shielded CAT cable.

  • Hand built in Greenbrier, Arkansas

    Every Custom Shop cable is terminated by our own technicians at our shop in Greenbrier, AR, and tested before it leaves the building.

  • Real people, real answers

    Questions about a length, a pinout or whether it fits your rig? Call or chat with us. You will get a person who builds this stuff, not a script.

Your Cabling, Perfected.

Need a different pinout, longer tails or a full panel built out? Our Custom Shop builds it.

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