AV Project Pro: Cable & Rack

AV Project Pro is a field tool for audio-visual integrators. Survey the site, quote the job, build the cable list, plan the racks, run the FAT and SAT, and hand over clean paperwork, all on the phone in your pocket. No account, no sign-in, and it keeps working with no signal.

BUILT AROUND THE CABLE LIST

Every project holds a full cable build list, a real cut sheet and not a notes app. Pick the cable type and the specific cable, then set both ends properly: gendered connectors with drill-down families, ferrule end types with wire size and conductor count, per-end heatshrink (length, size and colour), collar heatshrink, jacket colour, quantity and length each. Connector line-art appears in the picker and again on the printed pull list, so the person cutting cable sees the same icon you did. Copy a cable to make the next one faster.

PLAN THE RACK BEFORE YOU LOAD IT

Racks, gear and distribution boxes stay with the project. Answer depth, power plug and rack screws per piece of gear and the rack totals the power connectors, circuits and screws for the build, with RU, amps and heat worked out as you go. Outlets belong to the PDU, so adding a PDU adds its outlets to the test sheet. Front and rear rack elevations print to scale.

THE WHOLE JOB, START TO FINISH

Site survey with follow-up questions and photos. Quote and scope of work, priced from the job itself with a price book that remembers your prices, labour lines, and cable by the foot or by the spool or box. A timeline whose lines can link to the FAT, SAT, install list or cable list and show their progress. Inputs and input distribution, output and field distribution, end devices, wall plates, stage boxes and floor boxes. Network switch port maps with VLANs and PoE. Dante mapping and video routing. One job-wide programming list of checks. Pre-install reminders with tool and consumable pick lists, then an install list you tick and photograph on site. A generated system overview for training. Checklists, photos and documents kept with the job, and a Back to Warehouse block that accounts for everything that came back.

ACCEPTANCE TESTING

FAT and SAT documents are built from the racks and gear you already entered, opened one section at a time so a 250-row job stays usable. Type readings, tick checks and attach photos, then print a sheet ready for a client signature.

DRAWINGS

Draw your own line drawings on a bordered sheet with a title block. Add devices from the project with their inputs and outputs as pins, then tap pin to pin to connect them.

CREW TASKS

Send a crew member the cable runs, racks or install items to do. They open it in the app, tick each item, add a note and a photo, and send it back. Their results land on your job.

HAND-OFF THAT LOOKS PROFESSIONAL

Project PDF with the sections you choose, Detailed or Compact templates, Letter or A4, Prepared For and Prepared By contact cards with saved presets, an optional logo header and your notes. The fabrication sheet can carry a true-scale heatshrink ruler for a page printed at 100%. Drawings print as a PDF set or save as an SVG file for Visio. Send the whole project as a file another copy of AV Project Pro opens as a working job.

FREE AND PRO

All of the data entry above is free, with a banner ad on the project list, the project screen and Settings only, never on the forms you type into. A one-time Pro purchase unlocks the deliverables: every PDF export and preview, the quote and FAT/SAT reports, drawing sets and SVG files, the project file, and sending crew tasks. Pro also puts your company name and slogan in the PDF footer and removes ads. A crew member sending a task back never needs Pro.

WORKS THE WAY A JOB SITE WORKS

Projects are stored on the device and filed into folders or archived when the job is done. Imperial or metric units. No account, nothing to sign in to, and no signal needed in a mechanical room with no bars.

Built with a working AV technician, against real installs.