Okay, So I've come across a little problem.
And yall are all probably gonna laugh at me
So I've been designing for this show, and I got everything set up how I wanted it. But the other day, I say an "output" for dmx. And I knew the facility already had some rotators, but no power supply. I (the theatre) had some money to spend, and I figured hey, why not get the power supply and throw these bad boys up there on the first electric right?
So I did. :-D
Problem: I was installing them today. And well, it was a mis-read. DMX INPUT not OUTPUT. So I can hook up a board from backstage but I cant run annything with DMX without running a new cable.
So I've been trying to trouble shoot all day, trying to figure out a solution before I get my butt chewed out because I spent some money for nothing. And I had two ideas. One was run a dmx up to the catwalk. Which would be easy, but if I can do plan B, that'd be my preference.
Plan B, So, my sound board has a snake running from the board and some of the inputs are backstage, perfectly located where I would love to have dmx. So I was wondering, If i have a 5 pin output, could I get a converter to make it 3 pin, run it through the 3pin XLR, then convert it back to 5 pin on stage and hook it up the power supply?
Maybe?
And also, I noticed theres no DMX output on the power supply (Apollo Smart Power 75w), so does that mean this should go last in my chain? I cant hook up anything AFTER the supply?
I know this was a long way of putting it, but I appreciate the help guys!
And yall are all probably gonna laugh at me
So I've been designing for this show, and I got everything set up how I wanted it. But the other day, I say an "output" for dmx. And I knew the facility already had some rotators, but no power supply. I (the theatre) had some money to spend, and I figured hey, why not get the power supply and throw these bad boys up there on the first electric right?
So I did. :-D
Problem: I was installing them today. And well, it was a mis-read. DMX INPUT not OUTPUT. So I can hook up a board from backstage but I cant run annything with DMX without running a new cable.
So I've been trying to trouble shoot all day, trying to figure out a solution before I get my butt chewed out because I spent some money for nothing. And I had two ideas. One was run a dmx up to the catwalk. Which would be easy, but if I can do plan B, that'd be my preference.
Plan B, So, my sound board has a snake running from the board and some of the inputs are backstage, perfectly located where I would love to have dmx. So I was wondering, If i have a 5 pin output, could I get a converter to make it 3 pin, run it through the 3pin XLR, then convert it back to 5 pin on stage and hook it up the power supply?
Maybe?
And also, I noticed theres no DMX output on the power supply (Apollo Smart Power 75w), so does that mean this should go last in my chain? I cant hook up anything AFTER the supply?
I know this was a long way of putting it, but I appreciate the help guys!