We have a couple of the Chauvet Hurricane Hazers. I'm having a weird issue and looking for ideas. The quick problem is that they lose DMX. They will be on, DMX engaged, all working fine, and then randomly the DMX channel starts flashing on the units and they quit working until a power cycle or channel reset.
2 units, SR and SL. Same DMX address. They are on their own universe (on channel 15 (so fan 15 and haze 16).
Soooo... I assumed cable issue the first time it happened. Changed out the DMX cable on the input. Same problem returned. Put a terminator on the 2nd unit. Same problem returned. Changed the DMX cable out between units. Same problem.
Swapped the SR and SL units around, moved the terminator to the last unit (since it was the first unit in the chain). Worked fine for the rest of the day and thru the show.
I marked the original that was on the end so as to know everything worked with it at the end of the chain and for future troubleshooting. Tried it again... this past weekend and same issue. Different console(s), different DMX cables, etc... the only common denominator is the two 4D hazers.
I wasn't there this past weekend but if I understand correctly, unlike what happened with me where the problem happened in sync, in this case one would lose signal but not necessarily the other, but eventually both did lose DMX signal.
I suppose if the IN/OUT are just parallel that if one is spewing bad data it wouldn't matter if it's first or last in line.
So any suggestions what to look for... anything to try... fix... replace?
2 units, SR and SL. Same DMX address. They are on their own universe (on channel 15 (so fan 15 and haze 16).
Soooo... I assumed cable issue the first time it happened. Changed out the DMX cable on the input. Same problem returned. Put a terminator on the 2nd unit. Same problem returned. Changed the DMX cable out between units. Same problem.
Swapped the SR and SL units around, moved the terminator to the last unit (since it was the first unit in the chain). Worked fine for the rest of the day and thru the show.
I marked the original that was on the end so as to know everything worked with it at the end of the chain and for future troubleshooting. Tried it again... this past weekend and same issue. Different console(s), different DMX cables, etc... the only common denominator is the two 4D hazers.
I wasn't there this past weekend but if I understand correctly, unlike what happened with me where the problem happened in sync, in this case one would lose signal but not necessarily the other, but eventually both did lose DMX signal.
I suppose if the IN/OUT are just parallel that if one is spewing bad data it wouldn't matter if it's first or last in line.
So any suggestions what to look for... anything to try... fix... replace?