It's stamped DMX.Assuming the 3-pin cable is DMX grade and not microphone cable, this is perfectly acceptable.
It was a custom built star drop. They had power running on pin 4 I believe. The rental 5pin (3pin with the connectors swapped out) didn't work, as soon we put in good quality 5 pin, it worked great.Not just rare, but totally unheard of. We've discussed alternate uses for pins4&5, but I'm certain a fixture "needing all five pins" was never a part of it.
Please prove me wrong.
Thank you. I have heard of, and considered, Pin4power devices, but we were talking data... How about "Non-DMX512 complaint devices don't count"?
Here's one of the more informative discussions https://www.controlbooth.com/threads/saturday-at-namm-live-blog.44989/post-393035 and the next ten or so posts.
Good idea!Sounds good, we'll take my example of needing more than the 3 pins out of the equation. Let me re-phrase my stance.
I think in the OP's situation swapping for 5pin connectors wouldn't be a big deal. Although, I do believe the standard is for all 5 pins to be "utilized"
I personally do think it's worth the time and money to swap them because I HATE using adapters. I feel like you're just adding failure points. From 1 fixture to the next with 5 pin DMX you have 5 failure points: the 2 fixtures DMX ports, the 2 DMX cable connectors and the cable itself. But with the adapters you have 9 failure points in my opinion: the 2 fixtures, the 2 5pin sides of the adapter, the 2 3 pin sides of the adapters, the 2 connectors on the cable and the cable itself.
Since you already have adapters, this work doesn't need to happen all at once. Buy 10 sets of connectors, and swap 1 cable every work call, or show call, when you're already on the clock. That will help with labor costs. After a few months you'll have all your connectors swapped.
Just my opinion.
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