Hello all,
I am working in a space that has two portable 12-dimmer racks and I am trying to add an LED luminaire to the system.
Control:
I am using a computer program called Isadora, which I know quite well, and my Macbook Pro instead of the tiny control console that is in the space. I am interfacing it with the lighting system using a piece of hardware called an ENNTEC USB PRO Mk2, and have been able to successfully been able to control the system with my computer.
Dimmers:
There are two portable 12-dimmer racks. They are ETC Sensor, Model # SP: 1220B (or 122OB?). I cannot find a manual or page for them online, probably because they are very old, (ETC is now on the third generation of their Sensor line).
LED:
The LED luminaire in question is Rosco/The Black Tank's new PICA Cube 4C
Link 1, 2, 3, Gen Manual, 4C Manual
The DMX input for this is Cat5/5e/6, so I have two sets of both male and female Cat5/5e/6 to DMX adaptors.
I have successfully controlled the PICA Cube on its own by plugging it directly into the ENTTEC.
My question:
Do I need a DMX Terminator even though everything seems to be working just fine?
I am not that familiar with the specifics of how to add LEDs to an existing system of dimmers. I gather that I should use a terminator, but I plugged the DMX from the PICA Cube into the "DMX Thru" on the terminal dimmer (and flipped the terminator switch on the back of it the rack from "On" to "Off"), and everything seems to be working fine without a terminator.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Spiro
I am working in a space that has two portable 12-dimmer racks and I am trying to add an LED luminaire to the system.
Control:
I am using a computer program called Isadora, which I know quite well, and my Macbook Pro instead of the tiny control console that is in the space. I am interfacing it with the lighting system using a piece of hardware called an ENNTEC USB PRO Mk2, and have been able to successfully been able to control the system with my computer.
Dimmers:
There are two portable 12-dimmer racks. They are ETC Sensor, Model # SP: 1220B (or 122OB?). I cannot find a manual or page for them online, probably because they are very old, (ETC is now on the third generation of their Sensor line).
LED:
The LED luminaire in question is Rosco/The Black Tank's new PICA Cube 4C
Link 1, 2, 3, Gen Manual, 4C Manual
The DMX input for this is Cat5/5e/6, so I have two sets of both male and female Cat5/5e/6 to DMX adaptors.
I have successfully controlled the PICA Cube on its own by plugging it directly into the ENTTEC.
My question:
Do I need a DMX Terminator even though everything seems to be working just fine?
I am not that familiar with the specifics of how to add LEDs to an existing system of dimmers. I gather that I should use a terminator, but I plugged the DMX from the PICA Cube into the "DMX Thru" on the terminal dimmer (and flipped the terminator switch on the back of it the rack from "On" to "Off"), and everything seems to be working fine without a terminator.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Spiro