addressing my dimmex 24-1
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Do you have an actual EDI Dimmex 24-1 View attachment DimmexPacks.pdf or was that a typo?
First, you need an adapter, 5-3, which would plug into the "DMX out" port on your dimmer. Then you'd run 3pin XLR DMX512 cable (not mic cable) to the first LED strip, and daisy chain until the last one. Into the DMX out of the last fixture, you'd plug in a Terminator, DMX. Make sure the "Terminate? switch" on the dimmer pack is off (if it has one--I don't think yours does).
As for how to address the fixtures, if you currently have no DMX devices other than the dimmer pack, you'd set your first fixture to 025. Read the owner's manual (or post the exact make and model of the fixtures here) to determine how many channels each fixture uses. For example, if the fixtures use six channels each, they'd be addressed as 025, 31, 37, 43 and so on. To set a fixture's DMX address, there is probably an LED screen on the fixture, and four buttons: Menu, Enter, Up, Down. Again, tell us make and model and we can help better.
Note that all of the above is only for control. We haven't looked at power yet. The power for the LED fixtures should not be plugged into your dimmers, but need regular, undimmed 120V AC, probably from a wall outlet.
Next is how to patch them into the control console. We can't answer that until we know the make and model of your console.
First, you need an adapter, 5-3, which would plug into the "DMX out" port on your dimmer. Then you'd run 3pin XLR DMX512 cable (not mic cable) to the first LED strip, and daisy chain until the last one. Into the DMX out of the last fixture, you'd plug in a Terminator, DMX. Make sure the "Terminate? switch" on the dimmer pack is off (if it has one--I don't think yours does).
As for how to address the fixtures, if you currently have no DMX devices other than the dimmer pack, you'd set your first fixture to 025. Read the owner's manual (or post the exact make and model of the fixtures here) to determine how many channels each fixture uses. For example, if the fixtures use six channels each, they'd be addressed as 025, 31, 37, 43 and so on. To set a fixture's DMX address, there is probably an LED screen on the fixture, and four buttons: Menu, Enter, Up, Down. Again, tell us make and model and we can help better.
Note that all of the above is only for control. We haven't looked at power yet. The power for the LED fixtures should not be plugged into your dimmers, but need regular, undimmed 120V AC, probably from a wall outlet.
Next is how to patch them into the control console. We can't answer that until we know the make and model of your console.
ElectroCarp
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What make and model strip lights do you have?
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