GHSStageManager
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First, some background. The wall plug for my school's DMX line into the dimmers actually fell out of the wall years ago, so what we have started doing is to simply pick up the wall plug, place it near the board, and then connect the board to the plug. Lazy, yes. Irresponsible, yes - but it worked for the while it had to. Recently, the board no longer controls the lighting system - and what do you know, the red wire was disconnected from the wall plug and the black wire was on its way out.
So, thinking I found the problem, I set about to re-solder the data wires to the wall plug. Well, easier said than done. When testing the connections (with no input from the board), all I did was touch the red wire to its pin, and the lights would come to up to full. I would break the connection, and the lights would stay on for another second. Then, I made a quick physical connection with the red and black wires to their pins, and attempted to control the lights from the board. While the lights did come up, the board had absolutely no say on their intensity or the like.
What could this be? For reference, the board is a NSI MC 7524 with mostly ETC S4 jrs for fixtures.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
So, thinking I found the problem, I set about to re-solder the data wires to the wall plug. Well, easier said than done. When testing the connections (with no input from the board), all I did was touch the red wire to its pin, and the lights would come to up to full. I would break the connection, and the lights would stay on for another second. Then, I made a quick physical connection with the red and black wires to their pins, and attempted to control the lights from the board. While the lights did come up, the board had absolutely no say on their intensity or the like.
What could this be? For reference, the board is a NSI MC 7524 with mostly ETC S4 jrs for fixtures.
Any help is greatly appreciated!