Inspired by this thread, I just converted an old old Chauvet... wish I had the model.. I stole the control lines from the remote connection.. this one was an older style that used the female version of
a 3 prong
power cord as the
connector. I got the
dmx relay from amazon
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0111QOZXE/?tag=controlbooth-20 Had to buy a
plug in screw
terminal connector for the
dmx side.. since they didn't have screw terminals already like the output side. It's actually 3
channel, but it was cheap and came in a housing rather than bare board.
Had the 12 v
power supply in a drawer at work.. The chauvet control
line was 24 volt. I cut a 3 pin
dmx short cable in half and put the leads into the
dmx inputs. I looked at the pinouts for + - and
ground online for the male
dmx, and I'm not convinced they didn't have the inputs on the
relay mislabled... or I was thinking backward.. anyway first attempt no dice.. swapped the + for - and voila.. status
LED's started working when I plugged into the
dmx.
The chauvet had a convenient little bay to stow it all in (likely where THEIR
dmx module would screw in) Addressing by dip switches, but also has a 10th dip that is test mode where it slowly cycles on and off... so you can test the output before you
tackle the
DMX Not bad to
drop 30 bucks or so to really extend the usefulness of the
unit..
Did I tell you our
stage crews are always fine folk? But I have trust issues.