The architect of our project just had the electrician call me with a question I don't have the answer to, and neither does he, so I'll throw it out to the experts.
If the DMX signal runs to an active splitter but only three of the four outputs are in use, should the fourth output be terminated?
If there are both 3 and 5 pin outputs on the splitter, should any unused output be terminated?
If the lighting instrument has both 3 and 5 pin on it, do you terminate both?
Do you terminate a wall jack that isn't in use?
My brain is melting from all the specifications I'm trying to read through on other things and I can't think straight at the moment. My initial thoughts are that the only thing that needs to be terminated is the last instrument, but if it has both 3 and 5 pin, whatever line you're using would be what needs to be terminated as you wouldn't use both for any reason, but then I thought if we ran a 5 pin in but a 3 pin out to the next instrument that's only 3 pin, would I need to terminate the 5 pin at instrument 1 and then terminate the 3 pin on instrument 2? Sorry I'm having mental problems, maybe they switched my coffee to decaf...
If the DMX signal runs to an active splitter but only three of the four outputs are in use, should the fourth output be terminated?
If there are both 3 and 5 pin outputs on the splitter, should any unused output be terminated?
If the lighting instrument has both 3 and 5 pin on it, do you terminate both?
Do you terminate a wall jack that isn't in use?
My brain is melting from all the specifications I'm trying to read through on other things and I can't think straight at the moment. My initial thoughts are that the only thing that needs to be terminated is the last instrument, but if it has both 3 and 5 pin, whatever line you're using would be what needs to be terminated as you wouldn't use both for any reason, but then I thought if we ran a 5 pin in but a 3 pin out to the next instrument that's only 3 pin, would I need to terminate the 5 pin at instrument 1 and then terminate the 3 pin on instrument 2? Sorry I'm having mental problems, maybe they switched my coffee to decaf...