Re: HELP! Chauvet Obey 40 won't talk to LEDrain 56 cans
Are you sure you have the fixtures in
DMX mode and not some stand alone mode?
I appreciate the helpful suggestions. I'm still stuck. I don't find any "standalone/
DMX"
switch on the LEDrain
PAR 56 fixtures, only a "Auto/Music"
switch, which I've switched to no avail. I also don't find a "
Manual" mode
button on the
DMX controller. I've tried switching
polarity on the Obey 40, and have even tried a different data cable from the controller to the first
fixture. I cannot get the fixtures to respond in any fashion to
channel fader moves from the controller. I have daisy chained the fixtures, set all DIP switches to 1, activated the "
Fixture 1"
button on the controller, and the fixtures just sit there locked on red. I can't even get the downstream fixtures to accept
manual DIP switch setting changes from the first
fixture, when I turn off all the downstream
fixture DIP switches and try to run the lights in "
daisy chain". No data is going downstream, whether from the Obey 40 controller or from the first
fixture. I've also tried sending the
DMX cable to each
fixture alone, with no success. Every time I try something different, I also
switch the
polarity, to be sure that's not the problem. I've re-initialized the controller several times. The only thing that works is making
manual DIP switch changes on each individual
fixture, and then they each do their own thing, with no regard for controller moves. I've been at this for hours, and nothing works! I've been a professional musician for 30 years, have run a 16 can
incandescent light
system, have operated a recording studio, programmed multi-effects units,
etc.,
etc., and I've never encountered such a frustrating gear issue. I'm about to
throw the whole
system out in the street. Any suggestions? I called Chauvet, but they're closed right now. HELP!