chanceriehl
Member
OK, I am going to try to describe what's happening here:
I recently bought 12 Elation LED Opti Tri Par Lights. I have them all hooked up now and they are combined with some of the same lights but older models. The older models use 3-pin DMX and the newer ones use 5-Pin DMX. So, I also bought an Elation DMX Branch x4 Booster, so I can split the signal to both. I am sending 5-Pin DMX from my Strand Lighting Consol to the branch booster and from there, I am sending a 5-Pin send to the 5-Pin lights and a 3-Pin send to the 3-Pin lights obviously.
I have them all programmed correctly and they are functioning perfectly. I am alternating DMX addresses on the 2 chains. So the 5-Pin Lights have 2 addresses that alternate fixtures...same for the 3-Pin Lights. Everything is working completely fine...UNTIL I TURN OFF MY CONSOL! When I turn it off, all of the lights go crazy. They are alternating colors, they strobe, and turn on and off. I cannot figure out how to properly terminate this signal. I have placed terminators (Both a 3-Pin and a 5-Pin) at the end of the respective chains and nothing changes. I have set the terminate switch on the branch x 4 booster to terminate and to "link out" and neither of those settings change anything. the only thing I have gotten to work somehow is this: I had an older splitter box that split 5-Pin into 4-Pin. It is a powered box...Whenever I put A 5-Pin DMX cable from the output of the Branch x4 to the input on that old box and plug it in....the lights behave normally when my console turns off. Surely this isn't the only way to fix this issue???? There has to be a way other than keeping an un-necessary box that I am not using just so I can terminate my lines. It doesn't make sense why that would terminate it any way...I also tried putting a standard terminator in that same port and it didn't work.
I know a lot of this doesn't make sense..believe me i know! I have tried everything I know to do. If you have any thoughts at all, I would LOVE to hear them. Let me know if you need clarification on any of this as well. Thanks so much for your help and thoughts. Good luck!
I recently bought 12 Elation LED Opti Tri Par Lights. I have them all hooked up now and they are combined with some of the same lights but older models. The older models use 3-pin DMX and the newer ones use 5-Pin DMX. So, I also bought an Elation DMX Branch x4 Booster, so I can split the signal to both. I am sending 5-Pin DMX from my Strand Lighting Consol to the branch booster and from there, I am sending a 5-Pin send to the 5-Pin lights and a 3-Pin send to the 3-Pin lights obviously.
I have them all programmed correctly and they are functioning perfectly. I am alternating DMX addresses on the 2 chains. So the 5-Pin Lights have 2 addresses that alternate fixtures...same for the 3-Pin Lights. Everything is working completely fine...UNTIL I TURN OFF MY CONSOL! When I turn it off, all of the lights go crazy. They are alternating colors, they strobe, and turn on and off. I cannot figure out how to properly terminate this signal. I have placed terminators (Both a 3-Pin and a 5-Pin) at the end of the respective chains and nothing changes. I have set the terminate switch on the branch x 4 booster to terminate and to "link out" and neither of those settings change anything. the only thing I have gotten to work somehow is this: I had an older splitter box that split 5-Pin into 4-Pin. It is a powered box...Whenever I put A 5-Pin DMX cable from the output of the Branch x4 to the input on that old box and plug it in....the lights behave normally when my console turns off. Surely this isn't the only way to fix this issue???? There has to be a way other than keeping an un-necessary box that I am not using just so I can terminate my lines. It doesn't make sense why that would terminate it any way...I also tried putting a standard terminator in that same port and it didn't work.
I know a lot of this doesn't make sense..believe me i know! I have tried everything I know to do. If you have any thoughts at all, I would LOVE to hear them. Let me know if you need clarification on any of this as well. Thanks so much for your help and thoughts. Good luck!