twiceonsundays
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I've recently been introduced to the idea that one should run a speperate data line for each fixture type in a rig to avoid data issues. Meaning that if you hung a pipe as follows
Mac 2k .... Luster .... Mac 2k .... TW1 .... Luster .... TW1 .... Mac 2k
You would have three lines of data running down the pipe, 1 for Mac 2ks, 1 for lusters, and 1 for TW1s.
I've never heard this before, and I'm extremly skeptical. Is there anything to this idea? It seems to me like it might be a hold over from back in the early days of the DMX protocol when some manufacturers were using the second twisted pair to send non-DMX data between their controllers and equipment?
Mac 2k .... Luster .... Mac 2k .... TW1 .... Luster .... TW1 .... Mac 2k
You would have three lines of data running down the pipe, 1 for Mac 2ks, 1 for lusters, and 1 for TW1s.
I've never heard this before, and I'm extremly skeptical. Is there anything to this idea? It seems to me like it might be a hold over from back in the early days of the DMX protocol when some manufacturers were using the second twisted pair to send non-DMX data between their controllers and equipment?