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Product code: 55008
DMX Cables
Shielded twisted-pair cables with 5-pin XLR connectors must be used for reliable DMX connection. You
can purchase DMX cables directly from your Highlite International dealer or make your own cables.
If you use XLR audio cables for DMX data transmission, this may lead to signal degradation and unreliable
operation of the DMX network.
When you make your own DMX cables, make sure that you connect the pins and wires correctly as
shown in Fig. 08.
Fig. 08
Universe Numbering
The number of devices that you can control on one data link is limited by the combined number of the
DMX channels of the connected devices and the 512 channels available in one DMX universe.
After the limit of 512 channels is reached, the next device should be set to a universe with a higher
number.
There are 512 channels (1–512) in one universe. 16 consecutive universes (0–15) make up one sub-net. 16
sub-nets (0–15) make up one net. There are in total 128 nets (0–127).
Note:
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In Art-Net, universes are called Port Address and number from 0 to 32767. There are 32768 unique
numbers.
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In sACN, universes number from 1 to 63999. There are 63999 unique numbers. The values of 0 and
64000 to 65535 are reserved for future expansion according to the standard.
15-bit
Port Address
Net
(0–127)
Sub-net
(0–15)
Universe
(0–15)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
2
...
...
...
...
31
0
1
15
32
0
2
0
33
0
2
1
...
...
...
...
126
0
7
14
127
0
7
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