User Manual
Setting Up
7
2
Connect the data output of the first
RoboColor III controller
to the data input
of the next device. Use the XLR-XLR cable supplied when connecting to
another RoboColor III controller or fixture with Martin polarity (pin 3 cold).
Use a phase-reversing cable when connecting to a DMX device (pin 3 hot).
3
Continue the link this way, connecting output to input (daisy-chaining), until
all units are linked together.
4
Finally, insert a male XLR termination plug in the output socket of the last
unit on the link. Use a 3 pin XLR male plug with a 120
Ω
Ω
Ω
Ω
resistor between pin 2
and 3 (supplied with all Martin controllers).
Important!
Failure to use a termination plug can cause communication errors
between the lighting controller and the units.
Phase-Reversing
Cable
Male
Female
1
2
3
1
2
3
3-pin to 3-pin
Connections
P/N 11820006
Phase-Reversing
Cable
Male
Female
1
2
3
1
2
3
4
5
3-pin to 5-pin
Connections
P/N 11820002
Phase-Reversing
Cable
Male
Female
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
5-pin to 3-pin
Connections
P/N 11820003
Lighting controller
RoboColor III controllers
Insert a termination
plug in the last unit
on the data link.
Use 3 pin XLR/XLR data cables to connect
the units. Pin 1 = screen, pin 2 = signal (+),
pin 3 = signal (-).
