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5-PIN AND 3-PIN CONVERSION
PLANET uses 3-pin XLR plug / socket. If your controller uses 5-pin XLR plug / socket, you
should convert 5-pin plug / socket into 3-pin socket / plug as shown below.
DMX TERMINATOR
In the Controller mode or
Master/Slave mode, the
DMX output has to be
connected with a DMX
terminator at the last fixture
in the chain. This prevents
electrical noise from
disturbing and corrupting
the DMX control signals.
The DMX terminator is simply an XLR connector with a 120
Ω
(ohm) resistor connected
across pins 2 and 3, which is then plugged into the output socket on the last projector in the
chain. The connections are illustrated above.
Without using a controller, many projectors can run synchronously in the Master/Slave mode by
linking them with each other.
Select one projector as the master with setting the DMX start address at random. Regard the
other projectors as the slaves setting all DMX start address “001”.
Connect the master’
s output to the first slave’
s input, and connect the first slave’
s output to the
second slave’
s input. The rest may be deduced by analogy. Eventually connect the last slave’
s
output to a DMX terminator as shown in the figure below.
MASTER / SLAVE MODE
