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Illumisphere 50
Product code: 41123
DMX Linking
To connect multiple devices on one DMX data link, follow the steps below:
Use a 3-pin DMX cable to connect the DMX OUT connector of the lighting controller to the DMX IN
connector of the first device.
Connect the first device’s DMX OUT connector to the second device’s DMX IN connector. You can
use an extension cable in case the non-detachable cables are too short.
Repeat step 2 to connect all devices in a daisy-chain as shown in Fig. 08.
Connect a DMX terminator (120 Ω resistor) to the DMX OUT connector of the last device on the data
link.
Fig. 08
DMX Addressing
In a setup with multiple devices, make sure that you set the DMX starting address of each device
correctly. The Illumisphere 50 has 4 personalities: 1 channel, 4 channels, 6 channels and 8 channels.
If you want to connect multiple devices on one data link and use them in 8-channel mode, for example,
proceed as follows:
Set the starting address of the 1
st
device on the data link to 1 (001).
Set the starting address of the 2
nd
device on the data link to 9 (009), as 1 + 8 = 9.
Set the starting address of the 3
rd
device on the data link to 17 (017) as 9 + 8 = 17.
Continue assigning the starting addresses of the remaining devices by adding each time 8 to the
previous number.
Make sure that you do not have any overlapping channels in order to control each Illumisphere 50
correctly. If two or more devices are addressed similarly, they will work similarly.
