This illustration shows using a single Br-EFB as the ‘DMX-512 ‘Master’,
and a Sd-25 w/DMX, DAC-Quad, Br-miniBrick8 and a SER-DMX as
DMX-512 ‘Slaves’.
Almost any other piece of GilderGear, or any intelligent lights, dimmers,
strobes, smog machines or other pieces of DMX-512 compatible
equipment can be used as the ‘slaves’
.
The first link uses a standard CAT-5 (or better) ethernet cable to
connect the Br-EFB to the Sd-25 w/DMX. The Ethernet cable has RJ-45
connectors on both ends. The DMX-512 connectors on the Br-EFB are
interchangeable, so the DMX-512 can come from either of the DMX-512
connectors.
Like the Br-EFB, the Sd-25 w/DMX has interchangeable 'DMX-512 in'
and 'DMX-512 thru' connections. The DAC-Quad, Br-miniBrick8 and a
SER-DMX have the DMX-512 inputs on their screw terminals. In this
example, the cable that connects from the Sd-25 has an RJ-45 on one
end, and bare wires on the other to connect to the DAC-Quad. A shielded
twisted pair of wires is used for connecting the remaining controllers.
The downstream 'dimmers, lights, Smog Machines, etc.' will most likely
use either three or five pin XLR connectors, so the appropriate connectors
would be added to the end of the cable to connect to them.
If you are connecting multiple DAC-Quad, Br-miniBrick8 and a
SER-DMX (or other GilderGear) as ‘Slaves’, you will want to use the
DMX-512 ‘input’ for connecting the downstream units as well. This is
because the they will receive and verify each frame of data completely
before retransmitting it out the DMX-512 output pins. This delays the
retransmission slightly, which can become noticeable if running through
several units.
All the equipment on the DMX-512 network can be in one cabinet or
control room, but are more commonly distributed throughout the
installation. This allows the individual controllers to be prewired to
whatever they are controlling and completely pretested before the
installation even starts. During installation, instead of running hundreds (or
thousands) of wires to each control point, a single DMX-512 network is
daisy-chained through each local controller.
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1 Most modern DMX-512 equipment will allow you to attach up to 256 ‘Slaves’ to a network. Some older gear limited you to 32 or
64 ‘Slaves’ on a DMX-512 line. You can use a isolated DMX-512 buffer or DMX-512 splitter to allow you to attach any number of
DMX-512 ‘Slaves’ to a system, until you have used up all 512 channels of the data that can be sent down one DMX-512 network.