ICON STAGE USER MANUAL
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6. DMX-512 CONTROL CONNECTION
Connect the provided male side of the XLR cable to the female XLR output of your controller and the
female side of the XLR cable to the male XLR input of the device. You can connect multiple devices
together in a serial fashion. The cable needed should be two core, screened cable with XLR input and
output connectors. Please refer to the diagram below.
Address 69 Address 35 Address 1
7. DMX-512 CONNECTION WITH DMX TERMINATOR
For installations where the DMX cable has to run over a long distance or is in an electrically noisy
environment, such as in a discotheque, it is recommended to use a DMX terminator. This helps in
preventing corruption of the digital control signal caused by electrical noise. The DMX terminator is an XLR
plug with a 120 Ω resistor connected between pins 2 and 3, which is then plugged into the output (female)
XLR socket of the last fixture in the chain. Please see illustrations below.