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Idea Par Led Zoom RGB
XM368-V1.2 -B
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Please note:
to ensure maximal stability, when the voltage is 120V, only five devices may be connected
together in this manner! From the sixth device, please connect to power supply to get power for the second
link; when the voltage is over 220V, only ten devices may be connected together in this manner! From the
eleventh device, please connect to power supply to get power for the second link.
DMX-512 connection with DMX terminator
For installations where the DMX cable has to run 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 by electrical noise. The DMX terminator is simply an XLR plug with a 120 Ω resistor
connected between pins 2 and 3,which is then plugged into the output XLR socket of the last fixture in the
chain. Please see illustrations below.
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Projector DMX starting address selection
All fixtures should be given a DMX starting address when using a DMX signal, so that the correct fixture
responds to the correct control signals. This digital starting address is the channel number from which the
fixture starts to “listen” to the digital control information sent out from the DMX controller. The allocation of
this starting address is achieved by setting the correct number on the display located on the base of the
device.
You can set the same starting address for all fixtures or a group of fixtures, or make different address for
each fixture individually.
If you set the same address, all the units will start to “listen” to the same control signal from the same
channel number. In other words, changing the settings of one channel will affect all the fixtures
simultaneously.
If you set a different address, each unit will start to “listen” to the channel number you have set, based on
the quantity of control channels of the unit. That means changing the settings of one channel will affect only
the selected fixture.
In the case of the led lighting, which is 8 channels fixture when you select the standard channel mode, you
should set the starting address of the first unit to 1, the second unit to 9(8 + 1), the third unit to 17 (8+ 9),
and so on.
