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9. Electric Connection
a) DMX Connection
When you want to control the device via a DMX-controller, it must be connected as follows.
You can operate a maximum of 32 devices in a DMX chain without overloading the controller.
The maximum total length of the DMX chain should not exceed 500 m.
Use of XLR microphone cables may cause interferences in the DMX signal transmission. In this case,
please use special DMX high-frequency cables.
Only connect the device to a DMX controller with a DMX-512 protocol.
• Connect the port DMX 3PIN IN (3) or the port DMX 5PIN IN (5) with the output of the DMX controller.
The connection you use depends on the connection standard of your DMX controller (3-pin or 5-pin). Never
use both ports at the same time.
• The DMX controller must have 3 free control channels.
• If you want to use several devices in the DMX chain, connect the connection DMX 3PIN OUT (4) or
DMX 5PIN OUT (6) to the DMX input of the following device.
• Proceed accordingly with all other devices of the DMX chain.