T Roubleshooting - ACME LED WAVE 100 User Manual

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1. If y ou u sing a c ontroller w ith 5 p ins D MX o utput, y ou n eed t o u se a 5 t o 3 p in a dapter-‐cable.

2. The last units DMX cable has to be terminated with a 120 ohm 1/4W resistor between pin

2(DMX-‐) a nd p in 3 (DMX+) o f a 3 -‐pin X LR-‐plug a nd p lug i t i n t he D MX-‐output o f t he l ast u nit.

3. Connect the unit together in a `daisy chain` by XLR plug from the output of the unit to the

input of the next unit. The cable can not branched or split to a `Y` cable. DMX 512 is a very

high-‐speed s ignal. I nadequate o r d amaged c ables, s oldered j oints o r c orroded c onnectors c an

easily d istort t he s ignal a nd s hut d own t he s ystem.

4. The DMX output and input connectors are pass-‐through to maintain the DMX circuit, when

one o f t he u nits' p ower i s d isconnected.

5. Each fixture unit needs to have an address set to receive the data sent by the controller. The

address n umber i s b etween 0 -‐511 ( usually 0 & 1 a re e qual t o 1 ).

6. The e nd o f t he D MX 5 12 s ystem s hould b e t erminated t o r educe s ignal e rrors.

7. 3 p in X LR c onnectors a re m ore p opular t han 5 p in X LR.

3 p in X LR: P in 1 : G ND, P in 2 : N egative s ignal ( -‐), P in 3 : P ositive s ignal ( +)

5 p in X LR: P in 1 : G ND, P in 2 : N egative s ignal ( -‐), P in 3 : P ositive s ignal ( +),

Pin 4 /Pin 5 : N ot u sed.

5. T roubleshooting

Following a re a f ew c ommon p roblems t hat m ay o ccur d uring o peration. H ere a re s ome

suggestions f or e asy t roubleshooting:

A. T he u nit d oes n ot w ork, n o l ight a nd t he f an d oes n ot w ork

1. Check t he c onnection o f p ower a nd m ain f use.

2. Measure t he m ains v oltage o n t he m ain c onnector.

3. Check t he p ower o n L ED.

B. N ot r esponding t o D MX c ontroller

1. DMX L ED s hould b e o n. I f n ot, c heck D MX c onnectors, c ables t o s ee i f l ink p roperly.

2. If t he D MX L ED i s o n a nd n o r esponse t o t he c hannel, c heck t he a ddress s ettings a nd

DMX p olarity.

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