Setting Up The Link; Figure 2-5 Xlr 5-Pin Connector; Figure 2-6 Linking Dl.1 Fixtures - High End Systems DL.1 User Manual

with a voltage/ohm meter (VOM) to verify correct polarity and to make sure that the
negative and positive pins are not grounded or shorted to the shield or to each other.
Caution: Do not connect anything to the ground lug on the XLR
connectors. Do not connect or allow contact between the
common (cable shield) and the fixture's chassis ground.
Grounding the common could cause a ground loop and/or erratic
behavior.
Common
(cable shield)
1
2
negative
3
(data
complement)
positive
(data true)
Male XLR Connector
*This data line is not used by the fixture, but allows data to pass through the fixture.

Setting up the Link

To link one or
more fixtures to
a DMX control-
ler as shown in
Figure 2-6:
1. Connect a
DMX Data
cable's male
XLR con-
nector to a
controller's
DMX Data
Out connector .
2. Connect the Data cable's female XLR connector to the Data In connector of the
first (or next) fixture on the DMX link.
3. Continue linking the remaining fixtures connecting a cable from the Data Out
connector of each fixture to the Data In connector of the next fixture on the link.
2-8 Setup and Configuration
Grounding lug (inside XLR shell)
5
positive
4
(data true)*
negative
(data complement)*

Figure 2-5 XLR 5-pin connector

Figure 2-6 Linking DL.1 Fixtures

XLR shell
positive
(data true)*
negative
(data
complement)*
positive
(data true)
Female XLR Connector
Common
5 1
(cable shield)
4
2
3
negative
(data
complement)
Terminate the
last fixture on
a DMX link.
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