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General Category => DMX512 Discussions => Topic started by: Slotracer on February 11, 2010, 01:51:22 AM

Title: hooking up LC2412 to LED lights
Post by: Slotracer on February 11, 2010, 01:51:22 AM

I'm also a novice to the lighting world so forgive me if this has been discussed already. I have an American DJ set of 4 LED par 36s and a Behringer LC2412 DMX controller. I had no idea that the two would be incompatible though. The Behringer uses a DMX512 connector and the lights have DMX regular XLR connectors. Am I sunk here? Is there any sort of interface available?
Thanks!

Title: Re: hooking up LC2412 to LED lights
Post by: DMX512 on February 11, 2010, 02:03:01 AM

I think you are saying that one of these things has a 3 pin XLR and the other has a 5 pin XLR.

There is no electrical compatibility problem, its just different connectors, just a pain in the neck - what you need is a simple cable converter like this (http://www.zzounds.com/item--HOSDMX1).

The Behringer is correct here, and the American DJ is wrong here - the correct connecter is (and always has been) the five pin connector, but many manufacturers have fitted the three pin over the years.  In the most recent version of the DMX512 specification, the use of 3 pin XLRs is specirfically banned.