Charles Nafziger Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 In the studio we produce, we run DMX controlled lighting to balance skin tones based on the selected background colorshttp://www.mystudio.net/I was wondering if the LOR DMX controller that comes with the cosmic ribbons was proprietary or will a standard RJ-45 to XLR controller from another manufacturer work?We use the Phillips iPlayer3 to drive our RGB light arrayshttp://www.colorkinetics.com/ls/controllers/iplayer3/It's a little pricey... but since I can get an OEM discount. thought it might be worth doing if it work with the LOR system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-klb- Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 The RJ-45 pinout is not standard. But they sell the correct adapter...You can use one at the start of the chain, and have several LOR controllers chained together with cat5...http://store.lightorama.com/rjtoxlr3ma.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Nafziger Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 -klb- wrote: The RJ-45 pinout is not standard. But they sell the correct adapter...You can use one at the start of the chain, and have several LOR controllers chained together with cat5...http://store.lightorama.com/rjtoxlr3ma.htmlSo basically, you're telling me 'yes' another brand DMX controller will work as long as I use the LOR adapter cable to assure correct pin outs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-klb- Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 There are the occasional issues where two particular pieces of equipment don't work together, but the only reason LOR added DMX to the controllers is for compatibility with other hardware. They don't use DMX when talking with their own control hardware/software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabian Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 From page 5 of the CCR manual:"The Light-O-Rama (LOR) Cosmic Color Ribbon is aflexible ribbon that includes a controller and lowvoltage power supply. It understands andautomatically detects both LOR and DMX protocols."The more interesting DMX topics appear on Pages 15 and 33+Here's the doc: http://www.lightorama.com/PDF/CR150D_Man_Web.pdf Fabian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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