Ok, so now how do I set it up?

[marsh28]

I just ordered a rainbow flood with the Cat 5 connectors and transformer. So, how do I hook everything up? Seasonal entertainment's website has a PDF on this but it uses the Rainbow extreme as an example which isn't all that helpful because you don't need to use a blender with the extreme but DO need to use a rainbow brain. Also, what type of cords should I use to connect everything? Thanks alot.

[Keith Adams]

DMX dongle to Rainbow Brain via cat5e. Rainbow Brain to Rainbow floods via cat5e is how I first did mine. I then switched to his pigtails to replace the cat5e connection at the flood unit itself to be more waterproof.

[Ponddude]

Hi Marsh,

We have a document on the Downloads page that shows how to setup DMX with LOR and more importantly how to connect your floods to the Brain.

http://seasonalentertainmentllc.com/pdf/DMX%20Setup.pdf

The issue here is that document shows the iDMX. I know many of you are not using that iDMX anymore, which is fine. What will be different is your DMX dongle will connect to your computer via a USB cable and than to the Rainbow Brain. Just remember that you will need a some sort of adapter to convert your dongle to DMX. With the LOR adapters you will need our LOR to DMX adapter here:

http://www.seasonalentertainmentllc.com/store/en/adapters/107-lor-dmx-adapter.html

That goes from LOR to DMX or from DMX to LOR depending on your setup.

If you are using the Enttec dongles you will need this:

http://www.seasonalentertainmentllc.com/store/en/adapters/80-5-pin-xlrj45-dmx-male-adapter.html

That converts your XLR connections to the DMX standard for Cat-5. That cat 5 cable than connects into the DMX In/Out ports of Brain and can go into any other DMX device from there.

Hope that helps a little more.

Greg

[marsh28]

Greg, you explained it perfectly. I'm excited to start testing these out next week.