butric Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Hello, I just purchased my first LOR controller! Anyways. I received the controller, pieced it together, and got a nice flashing red light! Excellent! So, before I purchased, I had done plenty of research on the LOR and everything about it. I found out that all LOR's accept DMX-512 Natively! Aint' that awesome!?! Coming from a stage lighting background, I loved the idea. Reading further, I found that Light-o-rama has their own guide to making an XLR to RJ-45 patch cable to run DMX signal to your LOR. Here:http://www1.lightorama.com/Documents/DMX-DOC.pdf I followed the instructions EXACTLY, even checking continuity on each pin when I was done. I even created the crossover version of the patch cable like listed in the .pdf. And still, no cigar. I can't figure out why this doesn't work. Is there a different way of doing this? are the pins wrong? Whats the issue here? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butric Posted September 27, 2014 Author Share Posted September 27, 2014 Okok, Sorry everyone. I figured it out. The board is not compatible with DMX input. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Which board do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOR Staff Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Okok, Sorry everyone. I figured it out. The board is not compatible with DMX input. Oh well. That is incorrect. All of our boards will accept DMX input. Please open a trouble ticket so we can figure out what is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpctech Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Butric, I also come the theatrical and DMX world. The DMX wiring directions is for the older non G3 controllers. LOR uses the center 2 pins (4,5) of the RJ45 for DMX with reverse polarity. The standard for DMX on RJ45 is PIN 1 and 2 on the RJ45. the G3 controllers have jumpers to swap to the pin 1,2 standard. the Adapter wiring as shown will work if the jumpers are in the LOR position I use both older controllers with the new firmware and G3 controllers with DMX. Cpoint make a molded 3pin and 5pin to RJ45 adapter the works perfect when the controller is in DMX mode KEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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