zvacman Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 I want to hook up one of my RGB controllers to run some tests. Can I use the RG485 adapter with regular cat5? I do have a pixel controller here and a network switch. I also have an E1.31 to DMX interface as well. Any advice would be helpful and appreciated as always. Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Which controller is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zvacman Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 2 minutes ago, Mr. P said: Which controller is it? Sorry I left that off. It's a 27 channel from Holiday Coro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, zvacman said: Sorry I left that off. It's a 27 channel from Holiday Coro. That one has to connect through your ethernet port, E1.31 with a bridge. Edited August 31, 2016 by Mr. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zvacman Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 Plug right into the laptop? Or is there something special I need to use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) Did you get the actidongle? I believe that will allow you to run it on the 485. Edited August 31, 2016 by Mr. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zvacman Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 I'm not sure what that is so I'm going with no. I've got the red high speed dongle that I use for my 110v LOR controllers, and the Entec E1.31 to DMX interface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Did you get the Holidaycoro 5 pin XLR to cat5 adapter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 In other words you can't connect the controller directly to the rs485 you have to have something like this: http://www.holidaycoro.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=entec&Submit= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zvacman Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 No I didn't. Through earlier conversations I was led to believe I wouldn't need anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 I don't think Holidaycoro sells anything that is directly compatible with LOR without some kind of interface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 In other post you said you have a E682 you can connect to the e682 if you switch the port to Dmx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zvacman Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 3 minutes ago, Dennis Laff said: In other post you said you have a E682 you can connect to the e682 if you switch the port to Dmx Dennis, that was said in an earlier post but there isn't anywhere on an E682 to connect to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zvacman Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 It seems that I watched a John Storms video where he switched his CTB16 controllers to run on DMX and then connected RGB controllers to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 in the E682 manual on line at the very end of the manual it explains how to set up a group of ports to give you DMX controll . If you want to use the lor controllers you have to assign the usb485 adapter to dmx network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Zvacman you say you have an Enttec pro . Dongle what model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zvacman Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 There isn't a model number on it. It just says E1.31 (sACN) to DMX Interface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 An Enttec Pro dongle will work, can you link a page to what you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santas Helper Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 1 hour ago, Mr. P said: That one has to connect through your ethernet port, E1.31 Ah yes. Welcome to E1.31 I'm in the middle of this wonderful journey myself. Buckle up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Is your e1.31 to dmx interface like this? http://www.casogo.com/Manual/E1.31-to-DMX-manual.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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