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soakes94
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Lynx Dongle to DMX 5 pin
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November 16, 2011, »
Hi, I'm a bit confused with all the diagrams and LOR and Lynx and 3 pin and 5 pin and crossovers and stuff and was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction. I have a lynx dongle and I need to connect a 5 pin dmx to the end of the cable. What pin from the lynx dongle goes to what pin on the DMX connector? I found this page You are not allowed to view links.
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and it confused me a little haha. So if you tell me what diagram to follow I should be sorted.
Thanks
Steve
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caretaker
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Re: Lynx Dongle to DMX 5 pin
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November 16, 2011, »
Steve,
Pin 2 (Orange with white stripe) from your Lynx device (or dongle) goes to Pin 2 of your 5 pin DMX plug and Pin 1 (white with orange stripe) from your Lynx device (or dongle) goes to Pin 3 of your 5 pin DMX plug.
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Jeffl
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Just remember. Wireless is nice. Copper is king!
Re: Lynx Dongle to DMX 5 pin
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November 17, 2011, »
The link you have is the best I have seen. The only thing I could add is watch the pin numbers on cat5 cables as the color wire can vary because of different cable standards.
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soakes94
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Re: Lynx Dongle to DMX 5 pin
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November 21, 2011, »
So just to check I don't need the ground? It's for a commercial dimmer.
Steve
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holland lights
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Re: Lynx Dongle to DMX 5 pin
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November 21, 2011, »
Yes you still will need ground, connect pin 7 & 8 of the cat 5 to pin 3 of the 5 pin xlr
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soakes94
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Re: Lynx Dongle to DMX 5 pin
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November 22, 2011, »
Pin 3 of the 5 oin dmx is already used for data, is it pin 1 i use?
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holland lights
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Re: Lynx Dongle to DMX 5 pin
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November 22, 2011, »
yea pin one is ground.
XLR-5 pin out Lynx equipment
pin 1 Signal (Ground) ----> Rj45 7&8 (optional)
pin 2 Data 1- (Primary Data Link) ----> RJ45 Pin 2 (Orange)
pin 3 Data 1+ (Primary Data Link) ----> RJ45 Pin 1 (White/Orange)
pin 4 Unused Data -
pin 5 Unused Data +
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soakes94
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Re: Lynx Dongle to DMX 5 pin
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November 22, 2011, »
Thats great thanks
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holland lights
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Re: Lynx Dongle to DMX 5 pin
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November 22, 2011, »
I have a 12 channel controller and a 30 watt led flood i use that has xlr connectors on them. So i have a adapter outside mounted in a box to covert the cat5 to xlr.
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soakes94
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Re: Lynx Dongle to DMX 5 pin
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November 22, 2011, »
Ahh okay, I was talking to my school technician about my kit and he wanted to have a go on the stage lights, nothing fancy, there all just par cans and things
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holland lights
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Re: Lynx Dongle to DMX 5 pin
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November 22, 2011, »
Well i built both the items, but at the time i did not even have a dongle or computer control. I had a console with 24 channels on it that i controlled the stuff with.
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soakes94
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Re: Lynx Dongle to DMX 5 pin
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November 22, 2011, »
Sounds good
did the consol give good effects?
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holland lights
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Re: Lynx Dongle to DMX 5 pin
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November 22, 2011, »
It was a stage effects console, so you could fade lights, and make different scenes with it. The led flood i made has 3 10 watt leds in it, i dont know how thee aether II is, but at our mini my flood blew the Aether I away.
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soakes94
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Re: Lynx Dongle to DMX 5 pin
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November 22, 2011, »
How did you make your flood? I'm interested in using some high power leds, maybe start with 3 watts or 5 watts, the bit I struggle with is the power supply because I know resistors are know use for that power of led.
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holland lights
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Re: Lynx Dongle to DMX 5 pin
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November 22, 2011, »
Well the 10 watt leds im using, the blue and white run on straight regulated 12 volts, but the red has a wire wound resistor.
I put all 3 leds on a heat sink i made, then put that inside of a flood light unit like the aethers use.
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