Steve, can you elaborate on the aethers? You running power and dmx on 4 core? If so, can you please elaborate how you did the 12VAC? Thanks!
sorry for the confusion. my dmx cabling strategy uses the 4-core connectors and cat5 cabling. i have more dmx than aether2, i have some LEs, some RayWu 27-channel controllers, some RayWu 10W floods, RayWu 3-channel dumb string controllers, fog machines etc.
i have 45w power injectors that have 4core in, and 4core out -- replacing the power with that coming from the power supply... so that allows me to insert a power injector inline, then place 4 RayWu floods, then another power injector, etc.
for devices like an Aether2 which uses 12v AC, I just pass through the power coming in on pins 3 and 4, and use the 12v AC from a separate cable originating from my landscape transformer. (this is similarly done with the LEs, and the fog machines...)
so, ALL dmx connections should pass-along the 4 pins to the next connector. the element does not need to consume the power from that incoming connection, but still must pass it along.
this allows me to use a power injector... 4 raywu floods, 4 aethers2 floods, another power injector... and another set of elements.