I made one of these and put it into the last output in our lighting system which is a par 64 led light because our spot lights that are also in the loop were changing intensity for no reason. When l plugged the terminator in the par 64 light started strobing. The only thing I done different was I had to use one 100 ohm and two 10 ohm resistors. What do u think?
I might understand but are you saying with a wireless lighting system, say using Wicicle on each fixture, I should use a terminator on every fixture since the DMX output is open?
***** I used 8 Puck RGBs with 8 Wicicle and a Lightcaster and there was flicker when the lights remained on a static color all night. So I asked because online I read to use terminators even with wireless fixtures, to eliminate flickering.
bruce johnson If you have continued problems then perhaps using terminators on each light would fix it. Though the problem may be more to do with interference and signal dropout
HI THERE IM FROM MEXICO I WANTED TO ASK YOU IF THIS GOES AT THE END OF YOUR DAISY CHAIN I MEAN AT THE LAST FIXTURE WITH THE OPEN OUTPUT DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE OR THEY WORK BETTER THANKS MAN
Do you know how you could make a female DMX terminator? Would it be the same process as with a male terminator? Just to disassemble and solder a resistor between the 2nd and 3rd pins? I've been looking around but can't find any solid info.
The reason you couldn’t find anything is because a female DMX terminator would be completely pointless. If the input jack of the light has a terminator in it, how is the light going to get signal?
@@nathangetz it is needed in case you are using the fixtures in master / slave mode without dmx control from dmx program / mixer. the master fixtures will have the female connector with the resistor in its input, instead the last slave will have the male.
Lol. I was looking through some lighting set up years ago by some professionals. Had quite a bit of interference on the lighting setup. At first I thought it was the controller, but looking through the setup I figured it lacked a dmx terminator.. "professionals" pfft
Lol just buy one. They cost around 4 bucks with free shipping online or at the local music store, ...and thats probably cheaper and much easier than buying a plug, a resister and solder them together.
Great video Joe! :)
I'm using a AES data cable, which works fine, but is rated at 110ohms instead of 120ohms. Would it be better to use a 110ohm resistor instead?
Thanks for the info!
This may be a dumb question, but do you need one of these if you are using wireless DMX? Great Video and thanks.
I made one of these and put it into the last output in our lighting system which is a par 64 led light because our spot lights that are also in the loop were changing intensity for no reason. When l plugged the terminator in the par 64 light started strobing. The only thing I done different was I had to use one 100 ohm and two 10 ohm resistors. What do u think?
If I am getting one of my moving heads causing other my other lights confusion, will this work to stop this? Or do I have other issues happening?
great video :D
Thanks!
thank you for the info :-)
I might understand but are you saying with a wireless lighting system, say using Wicicle on each fixture, I should use a terminator on every fixture since the DMX output is open?
If your individual fixtures are wireless you don't need to worry as there is no dmx daisy chain for the signal to reflect back down
***** I used 8 Puck RGBs with 8 Wicicle and a Lightcaster and there was flicker when the lights remained on a static color all night. So I asked because online I read to use terminators even with wireless fixtures, to eliminate flickering.
bruce johnson If you have continued problems then perhaps using terminators on each light would fix it. Though the problem may be more to do with interference and signal dropout
HI THERE IM FROM MEXICO I WANTED TO ASK YOU IF THIS GOES AT THE END OF YOUR DAISY CHAIN I MEAN AT THE LAST FIXTURE WITH THE OPEN OUTPUT DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE OR THEY WORK BETTER THANKS MAN
Do you know how you could make a female DMX terminator? Would it be the same process as with a male terminator? Just to disassemble and solder a resistor between the 2nd and 3rd pins? I've been looking around but can't find any solid info.
The reason you couldn’t find anything is because a female DMX terminator would be completely pointless. If the input jack of the light has a terminator in it, how is the light going to get signal?
@@nathangetz it is needed in case you are using the fixtures in master / slave mode without dmx control from dmx program / mixer. the master fixtures will have the female connector with the resistor in its input, instead the last slave will have the male.
GREAT VIDEO- THANKS FOR THE INFO...
dmx video.. refrences xlr in first minute.. do not use xlr... say 3 pin dmx or 5 pin dmx
sir how about the watts? i have 2 watts 120 ohms resistor is it ok? for my dmx terminator?
james paredes there is no watts on resistors :)
oh sorry sir 3watts not 2watts,but when i bought that they ask me what watts 1watts or 3 watts.my resistor i bought its bigger than other resistors :(
correction: I just figured out there is.. but I never cared about that
ok sir.thanks
james paredes there is no need to call me "sir", bro ;-)
thanks 70's show guy (:
Lol. I was looking through some lighting set up years ago by some professionals. Had quite a bit of interference on the lighting setup.
At first I thought it was the controller, but looking through the setup I figured it lacked a dmx terminator..
"professionals" pfft
Lol just buy one. They cost around 4 bucks with free shipping online or at the local music store, ...and thats probably cheaper and much easier than buying a plug, a resister and solder them together.
This is useful if you have the materials on hand already. That’s my current situation
@@nathangetz same here!