Root menu sub menu 1 sub menu 2, Dmx-512 control connection, Menus in the fixture – elektraLite UFO 8 User Manual

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5. DMX-512 Control Connection

Connect the provided XLR cable to the female 3-pin XLR output of your Elektralite CP 10xt or other

DMX controller. The other end should be connected to the male 3-pin XLR input of the UFO 8. Then

daisy-chain out of the first UFO 8 and into the next UFO 8 or other dmx device. Never “Y” split the

DMX connection. If you need more cable, then it should be two core, screened cable fitted with a 3 pin

XLR input and output connector. Please refer to the diagram below.

DMX has a maximum running distance of 330 feet. When long distances are involved then there is a

tendency for electrical noise to be evident in which case a DMX terminator will be required. The

terminator helps prevent corruption of the DMX signal. To make a DMX terminator simply solder a 120

ohm resistor across pins 2 and 3 of an XLR male connector. Then place that connector at the very end

of the DMX cable run. In other words at the last in the dmx chain. Do not just wire up the three pins to

the left or right because the male and female connectors have the pins on different sides of the

connector. Please read the pin numbers which are written beside the pins to get the wiring correct.


6. Menus in the fixture.

Root Menu Sub Menu 1 Sub Menu 2

DMX (PRESS ENTER)

ASSIGN DMX ADDRESS

1-512, ENTER (TO CONFIRM)

PAN INVERT (PRESS ENTER)

YES OR NO

ENTER (TO CONFIRM)

TILT INVERT (PRESS ENTER)

YES OR NO

ENTER (TO CONFIRM)

MODE (PRESS ENTER)

DMX OPERATION

ENTER (TO CONFIRM)

SLAVE

ENTER (TO CONFIRM)

AUTO(metism)

ENTER (TO CONFIRM)

SOUND

ENTER (TO CONFIRM)

MANUAL (PRESS ENTER)

CHOOSE CHANNEL (PRESS ENTER)

OR

DMX VALUE. ENTER (TO CONFIRM)

RESTORE (PRESS ENTER)

MOTOR

ENTER (TO CONFIRM)

FACTORY DEFAULT SETTINGS

ENTER (TO CONFIRM)


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