can mydmx work with dimmer lights???and can i convert the 3pin to 5pin???

thanx
domenick raccuglia

Hello,
You can easily find a 3 to 5 pin dmx adapor online, the are rather inexpensive.
In fact, Amercan DJ makes one.
You can use dimmers with the MYDMX
Ed

thanx,,theres no dimmer pack profile??? what do i put it as???

You use the par profiles in the generic folder. Just use as many of those as you have on your dimmer pack. There is a seperate thread in this section.
Sincerely,

hey!!! your jingles8302,,,brian the dj guy on youtube sad somthing about you, i think on a my dmx video or somthing,,,nice to meet you,,,thanx


so i can control dimmers and moving heads @ same time??? and can i daisychan from a dimmer back to 3pin fixture???

Ya that's me. I taught brian the basics of the software. And yup you can daisy chain out from the pack. You just have to use a 5 pin to 3 pin cable.
Sincerely,

tnanx a so much!!!

thanx so much!!!*

No prob at all. Welcome to the forums.
Sincerely,

sorry another question,,,,,do you reconmend mydmx for big theater productions ,,i mean like evan contolling the main house lighting for the building like high hats recces lighting witch i have all hooked up to dimmer packs and stuff,,or shuld i keep that seperate????

It should be fine to run things like house lights off of MyDMX. It comes down to what you are comfortable doing. If it makes your life easier to run things like house lights through MyDMX and your comfortable doing it, then go for it. Also make sure it won't put you over the 512 channel limit.

In my experience, house lights and "show lights" typically do not touch. We'd typically use a ClearCom and cue one of the house staffers to dim or kill the house lights as necessary(sometimes it's not obvious) and then have DMX control for the show lighting.

Personally, I want to keep those things separate. Just how I am. Since most venues have acts in and out all the time with most often their own lighting console, it makes sense to do it this way.

HOWEVER, if you're say a night club with a fixed lighting, there's no reason why you'd have to do it this way. I still wouldn't though, but I'd prefer show control to be in one area and "house control" via a different location. It really just depends on the situation. I for one would want to be able to have some slacker/deadbeat(aka management) to have something quick and easy to work with(besides their secretary...), and a wall mounted panel switch/dimmer would keep them the hell away from FOH.

Let's clarify, by management in the above paragraph, I am referring to those who work at the building. NOT the stage manager or road manager(who might also be in need of something/someone quick and easy, but that's another discussion!)

But also should something fail in the DMX chain, at least house is not connected and can be quickly brought up or down.

It's not so much a matter of "what's better", it's more of "what works best for your environment". But should something bad happen, and those lights don't come on, the fire marshall won't be happy, but then again your exit signs should be able to run for a while off batteries to help get the masses out.

wow! thanx!

i have to run a 5 pin and a 3 pin xlr seperate out of mydmx,,,can i get a xlr Y plug? ,,would that work?,,,cus the dimmer paks in my church dont have a output,,,its like you cant plug and unplug stuff its all wired together permently,,please would a Y spliter work with mydmx?????????????

DMX, unfortunately, can't be y-ed with a y-cable. You will need something like this to split DMX.

Not only will a splitter split DMX 4 ways (8 in the case of the Elation units since all outputs have their own DMX drive), but it also boosts DMX signal so you can make longer runs. It also protects DMX devices by stopping shorts and power surges from jumping across where the DMX splits. This is nice to have simply because it will stop shorts/surges from frying DMX controllers on other lines out of the split as well as your controller, but prevent shorts from making DMX act weird on other lines, helping trouble shooting process.

wow so much money!can you reconmend somthing cheap?,i need a 2way

The Elation unit is the cheapest I know of. The standard is Doug Fleenor and those cost a lot of money. They come in 3, 5, or 11 way splits.

In getting back to your problem, is there a way you can just run a bunch of DMX to make the dimmers last in line? It will most likely be a lot of cable, but DMX is good up to about 500-1000' before it needs a splitter to amplify the signal. Of course, depending on the amount of cable needed, it might just be cheaper to grab a splitter.

As you get into more and more advanced lighting, it is something you will have to grab sooner or later. One of those necessary expenses. Most shows I do now I have at least 2 if not more on site.

i need a splitter cus the system thats set up already, has no output its not like i can plug and unplug stuff,,,its all sodered together for some reason ,,,and also i need a five pin and 3 pin output,,,,,,what i was going to do was to get a y 3 pin xlr/dmx splitter and on one side add a 3 pin to 5 pin addapter,,,,,,so y splitter wont work @ all??????

the wireing is all under the floor and stuff,,so i have to work with whats there ,,,,,with the 3pin i have to run around the room and up to the catwalk,,,,,,,,,,wow this just came to mind ,do they sell a wireles transmiter???and can i from the splitter use the 3pin wireles and 5 pin wiredat same time?????

Y will not work at all, it will cause a lot of issues.

For wireless DMX transmitters, look here.

For the transmitters, you can only use the 5 pin or 3 pin, not both at the same time. This is the same with fixtures that have both 5 pin and 3 pin, its one or the other. For the splitter, you can use both 5 and 3 pin outputs at the same time on the Elation units. Each bank is like a separate universe. You can not, however, use the 5 pin and 3 pin input at the same time and the 5 pin and 3 pin pass thru at the same time. You can, however, use it as a turn around, going from 5 pin in to 3 pin thru and visa versa, same with fixtures as well as the wireless transmitter.

You can also turn 5 pin into 3 pin and back again as many times as needed. 5 pin DMX only uses 3 wires, the others are there for expansion which never really happened.

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