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Be sure to follow the above figure when making your own cables. Do not use the ground lug 
on the  XLR connector.  Do not  connect the  cable’s shield  conductor to  the ground  lug or 
allow the shield  conductor to  come in contact  with the XLR’s  outer casing. Grounding  the 
shield could cause a short circuit and erratic behavior. 
DMX-512 control connection 
Connect the provided XLR  cable to the female  3-pin XLR output of  your controller and the 
other side  to the  male 3-pin  XLR input  of  the moving  head (Please  refer to  the diagram 
below.). You can  chain  multiple moving  heads  together through  serial linking.  The  cable 
needed should  be  two conductor,  shielded cable  with  XLR input  and output  connectors. 
Always be sure  daisy chain your in  and out data connections,  never split or  “Y” your DMX 
connections unless you are using an approved DMX splitter such as the Elation Opto Branch 
4™ or DMX Branch/4™.