High End Systems DL1 user manual Setting up the Link, XLR 5-pin connector

with a voltage/ohm meter (VOM) to verify correct polarity and to make sure that the negative and positive pins are not grounded or shorted to the shield or to each other.

Caution: Do not connect anything to the ground lug on the XLR connectors. Do not connect or allow contact between the common (cable shield) and the fixture’s chassis ground. Grounding the common could cause a ground loop and/or erratic behavior.

				Grounding lug (inside XLR shell)
					XLR shell
Common
(cable shield)	1	5		positive	positive	5
							1
		4
					(data true)*
	2			(data true)*
negative	3		4			2
(data			negative		negative		3
complement)			(data complement)*		(data
	positive				complement)*	positive
	(data true)					(data true)

Common (cable shield)

negative (data complement)

Male XLR Connector Female XLR Connector

*This data line is not used by the fixture, but allows data to pass through the fixture.

Figure 2-5 XLR 5-pin connector

Setting up the Link

To link one or
more fixtures to
a DMX control-
ler as shown in
Figure 2-6:
1. Connect a
	DMX
DMX Data
	CONTROLLER
cable’s male
XLR con-

nector to a		Terminate the
controller’s		last fixture on
DMX Data	Figure 2-6 Linking DL.1 Fixtures	a DMX link.
Out connector .

2.Connect the Data cable’s female XLR connector to the Data In connector of the first (or next) fixture on the DMX link.

3.Continue linking the remaining fixtures connecting a cable from the Data Out connector of each fixture to the Data In connector of the next fixture on the link.

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