Martin Fireplaces Installation, The 2518 XLR pin-out is DMX compatible, s e c t i o n

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INSTALLATION

The 2518 DMX Controller comes with the following:

•IEC power cable

•5 meter 3-pin XLR-XLR cable

•Termination plug

•User manual

Rear Panel Connections

DMX Output

RS-232 I/O

MIDI Input

AC Input

CONNECTING THE SERIAL LINK

ABOUT SERIALS LINKS

The 2518 DMX Controller sends instructions through a serial data link. The link goes from the controller’s output to the input of the first lighting fixture and then from the fixture’s output to the input of the next fixture. It continues output-to-input in a daisy- chain to all fixtures.

Adaptor cables may be required when building the data link. There are two differ- ences to be aware of. First, both 3-pin and 5-pin XLR sockets are common. (Martin fixtures have 3-pin XLR sockets. On fixtures that have 5-pin XLR sockets, pins 4 and 5 are not used.) Second, the XLR sockets on some mostly older Martin fixtures such as the RoboScan 812 are wired with the hot and cold data pins reversed in relation to later Martin fixtures and DMX-compatible devices. See Table 1. The XLR pin-out for Martin products is always shown next to the socket.

The 2518 XLR pin-out is DMX compatible!

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