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I have a NJD Datamoon light and I am trying to plug it into "My DMX" The issue I am facing is that the Datamoon is on 5pin and the "My DMX" is on 3 pin. So i get a 3 pin to 5 pin Connector and tried it, BUT it didnt work, i have had another look and on the input it requires a 12v as well? So I need:

OV
Data -
Data +
12v

The 12v pin is only required on the input, so where do I get this from? Is the OV a 12v one???
Thanks Mark Confused
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Simple, that is NOT DMX. The other two lines in DMX were for expansion that never happened. Some companies try to use them for other things, most common being a second universe. What you have is the more dangerous of the two, running power down the line. You can fry all your DMX drives in your controllers and/or fixtures that way real easy.

That Datamoon must use some sort of proprietary controller and/or adapter. You won't find anything that uses DMX standard that sends power down the line. 4 pin is different just for this reason. You don't end up frying something even though they could have just used 5 pin instead and not needed another type of cable to control things.

Edit:

Yup, I was right.
"3) Externally controlled from any DMX controller such as
Merlin, IQ-MX80, IQ-MX60 or IQ-MX40. see page 7
The Datamoon may be controlled from the Merlin, or any of
the NJD IQ-MX range of controllers, or any lighting desk with DMX
or 0-10V analogue outputs.
4) Analogue control from a 0-10V output controller
(Touch panel, or AR1 remote controller) see page 10.
0-10V can be used to directly control the colour and
movement, or to select the sound animated patterns."

It lies, DMX does not put out 0-10v on any line. According to the 2008 revision, pins 4 and 5 may only be used for an optional secondary data link aka another universe or control method (like rack monitoring, etc), not power.
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