Compu live software and Fixtures

welcome micris. how long is the cable run that you are doing from dongle to the last light in your chain. also are you using DMX specific cable such as accu cable? and also is there a terminator on the last fixture in the line? are you using the correct profile? let me know all these. sincerely,

The Run is 25 total ft. We are using the correct profile for the lights. No we are not using DMX Specific cable, the lights they were sold was standard XLR. The lights they were told had a built in terminator. Do I need to put one on there?

No i can tell you without a doubt that the accu spots do not have a built in terminator. and it is always recommended to have a terminator on the last fixture in the line. how do you have these addressed? i cannot seem to figure out why the LEDrains are not working. how do you have the whole system addressed? sincerely,

The system is addressed with the accu spot came with the starting channel being 187 thru 194 then the first rain is 195 thru 201 then 2nd 202 thru 208 and 3rd 209 thru 215 and the last one is 216 thru 222. They are daisy chained in that order. This is a dip switch model and it says to have switch 10 on and then the other switches to make the starting address, and even when they are by themself I could not get it to work.

i believe all the ledrains need to have dip 10 on or "up".they really dont need to start that far off in the universe. try addressing the head to a001 and the 1st led dip 10 up and dip 1 up aswell. are you fluent in DMX and dipswitches? sincerely,

I'm not aware of any lights that have a DMX terminator built it. Regardless, it can't hurt using a DMX terminator.

For such a short run, and for testing purposes, 25-feet is OK for XLR cabling. Do switch to DMX cabling when you can. It may look the same inside and out, but it's different. Don't let the schematic fool you.

I agree with Jingles in the fact that you don't need to start so high up in the DMX addressing range. Start low, build up. I generally start at 1.

My lighting addressing is done to be compatible with myDMX Operator and MyDMX. I have some small gaps, but it's to faciliate the Scanner buttons on my DMX Operator. 1 addressing scheme for 2 controller situations.

well really higher end lights may have the option to terminate the last fixture in the line via a built in terminating function in the system menu on the light itself. just figured i would share the knowledge. sincerely,

Well, at least that sounds straight-forward. Could be worse like the mysteries and magic of SCSI termination.

Some drives have termination, some enclosures have termination. Sometimes both have termination. Sometimes you have to add an active termator, sometimes a passive terminator. The terminator is supposed to go at the end of the SCSI chain, but you may have to cram it in the middle somewhere!

At least DMX termination is straight-forward: USE IT AT THE END!! And I recommend all DMX users use a DMX terminator. They are easy to build if you're handy with a soldering iron. The bad side? They are easy to lose too! The resistors are cheap, I bought 100 for like $1.98 or something like that. XLR's can be had at a good price when the local pro store has a sale once in a while. Next time they do, I'm buying 10 male XLR's so I can have a handful of extra terminators.