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A Simple Guide To DMX CABLES...
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SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION
Let's talk about DMX cables... I recently
received and email from a
blog monitor that said... "There are MICROPHONE cables and there are
DMX cables and one can NOT be used for the other". That's a very strong
statement. Very "Black and White". Unfortunately, it's also very
untrue. That statement would be like saying that Chevy's are for taking
your kids to school and Ferrari's are for racing and one can not be
used for the other. I have seen many people race Chevy's successfully
and I have also seen a few Ferrari's in the school pick up lanes. I
don't know exactly why people make those black and white statements
about DMX cables. Perhaps they merely lack real world experience in the
field.
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SECTION 2: REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE
If they had real world experience, they would
know that there were
companies like NSI making digitally controlled lighting boards and
dimmer packs with signals carried thru 3 pin XLR cables long before the
term DMX was ever heard of here in America. (NSI calls their
proprietary signal MICROPLEX and they still use it today). What do you
think those digital signals were carried thru back before the late 90's
when DMX was introduced to the commercial market here in America?
MICROPHONE CABLES. That's all we had back then, that's what was used
and that's what worked for years. |
SECTION
3: IT's JUST A NAME
Perhaps some cables marked "DMX Cable" might
perform better than some
cables marked "MICROPHONE Cable", but it can also be proven that some
mid to high grade MIC cables work better than some DMX cables and if
you and your audience can't tell the difference, who cares? What does
matter is which pins the wires are connected to on the 3 pin XLR plug.
At High Energy Lighting (CheapLights.com), we currently buy "MIC"
cables and "DMX" cables from over 22 different suppliers. Regardless of
how they are marked, we test samples from each different "MIC" and
"DMX" cable model to make sure they work in a DMX chain before we ever
offer them to our customers. |
SECTION 4: THE FACTS
Here's an interesting fact... In the ten
to fifteen years that we have been selling cables for transmitting
digital signals for light processors, we have never had any cables
returned by customers saying they didn't work as a DMX cable, unless
the cable actually had a physical defect, such as a wire not connected
to the plug or a cut in the wire. That's a great statement to be able
to make!
Here's a few more interesting facts... 1. "DMX" was created
in
1986, but not widely used or known. At that time, the popular method
for transmitting signal to dimmer packs was zero to ten volts. 2. "DMX"
was revised in a major way and started gaining recognition in 1990.
(But not in America). 3. The first DMX lighting controllers were
displayed at the American LDI Lighting convention in 1999 by LitePuter.
4. "DMX" was introduced as the "Standard" digital signal for the World
Wide lighting industry in 2000.
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