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Originally posted by James Tengo James Tengo wrote:

Yep, you can program "blind' if you know what values do what, check out manufacturers range tables for fixture attributes


No need to know what the values do from manuals in LimeLIGHT as it's software based, so all the information is on screen Smile Makes it quite a lot easier to program than having to look up values!
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Originally posted by nuclearbass nuclearbass wrote:

heres the galactic moon

(pin 3 cold, pin 2 hot, pin 1 grounded) is that normal? or reversed?


That is reversed compared to the standard.
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The nightmare with the Galactic Moons is that the XLR connectors are soldered on to the direct onto the PCB so to change the polarity over would be a nightmare.
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Surely I can make a cable myself?
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Yep a lead for this is easy to make but i found i had to put the dmx crossed lead and lights at the end of line rather then at the start as in run normal to crossed rather then crossed to normal if u get me
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Originally posted by nuclearbass nuclearbass wrote:

Surely I can make a cable myself?

Sorry, I didn't make it clear what I actually meant! (long day!!!)
I meant that instead of having to have crossover leads and making sure they go in the right place if you have them all on the same polarity then you can use normal xlr cables.
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I understood what you said, you also said the their a nightmare to change, so a cable seems like the simple option
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I've never had any issues using crossed fixtures anywhere in the chain, providing the remember to cross and uncross going into/coming out of them.
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Originally posted by norty303 norty303 wrote:

I've never had any issues using crossed fixtures anywhere in the chain, providing the remember to cross and uncross going into/coming out of them.


Ditto.

Just get the plug in polarity swappers, 2 quid from CPC. One in, one out. Also easy to see at a glance whether you've done it, as they would stick out about 2 inches further than a normal xlr.
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Cool cool many heads make easy work some good info on here do like a bit of lighting more so then sound
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Originally posted by dylan-penguinmedia dylan-penguinmedia wrote:


Just get the plug in polarity swappers, 2 quid from CPC. One in, one out. Also easy to see at a glance whether you've done it, as they would stick out about 2 inches further than a normal xlr.


Watch out for the solid barrel type, the extra weight on the input / output socket can break the connector off the board if mistreated. Short jumper cables put less strain on the fixture, and make them in a easily spotted colour so they can be quickly checked as in. Lots of companies use yellow cable for crossed polarity convertors
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