elektraLite MM 200 - Manual (Page 6)

5
It maybe the case that you will need to connect a 5 pin XLR to the 3 pin XLR. In a normal DMX wiring
configuration, the 5 pin is soldered identically to the 3 pin. So in the 5 pin
1: Ground
2: Signal (-)
3: Signal (+)
Pins 4 and 5 are not used. Be very sure you read the pin numbering on the connector when you solder up the
connector. Do not just wire up the three pins to the left or right because the male and female connector has the
pins on different “sides” of the connector! Read the pin numbers.
Projector DMX start address selection
In order for the controller like Elektralite’s CP10xt to control each MM 200 it has to know where it is in the
daisy chain of DMX. To do this all MM 200s have to be set to a start address. To understand the concept of a
starter address we also have to understand the concept of channels and the features those channels have.
MM 200 uses 4 channels of DMX. Those channels control the features of MM 200. They are as follows:-
CHANNEL 1 : select one of the 10 colors, color cycle or rainbow effect
CHANNEL 2 : select one of the 8 gobo’s.
CHANNEL 3 : Pan movement (max. 170°)
CHANNEL 4 : Tilt movement (max. 85°)
So if we start with the first MM 200 its first channel is 1. So we refer to it as having a starter address of 1.
The second MM 200 will then have its first channel or starter address at channel 5.
The third MM 200 will then have its first channel or starter address at channel 9, and so on. Now if you want two
MM 200s to be always the same in color, movement and so on then you can set both of them to the same
address. In this way you can create groups of fixtures having the same effects happen at the same time. There
is no restriction on how many MM 200s you have on the same starter address
If you just bought 4 x MM 200 and it came with an Elektralite CP10xt, the starter addresses in the
CP10xt have already been set. All you have to do is set the starter addresses on MM 200s.
If you have another controller, then you will have to set it’s starter addresses for each MM 200 before you will
be able to control any MM 200.