Elation Professional 70 - Manual (Page 16)

DESIGN Brick 70™
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Be sure to follow the above figure when making your own cables. Do not use the ground lug
on the XLR connector. Do not connect the cable’s shield conductor to the ground lug or
allow the shield conductor to come in contact with the XLR’s outer casing. Grounding the
shield could cause a short circuit and erratic behavior.
DMX-512 control connection
Connect an appropriate DMX XLR cable to either the female 3-pin or 5-pin XLR output of
your controller and the other side to the male 3-pin or 5-pin XLR input of the fixture (Please
refer to the diagram below.). You can chain multiple fixtures together through serial linking.
The cable needed should be two conductor, shielded cable with either 3-pin or 5-pin XLR
input and output connectors. Always be sure daisy chain your in and out data connections,
never split or “Y” your DMX connections unless you are using an approved DMX splitter
such as the Elation Opto Branch 4™ or DMX Branch/4™.
DMX-512 connection with DMX terminator
A DMX terminator should be used in all DMX lines especially in longer runs. The use of a