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D-light USB Adapter to Lynx Express cable

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    Posted: 27 Jan 2011 at 8:46pm
Hi Jon,
 
Sorry for the delayed response, been kinda busy here.  I just tested output again and confirmed the channels were correct for me.    I had the following setup: PC--D-light USB--Lynx Express channels 1-16.  I also tested with the controller's start channel being 33.
 
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Originally posted by crichter

I have created the following cable to test DMX output from Aurora using the D-light USB adapter to a Lynx Express controller with success.


crichter, in your testing, did you possibly have the Lynx controller respond as "One channel" off? That has been my experience with an unmodified D-Light USB adapter used as an Open DMX dongle. On one type of controller I own, the channel response was as 51 when it was set to be 50.

This was a 3-channel 12vdc controller. Reliably off by one.

If I used the Lynx DMX Dongle, it was correct.
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  Quote JonB256 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Jan 2011 at 5:20pm
I made a similar adapter cable but found that I needed to connect Pin 1 to Pin 5 and Pin 2 to Pin 4. I just used a short cable with an RJ-45 on one end and the other end's wires inserted into a Keystone Jack (made it easy to swap the wires when it didn't inially work)
 
Only then did it control.
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  Quote crichter Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Jan 2011 at 2:14pm
I have created the following cable to test DMX output from Aurora using the D-light USB adapter to a Lynx Express controller with success.

Basically it is a standard TIA/EIA-568B crimp on one end and then swapping pins 1 to 4 and 2 to 5 on the other.

Here is a link to a drawing of the cable:  http://www.lightsoncallaway.com/images/DMX_cable.gif

Note:  This may or not be the correct way to adapt the dongle to DMX and I am simply sharing this as my personal experience of success.  Use at your own risk.
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