ullrichr

Has anyone used DMX 5 pin to RJ45 adapters? Acceptable or not? Why? We have a ton of Shielded Cat5/6 cable. If we don't have to buy specific DMX cable, it would be nice.

Thank you everyone for your input. This has been helpful.

Just to be clear, in this crude example this would be 8 devices? Not two lights in one run, three lights in the second run, and 3 lights in the third. Or would it be 5 and 5? If that's the case how could you ever control more than 32 devices with one board? |-Light----Light---Light | Board--Light--Light--Splitter | |-Light---Light---Light

So I've been reading on the limitations of the number of fixtures on a single line, 32. Yeah, I know it "could be more". So if you stick to the 32 fixtures to a "DMX Loop", what constitutes a "loop". From controller to the last light? From a splitter to the last light? How does adding a splitter figure into the max number of fixtures? Does the splitter count in the max number? Can you chain 15 lights and then drop in a splitter and do another 30? (Not that I would but could you?)