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Strange behaviour on a DMX chain

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Tim is correct. The staff are using a phone app to connect to the Casambi units. In theory all the CasDMX modules should connect in a "mesh" arrangement but I suspect the range is too great, so they wander round each cluster setting colours in turn. 

The fixtures are all set to a DMX start address of one, so if the chain is working correctly everything responds together. 

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I think the "Return" terminal is just a way of saying DMX ground. I would check the continuity on the hot, cold and ground legs from the controller all the way through the 5 fixtures (using a lon

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As far as I know, (and stand to be corrected if wrong) there's NO reason for DMX to ever need a connection to mains earth. That, to me, is just another potential source of noise that could be introduc

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Bear in mind that over a 10m length DMX will quite happy run on wet string!!

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