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Eos Family ETC RFU Adapter

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Date pmannle
Date Sat, Oct 12 2019 3:10 PM
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ETC RFU Adapter

We just ordered an ion XE to replace our aged Insight 2X, and so our old RFU will not be needed. Is there a female 6pin to male 5pin DMX adapter so we can use the cable from our old RFU ports FOH and/or backstage as DMX ports to give us another universe? Or, do we we just need to run new cable?

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0 Wuz314159 over 4 years ago

I would be very wary of such an endeavour. We had the same situation at our theatre and upon examination, I found that the wire used for the Express RFU was not suitable for DMX. Also, the lines were daisy chained to the various RFU ports around the building.

I'd suggest running new wire. Cat6 can be used for both DMX & for ETC Net3.
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0 Wuz314159 over 4 years ago

I would be very wary of such an endeavour. We had the same situation at our theatre and upon examination, I found that the wire used for the Express RFU was not suitable for DMX. Also, the lines were daisy chained to the various RFU ports around the building.

I'd suggest running new wire. Cat6 can be used for both DMX & for ETC Net3.
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0 pmannle over 4 years ago in reply to Wuz314159

Thanks! After posting, I did more research, and found this to be the case. The cable running to the boxes is Belden 9728, and according to ETC specs, it should be suitable for a DMX output box. I’m just going to switch out the boxes and ends.
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