Smartbar2 issue!!

Hi Brian,

Does the smartbar show DMX as being present (green DMX light on the front lit solid) when it's in the "not dimming" state, or not? And do the devices on the chain past it work OK?

It's a bit odd, I suspect something might be damaged in the connector board where the DMX connects. If you feel like repairing it yourself, you could swap over the DMX connector board from a good unit to prove that's the problem, and then replace the board. If you don't, any ETC authorized service center would be happy to help you out.

Cheers,

-Tom

Hi Brian,

Does the smartbar show DMX as being present (green DMX light on the front lit solid) when it's in the "not dimming" state, or not? And do the devices on the chain past it work OK?

It's a bit odd, I suspect something might be damaged in the connector board where the DMX connects. If you feel like repairing it yourself, you could swap over the DMX connector board from a good unit to prove that's the problem, and then replace the board. If you don't, any ETC authorized service center would be happy to help you out.

Cheers,

-Tom

It does show that DMX is there. The lights past it will work but the bar will not.

I did get a workaround but this still seems super weird.

So I got it to work fine by making the faulty bar the first bar in the chain then the second bar and all the other lights are past the second bar in the chain. It all works fine now....

I have no idea what would cause this!!

did you terminate the dmx-line after the last fixture?

No I haven't. Would that be causing the issue?

it could be. reflections because of unterminated dmx lines is a bit hard to diagnose. but it's typical that not the last fixture in the line is having a problem, but rather something closer to the console. and it's also typical that rearranging the order of fixtures on the line will change thy symptoms...