[SML] DMX through TRS plugs?

e-mail frank.wood95 frank.wood95 at ntlworld.com
Sun Dec 7 19:24:15 UTC 2014


RJ-45 jacks are not terribly robust, and need expensive tools to make
a proper cable termination. They also need the exact cable, which is
not that easy to terminate securely in an XLR. IDCs are a bit tricky.

On 7 December 2014 at 03:53, Richard Niederberg via Stagecraft
<stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> You can use specialized RJ-45 jacks, of the type used in alarm
> systems, dimensionally similar to the type of RJ-45 used to end CAT5
> runs. Slip out the male plug from the jack and the terminating
> resistor goes online [DPST-type]
>
> On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Stuart Wheaton via Stagecraft
> <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>> On 12/6/2014 8:24 PM, Derek Leffew via Stagecraft wrote:
>>>
>>>  Switches when a male shell is inserted into the female.  ³The
>>> female body has ways of shutting that whole thing down;² sorry for the
>>> indelicacy.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> And Derek wins the internet for today...  you can all go home now...
>> :-)
>>
>> Stuart
>>
>>
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