[SML] DMX cable 2-into-1

[Derek Leffew]

Shield = Data Common ?
From 
http://www.controlbooth.com/threads/good-pre-made-dmx-cable.27150/page-2#pos
t-241281
" The E1.11 standard does not require a separate shield for each pair. There
would be no advantage to a separate shield. "

See also 
http://www.controlbooth.com/threads/dmx-5-pin-to-3-pin.21566/#post-191872 .

For goodness' sake Sean, just build your own and get on with your life.
Three A5M, three A5F, a bit of wire, an hour at the soldering bench and
done.


On 12/10/14, 10:59 AM, David Fox <David.Fox at etcconnect.com> wrote:
> Any type of DMX 2-fer makes me really twitchy because each universe should
> have its own data common line and you can't do that with a 5 pin XLR.
> 
> Using a single 5 wire cable with a shared wire to act as the Data Common for
> both  universes means that your common is now doing double duty and splitting
> out of the daisy chain topology.
> 
> Even if the wire used between 2fers contains 2 independent pairs each with
> their own shield like Belden 9729 or TMB's PC244Tproplex cable, you still have
> no way of connecting each of the commons.