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<font face="Arial">I concur with Matthew's statement. I was allowed
to use some of the Color Source units a few years ago. If I
remember a quick read on them before I used them was to limit the
number of units daisy chained. I may be wrong but that popped into
my head on reading this message. I would try running in no more
than groups of 3 to see if that makes them work correctly on both
power and DMX.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/9/2021 11:48 AM, Matthew Breton
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How many units are you daisy-chaining together? I'd examine how
many units you're asking to pass power and data through, and
either power fixtures individually (preferred) or making the
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<b>Subject:</b> [SML] ETC Color Source SPOT & PAR unit
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<div>Hello to the wisdom of the list:</div>
<div>The startup theatre that I am working with bought
an inventory of ETC Color Source SPOT Deep Blue &
Color Source PAR Deep Blue units about a year and a
half ago. Just as we were beginning to get some use
out of them, the theatre was shut down due to Covid.
The producer pivoted last December & opened as a
sort of nightclub with limited seating & we began
using the lights again. All seemed to be going well,
but one-by one some of the units became unresponsive.
About a month ago, I did an entire survey of the rig
(I did not buy the units & have very limited
experience with these type of LED units). Anyway, I
discovered that roughly 1/3 of the SPOT & 1 of the
20 PAR units were malfunctioning. </div>
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<div>The nature of the failure is that when power is
applied, the units fail to power up. Fans do not come
on & the small screen fails to illuminate. All
units DO pass along power & DMX to units
downstream in the daisy-chain.</div>
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<div>There seems to be no commonality concerning the
placement in the digital or power daisy-chain. Some
were at the end of one or the other; some were
mid-chain; some were at or towards the beginning.</div>
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<div>Apparently these units are no longer under
warranty and ETC/Barbizon has issued me an RMA for the
repair. This will require shipping all 13 units to
& from Wisconsin (from SW Florida) at an
undisclosed cost & a repair of an estimated $500
or more each.</div>
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<div>The producer is understandably concerned.</div>
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<div>My question to the list is: Are there any
alternatives, or is the theatre destined to pay
roughly 1/2 or more of the replacement cost of the
units in order to get them repaired?</div>
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