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Originally Posted by
juski
Yeuch. JST connectors. Hate these with a passion I normally reserve for the Grease megamix. Try to solder the wire back onto the crimp is what I'd do. JST connectors are a bitch to crimp even with the correct tool, let alone with small nosed pliers or whatever - hence why wires are always falling out of them.
Yes they are not very good quality. I will solder then.
Shame you live in Durram I need someone to show me how to do things really.
Youtube is OK but not great.
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Originally Posted by
yourdj
Yes they are not very good quality. I will solder then.
Shame you live in Durram I need someone to show me how to do things really.
Youtube is OK but not great.
Heheh. For the right fee I could be a mobile soldering tutor
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Originally Posted by
juski
Heheh. For the right fee I could be a mobile soldering tutor
I will get the lights out tomorrow or Wed and have a look. Its not too much hassle to just plug in one of the par lights, but I have always been about making life easy for myself as every little thing takes up valuable time.
I am thinking of getting the quad phase HP's if it works on my triphases.
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Originally Posted by
yourdj
I will get the lights out tomorrow or Wed and have a look. Its not too much hassle to just plug in one of the par lights, but I have always been about making life easy for myself as every little thing takes up valuable time.
I am thinking of getting the quad phase HP's if it works on my triphases.
I only have (counts on fingers... ) er... yay many DMX fixtures & I'm starting to get mighty tired of plugging XLRs in now so have started considering wireless conversions. If you have any joy I wouldn't mind seeing a link to the boards you've bought.
I've also got a little side project going on at work (keeps me looking busy when I'm waiting for things to heat up & cool down) .. dunno if I'll ever get round to making it though.. optoisolated, FTDI based USB-DMX converter with (fanfare!) no less than three outputs. Not 3 universes, just one split 3 ways. Component cost would be around £20 not including case & connectors - but I think I'm really just showing off my PCB layout skills.
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Right. After last weekend's DMX cable fun (I just about had enough XLR-XLR cables) I've decided rather than buy more cables I'm going to take a punt on a couple of wireless modules & set about converting some of my kit. 1 or 2 cables per fixture I can live with, but four.. nah. That & if you cover much distance between DMX outposts it adds up to a lot of cable coiling at the end of the night. I'll doubtless write up my experiences with the modules on my blog.
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Originally Posted by
juski
Right. After last weekend's DMX cable fun (I just about had enough XLR-XLR cables) I've decided rather than buy more cables I'm going to take a punt on a couple of wireless modules & set about converting some of my kit. 1 or 2 cables per fixture I can live with, but four.. nah. That & if you cover much distance between DMX outposts it adds up to a lot of cable coiling at the end of the night. I'll doubtless write up my experiences with the modules on my blog.
Take lots of photos as I want to do mine. I am experimenting on my Tri phases and if that works do it to the quad HP's when i get them.
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Originally Posted by
yourdj
Take lots of photos as I want to do mine. I am experimenting on my Tri phases and if that works do it to the quad HP's when i get them.
Oh I'll be thorough. Have you seen my post about how I fixed my mc2000?
http://www.justinhornsby.co.uk/
I've considered doing a video about modding my lights but having thought about how much I hate having to watch a howto video rather than read about it... Nah. And unboxing videos can go & die in a fire. Who wants to watch somebody taking stuff out of a box? Pfft!
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Originally Posted by
juski
Who wants to watch somebody taking stuff out of a box? Pfft!
See, I do that sometimes. I obsessively research most things that I buy, so I have been known to watch unboxing videos. When I researched my movers, one of the reasons I watched the videos was to see how big they are in real terms, as opposed to measurements on the description.
However, I don't see why they cannot be a 30-second time lapse. Spending 10 minutes taking a microphone out of it's box is taking the .
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Originally Posted by
Benny Smyth
See, I do that sometimes. I obsessively research most things that I buy, so I have been known to watch unboxing videos. When I researched my movers, one of the reasons I watched the videos was to see how big they are in real terms, as opposed to measurements on the description.
However, I don't see why they cannot be a 30-second time lapse. Spending 10 minutes taking a microphone out of it's box is taking the
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I'm the guy who almost always reads the manual before even considering buying something. Okay some unboxing videos are useful. I just get tired of trying to find useful videos of stuff - like how to fix a thing or see what it's like in use (e.g. a phone) and only coming up with a 15 minute video of someone taking the thing out of its packaging. It never helps when the video is shot in Wobblyvision & is hosted by a screechy person from Merkinland either
Anyhow.. I've placed my order for two wireless DMX thingies & will keep folk posted as to my progress with them.
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