PRODUCER 3
06/18/97
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TEATRONICS LIGHTING CONTROLS,TEATRONICS LIGHTING CONTROLS, INC.INC.
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Digital Multiplex Pinouts
Five Pin Standard Pinouts
USITT DMX-512 Standard
1 -- Control Common
2 -- Data Complement (-Data)
3 -- Data True (+Data)
4 -- No Connection
5 -- No Connection
SETUP AND CONNECTION (continued)
INTERFACE TO DIMMERS
Your Producer 3 console is equipped with multiplexed outputs, it will require the use of dimmer
packs equipped to receive multiplex. The Producer 3 meets the United States Institute for
Theatre Technology (USITT) standards for multiplex systems. It should therefore work with
any dimming system that also meets the standards. Prior to July, 1986, no standard existed for
multiplex systems and so the Producer 3 may not interface directly to earlier dimming systems
(including Teatronics) without readjustments, modifications, or additional equipment. Current
models of the Producer 3 have both a 4 pin male and a five pin female XLR type connector. The
4 pin connector supplies AMX-192 standard multiplex signals and the 5 pin supplies DMX-512
standard multiplex signals. Prior to September 1988, Producers were not available with digital
multiplex (analog multiplex AMX-192 was standard). On non-DMX Producers the 5 pin
connector is wired with AMX-192 signals using Strand's CD-80 pinouts. Screening on the
back of your Producer 3 will identify which signals are supplied to the 5 pin connector.
Analog Multiplex Pinouts
Four Pin Standard Pinouts
USITT AMX-192 Standard
1 -- Control Common
2 -- Clock Positive (+Clock)
3 -- Data (Analog 0 to 5 volts)
4 -- Clock Negative (-Clock)
Five Pin Standard Pinouts
Strand CD-80 Standard
1 -- Clock Negative (-Clock)
2 -- Control Common
3 -- Clock Positive (+Clock)
4 -- Data (Analog 0 to 5 volts)
5 -- No Connection
Teatronics Lighting Controls, Inc., is very flexible in regards to custom output requirements. It
is therefore quite possible that your Producer has different output connectors or pinouts. If you
need assistance in connecting a Producer 3 that has been supplied with custom outputs please
contact your Teatronics Lighting Controls, Inc., Dealer or the Factory.
Dimmers meeting the AMX-192 standard have a female 4 pin multiplex input connector and a
male 4 pin output connector. Dimmers meeting the DMX-512 standard have a male 5 pin
multiplex input connector and a female 5 pin output connector. Multiple dimmer packs are
"daisy-chained" together. Both AMX-192 and DMX-512 multiplex signals may also be "wyed"
using a wye box or cable (this was not the case with some earlier systems including Teatronics'
T-Mux). Each dimmer pack has a select switch which determines which dimmer control signals
it responds to, regardless of how the packs are physically connected. Refer to the dimmer's
owner's manual on how to make this selection.
