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Offline jamesssydney

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DMX Moving Heads Randomly twitch and move with a CAT6/7
« on: September 25, 2020, 09:33:16 PM »
Afternoon All,

just purchased a flat CAT6/7 cable to run under some carper to control a series of DMX controlled moving heads. As soon as I plug the cable into the 2nd RJ45 port on the F16V3 all of the DMX heads begin to twitch and move like a test pattern of some sort is running. If I switch the cable back to a regular Cat5 no movement and the lights operate as intended once the show is launched from Xlights.

Even with the Cat6/7 connected I can't  lanch a show from Xlights nothing happens?

Just wondering if I can use a Cat6/7 cable or is there a setting I can change?

Cheers

James

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Re: DMX Moving Heads Randomly twitch and move with a CAT6/7
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2020, 02:02:26 PM »
It sounds like a bad cable.

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Re: DMX Moving Heads Randomly twitch and move with a CAT6/7
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2020, 04:08:04 PM »
Perhaps the Cat6/7 have the extra "shielded connectors" with metal on the outside, and it is picking up noise from those?

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Re: DMX Moving Heads Randomly twitch and move with a CAT6/7
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2020, 10:42:59 PM »
Thank you I guess i'll try another cable. Appreciate the response  :D