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<blockquote data-quote="Shane Presley" data-source="post: 314" data-attributes="member: 110">So I&#039;d like to bounce my problem off you guys and hopefully come to some points I can check.&nbsp; I have a club install here is the layoutLight jockey to 15&#039; DMX cable - into 50&#039; Mic cable (through the ceiling ) to short dmx cable(s) through the dance floor lighting.Dance floor is 4 x technobeams + 1 minimac.&nbsp; Termination on the last t-beam.&nbsp; This rig has been working for the past few months.&nbsp; I was asked to add some more movers to another part of the club so 3 x trackspots comes into play.&nbsp; I removed the terminator, and added (using mic cables cause it&#039;s all I had) I tested the trackspots addressing and mic cables on the ground before installing them with light jockeySo from the last t-beam 50 ft mic cable to first t-spot, 25ft mic cable to next t-spot, 25 ft to the next t spot, termination.Here&#039;s the symptoms.&nbsp; The technos won&#039;t work when the t-spots are in line and not without termination in the last trackspot.the t-spots won&#039;t work with termination.Each &#039;&#039;loop&#039;&#039; will work independently (t-spot loop or techno loop)I suspect it&#039;s either a bad cable, or a phase reverse in the cabling.&nbsp; I also didn&#039;t know if using dmx + mic cable together would affect it.Obviously it would be best to have all dmx cable, and that&#039;s what I&#039;ll be doing, this just needed to be up and running ASAP.lighting guru thoughts ?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shane Presley, post: 314, member: 110"] So I'd like to bounce my problem off you guys and hopefully come to some points I can check. I have a club install here is the layout Light jockey to 15' DMX cable - into 50' Mic cable (through the ceiling ) to short dmx cable(s) through the dance floor lighting. Dance floor is 4 x technobeams + 1 minimac. Termination on the last t-beam. This rig has been working for the past few months. I was asked to add some more movers to another part of the club so 3 x trackspots comes into play. I removed the terminator, and added (using mic cables cause it's all I had) I tested the trackspots addressing and mic cables on the ground before installing them with light jockey So from the last t-beam 50 ft mic cable to first t-spot, 25ft mic cable to next t-spot, 25 ft to the next t spot, termination. Here's the symptoms. The technos won't work when the t-spots are in line and not without termination in the last trackspot. the t-spots won't work with termination. Each ''loop'' will work independently (t-spot loop or techno loop) I suspect it's either a bad cable, or a phase reverse in the cabling. I also didn't know if using dmx + mic cable together would affect it. Obviously it would be best to have all dmx cable, and that's what I'll be doing, this just needed to be up and running ASAP. lighting guru thoughts ? [/QUOTE]

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