DAS (Digital Address) Station Termination

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Stations are daisy chained.There are 4 button, 8 button, 6 fader and LCD.  One node board can string together several button and pot boards to make custom stations. Signal is jumped from board to board from J2 and then there are jumper header designating which board is which. Button station termination rules are the same DMX rules as fixtures: Last device on the line should be terminated.

Termination on old boards (Term and Reset Switches are perpendicular to each other) is towards the resistors. Termination on the newer boards (Term and Reset switches are parallel to each other) is towards the orange station wire header. 

Data uses the shield wire goes to a ring terminal and go through a face panel screw.  Pots are P130 you need to put them in the center of travel to pull the cap, not at the ends or you will break the pot.  Button covers have a tendency to fall off.  A dab of crazy glue will fix it, but be careful not to put to much glue on the will glue the button in place.  Stations will either have DAS 1.01 or LCD 1.01.  LCD System have the LCD code.