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Which ETC Lights are Self-Terminated

Automatically Self-Terminated

The following fixtures self-terminate when there is nothing connected to their DMX thru, and do not require additional terminators at the end of the DMX line. 

  • All Series 3 S4 LED fixtures
  • All Series 2 S4 LED fixtures
  • All Series 1 S4 LED fixtures
  • All fos/4 family fixtures
  • D22 Portable
  • D40 (indoor only)
  • D60 (indoor only)
  • Desire Fresnel

Manually Self-Terminated

The following fixtures have a termination switch that must be set to "on" only when the fixtures is installed at the end of a DMX line.

  • D22 Canopy DMX fixture 
  • Irideon WLZ Canopy DMX fixture
  • Irideon FPZ Canopy DMX fixture
  • D40 XTI (switch is located on the XTI term board)
  • D60 XTI (switch is located on the XTI term board)

Not Self-Terminated

The following fixtures are not self-terminated and require a 120-ohm resistor at end of line for DMX Termination.

  • D40XT
  • D60X
  • Arcsystem fixtures (all)
  • BluesSystem power supplies
  • Relevé
  • Selador fixtures
  • All Source 4WRDs
  • All ColorSource V Fixtures
  • All ColorSource Fixtures
  • Track Mount Fixtures (terminate at the end of the track)

 

 

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