How can I use two lighting desks to run one rig, for example one to control generics and one to run moving lights?
There are two ways this can be done. • Use two separate ‘universes’, i.e. the generic desk runs to your dimmers and moving light desk uses a separate DMX tie line or cable to go the first moving light and then daisy chain out. This keeps everything separate, and is less likely to cause problems. • Use a DMX merger, such as the ELC DMX Merger 2 in 1 or the Compulite DMX Merger Compulite DMX Merger) which enables you to use both desks in ‘tandem’ and combine their DMX outputs into one stream. Due to the serial multiplexed nature of a DMX signal, using a simple passive ‘Y-lead’ splitter to link two consoles into one DMX line will not work!
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