I wonder if they "got a deal" on the 5 pin xlr's and used them. Can you determine how the pins are wired?
Do yourself a favor and completely ignore anything related to DMX when it comes to XLR. DMX XLR is made to carry digital signals.
Trust me. They are NOT data/DMX. DMX is ONLY used to control lighting, lasers, fog machines, and motor controllers. DMX cables are much higher resistance in order to effectively terminate the signal without having to use terminators at the ends of daisy chains. DMX512 only uses 3 pin cables.
DIN has become a generic term for almost any round connector with radially oriented pins, be it 3, 5, 7, or what have you. Before USB, and before "PS2" connectors, keyboards used to connect to computers using a 7 pin DIN often called a "PC/AT" connector. DIN gets called XLR when it's stage and music related.
I analyze the crap out of it, when the whole thing could be answered by a single question: Which of the two big black amps above has an output that matches the input on StopLoss13's Transars?Could the bottom amp be for the Transar ll?
How about switching the the XLR plug to Phoenix connectors?OK, so they're not DMX. DIN doesn't matter. But the connectors ARE 5-pin male XLR.
So, how do I convert 5-pin female XLR to 3-pin female XLR?
Or, can I find/make a 5-pin female XLR to male RCA?
This is all moot. If you don't know what each of those pins is doing, such a conversion would be pointless.How about switching the the XLR plug to Phoenix connectors?
This can be done for the XO and even the Amp if needed.
This is all moot. If you don't know what each of those pins is doing, such a conversion would be pointless.
It's putting the cart before the horse.
I'll run this idea up "The Flagpole" and see if anyone salutes it.I would kill for a schematic.
Well, maybe I'd speak some harsh words for a schematic.
The odd thing is that there's no crossover function at the little black box for the AMT's - the purple and blue wires pass through. So, you figure that it would be handled internally by the big black box that El Stoppo doesn't have. Therefore, why doesn't the big black box handle all of the crossover function internally for the Transar as well? Why is there what appears to be a passive first order crossover that would theoretically cross it over at 530 (highpass) (without taking those resistors and semiconductor into account)? Why wouldn't that be handled internally by the prodigal box as well?I'll run this idea up "The Flagpole" and see if anyone salutes it.
The RCA jack on the Xo unit is for the 2 wires to the Heil.
The 5 pin Cannon plug is a speaker level 4 wire connector from that ESS amp #1, that I thought belonged to Mr. Stoploss.
13Stoploss, the OP, says that he and Ricardo, ESS CEO, are on good terms, which is what it would take to get such information on an existing product. Generally, that stuff is pretty guarded.Wondering if you wrote ESS directly and outline that you purchased a pair of their Transar, perhaps giving them the serial numbers, and ask them for a copy of the schematics/info they'd might send you?
He may not be reachable. Last I heard, he was setting up a system for Ramtha.Maybe we can hold a "seance" and channel El Seven?
13Stoploss, the OP, says that he and Ricardo, ESS CEO, are on good terms, which is what it would take to get such information on an existing product. Generally, that stuff is pretty guarded.
But here's an interesting document directly from the ESS website.
The odd thing is that there's no crossover function at the little black box for the AMT's - the purple and blue wires pass through. So, you figure that it would be handled internally by the big black box that El Stoppo doesn't have. Therefore, why doesn't the big black box handle all of the crossover function internally for the Transar as well? Why is there what appears to be a passive first order crossover that would theoretically cross it over at 530 (highpass) (without taking those resistors and semiconductor into account)? Why wouldn't that be handled internally by the prodigal box as well?
I'd build a passive second order high pass crossover for the AMT at 1500 and send it a signal via the the XMA-2 from the UPS-1 preamp full output crossed over at 250.
Interested. In case.
I doubt that a down firing sub box would be much good up to 250, so I'd make a front firing woofer box. As the crossover point for that is variable at the pre-amp, it can be lowered as necessary as well.
Ideally.