There are always a number of Martin Professional units for sale on Ebay. Some of these have been advertised as "DMX compatible" or "DMX Controllable", but depending onthe age or model of the unit, this is not always the case. This is a guide to those units which are compliant with the U.S.I.T.T. (United States Institute for Theatre Technolgy) DMX512 standard, and those which will only run on Martin's own RS485 protocol (from Martins own controllers- 3032, 2308, 2510 MKIetc)
ANY Martin product that runs DMX is, by default, compatible with there own RS485 Protocol, and usually has stand-alone music or auto trigger selectable via the DIP switches.
I have included those Martin products which will NOT run on any controller, as if it's got no DIP switches or 3/5 pin XLR sockets on it, you can't plug it into anything except the mains, or a switch pack!!!
This has been written as a guide to stop you buying something, and finding that your desk/controller won't run it. I understand that some products (such as the Robocolour II) come in 2 different models (more about that later), and that some listings (like a friend of mine's!) are genuine mistakes, others are often a case of using a keyword like DMX in the listing to generate search hits,
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