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- If at all possible to cable an instrument to a dimmer without using a stagepin extension, please do so.
- You can daisy-chain scoops with two-fers so that they only use one dimmer.
- If you are using Colorados try to chain them together with Powercon and DMX. If they are not close enough to each other to chain, you might be able to convince your LD to move them. You can also daisy-chain the DMX and Powercon into the Vari-Lites, but only DMX can come out. You must use an Edison extension cord from the Vari-Lite to the ground. Colorados COLORados will take 3-pin or 5-pin DMX, but Vari-Lites and pretty much everything else will only take 5-pin, so you can use 3-pin between Colorados COLORados if you are running low on 5-pin.
- You are going to have to run DMX from the dimmer closet to the light board, so that can go through the Colorados COLORados and Vari-Lites.
- There might be more things. Find a former ME or an LD if you have questions about things.
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