Last week one of my DS250 started acting oddly. When I would strike the lamp, it would stop receiving dmx. Units downstream of it would still act normally though. If I unplugged the dmx out it would start acting crazy (like a playback but it wasn't what was programmed). I tried adding a terminator directly to the dmx out to no effect. Using the onboard display to look at dmx values showed seemed to be showing garbage values (constantly changing).

Now that I have it down on my workbench it is not receiving dmx at all whether the lamp is on or off.

Anyone got any ideas?

hard to say, i would recommend you call Elation service and talk to a tech.

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Best regards,

it does sound like the data is getting corrupted. you may want to swap the complete display and see if the problem transfers.

Gotta love the odd ones. I swapped the faceplate display with another unit and both units work properly.

I'll keep them on the workbench for a few more days for testing just in case though.