5 pin DIN 12v trigger on Lexicon PrePro???

[davidtwotrees]

Hello. I have abandoned my Yamaha 663 and am going back to my Lexicon DC-1 prepro. The only thing I will miss with the yammie is it's 12v trigger. My Parasound Amp and NHT sub amp were plugged into a Niles AC-3 triggered power strip.
The Lexicon has a PWR CTL port. This is a 5 pin DIN connctor. The OM says, "pins 1 and 2 are ground, pin 3 is high when unit is on low in standby or off. High is indicated by either +5VDC or +12VDC, selectable via an internal jumper. Pin 5 can be enabled (high) or disabled (low) for specific input selections in the Setup Menu."
I bought a radio shack 5 pin DIN cable which plugs into the Lexicon's PWR CTL port. I cut the other end off and exposed the wires inside, the bare wire copper shielding, and red, yellow, black, and white wires. The Niles triggered outlet has a control in with two jacks, one + and one -. I tried some basic combos hooked up to the Niles and the Lexi to no avail. (ie red + black - etc)

Any thoughts from the talking heads here? Will this even work? Thank you in advance.
(i know this should go in cables and interconnects but that is deadsville, man)

 

[TLS Guy]

Hello. I have abandoned my Yamaha 663 and am going back to my Lexicon DC-1 prepro. The only thing I will miss with the yammie is it's 12v trigger. My Parasound Amp and NHT sub amp were plugged into a Niles AC-3 triggered power strip.
The Lexicon has a PWR CTL port. This is a 5 pin DIN connctor. The OM says, "pins 1 and 2 are ground, pin 3 is high when unit is on low in standby or off. High is indicated by either +5VDC or +12VDC, selectable via an internal jumper. Pin 5 can be enabled (high) or disabled (low) for specific input selections in the Setup Menu."
I bought a radio shack 5 pin DIN cable which plugs into the Lexicon's PWR CTL port. I cut the other end off and exposed the wires inside, the bare wire copper shielding, and red, yellow, black, and white wires. The Niles triggered outlet has a control in with two jacks, one + and one -. I tried some basic combos hooked up to the Niles and the Lexi to no avail. (ie red + black - etc)

Any thoughts from the talking heads here? Will this even work? Thank you in advance.
(i know this should go in cables and interconnects but that is deadsville, man)

This should work. Do you know which pin and cable has +12 volts? If not use a voltmeter. Make ground negative. Set the Lexicon via menu to output + 12 on pin 5. You say pin three is high when the unit is off. So I hope you find 5 is high when the unit is on, if you program it that way.

If you can, then pins one a two will be ground, and pin 5 positive.

If you find with the voltmeter that it is not posible to program a pin to +12 volt with unit on, then that socket will not work.

If the unit has a switched AC outlet, then get a +12 volt AC (wall wart) adapter and plug it into the the switched AC outlet. Connect -ve to ground on the the Niles, and the +12 volt to the appropriate connection on the Niles.

It will definitely work as long as you find a way of getting +12 volts, unit on, to the Niles.

 

[davidtwotrees]

Thanks, Doc! The unit has no outlet on it......which is how I am running the niles off of my yamaha currently. I will try this out..........

 

[davidtwotrees]

Found this on the Lexicon site............
Problem: Looking for specs/adaptor to use DC-1 with panamax 1000

Solution: If you want to use the DC-1 power output to trigger a Panamax 1000 you will need to have a cable made with a 5 pin DIN connecter on one side with pin 3 and pin 1 connected to each side of a 2 prong power cable on the other side.


Which is why I was trying to see if there was a universal color code for DIN....I do own a voltmeter.............using it is another thing altogether.....I will try this weekend...

 

[davidtwotrees]

Ok. I cut open the wasted end of the din cable. Black is pin 1. yellow is pin 4. ground is pin 2. White is pin 5, and red is pin 3.

So, according to Lexicon.........the red and the black wire should be it......

 

[TLS Guy]

Ok. I cut open the wasted end of the din cable. Black is pin 1. yellow is pin 4. ground is pin 2. White is pin 5, and red is pin 3.

So, according to Lexicon.........the red and the black wire should be it......

That will NOT work. Red pin 3 is high when the unit is off. You need a pin that is high with the unit on to work the Niles. Also you need to find out if the internal jumper is set correctly for 12 volts rather than 5. I think you might be able to get 12 volts on pin 5 (white) unit on by programming it from the menu.

Check the voltages with your meter, and also see when they are high or low and what they are.

 

[davidtwotrees]

You rock, Dr. Mark. The voltmeter showed the black (pin 1) with 12v on the meter and ground was the shield which was (pin 2). The unit was defaulted to 12v so no menu adjustments were needed!
Thanks for helping me get my rig squared away and ship shape. Plus, it is cool to have a unit (the lexicon) that says made in the USofA. Everything about it is solid. Thanks again for helping overcome the fear of the volt meter!

 

[TLS Guy]

You rock, Dr. Mark. The voltmeter showed the black (pin 1) with 12v on the meter and ground was the shield which was (pin 2). The unit was defaulted to 12v so no menu adjustments were needed!
Thanks for helping me get my rig squared away and ship shape. Plus, it is cool to have a unit (the lexicon) that says made in the USofA. Everything about it is solid. Thanks again for helping overcome the fear of the volt meter!

Glad to help! It is tough long range.