# DMX Problems

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/dmx-problems/6494>\
**Category:** Hardware\
**Tags:** m-series\
**Created:** [December 8, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/dmx-problems/6494 "2020-12-08T15:50:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![lwbtl](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lwbtl](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/u/lwbtl)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/dmx-problems/6494/1 "2020-12-08T15:50:40Z")

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Hello friends, i have an installation with 18 Chauvet colorado par zoom, running with an M-touch after 1 hour of use I’m starting to lose signal and all the pars go crazy, i check the power management of the USB port, and is on all the time any ideas what could be happening?

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**Author:** ![BenRobertson](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/user_avatar/forum.obsidiancontrol.com/benrobertson/32/3771_2.png) [@BenRobertson](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/u/BenRobertson)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/dmx-problems/6494/2 "2020-12-19T10:43:13Z")

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is there an DMX terminator at the end of the run ?

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**Author:** ![Matthias](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/user_avatar/forum.obsidiancontrol.com/matthias/32/70_2.png) [@Matthias](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/u/Matthias)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/dmx-problems/6494/3 "2020-12-19T21:12:26Z")

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Try

> **[USB device not getting along with Windows 10? Try this quick fix.](https://www.windowscentral.com/how-prevent-windows-10-turning-usb-devices)**
>
> When a USB device is not working correctly with your Windows 10 PC, you can try disabling the 'USB selective suspend' feature to fix the problem. Here's how.

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**Author:** ![lwbtl](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lwbtl](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/u/lwbtl)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/dmx-problems/6494/4 "2020-12-31T19:22:42Z")

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At the end was a broken par thanks for your resonses