I just got home from school and I just want to say thank you to everyone who responded today. You have shed light (poor joke) on my current lighting system making it clear what will and what won't work with my current set up(ds3000II). I just purchased 3 x https://www.amazon.com/Eliminator-Lighting-ED-15-Special-Equipment/dp/B000WKY4C8 thanks for suggestion donnodoes and hoping to get a new control board to run the dimmer packs.

After a bit of research it looks like that system doesn’t use DMX protocol, but their own over that DIN cable - so using any general DMX controller wont work. There’s very little info out there about what you have, only found a few pics and the manufacturers website (which you should just call them and see).

I’d suggest buying that cheap controller on amazon and two cheap dimmers, which would all land under $300.

I bought two of these to be quick and dirty, haven’t had issues yet:

https://www.amazon.com/Eliminator-Lighting-ED-15-Special-Equipment/dp/B000WKY4C8