Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Hey guys and girls , 
Thank you for your time reading this.
I was hoping someone could help me with a little issue.
I bought a great Sds5 Padset a while ago but never had the time to try 
them out because i was lacking a brain.
After having bought an Sds9 Brain , i suddenly though , is it 
possible ? ,
The person i bought the brain of told me he triggered it via 
keyboard , therefore using a XLR Male - Jack mono( in the brain ) .
I recently bought adapter Female - female to put in the pad for the 
cables to work but there's no effect , only moving the adapter around 
attached to the shell of the pad gives me strange triggered sounds 
because of it being too loose .
Would Jack Stereo - XlR female cables work without the whole adapter 
thing ?? .
Please let me know your opinions ,
Thank you very much 
Sander