The lead should be connected into the 'MIDI IN' socket on your synthesiser, drum machine, etc. There is no provision for the +3 to receive MIDI data - it can only act as a source.
___________________________ __| 6 5 4 3 2 1 | |__ ### ### ### ### ### ### | |___________________________| MIDI socket
PIN | FUNCTION |
1 | RETURN |
2 | not used |
3 | not used |
4 | not used |
5 | DATA OUT |
6 | not used |