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Artistic Licence (UK) Ltd.

DMX-Dongle User’s Guide

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The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice.
Artistic Licence (UK) Ltd. makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material,
including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of fitness for a particular purpose.

Artistic Licence (UK) Ltd. shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for
incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance or
use of this material.

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© Artistic Licence (UK) Ltd. 1995-2004
B1 & B3 Livingstone Court
Peel Road
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Summary of Contents for DMX-Dongle II

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Page 5: ...7 Installation 8 Windows 2000 NT 8 Administrator Rights 9 Software Installation 10 DMX Dongle Installation 11 DOS Applications 12 Quick Start 12 Running DMX512 Analysis 12 Receiving DMX512 13 Keyboard Commands 13 Status Window 15 Transmitting DMX512 17 Keyboard Commands 17 C O N T E N T S ...

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Page 7: ...MX Dongle II is supplied with a sophisticated DMX512 analysis package called DMX Workshop This software is also compatible with the Artistic Licence range of Art Net Ethernet products Please see the DMX Workshop User Guide for further details Features The DMX Dongle provides the following features DMX512 transmission of 512 channel data Programmable transmit Break Mark after Break and Header Code ...

Page 8: ...en copy the DOS applications to the MS DOS machine To do this make a copy of all files in the folder C Program Files Artistic Licence DMX Workshop DOS Windows 2000 NT XP Users The Windows 2000 Windows NT and Windows XP operating systems provide the concept of User Rights This allows different users to be granted different access rights to the computer The highest level of access rights is called A...

Page 9: ...ontrol Panel double click on the Users Passwords icon The following dialogue will be displayed Select the user who will install DMX Workshop In this example it is Benoit Then press the Properties button The following dialogue will then be displayed Select the Other checkbox Select Administrators from the pull down list Press OK You should now restart Windows and then log on as the user name that y...

Page 10: ...sting copy of DMX Workshop Shutdown any applications running on your computer Insert the CD in drive Wait for CD to start then select Enter CD Select the Software button Select the DMX Workshop button Install Shield will then guide you through the remainder of the procedure It is not important whether you install the software before or after connecting the DMX Dongle II to your computer ...

Page 11: ...re that the male DIN or MiniDin which is not used has the plastic cover connected Switch your computer back on If you are using a laptop computer there is no external keyboard to be reconnected The DMX Dongle must be connected to the PC keyboard port for its power connection It does not affect the operation of the keyboard nor does it disable the internal keyboard of a laptop You can connect to ei...

Page 12: ...I will provide a very powerful test system The DOS software will run in a DOS window under Windows 95 98 ME but not on Windows 2000 NT or XP Running DMX Analysis The program is called DMX EXE To execute type the following C DONGLE ANALYSIS DMX The directory can be added to your PATH statement which will allow the program to execute from any directory To do this add the following to the end of the ...

Page 13: ...9 512 PGDN Selects the next channel display range If the current range is 1 64 the next range will be 65 128 PGUP Selects the previous channel display range If the current range is 65 128 the previous range will be 1 64 F2 Start Selects a new receive start code Only DMX512 frames with a matching start code will be displayed Any frames which do not match are counted and displayed in the status wind...

Page 14: ...received Max Displays the highest values received Text Displays DMX512 A text messages SIP Displays DMX512 A System Information Packets RDM Displays Remote Device Management Messages F8 Loop This key cycles through the three available loop modes Off DMX output is generated by the PC On The DMX output connects to the DMX Input Mge The PC output and the DMX input are HTP merged to the output F10 Exi...

Page 15: ...al value is console dependent but usually in the range 100uS to 300uS A value of less than 88uS shows that a problem exists with the transmitting console MaB The Mark after Break length The MaB is the time delay between the end of the break signal and transmission of the header code The specification requires this value to be greater than 8uS The actual value is console dependant but usually about...

Page 16: ...rror Log Framing The Framing count shows how many DMX frames with a framing error have been received since the last Reset Counters F4 command In normal operation this field will display zero If framing errors are being received it is almost always due to bad cable or incorrectly terminated DMX512 lines Error Log Overrun The Framing count shows how many DMX frames with an overrun error have been re...

Page 17: ...Selects the next channel display range If the current range is 1 64 the next range will be 65 128 PGUP Selects the previous channel display range If the current range is 65 128 the previous range will be 1 64 0 9 Enter a new level for the cursor channel The new level is transmitted to the DMX output as it is entered F3 Base Cycles through the available display bases for the channel levels These ar...

Page 18: ...e UK Ltd DMX Dongle User s Guide 18 Select the next memory number and output to DMX M Enter a memory number in the range 1 to 50 L Select the legend entry window to enter a name for current memory F10 Exit Exit to Dos ...

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Page 20: ...including but not limited to the implied warranties of fitness for a particular purpose Artistic Licence UK Ltd shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material Artistic Licence Artistic Licence UK Ltd 1995 2004 B1 B3 Livingstone Court Peel Road Harrow Middlesex England HA3 7QT Tel 44 0 ...

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