Getting Started
Chapter
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3 Getting Started
3.1 Introduction
Astera's ART3 is a wireless DMX receiver/transmitter that can be used to control a setup of
Astera Lamps and/or third party lamps with a DMX control desk.
There are five operation modes:
1. DMX Transmitter:
Transmits one DMX universe that will be
received by all light fixtures or Wireless
DMX receivers that are set up appropri-
ately.
2. RC Transmitter:
the ART3 controls Wireless Astera lamps,
the same way an ARC2 remote control
would do but the parameters are set by an
DMX control table. The whole light setup
can be controlled in a way the ARC2 would
do but there is a DMX desk in control.
The basic advantages of this operation
mode are a higher range and that data is only sent during changes. With only 20 DMX chan-
nels you can control a whole setup of lamps.
3. DMX receiver:
one DMX universe can be received.
4. RC Receiver
This mode is useful to integrate third party
RGB lamps into a remote controlled light
setup. Up to 32 RGB fixtures can be con-
nected to the DMX output, all controllable
individually. The ART3 will replay all the programs that can be set up by the remote control.
5. Control Lamps
The ART1 can work as a simple remote
control to set programs and colors similar
to the ARC2 remote control. This is useful
if you forget to bring your ARC2.
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