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Page 1: ...b a b technologie gmbh DUODMX GATEWAY documentation Artikel Nr 12000 12010 12020 12030 12100 12110 12120 Documentation version IV Actual state 07 2012 Date 6 April 2016 EN ...

Page 2: ...tent DUO DMX Gateway 2 b a b technologie gmbh DUO DMX Gateway b a b technologie gmbh im INHOUSE Dortmund Rosemeyerstr 14 44139 Dortmund info bab tec de Tel 49 0 231 476 425 30 Fax 49 0 231 476 425 59 www bab tec de ...

Page 3: ...22 5 2 11 Export and Import scenes 23 5 2 12 Export and Import of Steps 23 5 2 13 RGB Editor 23 5 2 13 1 Configure RGB Editor 23 5 2 13 2 Use of RGB Editor 24 5 2 14 Channel SoftPatch 25 5 2 15 Device manager 26 5 2 16 Application settings 27 5 2 17 Storage level indicator 27 5 3 Menu Extensions 28 5 3 1 Device Variants 28 5 3 2 KNX BMX configuration 29 5 3 2 1 Linking of KNX GrOup adDresseS 30 Se...

Page 4: ...configuration 42 5 3 6 Changing the IP address configuration 42 5 3 7 Transfer of Configuration Data 44 5 3 7 1 Transfer via network 44 5 3 7 2 Transfer via SD card 45 6 Firmware Update 47 7 Device Type Extension EIBPORT Extension 48 7 1 Check set communication parameters 48 7 2 EIBPORT Job linking facilities 49 7 3 Receiving telegrams in the case of device type Extension SR 50 8 Generate ESF Data...

Page 5: ...s File 27 Figure 30 storage level indicator 27 Figure 31 Device Variants 28 Figure 32 device selection KNX BMX 29 Figure 33 Configuration KNX BMX 29 Figure 34 Group address management 30 Figure 35 set group addresses 30 Figure 36 import ESF file 31 Figure 37 linking group addresses to scenes 32 Figure 38 Linking the dimmer channels 33 Figure 39 Link with predefined devices 34 Figure 40 Extension D...

Page 6: ...browser of your smart phone The professional configuration software not only enables the dimming of individual channels but also the programming of complex sequences The DUODMX GATEWAY is ideally suited for concealed retrofitting in ceilings A corresponding adapter is available for top hat rail installation 2 THE GATEWAY The DUODMX GATEWAY is laid out for ceiling installation Due to its compact me...

Page 7: ...d Figure 1 DUO DMX GATEWAY with grounding clips DIN Rail Bar adapter The adapter is fixed on the chassis with 2 screws part of delivery Please note that the adapter only may be screwed in the two folded holes Figure 2 DIN Rail Bar Adapter Note Please attach the DIN rail Adapter only on the two marked holes Using the wrong holes the screw ends might touch the bottom of the circuit board Please be c...

Page 8: ...via the KNXnet IP protocol Therefore the device must be connected to the network too Device model KNX TP article No 12020 As KNX Twisted Pair version the device is directly connected to the twisted pair wiring of the KNX bus For this purpose the device has two terminals on one of the connectors Device model EnOcean article No 12030 The EnOcean device can manage by the control signals of EnOcean ra...

Page 9: ...erfaces can be performed separately for each interface In order to be able to transmit and receive simultaneously on one DMX cable a jumper can be inserted from one interface to the other The DMX interfaces are short circuit proof Device model KNX TP SR Article No 12120 The KNX TP SR version not only permits the transmission of DMX commands on the basis of incoming KNX TP telegrams see KNX TP vers...

Page 10: ...nfiguration must be performed with an SD card For this purpose you will requires a standard SD card and a card reader device for your PC 4 1 DMX CONFIGURATOR INSTALLATION Please first install the software DMX Configurator The setup file for installing the software DMX Configurator can be found on the CD or can be downloaded at www bab tec de The Software is MS Windows based Installation Instructio...

Page 11: ...m ID 0 cannot be changed important only for type 12000 4 4 INITIAL COMMISSIONING Connect the standard 12 30V power supply DC to the connection clamps or connect the device to PoE enabled network cable The power LED is lighting constant green if the device is in operation Note You require an SD card for the initial commissioning Start the DMX Configurator and browse to the menu Extensions DUODMX GA...

Page 12: ...ster Slave click on the LAN KNX tab When selecting EnOcean click on the LAN EnOcean tab When selecting WLAN click on the WLAN tab The diagram below shows a sample configuration for KNX BMX Figure 7 DMX Configurator Window LAN KNX Below the DMX Gateways field click on the Search button This displays all DUODMX GATEWAYs to be found in the network regardless of the IP addresses of the local PCs on th...

Page 13: ...sert the SD card in the slot of the DUODMX GATEWAY The green operating LED of the device goes out briefly while the data is being read in The configuration is loaded as soon as the green operating LED lights up again Restart the device by using the power supply switch Open the DMX Configurator and check as described in the steps above whether the DUODMX GATEWAY has accepted the new IP address sett...

Page 14: ...0 0 or later If you have an older version of the DMX Configurator please download the actual one from our homepage Older project data Projects from older versions of DMX Configurator can be opened without problems in the latest software version DMX Configurator Once a device is already loaded with a configuration before a firmware update is done it has after the firmware update is done to be reloa...

Page 15: ...commands would be overwritten by those of the active preview Make sure that you only use either the preview or the corresponding control system KNX BMX EnOcean The preview can be done in two ways 1 Broadcast Preview All DUODMX GATEWAY in the network are addressed using the preview no matter what network settings you have and whether they just allow the PC from the DMX Configurator to be started Th...

Page 16: ...l are located in the network devices with IP address and device name default setting the MAC address In order to activate the preview for one of the devices in the list the corresponding device must be marked blue background and the preview then activated by clicking the checkbox Figure 13 Unicast Preview Note Please note that the PC and the DUO DMX GATEWAY must reside in this case in the same are...

Page 17: ...he DMX Configurator directly on the DMX end devices The software is suitable for all current versions of Windows and can be found on the supplied CD or downloaded from www bab tec de Service Downloads 5 2 1 USER INTERFACE The user interface is clearly structured into five broad areas 1 Administration of the scenes 2 Scene settings 3 Administration of steps 4 DMX channel settings 5 Menu bar setting...

Page 18: ...he scene list This name can be edited freely The Button copies all selected scenes including all their steps deletes the selected scenes including all their steps The arrow box serves for displacing the scenes within the scene s list Important Note At the start of each scene the DMX Configurator is assumed that the corresponding DMX channel holds the value 0 If not so it may happen that a new scen...

Page 19: ...d at once by pressing these buttons Per step different DMX values for each channel can be set By stringing together several steps with various DMX values a dynamic light image can be created The step list includes all steps in chronological order The transition between two steps determines the cross fade Fade time and hold time Wait time which can be set separately for each step The option Change ...

Page 20: ...e button must be clicked The dialogue of the Color Picker is available in 2 different views Left the standard representation normal style and the on the right color distribution as color wheel round style is shown Go for color selection as follows Select the color from the color representation Select the color brightness Click on OK and the settings for R G B can be taken Figure 18 Color Picker di...

Page 21: ...the DMX channels must be entered which form the group Here the separation of DMX channels is made with a semicolon One DMX channel can belong to different groups After you define the groups you will see them in the group selection By selecting a group the selected channels are marked in the box and activated They are tied together and all channels are set to the same value as soon as one of the fa...

Page 22: ...on is executed after the last step in a scene is set by the selection box under the step list Repeat after last step The scene is running in an endless loop Stop after last step The scene will stop the execution after the last step The light image of the last step remains unchanged Execute The selected scene is performed after the last step 5 2 10 SAVE AND LOAD PROJECTS Under the File menu you can...

Page 23: ...R You can configure the display and the assignment of the RGB settings to the DMX channels To do this select the menu item Settings Application settings and then go to the Tab RGB Editor This opens a dialog where you will find the following settings Pixel H Indicates how many RGB fields should be arranged horizontally Pixel V Indicates how many RGB fields should be arranged vertically First Pixel ...

Page 24: ...king the right mouse button on the RGB box It now opens a menu from which you select Color Picker This will open the Color Picker window as already known In order to copy colors from one field to another simply click the right mouse button on the RGB box and select copy Now you can click on paste or by using the left mouse button in an RGB color box copy it direct in place NOTE After you select a ...

Page 25: ...hing of existing scenes to a other existing installation Thus the scenes remain unchanged and only the assignment of the individual channels must be new No double seizure In order to terminate the input with no changes press Cancel Press OK changes into the current project are accepted Reset restores the default settings NOTE In one project dx1 File only one separate channel setting is possible Fi...

Page 26: ...f a channel is marked it can be assigned a name and specific colour using the input mask on the right In order to define RGB and RGBW devices proceed as follows RGB device Mark the first channel of the required DMX device e g channel 1 Ch1 Under Name in the right hand configuration window enter the required name of your DMX device e g RGB lights 1 Now right click on the channel and select Add RGB ...

Page 27: ...specified project With the project file is selected Load last opened file The last opened project is loaded 5 2 17 STORAGE LEVEL INDICATOR Since DMX Configurator Version 1 6 0 0 there is a storage level indicator The DUODMX GATEWAY has a total space of 64 Kbytes The level indicator shows you how much of this memory is used in your current configuration Transfer more information to a device there w...

Page 28: ... call the Expansions menu for the first time the following selection appears Figure 31 Device Variants Select the respective bus type according to the version of your device Overview of bus types device versions You can find out which version your device is from the marking on the front KNX BMX 12000 DUODMX GATEWAY Extension for EIBPORT 12010 DUODMX GATEWAY KNXnet IP 12020 DUODMX GATEWAY KNX TP KN...

Page 29: ... the section on Extension device version 12010 DUODMX GATEWAY KNXnet IP Control via the KNXnet IP protocol network based 12020 DUODMX GATEWAY KNX TP Control via KNX twisted pair twisted pair bus In every case the control is by means of KNX group addresses only the transmission path of the telegrams differs After selecting this bus type the Expansion window opens with KNX specific parameters The wi...

Page 30: ...rator or 2 use ESF data import Figure 34 Group address management SET GROUP ADDRESSES WITHIN THE DMX CONFIGURATOR If no appropriate ESF file with the corresponding group address exists the group addresses can be created directly in the DMX Configurator Proceed as follows 1 Create a Main Middlegroup Click the right mouse button into the empty group address field while group addresses is checked You...

Page 31: ...must first be exported directly from the ETS or from the EIBPORT For all objects of the DUODMX GATEWAY the following data types are relevant 1 bit DPT 1 001 switch EIS 1 value 0 1 4 bit DPT 3 007 dim EIS 2 relatively value brighter darker stop 1 byte DPT 5 001 EIS 6 percent value 0 100 step size 0 4 3 byte DPT 232 600 RGB value R 0 255 G 0 255 B 0 255 4 byte DPT 12 001 4 byte unsigned as RGBW valu...

Page 32: ...esponding scene on the right The group address will then be displayed below the scene see diagram below Note During the linking procedure the program automatically checks whether the selected group address has the correct data type for the communication object If it does not this link is not possible and the group address cannot be linked Figure 37 linking group addresses to scenes Each scene can ...

Page 33: ...her the selected group address has the correct data type for the communication object If it does not this link is not possible and the group address cannot be linked Figure 38 Linking the dimmer channels LINKING WITH PREDEFINED DEVICES DEVICE Apart from the dimmer channels and the scenes group addresses can also be linked with DMX devices previously defined in the DMX configurator One of these DMX...

Page 34: ... data type for the communication object If it does not this link is not possible and the group address cannot be linked Figure 39 Link with predefined devices 5 3 2 3 LAN KNX The network and KNX specific settings are performed on the LAN KNX tab Figure 40 Extension DUODMX GATEWAY KNX 1 Activate deactivate DHCP 2 IP address setting and KNXnet IP routing multicast group 6 9 8 7 1 2 3 4 5 ...

Page 35: ...eview 6 Determines how an initiated scene behaves if a telegram with the value 0 is sent to its linked group address If Pause is set the scene in progress is stopped and will resume again at this point when it is triggered again If Stop is set the scene starts again from the beginning when it is triggered again 7 Assign a physical address for the KNX versions of the device 8 The EIBPORT System ID ...

Page 36: ...PECIAL FEATURES OF MASTER SLAVE FUNCTION In the device versions ending with SR there is the possibility of operating one or both DMX interfaces not only as a DMX Master sending but also as a DMX Slave receiving For this reason there are checkboxes on the LAN KNX tab only after selecting the correct device version see above for setting the operating mode of the DMX interfaces separately from one an...

Page 37: ...ponding DMX channel in Dimmer Out 2 can be linked with the addresses for the status feedback Figure 43 Link to an address for status feedback Note If you configure one DMX interface as a DMX master and one as a DMX slave please note that not transmission takes place not only on the 1 byte group address of the configured DMX slave interface the actual value incoming from DMX but also on the 1 byte ...

Page 38: ...hannels Dimmer out See Section Configuration for KNX BMX Linking with predefined devices Device See Section Configuration for KNX BMX 5 3 3 4 LAN KNX See Section Configuration for KNX BMX The configuration differs here only in terms of the additional parameters for DMX master slave see above ...

Page 39: ...nOcean profiles be listed The profiles will be displayed with their EnOcean specific names With two clicks note Not double click on the profile name will be a renaming possible Give the profile a name such as Switch_Wippe1_ON to assign it better later on Figure 45 EnOcean Configuration naming of profiles The DUODMX GATEWAY in the EnOcean variant supporting the profiles ORG0x5 These profiles corres...

Page 40: ...d More than one profile can be linked to a scene To delete a link it is enough to mark it and then press the Del key LINKING DMX CHANNELS To link the DMX dimming channels in the DMX outputs directly with EnOcean profiles both profiles of a rocker switch must be linked to each channel Figure 47 EnOcean linking of DMX channels The DUODMX GATEWAY detects a dim signal when a rocker switch is pressed f...

Page 41: ...function The device repeats all EnOcean signals that it receives again and therefore amplifies the range of the signal There are two choices Figure 48 EnOcean Extension Repeater Functionality 1 Check boxes to activate the repeater EnOcean function EnOcean repeaters The unit will repeat all received EnOcean radio signals with a lower transmission power In a system with several repeaters thus preven...

Page 42: ...t changing the subnet mask proceed as follows Note If the IP address configuration is to be fundamentally changed the configuration change must be performed using an SD card See Section Initial commissioning When selecting KNX BMX and KNX BMX master slave on the Lan KNX tab switch to the Lan EnOcean tab when selecting EnOcean and to the WLAN tab when selecting WLAN The diagram below shows a sample...

Page 43: ...e network area subnet Open the network settings of your computer Example Windows 7 and give your computer an IP address in the subnet of the DUODMX GATEWAY Figure 51 Windows Network Settings Switch to the Lan KNX Lan EnOcean or WLAN tab and change the IP address settings according to your requirements Figure 52 DMX Configurator IP Adressen Settings When requested assign a name to the device Switch...

Page 44: ...d over the network or via an SD card The configuration data contains All DMX relevant data scenes channels devices All links IP addresses and configuration data The one exception are the settings for the DMX Preview 5 3 7 1 TRANSFER VIA NETWORK To transfer the data over the network to the device may have to face the PC and DUODMX GATEWAY in the same area network subnet If necessary change the netw...

Page 45: ... confirmed with the message Upload done Otherwise you receive an error message Check the network settings of PC and DUODMX GATEWAY one more time Figure 56 DMX Configurator configuration transfer Note Due to the Upload will not save the configuration data If you close the DMX Configurator all changes made are lost 5 3 7 2 TRANSFER VIA SD CARD In addition to storing as DMX project file each project ...

Page 46: ...e appropriate folder Create a folder on your hard drive for the config par file Then copy the generated HEX file into the folder and rename it in to config par Insert the SD card into the card reader and move the new config par on the SD card Insert the SD card into the slot of the DUODMX GATEWAY and wait until the green LED lights up again Ready ...

Page 47: ...e must be named dmxknx fir Unplug the DUODMX GATEWAY from the power supply and insert the SD card into the SD card slot Press the button and hold it down while you connect the power supply again Wait until the LED of the DUODMX GATEWAY has stopped to flicker and then release the button Remove the SD card and start the machine again by separation of the supply voltage After a successful reboot is t...

Page 48: ...otocol used for communication either TCP or UDP In this case the communication over UDP User Datagram Protocol is used Thus the sender EIBPORT and receiver DUODMX GATEWAY can talk together they must communicate over the same port number BMX Port Cause in the DUODMX GATEWAY the port number cannot be changed it must be set correctly in the EIBPORT About the System Configuration Advanced EIB yabus Se...

Page 49: ...s EIBPORT and DUODMX GATEWAY must not be in the same network area for communication The control can with appropriate firewall configuration also take place over the internet 7 2 EIBPORT JOB LINKING FACILITIES If the messages should be transferred over the BMX protocol to the DUODMX GATEWAY the linking facilities job is used This job is also described in the documentation of EIBPORT Important commu...

Page 50: ... overlapping is possible within installation 2 1 1 Addresses 0 1 1 1 2 1 32 1 are coupled directly with EIB installation 2 Using these rules it is possible to map group addresses In case of the DUODMX GATEWAY this makes no sense On the side of the DUODMX GATEWAY only the addresses which have been linked via the ESF file are working 7 3 RECEIVING TELEGRAMS IN THE CASE OF DEVICE TYPE EXTENSION SR Te...

Page 51: ...ools ESF Upload data maintenance Insert the wanted addresses in EIBPORT and export it as an ESF file ESF data from the ETS To generate the desired data with ETS you need the application of a device which controls the data types 1bit or 1byte Linking the addresses you want and export the data as ESF ESF file created individually Look for an existing ESF file that contains 1it and 1 byte communicati...

Page 52: ... care and in good faith However errors can not be excluded completely For this reason we have an incentive to point out that we do not guarantee or assume legal responsibility or liability for any consequences resulting from errors or possible omissions This document does not contain any express warranty The manual and the properties are subject to change without notice The assignment of these dev...

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