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Introduction
Thank you for selecting City Theatrical’s PDS-750 TRX. Every effort has been made to
anticipate your questions in this manual, but if you have any questions that are not answered
here, or you want to discuss a special application, please feel free to contact us directly at City
Theatrical.
The PDS-750 TRX is a power/data supply (PDS) for CKDMX fixtures; it can be used with a
controller or in stand-alone mode to power and control up to 12 50W CKDMX fixtures, and
offers control, configuration, and feedback options that have never been available before in a
single unit.
Universal fixture support and flexible patching:
You can use 2 color (iW Blast 12 TR), 3
color (ColorBlast 12 TR), and 5 color (ColorBlast 12 TRX) fixtures, you can use them in either 8
bit or 16 bit versions, and you can use them in any combination you choose. You can configure
each of the 12 output ports differently, and you can address each port to a unique starting DMX
address, or assign all the ports to a common starting DMX address. Use the PDS-750 TRX with
any combination of 2, 3, or 5 color fixtures in either 8 or 16 bit mode and patch them without any
wasted DMX slots.
Accepts all Industry Standard Control Protocols:
You can control your PDS-750 TRX
system (PDS and fixtures) with conventional wired DMX and RDM, Wireless DMX and RDM
using the built-in SHoW DMX® receiver, Streaming ACN, Art-Net, or Ki Net, or with the built in
MasterBlast™ Stand Alone routines. Whatever control data you use is output from the unit’s
DMX512 output
Built-In 3 Port Managed Ethernet Switch:
When using one of the Ethernet control protocols,
you can assign the PDS-750 TRX system (PDS and fixtures) to one or two of the virtual
DMX512 universes and assign a different virtual DMX512 universe to the DMX output.
Built-In SHoW DMX Receiver:
When controlling the PDS-750 TRX with SHoW DMX wireless
DMX, the DMX data is output from the unit’s DMX DMX512 Output. See
for SHoW DMX Neo compatibility.
Powerful new miniZapi features:
You can use the enhanced built-in miniZapi to configure
each of the connected CKDMX fixtures.
One unit for touring or installation:
You can use the new convertible mounting ears to pipe
mount the unit, or re-position them to rack mount the unit.
Universal Compliance:
Each PDS-750 TRX is ETL and cETL Listed, CE certified and FCC
part 15B compliant.
SHoW DMX Neo® with Maximum Bandwidth Techn
ology™
SHoW DMX Neo Wireless DMX now has Maximum Bandwidth Technology!
The 2.4GHz broadcast spectrum has become more and more crowded and the competition for
this tiny slice of free space has been intense. City Theatrical has developed a new way to
broadcast wireless DMX in this crowded area using a method we call
Maximum Bandwidth
Tec
hnology™,
or
Max Technology™.
Using Max Technology™, we can now broadcast on
portions of the 2.4GHz band where no Wi-Fi activity takes place at all, giving wireless DMX
