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Spread Spectrum Frequency Hopping (AFHSS, see above) settings in Neo Adaptive mode, and
each of these settings is assigned a unique SHoW ID as well.
In order for a transmitter and a receiver to communicate, they must have matching SHoW
IDs.
SHoW DMX Neo and Neo Adaptive Modes are the current broadcast modes and are supported
by all SHoW DMX Neo products. SHoW DMX Classic Mode is the broadcast mode used by
the original 5600/01 SHoW DMX Transmitter and 5610/11 SHoW DMX Receiver, and has its
own set of 64 SHoW IDs.
The 5701 SHoW DMX Neo Transceiver and 5711 SHoW DMX Neo Receiver support SHoW
DMX Neo, SHoW DMX Neo Adaptive, and SHoW DMX Classic Modes with a total of 132 SHoW
IDs.
In the 5701 SHoW DMX Neo Transceiver, you can set the hopping pattern and bandwidth
setting and the unit will calculate and display the resulting SHoW ID, or simply enter the SHoW
ID directly. Then you can just enter that SHoW ID into your 5711 SHoW DMX Neo Receiver
and the units will be set to communicate.
The 7400-5708 SHoW DMX Vero Net Transceiver supports SHoW DMX Neo, SHoW DMX Neo
Adaptive, and SHoW DMX Classic Modes with a total of 132 SHoW IDs.
The 7400-5707 SHoW DMX Vero Transceiver supports SHoW DMX Neo, and SHoW DMX Neo
Adaptive Modes With 68 SHoW IDs.
In the 7400-5708 SHoW DMX Vero Net and the 7400-5707 SHoW DMX Vero, you enter the
SHoW ID directly via SHoW ID Rotary Switches.
In all of the above systems you can also set/change SHoW ID via RDM. Remember that when
using RDM, you need to change the SHoW ID in the receiver first, and that once you have
changed the SHoW ID in the receiver, the transmitter and receiver will lose contact until you
change the transmitter’s SHoW ID to match the new setting in the receiver.
SHoW DMX SHoW Baby is permanently set to SHoW DMX Neo Adaptive Mode SHoW ID 201.
About Latency
Latency refers to the time between the arrival of DMX at the input to the transmitter and its
appearance at the output of the receiver; it is also referred to as propagation delay. All DMX
processing devices have some latency. The human eye can pick up latency above about 30ms,
below that it becomes imperceptible. SHoW DMX Neo offers very low 7ms latency, so SHoW
DMX Neo transmission latency is imperceptible and comparable to wired DMX.
Neo Adaptive Mode Operation
The SHoW DMX Neo system can be configured to operate in the new Neo Adaptive (AFHSS)
Mode. Neo Adaptive Mode uses an Adaptive Spread Spectrum Frequency Hopping broadcast
format in which the system detects interference and adapts its frequency hopping channel set
automatically to avoid it.
