Harman Martin VC-Strip 90357290, User Manual

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If a VC-Strip module is set to individual pixel control (see “Setting modules to grouped or pixel control
modes” on page 20), LEDs are given DMX addresses using a ‘left-to-right’ numbering system. For example,
if one VC-Strip RGB module is set to pixel control and set to DMX address 1, each of the 16 LEDs will use 3
channels, and the module will use DMX channels 1 - 48 (Channel 1 -3 for the first pixel, channels 4 - 6 for
the next pixel etc. until it reaches channels 46 - 48 for the last pixel. Channel 49 will be available for use as a
DMX address for the next device.
If a VC-Strip module is set to module control (see “Setting modules to grouped or pixel control modes” on
page 20), it can be controlled as an individual module or assigned to a group of modules. To create a group
of modules, give them the same DMX address. All modules that have the same DMX address will receive
the same instructions and behave identically.
Setting up via RDM using Martin M-PC™
Using an RDM-compliant DMX controller such as Martin M-PC™, you can communicate with the VC-Strip
modules on the DMX data link via RDM. You can:
• Retrieve data
• Set the DMX addresses of the groups or pixels on the link
• Apply various setup options.
To use Martin M-PC, connect a PC running this application to the data link using the Martin USB Duo™
USB/DMX interface box.
See Figure 11. Open the RDM View window in M-PC and click on the Scan button (arrowed bottom left) to
display a list of the RDM-compliant devices on the DMX/RDM data link (in this example, ten VC-Strip RGB
modules are present on the link, and all ten modules are set to DMX address
1 ).
Identifying VC-Strips in the installation
To see which VC-Strip module in this list corresponds to which VC-Strip module in the installation, click on
each VC-Strip module in the list once to select it, then click on the
Identify button at the bottom of the
screen. The VC-Strip in the installation that corresponds to the selected VC-Strip in the list will flash a signal
so that you can identify it.
Figure 11: M-PC RDM View