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Functional overview 

DMX 

Connectors 

The LSS 

MasterPort 2

 is available with three DMX connector designs: 

 

 

4x DMX-Out, 5pin XLR female 

 

2x DMX-Out, 5pin XLR female / 2x DMX-In, 5pin XLR male 

 

4x DMX-In, 5pin XLR male 

 
In all designs the DMX ports are electrical isolated bey opto-coupler.  
 
 

DMX Outputs 

For all DMX outputs the following parameters can be set: 

 

Response to reception loss of all sources (power off, hold, send zeros) 

 

Break length 90 ... 999 ĩS 

 

Mark After Break 20 ... 999 ĩS 

 
So the 

MasterPort 2

 is adjustable to each component. 

 
 

The 

MasterPort 2

 can only be used as a protocol converter between DMX and Ethernet-

based network protocols. For conversions of Ethernet to Ethernet a LSS 

MasterGate 

must be used!

 

 
 

DMX Inputs  

For all DMX inputs the following parameters are set by manufacturer: 
 

 

Maximum data rate:   

Up to 44/s = protocol length 22,4ms 

 

Minimum Mark After Break:   4μs  

 

Timeout until data loss: 

2s.  

 
All DMX signals are processed by the controller logical and evaluated. 
 
 

 

Summary of Contents for MasterPort 2

Page 1: ...ichenberg 1 04600 Altenburg Tel 49 3447 835500 Fax 49 3447 861779 Warnem nder Str 1 01109 Dresden Tel 49 351 79565690 Fax 49 351 79565699 LSS Manual MasterPort 2 Multi protocol capable 4 port node for...

Page 2: ...ses costs and changes that have been made by unau thorized persons This manual has been prepared with great care Liability for negligent errors e g misprints is excluded All mentioned names of product...

Page 3: ...VICE OVERVIEW 14 Connectors 14 Operation LED 15 Menu settings 16 CONFIGURATION OF THE MASTERPORT 2 17 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CONFIGURATION 18 LEGEND FOR THE SCHEME OF THE MENU 19 FIRST LEVEL 20 MAIN MEN...

Page 4: ...terPort 2 with ConfigCore 41 CONFIGCORE MENUS 43 Main menu 43 Advanced LSS Device Features 44 MASTERPORT GROUPS 54 Introduction 54 Changing groups 56 DEFAULT SETTINGS 57 SERVICE 58 FIRMWARE UPDATE 59...

Page 5: ...MasterPort 2 LSS 5 Preamble...

Page 6: ...tional information Attention alerts you to situations in which decisions can provoke to technical prob lems with the equipment or losing data A Warning statement indicates situations in which can resu...

Page 7: ...ice only for its intended purpose Avoid extreme mechanical loads Avoid extreme mechanical loads on the display To clean the display turn off the power Use a damp cloth only Avoid direct exposure to mo...

Page 8: ...MasterPort 2 8 The MasterPort 2...

Page 9: ...cture and adapted to the new setting options The overlook of the menu interface is much easier and using much comfortable The menu itself has been extended to major configura tion settings and makes t...

Page 10: ...loss of all sources power off hold send zeros Break length 90 999 S Mark After Break 20 999 S So the MasterPort 2 is adjustable to each component The MasterPort 2 can only be used as a protocol conver...

Page 11: ...thernet protocol of the MasterPort 2 is the non proprietary Art Net of ArtisticLi cence The current protocol version is 1 4bd III IP parameters For all TCP IP based protocols you can still define the...

Page 12: ...f so it works fine with Art Net soft ware tools of other manufacturers especially DMX Workshop download at www artisticlicence com Of course like all other Art Net devices the MasterPort 2 has an own...

Page 13: ...MasterPort 2 LSS 13 Screens and Configuration...

Page 14: ...ed directly on the device For all connection de signs all DMX ports are disposed on the front side The RJ45 connector and the power supply of the built in devices are at the rear of the device The pow...

Page 15: ...status of the MasterPort 2 LED Colour Meaning Power Blue On Operation voltage available Off Operation voltage is not available LINK DATA Yellow On Ethernet LINK enabled no Data Flash Ethernet LINK ena...

Page 16: ...ife Use the screen saver It s increasing the life of the display by a multiple The individual menu settings are selected und set by using a rotary push encoder Menu screen Rotary push encoder Use the...

Page 17: ...MasterPort 2 LSS 17 Configuration of the MasterPort 2...

Page 18: ...ng the encoder Pressing it again takes on the setting Changed parameters are active im mediately Confirming the the Master Port 2 PSU controller return to the parent menu Before the menu is displayed...

Page 19: ...he structure of the menu and the configuration options are described below schematically The used symbols have the following meanings Symbol Meaning Display Menu name Shows settable parameters Rotate...

Page 20: ...d the operating status of the device A rotation of the encoder interrupts the automatic scroll Further rotations display the diagnostic pages manually The automatic scroll is displayed by means of a f...

Page 21: ...s Using the encoder enters the PIN code input For safety appears before and after scrolling will be displayed only Structure of the main menu All submenus will be accessed from the main menu To access...

Page 22: ...you an overview of the current state of the MasterPort 2 Current events data in and output and the merge behaviour are presented The displays in the View Menu are in real time So they can be used easi...

Page 23: ...n the DMX In a correct DMX protocol is received E DMX protocol on the input is invalid start code or timing Empty No signal on the DMX input OUT The icon is only available when DMX Out ports are equip...

Page 24: ...rotocol has no subnets Uni Universe depends on the used protocol A is displayed if the DMX Port is disabled in the routing menu or the used protocol has no univeres Calls up submenu Return to parent m...

Page 25: ...r CRC In only Total CRC errors Heartbt Out only Total lost Ethernet heartbeat Frame Total frame errors FIFO Total FIFO overflow Diff0 Counter the loss of packets in the network Diff1 Counter the loss...

Page 26: ...f right Shows the current switching state of the PSU port Line 4 following indicators never occur simultaneously No load There are no loads All voltages within the parameters Normal load A load is con...

Page 27: ...t Please note Any change in the settings can have far reaching consequences for your lighting sys tem The following descriptions of the configuration options require that you have ex perience and know...

Page 28: ...he DMX inputs are made in this submenu Received DMX data will send to Ethernet on the set subnets universes according to the selected transmission protocol Selection Meaning Mode Off DMX In is diseabl...

Page 29: ...they were selected in the menu Merge settings for DMX outputs The settings for merging of Ethernet DMX and for the DMX outputs are made in this submenu Received Ethernet data will send to DMX on the...

Page 30: ...tically advances the data source from the ignored which first sends data after the failure principle First come first serve DMX In x DMX data from the selected input will be used only All All data fro...

Page 31: ...after break etc Selection Meaning Failure In case of data reception loss Off The DMX port will be disabled Hold Last received value will be hold and transmitted unchanged Zero Data packets with the v...

Page 32: ...MasterPort 2 32 Config Network In the submenu Network all protocols based on Ethernet will be set...

Page 33: ...address for 10 network DHCP If a DHCP server is on the network IP IP address Manual adjustment is possible when IP Mode Manual SN Netmask Manual adjustment is possible when IP Mode Manual GW Gateway U...

Page 34: ...only Tx only Enables checksum for transmitted packets only Off Disabled checksum EthMedia Setting the transmission rate Autoneg Enables automatic detection of transmission rate Autonegotiation 10 Hal...

Page 35: ...ngs of the MasterPort 2 will be set Structure of the Options menu Selection Meaning Display Screen and displaying settings Security Access and remote settings Default Restore factory settings Reset Re...

Page 36: ...MasterPort 2 36 Options Display The settings for the screen and displays will be set in this submenu...

Page 37: ...effects of light On Changes turn on the screen und will be displayed Off Changes have no effect on the screen Debug On Turn on the debugger Off Turn off the debugger Default Replaces the display Firs...

Page 38: ...or access main menu 0 30000s 0 off Remote On Access by remote is possible Off Access by remote is not possible Change settings Return to parent menu Save settings The system offers a range of 30 000 p...

Page 39: ...bort Yes Restore the factory setting of the last firmware update Change settings Return to parent menu Save settings Options Reset By selecting a CPU reset is triggered After the reset the previous sa...

Page 40: ...MasterPort 2 40 Configuration with LSS ConfigCore...

Page 41: ...led ConfigCore must be installed on a PC The PC and the MasterPort 2 must be in the same range of IP addresses and the same sub net Connecting the MasterPort 2 with ConfigCore ConfigCore recognizes th...

Page 42: ...MasterPort 2 42 Status area In this area the following information will be displayed Reception protocol Remote IP Master address Number of devices Number of devices in data exchenage Status...

Page 43: ...epending on the selected menu various settings are displayed Main menu The main menu gives an overview of the basic properties Greyed entries are information only The Art Net short and long names can...

Page 44: ...are 1 03 the LSS MasterPort 2 supports RDM and offers several features for this Proto col These can be set in different points of the submenu Advanced LSS device features and acti vated RDM should onl...

Page 45: ...e made in this submenu Received data will sent out to the Ethernet on the set subnets universes according to the selected transmission protocol Selection Bedeutung Mode Off Ethernet wird nicht gesende...

Page 46: ...evaluation of the MAC address sACN by the device ID All other protocols through the IP address of the data source This must be specific to each data source Merge4 Data from up to four data sources ca...

Page 47: ...y value wins Several data sources with the same highest priority are merged HTP Data sources that send 0 will always be merged HTP with data source s with the highest priority sACN Priority 1 200 The...

Page 48: ...g the timings for the DMX transmission Mark after break etc Selection Meaning Break Setting the break length of 90 to 999 s MAB Setting the Mark after Break length of 20 to 999 s DMX output behav iour...

Page 49: ...eout for receiving data 1 to 999s Network send rate Setting the minimum transmission rate for data packets if there is no chang ing of the values 20ms 40ms 80ms 100ms 200ms 500ms 1s 2s 3s 4s IP Mode G...

Page 50: ...Duplex 100 Half Enables 100MBit s Half Duplex 100 Full Enables 100MBit s Full Duplex Direction control Half Duplex Enables half duplex Full Duplex Enables full duplex Network Speed 10 MBit Enables 10...

Page 51: ...creen This measure increases the lifetime of the display siginificantly Inputs by the encoder or by remote control and events turn on the screen OFF 15s 30s 1m 3m 5m 10m 15m 20m 30m 45m 1h 2h 3h 4h 6h...

Page 52: ...cording to E1 31 2009 Off MasterPort 2 sendet sACN according to E1 31 R0 Draft Art Net3 Net work Setting the IP address Art Net3 networks 0 Art Net3 is disabled 1 to 127 Art Net3 is active and the num...

Page 53: ...ss the Power DMX port is controlled Current monitoring is active and corresponds to the settings of Sense Off The Power DMX port is disabled manually DMX Channel Setting the DMX address for the contro...

Page 54: ...ore If you use this method of setting make sure that the stored files always represent an image of your infrastructure Devices that have changed you should always be replaced in the stored settings se...

Page 55: ...ion of the group completely you can save it with the Save button The storage for mat is XML Using an XML editor you can view the file or change The file name is LSS_MP_ Name Xml Like all other XML fil...

Page 56: ...n replace them by fonded de vices This means if new devices with the same IP but different MAC address will be used an error mes sage will be displayed In this case remove the entry with the red dot f...

Page 57: ...m transmission rate Tx rate 1 s Receiving rate Rx rate 8 s Routing DMX Ports 1 4 subnet 0 universe 0 3 Routing DMX In Ethernet transmission ON priority 0 Routing DMX Out Ethernet receiving MERGE4 DMX...

Page 58: ...MasterPort 2 58 Service...

Page 59: ...with 2 PSU ConfigCore two preconditions must be fulfilled ConfigCore must be installed on a PC The PC and the MasterPort 2 must be in the same range of IP addresses and the same sub net An update can...

Page 60: ...MasterPort 2 in the device pane Open the scroll down menu Extras and click on Update Firmware This will open the Explorer Firmware updates are provided as alf files The name of the file must contain t...

Page 61: ...61 If the file is loaded a popup with a security request opens Confirm this request and a second security request followes In this pop up shows in addition the version numbers of the installed and th...

Page 62: ...e a confirmation of a successfully updating or failure is displayed At the end of the update the control unit of the MasterPort 2 is reset After reset in ConfigCore still the old Art Net device name a...

Page 63: ...he descriptions and infor mation in this guide should help for troubleshooting and debugging If this is not the case and you need further assistance please contact the LSS service In contacting you sh...

Page 64: ...MasterPort 2 64 Appendix...

Page 65: ...in device with case for surface mount 200 x 76 x 155mm Portable with safety bars 215 x 213 x 175mm Weight Built in device for panel mounting 0 65kg Built in device for LSS dimmer 0 63kg Built in devi...

Page 66: ...protocol in display 0 no light protocol RDM in display E Minimum protocol length Start code only Maximum protocol length Startcode 512 values More than 512 values will be lost Minimum pass through del...

Page 67: ...ArtisticLicence AVAB IPX AVAB transtechnik LDDE AVAB UDP transtechnik ShowNet Strand Lighting sACN ANSI E1 31 Further network protocols ARP IP IPX UDP IGMPv2 Receiving Maximum packet rate 1000 s 1 li...

Page 68: ...ription 1 Ground 2 Data 3 Data 4 Spare 5 Spare PE can be connected to the cable shielding Ethernet Ethernet port supports Power over Ethernet according to IEEE802 3af Pin Belegung 1 Rx 2 Rx 3 Tx 4 V 5...

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