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PWPP HH P1 - Manual

October 2021

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NETWORK PROPERTIES

IP ADDRESS

Internet Protocol address (IPv4) of the Gateway.

SUBNET MASK

User-configured subnet mask. Typically, 255.255.255.0 but must be set according to general networking rules.

GATEWAY

Specify network gateway address if necessary.

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Summary of Contents for Pathport PWPP HH P1 XLR5F

Page 1: ...P1 XLR5F Running Firmware version 6 2 or later Pathport Hand Held DMX RDM Ethernet Gateway 2021 Acuity Brands Inc One Lithonia Way Conyers GA 30012 Pathway Connectivity 103 1439 17th Ave SE Calgary A...

Page 2: ...ins valuable trade secrets and proprietary information belonging to Pathway and its licensors WARNING ABOUT UNSECURED PROTOCOLS Enabling an open protocol that does not use encryption or authentication...

Page 3: ...ACING THE BATTERY 3 PANEL LAYOUTS 4 FRONT PANEL 4 LCD 4 BUTTON INTERFACE 4 RJ45 etherCON 5 DMX PORT 5 REAR PANEL 5 HANGING BRACKET 5 BATTERY COMPARTMENT 5 CONFIGURATION 6 SECURITY 7 BACKGROUND INFORMA...

Page 4: ...ATHSCAPE WITH NEW DEVICES 21 LOCAL CONFIGURATION ONLY Using PWPP HH P1 without Pathscape 22 PATHWAY ssACN Secure sACN 24 DOMAIN AUTO ssACN PASSWORD 24 CUSTOM ssACN PASSWORD 24 CHOOSING PATHWAY ssACN A...

Page 5: ...ASIC PROPERTIES 41 STATUS 41 DMX512 PORT PROPERTIES 42 PORT PATCH 42 NETWORK DMX PROPERTIES 42 SIGNAL LOSS 43 RDM PROPERTIES 43 PATCHING PORTS 43 UPDATING DEVICE FIRMWARE 44 FACTORY DEFAULT 45 FRONT P...

Page 6: ...DMX PORT MONITOR 51 RDM TOOLS 52 TEST DMX OUTPUT 53 APPENDIX1 ELECTRICAL COMPLIANCE OTHERINFORMATION 55 ELECTRICAL INFORMATION 55 COMPLIANCE 55 PHYSICAL 55...

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Page 8: ...le at 250K Baud The standard connector type is 5 pin XLR The standard has been revised several times over the years with the latest being ANSI E1 11 DMX512 A 2013 The PWPP HH P1 is designed to work se...

Page 9: ...signal packets the PWPP HH P1 will route The free downloadable Pathscape software is required to use the PWPP HH P1 as an RDM gateway to configure DMX based equipment INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS The PW...

Page 10: ...drawing less than 5 Watts It will also operate on a standard 9V battery included already installed in device The gateway will automatically sense the presence of PoE and will use it rather than the ba...

Page 11: ...l enter the menu system If desired the backlight can be set to be always on by setting a property in Pathscape See Software Configuration below for more information BUTTON INTERFACE The three buttons...

Page 12: ...e port direction can be changed to an Input as well The green LED next to the DMX port indicates active DMX input or output depending on the DMX port direction REAR PANEL Hanging Bracket Included Batt...

Page 13: ...However we recommend using our free software tool Pathscape when possible To download Pathscape visit the Pathway website For instructions on how to set properties and send transactions to devices ref...

Page 14: ...password free firmware Using the Tools Firmware Updater dialog see later in the manual for instructions devices manufactured before January 1 2020 may show newer firmware versions but using the Select...

Page 15: ...their properties and even save a show file with the network setup but the properties are Read Only You will have to login to the domain to set any properties See Login procedure below AMBER PADLOCK Re...

Page 16: ...e If you wish to configure the device only via the front panel clicking the left button to select SECURE will put the unit into Local Configuration Only mode In this mode the device cannot be added to...

Page 17: ...main The User can change device properties and save and restore show files but cannot change domain passwords factory default devices or add remove devices There is one User account password for all u...

Page 18: ...orgotten It is extremely important to keep a record of this Recovery Key as this is the only time it will be shown to you Print the Recovery Key Clicking the Print button will open a Print Dialog from...

Page 19: ...both the Administrator and User passwords at any time Click Finish and the window will close and the devices will be added to the domain The devices will have an amber padlock and their properties wil...

Page 20: ...ted and click Finish As security parameters are verified the amber padlocks will turn green and the properties of those devices will be read writable Once logged into a domain the Log In button will c...

Page 21: ...for the Security Domain and the Domain Administrator Utilities window will appear The Domain Admin Utilities window is broken down into to main sections Manage Security Domain and Manage Devices MANAG...

Page 22: ...the password when those devices come back online they will coincidently have the same domain name but will be using the old password When logging in there will be two domains with the same name You w...

Page 23: ...urther changes Note that changing the domain name does not generate a new Recovery Key The original key is still valid as it is only generated at the time of the domain s creation DEVICES IN DOMAIN AD...

Page 24: ...pear as Ready to Secure The devices can then be added to another domain as needed Note When a device is removed from a domain a window will appear reminding you that any active Network DMX levels will...

Page 25: ...te that only devices in the Security Domain shown in this dialog box will be available to be defaulted For devices running firmware V4 or below or devices that opted out of security select the device...

Page 26: ...ator password or it was maliciously changed without your consent you can recover the domain retaining its configuration and set new passwords From the menu choose Security Recover Domain The Reset Dev...

Page 27: ...istrator Password and click Finish Now you can log into the Domain Administration Utilities Panel using the new Admin password you just specified At this point you can set a new user password as well...

Page 28: ...Ethernet Devices for detailed instructions Once they reappear in Pathscape as Ready to Secure add them to a Security Domain and log in Once all devices appear with a Green Padlock open the show file a...

Page 29: ...ecure sACN will not function Pathway ssACN uses the ssACN Password to communicate with other devices on the same Domain In Local Configuration Only mode the device generates a random secret password t...

Page 30: ...t Panel UI and Menu section for details on how to use the other menu functions WARNING ABOUT UNSECURED PROTOCOLS You are enabling an open protocol that does not use encryption or authentication These...

Page 31: ...ese transactions will also appear for devices already part of a domain after upgrading those devices to firmware version 6 0 or later NOTE that the Domain Auto password is NOT the same as the Domain p...

Page 32: ...nt devices to use Pathway ssACN In the relevant devices base device properties there are two sections called Network DMX Receive Protocols and Network DMX Transmit Protocol These are the same sections...

Page 33: ...n managing ssACN Passwords below MANAGING PATHWAY ssACN PASSWORDS In most situations you will be using the Domain Auto password In these cases after configuring your devices to receive and transmit Pa...

Page 34: ...e text field To add additional passwords repeat the steps above To delete a password entry click the next to the entry you wish to delete To finish click the button A transaction will be queued in the...

Page 35: ...o use NOTES ABOUT PATHWAY ssACN A device can only have one TX password at a time You cannot transmit with multiple TX passwords However receive devices as shown above can accept any number of differen...

Page 36: ...RK SETUP PLEASE NOTE Before any configuration and network setup can be done including setting the IP the PWPP HH P1 must be added to a Security Domain If the device is not added to a Security Domain i...

Page 37: ...e Security Domain the device is currently assigned to BASIC PROPERTIES IDENTIFY DEVICE Checking this box causes device to commence identify behavior flashing LCD backlight DEVICE NAME A user configure...

Page 38: ...ame of the NIC Network Interface Card the device is communicating to the machine running Pathscape on FIRMWARE VERSION Shows current operating firmware version See the Firmware Update section on how t...

Page 39: ...K PROPERTIES IP ADDRESS Internet Protocol address IPv4 of the Gateway SUBNET MASK User configured subnet mask Typically 255 255 255 0 but must be set according to general networking rules GATEWAY Spec...

Page 40: ...er the Partner MAC will be shown Read only PARTNER PORT If the upstream switch supports Link Layer Discovery Protocol LLDP the port the current device is connected to will be shown here Read only NETW...

Page 41: ...cured protocols you must acknowledge that you have read this statement and accept these risks After checking this box and sending the transaction a dialog will appear warning you of the above and aski...

Page 42: ...red Pathport Protocol Art Net will use transmit using unsecured Art Net Strand ShowNet will use transmit using standard unsecured E1 31 sACN E1 31 sACN will use transmit using standard unsecured E1 31...

Page 43: ...supported protocols to DMX512 Output ports may also be configured to be RDM controllers There are two tables of properties based on Port Direction OUTPUT PORT PROPERTIES BASIC PROPERTIES SUBDEVICE NA...

Page 44: ...tream is present and Inactive if Network DMX stream is lost Read only DMX512 Shows activity of the hard DMX512 Port Will show Active when actively transmitting DMX512 and Inactive when it is not Read...

Page 45: ...he crossfade time as defined above in Crossfade Enable PORT PATCH OUTPUT PATCH Use the drop down menu to select the output patch for the port By default the drop down menu lists standard Universes 1 1...

Page 46: ...ting the last received packet indefinitely in the event of Network DMX signal loss HOLD TIME s If Signal Loss Fade to Black or Signal Loss Port Shutdown is enabled the port will continue outputting th...

Page 47: ...devices on this port discovery can take anywhere from a second to several minutes Turning on Background Discovery allows the Gateway to keep an up to date list of which devices are online vs offline...

Page 48: ...l a port based on where the DMX512 cable is coming from i e Console Port 3 or House Lights SUBDEVICE NOTES A user configured text description field shown in the Device window STATUS NETWORK DMX Shows...

Page 49: ...down menu to select Enabled or Disabled PORT DIRECTION Input or Output This table shows the properties of an Input port PORT PATCH NETWORK DMX TX UNIVERSE Specify the Network DMX Universe on which to...

Page 50: ...nd 200 where 200 is the highest priority possible This property is only visible if the above property sACN Transmit Priority Slot is set to 0 disabled SIGNAL LOSS HOLD TIME s If the DMX512 source ceas...

Page 51: ...Select the device s you want to upgrade and click the button at the bottom of the window The latest firmware version will be shown in the table next to Current Click the button and wait for the progre...

Page 52: ...nge the value to Enabled to complete the Factory Default process Press the EDIT button and then press the UP or DOWN button to change the value to Enabled then press the NEXT button Disabled EDIT ESC...

Page 53: ...o configure the device see next section If set to Local Configuration Only Read only mode or the security features are Disabled some functionality will not be available such as Pathway ssACN Pathway s...

Page 54: ...sACN is not available To use other standard unsecured protocols you must manually enable them see below As explained above you cannot use Pathscape to configure the device in this mode MAIN DISPLAY M...

Page 55: ...property and then press the NEXT button Finally press the SAVE button to accept any changes made or press the ESC button to return without making changes The menu will time out after 30 seconds and re...

Page 56: ...Disabled enabling this will have no effect ShowNet RX Enable or Disable default the receiving of Strand ShowNet If Allow UnsecureRX is Disabled enabling this will have no effect ETC Net2 RX Enable or...

Page 57: ...t Patch using Pathscape its name will be shown here as Custom patch name Note the custom patch name may be truncated due to the character limit on the LCD NOTE that you cannot select or create Custom...

Page 58: ...each octet Currently selected octet will flash Press NEXT button to move to next octet After setting the last octet press NEXT again to SAVE changes or ESC to cancel NOTE When IP Mode is set to Dynami...

Page 59: ...ption RDM Devices Find ESC Press the FIND button to begin discovery of RDM enabled devices connected to the DMX port Once discovery is complete the total number of devices found will be reported RDM D...

Page 60: ...elect the desired DMX slot to test To select ALL slots press DOWN once Chan All will be shown Press NEXT Chan 1 Lev 0 UP FADE ESC Lev 0 will then appear indicating DMX Level Press and hold the UP butt...

Page 61: ...PWPP HH P1 Manual October 2021 54...

Page 62: ...t COMPLIANCE ANSI E1 11 DMX512 A R2013 ANSI E1 20 RDM Remote Device Management ANSI E1 31 streaming ACN Art Net Strand ShowNet Pathway ssACN ANSI E1 33 RDMnet RDM over IP IEEE 802 3af Power over Ether...

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