sPDS-480ca Product
Guide
9
Scanning Lights
You can scan
the nodes attached to the device’s ports to discover
fi
xtures and con
fi
rm
that they are connected and receiving data. The discovery determines the quantity of
connected nodes and registers them on your power / data supply. The power / data
supply then assigns DMX addresses to uniquely identify each node, which controllers
can use to perform video and light shows.
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To scan lights:
1.
Press Select to activate the sPDS-480ca menu.
2.
Select Con
fi
gure.
3.
Select Scan Lights. The LCD menu displays “scanning...”
4.
When scanning
fi
nishes, you can con
fi
rm that your light
fi
xtures are successfully
connected by using the Up and Down buttons to scroll through the number of
nodes for each port.
Changing an IP Address
Each sPDS-480ca comes factory-set with a unique IP address. If necessary, you can
change a
fi
xture’s IP address. To ensure that
fi
xtures function properly, make sure that
the IP addresses of all sPDS-480ca devices within a single installation are unique.
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To change an IP address on an sPDS-480ca:
1.
Press Select to activate the sPDS-480ca menu.
2.
Select Con
fi
gure.
3.
Select Set IP Address.
4.
Use the Up and Down buttons to change the second IP byte
fi
eld. (The
fi
rst IP
byte
fi
eld is not editable.)
5.
Press Select. The cursor moves to the next byte
fi
eld.
6.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each of the next two
fi
elds, as necessary.
7.
Press Select. Press Select again to con
fi
rm changes.
Testing
The test commands verify that the device, its connected
fi
xtures, and cooling fans are
operating properly.
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To test lights and fans:
1.
Press Select to activate the sPDS-480ca menu.
2.
Select Test. The
fi
rst test command turns all lights off.
3.
Press the Down button. If you have RGB
fi
xtures, the All Red test command
turns on the red LED channel of all connected
fi
xtures.
4.
Continue to cycle through the Green, Blue, White, and Rainbow test commands.
5.
At the Single Port option, press the Down button once to begin automatically
cycling through the device’s ports and nodes. Press the Down button a second
time to cycle through the ports and nodes manually.
6.
At the Single Light option, press the Down button to begin automatically cycling
through the device’s nodes. Press the Down button a second time to cycle
through the nodes manually.
7.
The Fans on Full option tests both fans at full speed.
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Make sure you con
fi
rm the address
changes. If you leave the menu option without
con
fi
rming your change, it does not go into
effect.
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The IP addresses 10.1.3.100 and
10.1.3.101 are reserved and are not available
as addresses.
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A node is an individually controllable fixture,
or fixture segment, on your lighting network.
Fixtures have one or more controllable nodes,
depending on the fixture type.
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For more on
fi
xture discovery and
addressing, refer to the
Addressing and
Con
fi
guration Guide
available online at www.
colorkinetics.com/support/ addressing/
