Hardware Setup
SNAP DMX
User Guide
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This example uses a Mesh Hop Value of “3” in order for traffic to reach every node on
the third floor, as described below:
1.
The SNAP DMX adapter connected to the Controller transmits a DMX command
intended for a light on the top floor in the far corner. The Mesh Hop value for the
SNAP DMX adapter with the controller has been already changed to a “3”.
2.
All the SNAP DMX adapters on the first floor hear that transmission. Many of
the SNAP DMX adapters on the second floor should also hear that transmission.
Therefore the “first” hop has now been completed.
3.
The SNAP DMX Repeater on the second floor, located in the blue circle, has its
Mesh Hop value also set to “3”. It will also repeat the controller’s DMX traffic it
receives, since it is now operating as a Repeater.
This is the completion of Mesh
Hop number “2”.
4.
SNAP DMX adapters on the second floor and some of the ones on the top floor
will hear the traffic that was repeated by the SNAP DMX adapter on the second
floor.
5.
The SNAP DMX Repeater on the third floor in the blue circle hears the repeated
DMX traffic broadcast from the adapter on the second floor.