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Pin / Hole
Mark
Description
a
“L”
Live
b
“N”
Neutral
Table 1: power cable specification
The power cables should be stripped for 5mm (0.20inch), crimp a ferrule on the stripped part for a
reliable connection. Push the first conductor into hole ‘a’ until the cable isolation touches the
connector. Then tighten screw 1, hand fixed, make sure the cable is well fixed, check this by pulling it
strong. Do the same for the second conductor.
Attention:
after turning off the power of the Droplet
TM
wait at least for 5 seconds before turning the
power on again, otherwise it might occur that the Droplet
TM
does not initialize correctly.
Data
Control
The Droplet
TM
can be controlled by the USITT DMX512 protocol, hereinafter called DMX. The
Droplet
TM
uses minimal 7 channels (reduced mode HS I) and maximal 12 channels (normal mode
RGB).
Wiring
You need a 3 pole data cable to provide the Droplet
TM
with data. For cable requirements see the
USITT DMX512 protocol. Connection of the Data in / out into the data connector on the Base Plate:
picture
Fig 3: schematic top view of the Data connector block
Pin / Hole
Mark
Description
1
Ground out
2
+
Hot out
3
-
Cold out
4
Ground in
5
+
Hot in
6
-
Cold in
Table 2: Data cable specification
The data cables should be stripped for 5mm (0.20inch), crimp a ferrule on the stripped part for a
reliable connection.. Push the first cable: ‘ground out’ into hole 1 until the cable isolation touches the
connector. Then tighten screw 1, hand fixed, make sure the cable is well fixed, check this by pulling it
once. Repeat this actions for the hot out and cold out, hot in and cold in and for the ground in.
Termination at the end of a DMX line:
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for fixed installation, place a resistor of 120ohm between hole 2 and 3 of the “data out” connector
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termination plug with a resistor of 120ohm between pole 2 and pole 3
Address settings
To control each Droplet
TM
individually via DMX, each unit should have a unique identity. This identity
can be given by the DMX address settings. There is a dipswitch on the bottom of the fixture to set the
DMX address.
Warning:
when changing the dipswitch settings of the Droplet
TM
make sure the power of the unit is
turned off!
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Step 3: Addressing the Droplet
TM
Dipswitch functions
Dipswitch
1 2
3 4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Function
DMX-LSB
DM X-MSB Mixing Method
Address Range
Reserved
Address setting (binary)
H S I
Normal
Position 0
1
1 2 4
8
16 32 64 128 256 R G B
Compact
Table 3: Dipswitch functions
The Dipswitch of the Droplet
TM
has 12 switches. The first nine switches are meant for the DMX
address setting. Switch number 10 is meant for the method of color mixing and switch 11 defines
whether the Droplet
TM
functions in normal or compact mode to reduce the number of required
channels.
DMX Mapping
Compact
Normal
Channel H S I color mixing
R G B color mixing
H S I color mixing
R G B color mixing
1
Reset
Reset
Reset
Reset
2
Pan
Pan
Pan
Pan
3
Tilt
Tilt
Tilt
Tilt
4
Strobe frequency
Strobe frequency
Speed
Speed
5
Hue
Red
Pan Fine
Pan Fine
6
Saturation
Green
Tilt Fine
Tilt Fine
7
Intensity
Blue
Strobe frequency
Strobe frequency
8
Intensity
Strobe Duration
Strobe Duration
9
Hue
Red
10
Saturation
Green
11
Intensity
Blue
12
Intensity
Table 4: DMX - mapping
For example:
You have 5 Droplets and you want to control them individually. If you choose for the normal mode and
HSI color mixing each fixture has 11 channels (this is also the default setting), this means each
Droplet
TM
uses 11 addresses from the set start address. So the first Droplet
TM
receives address
number 1, the second 12, the third 23, the fourth 34 and the fifth 45. Make sure the Droplets have
separated addresses!
Mode and address settings with the dipswitch:
Fixture 1:
Fixture 2:
Fixture 3:
Fixture 4:
Fixture 5:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
0
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
0
0