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Product #01512 July 2014 © XTBA 1986 – 2015
NOTE
If the Smart Splitter View is turned off when in Smart Fix mode, on power up
the unit will automatically return to the Smart Fix mode it was last in. This allows
the unit to continuously translate ‘duff’ DMX without user input.
XTBA 10i/RDM View - RDM Functions
RDM Control
Unlike standard DMX512, RDM messages are bidirectional. The controller
requests information or sets a function and the responder will give an answer
to the request or acknowledge the function change. The 10i will look after all
this traffic from the controller and responders.
The 10i monitors all messages and will block any responses from wrongly
formatted requests.
The View 10i/RDM will function as a RDM device so is discoverable and can
have its personality set, labels changed, comms status checked and supply
information about itself.
Inputs and Outputs
Any output can be linked to another splitter’s input (along with another 31 units
if the mood takes you) to provide multiple DMX outputs from a single input. With
multiple splitters the DMX inputs can be linked together to provide unlimited
multiple isolated and buffered outputs via the DMX THROUGH.
Up to six splitters may be daisy chained if connected from the previous splitters
isolated outputs (1 through 10) when using RDM. This limit is due to RDM
turnaround time.
Output Monitoring
The 10i/RDM View continuously monitors its outputs to look for any line
overloads and shorted outputs. A shorted output with normal DMX means that
branch won’t function, so far so obvious. But with RDM a shorted output may
disable some RDM functionally or in some cases disable all RDM response
messages both before and after the splitter preventing discovery of all devices.
If during a RDM request the 10i/RDM detects an overload on any output the red
power led will flash and the splitter will isolate that output preventing the
problem crashing all RDM traffic.
