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SINGLE ENDED CABLE TEST ..................................................................................17

AUTO BACKUP IF DMX FAILS .....................................................................................18

LOOP THROUGH..........................................................................................................18

DISPLAYING RECEIVED MIDI ......................................................................................19

THE SETUP MENUS ........................................................................................................20

SETUP MENU ...............................................................................................................20

ENABLE BACKLIGHT (S1) ............................................................................................21

POWER SAVING (S2) ...................................................................................................21

DARK CHANNEL (S3) ...................................................................................................21

SELECT DMX START CODE (S4).................................................................................21

TALK TO MIC-EDIT (S5) ...............................................................................................24

EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS ............................................................................................25

POWER SUPPLY ..........................................................................................................25

Connector...................................................................................................................25

RECEIVE DMX ..............................................................................................................25

MIDI ADAPTER WIRING............................................................................................25

RANSMIT

DMX ...............................................................................................................26

CONVERSION TABLES ...................................................................................................27

INDEX ...............................................................................................................................30

Summary of Contents for DMX DeBug

Page 1: ...D DM MX X D De eB Bu ug g Zero 88 Lighting Ltd...

Page 2: ...G H T I N G P R O D U C T R E G I S T R A T I O N F O R M Product DMX DeBug Version No Serial No Date Purchased Supplier Name Company Name Address Post Zip Code Phone No Comments Please return to Zero...

Page 3: ...P DOWN 7 MENUS 8 THE MENUS 8 DISPLAYING RECEIVED DMX512 8 STATUS 9 DMX BASE 9 DISPLAY MODE 9 D 10 10 10 B 10 DATA RECEIVED 10 DATA ERROR 11 H 11 F 11 O 11 T 11 LOOP THROUGH 11 MAX MIN MODE 11 FLICKER...

Page 4: ...8 DISPLAYING RECEIVED MIDI 19 THE SETUP MENUS 20 SETUP MENU 20 ENABLE BACKLIGHT S1 21 POWER SAVING S2 21 DARK CHANNEL S3 21 SELECT DMX START CODE S4 21 TALK TO MIC EDIT S5 24 EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS 25 P...

Page 5: ...rd so that we can keep you informed of new developments DMXDEBUG FEATURES DMX DeBug provides the following features Receives DMX512 MIDI Display as bar chart decimal percentage or hexadecimal Display...

Page 6: ...in sequence The ramp speed of the automated tests can now be controlled 3 The Dark Level feature has been added this allows the channels that would normally be at zero in the Rig Check or Transmit Dyn...

Page 7: ...key is used to step through the different display formats bar graph percent decimal etc In TRANSMIT mode the TOGGLE key is used to invert the level of the selected channel In TRANSMIT LAMP mode the T...

Page 8: ...test patterns F F FI IIL L LL L L P P PR R RE E ES S SE E ET T T W W WI IIT T TH H H P P PA A AT T TT T TE E ER R RN N N 7 7 7 Fill one of the 15 Presets with a symmetrical pattern of channel levels...

Page 9: ...address is in the range 1 to 512 and defines the first channel displayed This value is also used to set the TRIGGER OUTPUT DISPLAY MODE This character shows the currently selected display mode Bar gra...

Page 10: ...stem Hexadecimal mode displays six channels as numbers in the range 00 to FF This mode is most useful when working with DMX devices such as relay boxes and smoke machines which use bit control See App...

Page 11: ...DMX512 generator is connected to the output MAX MIN MODE Max Min mode is the Flicker Finder A single DMX512 channel is displayed as the current value minimum value and maximum value All three numbers...

Page 12: ...ceive window The MaB limit was increased to 8uS in the DMX512 1990 Revision TRIGGER OUTPUT The spare two pins of the DMX512 output are used to provide a TTL 5V oscilloscope trigger output This signal...

Page 13: ...to be transmitted and edited is selected by the UP and DOWN keys when the menu display is active Press the MENU key to enter edit mode The following keys are active LEFT Decrement the dimmer channel R...

Page 14: ...ion with the beam on at full white with no gobos The following keys are active LEFT Decrement the start channel to the previous lamp RIGHT Increment the start channel to the next lamp UP Increment by...

Page 15: ...e current attribute The DMX512 output continues when DMX DeBug is in Receive mode You can download a copy of Mic Edit from our web site to inspect the detailed channel allocations for each moving lamp...

Page 16: ...u allows any one of the fifteen Presets to be filled with a symmetrical pattern of channel levels The following keys are active LEFT Select one of the pre defined patterns RIGHT Select one of the pre...

Page 17: ...SINGLE ENDED TEST is used when only the console cable end is accessible DMX DeBug can test for a short circuit between the two signal pins DOUBLEENDED CABLETEST The DOUBLE ENDED TEST display shows the...

Page 18: ...backup mode is triggered the user can snap between the presets When the menu is entered the following display is shown and received DMX512 is looped to the output The UP and DOWN keys are used to sel...

Page 19: ...Loop Through may also be used with MIDI The output circuitry used by DMX DeBug is RS485 compatible Whilst this is correct for DMX512 MIDI specifies a simpler and less expensive set of circuitry Howev...

Page 20: ...B BL L LE E ED D D S S S2 2 2 Power Save option can be disabled to ensure that DMX DeBug always transmits DMX512 S S SE E EL L LE E EC C CT T T D D DA A AR R RK K K L L LE E EV V VE E EL L L 0 0 00 0...

Page 21: ...ble or disable the backlight selection POWER SAVING S2 The POWER SAVING menu is used to enable or disable the power save features of DMX DeBug The power saving operates as follows DISABLE The DMX DeBu...

Page 22: ...er received DMX512 will be displayed as good data whatever the start code This is particularly useful with Compulite equipment as they have implemented multiple start codes on their equipment The foll...

Page 23: ...2 0x70 Proprietary format ETC 113 0x71 Proprietary format ETC 114 0x72 Proprietary format ETC 115 0x73 Proprietary format ETC 116 0x74 Proprietary format ETC 117 0x75 Proprietary format ETC 118 0x76 P...

Page 24: ...IT T TI I IN N NG G G F F FO O OR R R M M MI I IC C C E E ED D DI I IT T T T T TO O O T T TA A AL L LK K K T T TA A AL L LK K K T T TO O O M M MI I IC C C E E ED D DI I IT T T TALKTOMIC EDIT S5 The TA...

Page 25: ...charge is obtained in three hours after which the external power supply is used solely to power DMX DeBug CONNECTOR Pin Function Centre 9VDC 350mA Skirt Ground RECEIVE DMX The DMX receive input conne...

Page 26: ...n is as follows Pin Function Pin 1 Screen Pin 2 DMX Transmit Signal Pin 3 DMX Transmit Signal Pin 4 Scope Trigger Output Pin 5 Scope Trigger Ground The Trigger feature of DMX DeBug uses pins 4 5 which...

Page 27: ...1 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F 0010 0000 0010 0001 0010 0010 0010 0011 0010 0100 0010 0101 0010 0110 0010 0111 0010 1000 0010 1001 0010 101...

Page 28: ...0 1101 141 8D 1000 1101 173 AD 1010 1101 110 6E 0110 1110 142 8E 1000 1110 174 AE 1010 1110 111 6F 0110 1111 143 8F 1000 1111 175 AF 1010 1111 112 70 0111 0000 144 90 1001 0000 176 B0 1011 0000 113 71...

Page 29: ...204 CC 1100 1100 236 EC 1110 1100 205 CD 1100 1101 237 ED 1110 1101 206 CE 1100 1110 238 EE 1110 1110 207 CF 1100 1111 239 EF 1110 1111 208 D0 1101 0000 240 F0 1111 0000 209 D1 1101 0001 241 F1 1111...

Page 30: ...29 34 35 D Dark 10 34 DARK CHANNEL 8 25 decimal 9 11 15 17 Decimal 13 14 26 27 DMX512 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 36 37 Doug Fleenor 27 DOWN 7 11 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 25 E EDI 27...

Page 31: ...ble 36 recharges 36 regenerated 12 registration 9 RIGHT 7 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 Rosco ET 27 S Save 10 24 33 34 Scope Trigger 37 Screen 36 37 short 21 23 SHORT CIRCUIT 21 Show Control 5 9 36 shutter...

Page 32: ...Zero 88 Lighting Ltd DMX DeBug Manual 32 32 Enquiries zero88 com Web www vari lite com Artistic Licence Ltd 1994 2000...

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