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manual 

ArtNet node 

LL ordercode 10230 

 
 
 

 

Lux Lumen bvba 

 
 

3/01/2022 

Revision V2.0 

By Wim Van Themsche 

Summary of Contents for 10230

Page 1: ...manual ArtNet node LL ordercode 10230 Lux Lumen bvba 3 01 2022 Revision V2 0 By Wim Van Themsche ...

Page 2: ...NET NODE PHYSICAL LAYOUT 13 11 CONNECTING THE ARTNET NODE TO A PC 15 11 1 PHYSICAL CONNECTION OF THE ARTNET NODE TO A PC 15 11 2 THE IP ADRESS OF THE NODE 16 11 3 WHERE CAN I FIND THE SUBNET IN A IP ADDRESS 16 11 4 CHANGE SUBNET ON A PC 17 11 5 SET YOUR PC BACK TO THE OLD SETTINGS 23 12 THE OUTPUTS ON THE ARTNET CARD 24 12 1 CONNECT FIXTURE TO THE DATA OUTPUT PORTS 24 12 2 UTP CONNECTION PHYSICAL ...

Page 3: ...p 3 41 LUX LUMEN Kernenergiestraat 53A 2610 WILRIJK BELGIUM T 32 3 293 35 50 F 32 3 293 35 44 www lux lumen com 21 USED LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 41 ...

Page 4: ...giestraat 53A 2610 WILRIJK BELGIUM T 32 3 293 35 50 F 32 3 293 35 44 www lux lumen com 1 Document information Project manual Item type ArtNet node Date 3 01 2022 Revision V2 0 Owner Wim Van Themsche 2 Picture 2 1 Without cover ...

Page 5: ...p 5 41 LUX LUMEN Kernenergiestraat 53A 2610 WILRIJK BELGIUM T 32 3 293 35 50 F 32 3 293 35 44 www lux lumen com 2 2 With cover ...

Page 6: ...p 6 41 LUX LUMEN Kernenergiestraat 53A 2610 WILRIJK BELGIUM T 32 3 293 35 50 F 32 3 293 35 44 www lux lumen com 3 Dimensions Please note dimensions given are din rail included ...

Page 7: ...this manual and ensure yourself that you completely understand its content Observe the safety precautions in this manual Install and operate the ArtNet node only as described in this manual and in conformity with local regulations If you have any questions how to operate this product safely please contact your point of sale 4 1 Symbols Following symbols are used to identify important safety inform...

Page 8: ...d If any cable seal or housing is damaged cracked or reformed disconnect the power of the installation immediately The ArtNet node card is only to be used in a proper housing conform to local regulations For any additional servicing not described in this manual please contact your point of sale 4 3 Protections from fire and burns Do not operate this ArtNet node card if ambient temperatures inside ...

Page 9: ...covers are securely fastened Verify that the card is firmly clicked on a standard din rail 4 5 Disposing of this product This ArtNet node card is manufactured in compliance with directive of the European community waste electrical and electronically equipment Please help to preserve our environment and ensure that this product will be recycled properly at the end of its life ...

Page 10: ...ms are included in your package ArtNet node card Carton box package 5 2 Location and orientation This ArtNet node card cannot be used without additional protective housing The housing protects the user against electrical shocks and it is protecting the card against climatologically influences Please assure yourself that the cabinet which houses the ArtNet node card is according to local regulation...

Page 11: ...d that the standard SPI variants use an asymmetric signal for the data communication It is also important to understand that the data signals of this SPI variants use high clock frequency which can lead to instability of the signal We strongly recommend not to use long cable lengths when the signal is asymmetric There are different manufacturers who claim that their chip is SPI compatible but in r...

Page 12: ...n one direction over the strip On the picture above you can clearly see DO data output and DI data input To overcome the problems with longer cable lengths Lux Lumen made the 6 outputs on the card so that they output a symmetrical signal This makes that you can have longer cable lengths as in standard non symmetrical SPI variants But this implicates that you can not directly connect a SPI variant ...

Page 13: ...nd not 1 A theoretical limit of 32 768 universes is possible depending on the network and casting used For more detailed information on this topic we refer to this link https www artisticlicence com WebSiteMaster User 20Guides art net pdf 10 ArtNet node physical layout Data output ports RJ45 connector Ethernet ports Info about that specific node IP address MAC address Software version Serial Numbe...

Page 14: ...able data output ports The Artnet node has an internal switch on the ethernet ports This switch can handle up to 300 DMX universes in broadcast So this means it can handle up to 300 DMX universes on its artnet input and send 300 DMX universes to the artnet output But the artnet node can only process signals from maximum 10 different DMX universes This results in the fact that the maximum channel c...

Page 15: ...ndows PC to the ArtNet node First connect your PC to the same physical network as the ArtNet node You can plug the node directly in to your PC with a UTP cable from the node to the PC or you can connect through a network setup with one or more switches The internal switch can handle straight UTP cables as well as crossed UTP cables You can link multiple nodes daisy chain to the same network Each n...

Page 16: ...his IP address is not end user changeable If for a particular reason a dedicated IP address is needed please contact info lux lumen com 11 3Where can I find the subnet in a IP address You can find the subnet in an IP address as the first number in a series of 4 For example 5 11 654 231 is an IP address in subnet number 5 You have to set the IP address on your PC to the same subnet as the IP addres...

Page 17: ...293 35 50 F 32 3 293 35 44 www lux lumen com 11 4Change subnet on a PC To set the PC to the same subnet as the ArtNet node you have to set a fixed IP address on your PC Click on the windows start button in the left bottom corner Click on settings Windows Settings opens ...

Page 18: ...p 18 41 LUX LUMEN Kernenergiestraat 53A 2610 WILRIJK BELGIUM T 32 3 293 35 50 F 32 3 293 35 44 www lux lumen com Click on Network Internet Click on Change adapter options ...

Page 19: ...32 3 293 35 50 F 32 3 293 35 44 www lux lumen com find the adapter corresponding with the connector you used to connect to the ArtNet node usually it is the ethernet adapter Right click on the adapter Click on Properties Select Internet Protocol version 4 TCP IPv4 ...

Page 20: ...p 20 41 LUX LUMEN Kernenergiestraat 53A 2610 WILRIJK BELGIUM T 32 3 293 35 50 F 32 3 293 35 44 www lux lumen com Once selected click on the button properties ...

Page 21: ...P address Fill in the wanted IP address The first numbers should be 2 the same as the IP address of the ArtNet Node this is the subnet The last number must be different to avoid IP conflict We recommend using the following first two digits 2 0 xxx xxx Once you filled in the IP address the Subnet mask is filled in automatically If not just click on it ...

Page 22: ...p 22 41 LUX LUMEN Kernenergiestraat 53A 2610 WILRIJK BELGIUM T 32 3 293 35 50 F 32 3 293 35 44 www lux lumen com Click on OK Click on close ...

Page 23: ...p 23 41 LUX LUMEN Kernenergiestraat 53A 2610 WILRIJK BELGIUM T 32 3 293 35 50 F 32 3 293 35 44 www lux lumen com 11 5Set your PC back to the old settings ...

Page 24: ... the network via the output ports A data output port on the ArtNet node only sends out the data with the protocol and universe s configured for that port If nothing configured no data will be send out that port See 8 ArtNet configurator for more info on configuration of the data output ports The data output port doesn t give power to the fixture There needs to be an external power supply unit PSU ...

Page 25: ...2 4 6 Clock Data Pinout of the data output port 2 4 and 6 RJ45 connector Pin number Wire color in network cable Pinout 1 Orange white Data 2 Orange Data 7 Brown white Ground 8 Brown Ground An extra explanation for the pin 3 6 on the UTP1 3 and 5 connectors above follows here The pins 1 and 2 of UTP connectors 2 4 and 6 are physically routed to pin 3 and 6 from the UTP connectors 1 3 and 5 This giv...

Page 26: ... 44 www lux lumen com 13 Web page On the webpage you can obtain info about the settings of the ArtNet node You cannot change the settings via the web page With a browser eg chrome surf directly to the IP address of the ArtNet node In the example below the IP address of the node is 2 121 16 69 ...

Page 27: ...n With the ArtNet configurator you can change the settings of the ArtNet node The ArtNet configurator is an executable file There is no installation needed You can download this software from following link http www lux lumen com sites default files 2018 08 artnetconfig v2 0 exe Once you did run this exe file you will see a screen similar to the one below ...

Page 28: ...IUM T 32 3 293 35 50 F 32 3 293 35 44 www lux lumen com In the top left corner you can choose witch network adapter you want to use to scan for ArtNet nodes All detected nodes will appear on the left side When you click on the node you can change the settings ...

Page 29: ... configurator and all its options you can click on the question mark in the upper left corner When you have this option enabled you get info once you hover over different sections of the ArtNet configurator To disable this option click again on the question mark As example you can see what text appears if you hold your cursor on the field 512 ...

Page 30: ...ivate an output first select a protocol in the dropdown menu next to the output Some protocols needs only 1 line like DMX or WS2811 Other protocols needs 2 lines data and clock When a 2 line protocol is selected the next output is used as clock and cannot be used as an independent output On the PCB are solder points to re direct the clock line to the data line connector See chapter 8 2 for more in...

Page 31: ...e protocol this is a number between 1 and 512 or 1 and5120 So it is possible to route all 10 DMX universes to one output but it is not recommended to do so The frame rate is inversly with the number of channels outputed There are 2 possible ways to input the numbers By dragging the blocks and text number input Check the mouse pointer before clocking to see what function is selected 14 3Artnet sele...

Page 32: ...ith RGB fixtures the lighting console will only use 510 channels and skips the last 2 This feature gives you the possibility to jump over this gap Enter a number between 500 and 512 In following example we have the end and begin of a universe filed with RGB fixtures Set keep to 510 to make it seamless from one universe to another 14 5Push to node To confirm the changes click on push to node on the...

Page 33: ...name this file with the IP address of the ArtNet node so you can easily retrieve it Example of this txt file uni0 00000 keep0 512 uni1 00001 keep1 512 uni2 00002 keep2 512 uni3 00003 keep3 512 uni4 00004 keep4 512 uni5 00005 keep5 512 uni6 00006 keep6 512 uni7 00007 keep7 512 uni8 00008 keep8 512 uni9 00009 keep9 512 type0 03 start0 0001 range0 0512 type1 00 start1 0513 range1 0512 type2 02 start2...

Page 34: ... from file In the ArtNet configurator you can load settings from a text file When you replace an ArtNet node find the file named with the IP address from the old ArtNet node and open it Copy the text from the file and paste it in the text field in the ArtNet configurator Confirm by clicking on Push to node next to the text field ...

Page 35: ...clamp 2 ethernet inputs on RJ 45 connectors Status led Outputs 6 programmable outputs on RJ 45 connector 17 2Environmental IP rating IP 20 Humidity 30 to 95 Ta max 45 C 104 F Ta min 15 C 5 F Tc max 55 C 131 17 3 Mechanical Physical dimensions of the card below Dimensions ArtNet node 167x 110 x 70 mm Dimensions packaging 230 x 230 x 130 mm Weight ArtNet node 500 gr Weight packaging 700 gr ...

Page 36: ...p 36 41 LUX LUMEN Kernenergiestraat 53A 2610 WILRIJK BELGIUM T 32 3 293 35 50 F 32 3 293 35 44 www lux lumen com ...

Page 37: ...diated immunity test EN 61000 4 4 2004 Fast transients and burst immunity EN 61000 4 5 2005 Surge immunity test EN 61000 4 6 2008 Conducted immunity test EN 61000 4 8 1993 Magnetic field immunity test EN 61000 4 11 2004 Voltage variations immunity test EN 61000 6 1 2005 Generic standards for immunity Emission according to EN 61000 3 2 2005 A1 2008 A2 2009 Harmonics emission test 16A EN 61000 3 3 2...

Page 38: ...e borne by the customer Limitations Lux Lumen will not warrant the following Periodic check ups maintenance and repair or replacement of parts due to normal wear and tear Consumables Any software Defects caused by modifications carried out without Lux Lumen s approval Damage resulting from the fact that a product is not conforming to country specific standards or specifications in another country ...

Page 39: ...product Defects caused by improper condition of the power supply network Inadequate packaging of the product when returning it under the RMA procedure Accidents or disasters or any cause beyond the control of Lux Lumen including but not limited to lightning water fire public disturbances improper ventilation and acts of god Others It is the responsibility of the customer to backup and save any sof...

Page 40: ...erial The procedure to obtain a RMA Step1 Customer contacts Lux Lumen about warranty defects if material has to be returned Step2 Lux Lumen sends the customer a filled out RMA document using a unique RMA number Step3 Customer sends material include a copy of the RMA document with the material Step 4 Lux Lumen evaluates the problem and informs the client if repair is done under warranty or makes an...

Page 41: ...o according to USITT SPI Serial Peripheral Interface PCB printed circuit board CAT 5 category 5 cable CAT 6 category 6 cable UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair LAN Local Area Network AC Alternating current DC Direct current F Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit C Temperature in degrees Celsius din rail rail used in electrical installation according to Deutsche Industry Norm specifications ...

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