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Glossary

Channel

There are a maximum of 512 channels in a DMX packet. This term is identical to Data slot. Channels
number from 1

–

512.

Slot

Slot refers to the 513 bytes that can be contained in a DMX frame. Slots number from 0

–

512, zero

being the start code.

Data slot

Data slot is the formal name for Channel.

Footprint

The number of channels or data slots that a DMX receiver uses.

Personality

Personalities allow RDM devices to have different setups that can be selected via RDM.

RDM

Remote Device Management.

Refresh rate

This repeat rate of DMX512 data. The maximum refresh rate of DMX with a full 512 channel payload
is 44Hz.

Get

The RDM term meaning to read a parameter.

Set

The RDM term meaning to programme a parameter.

ISD

The delay between DMX slots.

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Страница 1: ...Commissioner rdmx User Guide Artistic Licence Engineering Ltd Firmware v1 3 User Guide v2 0 ...

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Страница 3: ... 17 Insight icon display 17 DMX RECEIVE DECIMAL Menu 18 DMX RECEIVE COLOUR Menu 19 DMX RECEIVE SINGLE Menu 19 DMX RECEIVE 16 BIT Menu 20 DMX RECEIVE FLICKER Menu 20 DMX RECEIVE STATS Menu 23 DMX RDM Menu 24 DMX RDM DISCOVER Menu 24 DMX RDM PATCH Menu 25 Get the start address of the first root device 26 Get the start address of the second root device 26 Get the start address of the second device s ...

Страница 4: ...et the first sensor from the first root device 34 DMX ADVANCED Menu 35 DMX ADVANCED LOOP Menu 35 DMX ADVANCED FIX RX Menu 36 DMX ADVANCED NETWORK Menu 36 DMX ADVANCED BOBULATE Menu 38 DMX CABLE Menu 41 DMX CABLE DOUBLE Menu 41 Good cable 41 Data cores swapped 42 Broken ground screen 42 CALC Menu 43 Example 43 Torch Menu 43 CONFIG Menu 44 BACKLIGHT Menu 45 Glossary 46 Channel 46 Slot 46 Data slot 4...

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Страница 7: ...3 2 Orange Tx Female Pin 2 3 3 White Green Rx Male Pin 3 6 Green Rx Male Pin 2 1 4 Blue N C 5 White Blue Trigger Female Pin 4 4 7 White Brown Tx 0V Female Pin 1 5 8 Brown Rx 0V Male Pin 1 Power Commissioner can be powered from two sources The 40 character 4 line backlit LCD display switches to two or three line mode for larger text The cursor keys are referred to as UP RIGHT DOWN and LEFT in this ...

Страница 8: ...ned period 10 minutes by default of inactivity In power down standby the batteries will last for several months However if the product is used infrequently we recommend storing without batteries fitted The rear panel green indicator illuminates when charging the batteries When full charge is reached the indicator will blip green Switching On and Off Commissioner is switched on by pressing FUNCT Sw...

Страница 9: ...tes the option to run the selected function In this example the TRANSMIT CHANNEL function To do so press ENTER USER Key The USER key is used to control the user programmed short cut list To add or remove a menu to the short cut list navigate to the desired menu Then hold the USER key for 3 seconds If the menu is already in the list it will be removed and the backlight will blip red If it is not in...

Страница 10: ...l menu if it is available RIGHT Navigates to sub menu if it is available UP and DOWN Select entry from the current menu ENTER Access the menu function if the K is displayed otherwise it behaves as if RIGHT is pressed FUNCT Not used in this menu USER Short press selects the next shortcut menu from the user programmed list TOP MENU DMX512 CALC ...

Страница 11: ... DOWN to navigate and then press ENTER The sub menus are CHANNEL Transmit a single channel at a level RANGE Transmit a range of channels at a level or changing levels SCENE Playback one of forty recorded scenes SNAPSHOT Snapshot record from received DMX into any of the forty scenes CONFIG Setup numerous timing parameters for transmitted DMX DMX TRANSMIT CHANNEL Menu This menu allows transmission o...

Страница 12: ...alue within an option field ENTER Toggle the level of the selected channel FUNCT Cycle through the operating functions independent of the selected option field USER 3 second press to add or remove this menu from the shortcut list The operating functions are MAN DMX transmitted to the range of channels at the selected level SNAP Snap between on and off every second FADE Slowly fades to full and rol...

Страница 13: ...tteries are removed Keys operate as follows LEFT and RIGHT Navigate through the option fields In the product option fields are shown in UPPER CASE In this guide option fields are highlighted in red UP and DOWN Select the required value within an option field ENTER Toggle the level of the selected channel FUNCT Not used USER 3 second press to add or remove this menu from the shortcut list The field...

Страница 14: ...When would I use this If you have some useful test patterns setup on the lighting console use this menu to transfer then to Commissioner DMX TRANSMIT CONFIG Menu The DMX TRANSMIT CONFIG menu is used to set numerous DMX transmit parameters This menu should be used with caution as it intentionally allows the user to set parameters which result in illegal DMX transmission For this reason the paramete...

Страница 15: ...bB or Mark before Break is the idle period between the end of the last data slot and the next packet s Break 20us 0us 20ms 0us 1s 3 1 This is a simplification that provides a good rule of thumb In fact any number of data slots below 24 can be used subject to Packet Time 1204us 2 In the earlier DMX512 1990 standard the minimum was 88us 3 The 1s maximum is actually for the entire packet 4 In the ear...

Страница 16: ...lay a decimal hexadecimal and a high resolution bargraph of two consecutive channels expressed as 16 bit Big Endian FLICKER Display the decimal level of a single channel along with the maximum and minimum levels detected STATS Display statistics and detailed timing for received DMX DMX RECEIVE STATUS Menu The DMX RECEIVE STATUS menu is used to display to total number of received DMX packets and co...

Страница 17: ...H Menu The DMX RECEIVE GRAPH menu is used to display a bargraph of the levels of up to 30 consecutive channels Keys operate as follows LEFT and RIGHT Select the required start address for the received DMX display The display will change to show the first and last channel displayed UP and DOWN Select the required start address for the received DMX display The display will change to show the first a...

Страница 18: ...s used to display a bargraph of the levels of up to 6 consecutive channels Keys operate as follows LEFT and RIGHT Select the required start address for the received DMX display The display will change to show the first and last channel displayed UP and DOWN Select the required start address for the received DMX display The display will change to show the first and last channel displayed ENTER Not ...

Страница 19: ...e Insight icon display The levels displayed are from the received DMX of the start code defined in DMX RECEIVE STATUS When would I use this The coloured backlight is very useful when you need to visualise the data from a distance It can also be used as a cue light DMX RECEIVE SINGLE Menu The DMX RECEIVE SINGLE menu is used to display hexadecimal decimal and a high resolution bargraph of a single c...

Страница 20: ...rst and last channel displayed UP and DOWN Select the required start address for the received DMX display The display will change to show the first and last channel displayed ENTER Not used FUNCT Not used USER 3 second press to add or remove this menu from the shortcut list The top line shows the DMX addresses that are displayed along with the Insight icon display The level displayed is from the r...

Страница 21: ... level is 255 In the example below the level has changed to 253 and so the min max range is now 253 255 The current received level is 253 In the example below the current received level is 253 but the min max range is now 000 255 showing that flicker has been captured The top line shows the DMX addresses that are displayed along with the Insight icon display The level displayed is from the receive...

Страница 22: ...er of channels It is the number of bytes in addition to the Start Code that are contained in the DMX packet 0 512 Break The Break is the synchronization that indicates the start of DMX packet 88us 1s 3 MaB The MaB or Mark after Break is the idle period between the end of Break and the Start Code 8us 1s 3 ISD The ISD is the inter slot delay This is the idle time between the slots in the DMX packet ...

Страница 23: ...lly address all RDM devices MESSAGES Read status messages GET SET Get Set all RDM parameters SENSORS Read all device sensors DMX RDM DISCOVER Menu RDM devices must be discovered before they can be controlled This function is used to discover and enumerate all the connected RDM devices Keys operate as follows LEFT and RIGHT Not used UP and DOWN Select the required action ENTER Start discovery Disco...

Страница 24: ... cable DMX RDM PATCH Menu DMX RDM PATCH is used to view an RDM device s name footprint number of sub devices number of personalities and to edit its start address and personality Keys operate as follows LEFT and RIGHT Navigate through the option fields UP and DOWN Select the required value within an option field FUNCT Turns identify on or off for the selected devices ENTER Sets or programmes the s...

Страница 25: ...g examples show how these option fields are used In the examples we are connected to two Artistic Licence sunDial dimmers These are 4 channels devices that have 5 personalities and 4 sub devices The sub devices can accept individual start addresses and personality Get the start address of the first root device Use the LEFT RIGHT UP DOWN keys to set the device to 001 shown in green This is the firs...

Страница 26: ... in green This is the first sunDial Use the LEFT RIGHT UP DOWN keys to set the sub device to 000 shown in blue This means the root device is being accessed The bottom three lines of the display update to report that the device is called sunDial 1 and has a start address of 001 a footprint of 4 and a personality set to 1 from the 5 available Change the start address to the desired value value 009 s...

Страница 27: ...ted the bottom line shows the total number of programmed devices and the backlight will blip green or red to indicate success or whether errors occurred When would I use this This is a quick and dirty way to ensure all devices have different and contiguous addresses However you have no control over which device gets which start address In many situations this does not matter as the lighting consol...

Страница 28: ...special cases of sub device Zero accesses the root device ALL indicates that all sub devices are being controlled NAME When an individual device or sub device is addressed the name of the device or sub device is displayed here If ALL devices and or ALL sub devices is selected BROADCAST is displayed The following example shows how this is used We are connected to an Artistic Licence sunDial dimmer ...

Страница 29: ...merous possible parameters ranging from start address to pan tilt invert These parameters are often called PIDs A given RDM device will typically support a subset of the available PIDs and indeed is allowed to support a different subset for its sub devices In addition manufacturer specific PIDs are allowed where the RDM standard does not have a suitable definition Commissioner interrogates the sel...

Страница 30: ...nd sunDial s second sub device Use the LEFT RIGHT UP DOWN keys to set the PARAMETER to FOOTPRINT Commissioner gets the parameter and displays it in the DATA field In this example a footprint is 001 as this is a sub device controlling a single dimmer channel Set the start address of the first root device Use the LEFT RIGHT UP DOWN keys to set the device to 001 shown in green This is the first sunDi...

Страница 31: ...1 and Dim 2 Use broadcast to set all dimmers to Dim and then edit each one to add the number Use the LEFT RIGHT UP DOWN keys to set the device to ALL and the sub device to 000 shown in green This addresses both sunDial Change the label to Dim and press ENTER Both dimmers are now named Dim Change the device to 001 shown in green Add the 1 to Dim shown in green Press ENTER Commissioner will briefly ...

Страница 32: ...devices are being controlled This is a very powerful feature but should be treated with caution as it allows for example all start addresses to be set to the same value NB The device number is enumerated during discovery and numbers are allocated in the order in which devices are discovered The order may change when discovery is next executed SUB Selects the sub device An RDM device may have a num...

Страница 33: ...desired sensor to 001 shown in blue In this example the device a sunDial has a temperature sensor declared as sensor 1 Commissioner will continue to read this sensor and display results in real time When would I use this When a particular device is suspected of a fault this allows you to continuously monitor sensors Dv 001 000 Sn 001 004 NO DATA Dv 001 000 Sn 001 004 Temp Ch 1 2 45 C Dv 001 000 Sn...

Страница 34: ...Navigate through the option fields In the product option fields are shown in UPPER CASE In this guide option fields are highlighted in red UP and DOWN Select the required value within an option field ENTER Toggle the level of the selected channel FUNCT Cycle through the operating functions independent of the selected option field USER 3 second press to add or remove this menu from the shortcut lis...

Страница 35: ...oducts and retransmits it The display provides a mimic of the first 30 channels Keys operate as follows LEFT and RIGHT Not used UP and DOWN Not used ENTER Not used FUNCT Not used USER 3 second press to add or remove this menu from the shortcut list When would I use this If you suspect incompatibility between the lighting console and the fixtures connect Commissioner between them using this functio...

Страница 36: ...rameter Value Data Slots 512 Break 96us MaB 12us ISD 0us MbB 16us When would I use this If you suspect that something in the DMX infrastructure Splitter cable is causing interference with the data this allows you to transmit high speed data packets and confirm they are received correctly NB This test will almost certainly fail with mergers because they are designed to drop unexpected data packets ...

Страница 37: ...SER 3 second press to add or remove this menu from the shortcut list The parameters are Parameter Description Break MaB Start Code ISD Slots Data Slots Data Slot Value MbB All ch off Commissioner transmits good DMX with a 512 data slot payload and all levels at zero All DMX receivers should accept this Legal packet 200uS 20us 0 0 513 512 0 16us Test pack Commissioner transmits the special test pac...

Страница 38: ...20us 207 0 201 200 85 16us Break only Commissioner continuously sends a break with no slots Some DMX responders can be upset by this Legal packet 200us n a n a n a n a n a n a n a Break Strt Commissioner continuously sends a break and start code with no slots Some DMX responders can be upset by this Legal packet 200us 20us 0 n a 1 0 n a n a Long pack Commissioner sends packets with 1000 data slots...

Страница 39: ...ment testing Illegal packet 200us 4us 0 0us 513 512 0 16us One St bit Commissioner sends packets with slots containing only one stop bit This is primarily useful for development testing Illegal packet 200us 20us 0 4us 513 512 0 16us As at firmware v1 3 the above table is still under verification and minor errors may exist When would I use this A well designed DMX or RDM receiver will reject bad DM...

Страница 40: ...R 3 second press to add or remove this menu from the shortcut list To use the tester connect the cable between the transmit and receive pins Not that this is a continuity test and so cannot be used with any electronics it only tests cable The display shows connectivity between the three main circuits of ground data and data The display represents this with the XLR pin numbers of 1 2 3 respectively...

Страница 41: ...41 Data cores swapped Broken ground screen Double End 1 1 2 3 3 2 Double End 1 2 2 3 3 ...

Страница 42: ... as follows DECIMAL Enter a value in the range 0 65535 HEXADECIMAL Displays the hexadecimal conversion BINARY DIP Displays the binary or dip switch conversion This is a 10 bit field so decimal values from 0 1023 can be displayed Example When would I use this If your DMX receiver has a start address set by dip switch this helps you make the conversion Torch Menu The Torch function allows the backli...

Страница 43: ...reen Warning once set this cannot be changed USER CO Enter user owner company This will be displayed on boot splash screen Warning once set this cannot be changed ST BY TIME The time in minutes that Commissioner will wait after any key press before powering off The standby timer is inhibited when USB power is connected Set a value of zero to disable the standby timer Maximum value is 240 minutes D...

Страница 44: ...equired value within an option field ENTER Not used FUNCT Not used USER 3 second press to add or remove this menu from the shortcut list The option fields function as follows NORMAL Colour of backlight in normal menu operation Default green 60 red 0 TORCH Colour of torch Default green 90 red 90 VISUAL YES Some menus use visual feedback This is the colour for good or yes Default green 90 red 0 VISU...

Страница 45: ...t is the formal name for Channel Footprint The number of channels or data slots that a DMX receiver uses Personality Personalities allow RDM devices to have different setups that can be selected via RDM RDM Remote Device Management Refresh rate This repeat rate of DMX512 data The maximum refresh rate of DMX with a full 512 channel payload is 44Hz Get The RDM term meaning to read a parameter Set Th...

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