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The Puck™ Fab5 User Manual Rev. A
Copyright (c) 2012 Blizzard Lighting, LLC
Each wiCICLE
®
acts as both a transmitter and a receiver, depending on whether a DMX
source is applied to the integral XLR connector. This is an extremely powerful feature of
the system, however, it also requires 1 piece of due dilligence, and that is the removal of
extraneous DMX signals from your lighting rig BEFORE proceeding.
SO: BEFORE DOInG AnYTHInG ELSE, YOU SHOULD DISABLE AnY BUILT-In PRO-
GRAMS In THE FIXTURES YOU WISH TO COnnECT AnD/OR SET THEM AS SLAVES
PRIOR TO RETURNING THEM TO DMX MODE (IF APPLICABLE). Most fixtures
contain a built-in automatic, sound active or custom program which is designed
to operate with the fixture NOT connected to a DMX chain.
Some of these programs will automatically run unless the fixture is set to slave mode.
These fixtures typically sense DMX automatically and switch to DMX mode upon receiving
DMX signal (our Pucks do that!)
If you plug a wiCICLE
®
“receiver” into an autosensing fixture set as a “master, “chances are
good that the wiCICLE
®
“receiver” will begin transmitting the master program. Most times,
this is undesirable, and taking the two seconds to switch these programs off will solve a lot
of ails.
Got that done? Good! Then let’s proceed!
1. Plug the wiCICLE
®
Receiver into the “DMX IN” connector of the fixture and verify it is
receiving power (the
STATUS LED
should illuminate.)
2. Connect the AC/DC adaptor to the the wiCICLE
®
Transmitter and verify it is receiving
power (the
STATUS LED
should illuminate.)
3. Press the
RECESSED SELECTOR BUTTOn
on the Transmitter to select the operating
channel group. (The system will store this setting for future use)
The 7-Color Status LED will change color to indicate the current channel group:
4. Follow the same procedure on the Receiver to select the channel group.
5. Once both the transmitter and receiver(s) are both set to the same channel group,
connect the transmitter to the DMX controller or the DMX out of a fixture on your DMX
chain.
6. Once a DMX signal is provided to the transmitter, the status LED will blink
RED
slowly
until communication is established with the receiver. The status LED on the receiver(s)
will flash
GREEN
slowly until communication is established.
7. Once the clearest channel is auto-selected, the status LEDs will blink quickly on both
the transmitter and receiver. NOTE: The color of the LED DURING operation does not
indicate channel group, instead it indicates whether the unit is transmitting or receiving.
That’s It!
WE hAD ThIS SPACE, SO WE FIGURED WE’D DRAW
YOU A PICTURE:
Antenna Housing & 1/2-wave Antenna
Antenna ferrule & articulation joint
Stainless Steel Housing
Recessed Selector Button
3-Pin XLR Connector
(Male on transmitter, Female on receiver model)
· GROUP 1:
RED
· GROUP 2:
GREEn
· GROUP 3:
YELLOW
· GROUP 4:
BLUE
· GROUP 5:
VIOLET
· GROUP 6:
CYAn
· GROUP 7:
WHITE
Status LED
nOTE: “GROUP”
number also
corresponds to the
“GROUP” setting on
our LightCaster
™
wireless DMX
Transceiver.
