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Adjustable Output Power
The broadcast power of the SHoW DMX Vero Transceiver is adjustable to allow the user to
calibrate the system’s broadcast power to match the requirements of the application.
Limited Bandwidth Hopping
In the Limited Bandwidth Hopping mode, the SHoW DMX Vero Transceiver system is assigned
to one of three sub-bands of the full 2.4Ghz spectrum. Each sub-band occupies approximately
2/5s of the full band, with one sub-band positioned at the low end, one in the center, and one at
the high end of the full spectrum. The three sub-bands overlap and each avoids some
combination of WiFi channels. This will allow the SHoW DMX Vero Transceiver to be set to
broadcast in a different area of the spectrum than other equipment being used in the area, to
minimize or eliminate interference with WiFi or other channel specific or limited bandwidth
equipment.
Limited Burst DMX Output
Limited Burst mode reduces the number of DMX channels and the amount of radio energy that
is broadcast by the Transmitter.
If you don’t need all 512 DMX values and you need to control the radio energy in your system
as much as possible, then you can use Limited Burst to target only the DMX channels you need,
and reduce your radio footprint even further.
In Limited Burst mode, the user may select a contiguous group of 51 slots or more DMX slots in
multiples of 52 slots (51+52, 51+104, etc.). Limited Burst slot counts include: 51, 103, 155, 207,
259, 311, 363, 415, and 467. These may be assigned to any starting address that will not
exceed the total 512 slot count when added to the remaining slots in the selected Burst size
(e.g. with 467 slots, the highest allowed starting address is 46, as 46+466 = 512).
RDM Operation
RDM stands for Remote Device Management. RDM is a lighting control protocol enhancement
to DMX512 specified by PLASA (formerly ESTA); the official name is
ANSI/ESTA E1.20,
Entertainment Technology - Remote Device Management over USITT DMX512
.
Using RDM, you can select one of the 68 available Neo SHoW IDs, adjust the broadcast power,
configure for limited burst transmission, edit the RDM Device Label, and enable or disable RDM
traffic.
The SHoW DMX Vero Transceiver is fully enabled as an RDM proxy system, so you can use
RDM to manage your SHoW DMX Vero Transceiver system and any connected RDM
responders that are downstream of the system.
Remember that when RDM is enabled, the system uses ~ 25% of its available DMX bandwidth
for RDM so DMX fidelity and refresh rate are reduced. For best DMX fidelity, disable RDM
traffic from the Receivers back to the Transmitting unit when you are not using RDM.
You can use RDM to change SHoW IDs in connected devices. Remember that once you have
changed the SHoW ID in a connected Receiver, you will lose communication with that Receiver
until you change your Transmitter to the matching SHoW ID.
The SHoW DMX Vero Transceiver supports the following RDM PIDs:
Get
Set
Reduce
RDM Parameter
PID
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