The Start Up display reports DMX connection status (“DMX: OK” or “DMX: No Data”).
Press the center ENTER button to access the menus.
Menu:
Addressing
DMX Start:
Set the Starting DMX address for the Dimmer
DMX Personality:
Set the DMX Personality for the Dimmer as either Triple
Dimmer, Double Dimmer, or Single Dimmer
Level Tests
Dimmer A Level:
Set Dimmer A to a Level in %
Dimmer B Level:
Set Dimmer B to a Level in %
Dimmer C Level:
Set Dimmer C to a Level in %
Curve Selection
Dimmer Curve A:
Select either ISL, Linear, LED, or Non-Dim.
Dimmer Curve B:
Select either ISL, Linear, LED, or Non-Dim.
Dimmer Curve C:
Select either ISL, Linear, LED, or Non-Dim.
The ISL and Linear curves are optimized for incandescent loads, and the LED
curve is optimized for LEDs.
LED TV/Film Mode:
Five options for LED (mode 3 by default).
LED Smoothing:
Six different delay times to make LED dim at different rates;
5ms, 10ms, 50ms, 100ms, 200ms and 400ms (100ms smoothing by default).
Misc. Settings
Bump Buttons:
Enables or Disables Bump Buttons
Data Loss T-Out:
Adjust how long the last valid DMX level is held if DMX is lost,
from 5 minutes – 120 Minutes, plus infinity (5 min. by Default)
Backlight T-Out:
Allows adjustment of the Backlight automatic shutoff time-out
from Always off, through 1-240 seconds on, to Always on (10s by Default)
Battery Voltage:
Displays connected battery voltage
RDM Label:
This is an editable field that allows the user to create a unique
alpha-numeric 16 character RDM label for the unit
RDM Unique ID:
This is a non-editable field that displays the RDM Unique ID
Input Status:
Displays input status as DMX OK or DMX No Data
Restore Defaults:
Restores factory defaults as DMX start 1, Triple Dimmer, ISL
Curve on all, 10 sec. backlight time-out, 5 min. DMX data loss time-out
Firmware Version:
Displays firmware version
RDM Basics
Remote Device Management over DMX512 Networks (RDM) has been developed by
PLASA as a communications and control protocol to allow devices to be remotely
managed via existing DMX512 wiring, and is basically a variation on DMX512. Further,
the protocol is defined to allow existing (“legacy”) DMX devices to be connected and
operate on the same link as RDM devices and operate normally. This can occur
because the RDM data signals are “mixed in” with conventional DMX data signals, and
while conventional legacy DMX devices cannot respond to or communicate via the RDM
data, they will continue to respond to the DMX portion of the data, while (hopefully)
ignoring the RDM portion (more on the “hopefully” later). The other big difference
between DMX and RDM is that DMX is a simplex or “one way” protocol, while RDM is a
half-duplex or “two way” protocol. DMX data always flows from the controller to the
controlled devices, while RDM can flow back and forth.
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