Zero 88 FLX Lighting Console
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User Manual
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Streaming ACN (sACN)
Streaming ACN is another lighting protocol which sends
DMX data over Ethernet. The protocol allows for multiple
DMX universes to be sent over a single Ethernet cable.
The FLX console can output up to 8 universes of DMX
data via sACN. The protocol is approved by ANSI and
ESTA as the standard for DMX over Ethernet and allows
ZerOS to communicate with a multitude of sACN enabled
devices already available from a range of manufactures.
The Streaming ACN options within Setup (when using Phantom ZerOS)
Transmit sACN
This option enables or disables sACN transmission.
“Use DHCP Address”
This can be switched between 2 or 10 (this is the first digit
of the IP address being used). Art-Net allows two separate
network IP ranges.
Please note
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on Phantom ZerOS, this option will change
to “IP Address” and will allow you to select any of the IP
addresses on your computer. To change these IP address
settings, use your computers settings within Control Panel.
IP Address & Subnet Mask
These options are only displayed if “Use DHCP” is set to
“Disabled”, and allows you to define an IP Address and
Subnet Mask for streaming CAN.
UUID
The Universally Unique IDentifier is not user configurable,
and is included for information purposes only.
Each DMX universe is offered as a line item with
configuration options for each universe. By default all
universes are disabled, so enable only the universes you
require in order to reduce the network overhead.
Choose
Configure
to make changes to the sACN
universes. This will open the following window.
The “Configure sACN Universe” options window
Mode
Each sACN univ
erse can be either “Live” or “Preview”
output
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the Preview output option although configurable is
not currently implemented in ZerOS.
sACN Universe
sACN allocates a universe number to each DMX universe,
which must be the same on the FLX and the receiving
device (the DMX output node or fixture, etc).
Priority
Each universe can be defined a Priority level (0-200)
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sACN receptive devices will automatically listen for the
highest priority number received and respond to that
signal. In this way, multiple consoles can be running on a
network at the same time and can automatically take over
from one another
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a function used in our tracking backup
software.
Name
Each sACN universe can also have a unique name
associated with it, which can be entered from a USB
keyboard. This functionality allows you to identify which
universe is coming from which console on a larger
networked system.
