Pixie User Manual
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The orange LED indicates that the internal power supply is
working properly and the unit is ready to operate and sup-
ply power to the strips. If the LED is OFF and you have al-
ready connected the mains cable to a working wall outlet,
it means that there is a problem in the unit. In such case
please contact ENTTEC support.
The green LED indicates the PIXIE status and should be
constantly flashing. Please refer to the following table for
information about current operating status:
Flashing Frequency
Unit Status
Constant on
Overheating/Error
0.5 Hz
Unit is running normally
2 Hz
Show is playing
8 Hz
Receiving data from DMX
25 Hz
Receiving data from USB
Operation Modes
The PIXIE Driver can drive LED strips in three ways:
DMX
mode,
Playback
mode and additionally sequences can be
sent through
USB
. It is only possible to use one mode at a
time and the one with higher precedence will override the
others. A general explanation of all the modes is made in
this chapter and you can find further information on how
to use and configure the settings in the ENTTEC Pro Man-
ager software section.
USB
The USB 2.0 port is mainly used to configure the unit and
download new shows. It also allows sequences to be run
through the free application as described in the Pro Man-
ager software section.
When running the sequences all other modes will be over-
ridden by the USB port as it has the highest precedence.
DMX mode
When data is fed through the DMX ports and there is no
active USB sequence, this will be reflected on the strips
outputs D1 and D2.
By default the data coming from DMX1 connector will be sent
to the beginning of the strips (section 1) through D1 and D2
outputs and the data coming from DMX2 will be sent to sec-
tion 2 through both outputs.
The full DMX LED strip update message format is shown be-
low for RGB Pixel Tape. If the DMX message has less than 510
slots other than the start code, the data for missing slots will
be zero.
Size In
Bytes
RGB Tape DMX Description
1
Must be 0 or frame will be ignored since it is not
DMX.
3
R1, G1, B1. 8 bit intensity of each color of first
LED pixel.
3
R2, G2, B2. 8 bit intensity of each color of second
LED pixel.
...
…
3
R170, G170, B170. 8 bit intensity of each color of
last LED pixel.
2
Unused.
The full DMX LED strip update message format is shown be-
low for RGBW Pixel Tape. Full 512 DMX slots are used when
Pixie driver is in RGBW modes.
Size In
Bytes
RGBW Tape DMX Description
1
Must be 0 or frame will be ignored since it is not
DMX.
4
R1, G1, B1, W1. 8 bit intensity of each color of
first LED pixel.
4
R2, G2, B2, W2 8 bit intensity of each color of
second LED pixel.
...
…
4
R128, G128, B128, W128. 8 bit intensity of each
color of last LED pixel.
Playback mode
Trigger the stored show from the Pro Manager software or by
configuring the PIXIE to start playing it on power up.
USB
DMX
PLAYBACK
Input Data
Precedence
Highest
Middle
Lowest
