RC4Magic Series 3 DMXio User Manual
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RC4Magic Series 3 DMXio Device
Specifications
Dimensions: 3.4” x 2.3” x 1.55” nominal (approx. 86mm x 59mm x 40mm)
Mounting flanges extend an additional 0.5
″
(13mm), for a bottom footprint of 4.4
″
x 2.3
″
(112mm x 59mm)
DMX Connections: 5-pin male and female XLRs for DMX in and out,
internally wired together
Power Input: 6VDC – 35VDC, 0.4W
Standard 2.1mm power receptacle, center positive
Internal jumper option to take power from XLR pins 4 and 5
3 user-selectable RC4 Private System IDs, plus the RC4Magic Public ID
(each ID supports one independent DMX universe)
User selectable Transmit or Receive modes (press one button to toggle).
User selectable internal DMX termination (press one button to toggle on/off).
Transmitter Mode
Only 1 transmitter device should be operated on any single RC4
Magic
System ID.
Transmitter devices include DMXio and RC4MagicPC Remote Control Dongle.
DMX Input: meets USITT DMX512/1990(4us) with 1-second data hold after
dropout. Straight-thru hardware connection from DMX input to output for easy
pass-through to additional DMX devices.
DMX Channel Limiting: Set lowest and highest DMX channel using RC4
OneTouch (default is full 512-channel universe)
Receiver Mode
Any number of DMXio receivers may be used in a system.
DMX Output: meets USITT DMX512/1990.
The DMX specification allows up to 32 devices on a DMX output. The DMXio data
output exceeds this requirement and is capable of driving additional devices.
Internally protected against static discharge and excessive line loading.
RC4Magic DMX Protocol Compliance
DMX inputs and outputs comply with USITT DMX512/1990(4us).
Packets with non-zero start codes are not transmitted; RC4Magic cannot transfer
proprietary data or RDM packets.
DMXio receiver output replicates DMXio transmitter input, providing the same
number of DMX channels and the same number of packets per second (pps).
