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 Give all projectors a start address: each projector shows its start + end address, make sure that the
addresses do not overlap!
Some general information on DMX:
 The DMX-protocol is a widely used high speed signal to control intelligent light equipment. You need to
"daisy chain" your DMX controller and all the connected units with a balanced cable of good quality.
 Both XLR-3pin and XLR-5pin connectors are used, however XLR-3pin is more popular because these
cables are compatible with balanced audio cables.
 Pin layout XLR-3pin: Pin1 = GND ~ Pin2 = Negative signal (-) ~ Pin3 = Positive
signal (+)
 Pin layout XLR-5pin: Pin1 = GND ~ Pin2 = Negative signal (-) ~ Pin3 = Positive
signal (+) ~ Pins4+5 not used.
 To prevent strange behavior of the light effects, due to interferences, you must use
a 90Ω to 120Ω terminator at the end of the chain. Never use Y-splitter cables, this simply won't work!
 Make sure that all units are connected to the mains.
 Each light effect in the chain needs to have its proper starting address so it knows which commands
from the controller it has to decode.
ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION VIA ETHERNET IN/OUT:
Art-Net is nothing more than a protocol for transmitting DMX512 over an Ethernet network, developed by
Artistic Licence Engineering (UK) Ltd. Thanks to the much bigger bandwith it is possible to send more than
40 DMX-universes in one time.
This projector can be connected in such Ethernet network using routers, switches etc. The network topology
is exactly the same as for a normal PC-network. However IP-addresses cannot be obtained via HDCP: see
the explanations in the chapter "setup menu" on how to manually setup the IP-address, Net Mask and
choose the desired DMX-universe.
 The selected DMX-universe will internally be treated as a normal DMX-signal so further setup of the DMX-
address, channel mode etc. should be done as usual.
 All 512 channels of the selected DMX-universe will be automatically converted from Art-Net to the DMX-
output: they can be used to control other DMX-equipment.
RDM FUNCTIONS / REMOTE SETUP
RDM means "Remote Device Management". This projector works with a brief set of RDM-functions which
means that it can setup a bi-directional communication with an RDM-compatible DMX-controller. Some of
these functions are briefly explained below, others will be added in the future.
 The DMX-controller sends out a "discovery command", all RDM devices respond and send their unique
device ID.
 The DMX-controller asks each RDM device for some basic data so it knows which devices are connected.
The POWERPIXEL projector will respond:
 Device name: POWERMATRIX
 Manufacturer: Briteq®
 Category: LED Dimmer
 Firmware: x.x.x.x
 DMX address: xxx
 DMX footprint: xx
 Personality: xx
 The DMX-controller can send certain commands to each RDM device which allow remote setup of the
units. Thanks to this the POWERMATRIX can be setup remotely.
The following functions can be managed remotely:
No more need to take a ladder and set all units one by one!
 DMX START ADDRESS: The start address can be set remotely from 001 to xxx.
 PERSONALITY: The DMX working mode (DMX-chart) can be set remotely.
These 2 functions make it possible to prepare a complete DMX-patch of all projectors on the DMX-
controller and send these data to all projectors at once. More functions will be added later.
BRITEQ
®
(firmware version of the projector)
(current DMX start address of the projector)
(number of DMX-channels used by the projector)
(current personality [or DMX-working mode] used by the projectors)
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