Artistic Licence Micro-Scope 3c User manual

Micro-Scope 3c
User Guide
Artistic Licence Engineering Ltd
Firmware v1.7 User Guide v8.3

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Introduction ........................................................................................................................................7
DMX output / RDM Connection..........................................................................................................7
DMX input...........................................................................................................................................7
Power..................................................................................................................................................7
9V PSU.............................................................................................................................................7
Battery.............................................................................................................................................8
Menu Navigation.................................................................................................................................8
Top Menu............................................................................................................................................9
DMX512 Menu....................................................................................................................................9
DMX - TRANSMIT Menu......................................................................................................................9
DMX - TRANSMIT - CHANNEL Menu .............................................................................................10
DMX - TRANSMIT - RANGE Menu .................................................................................................10
DMX –TRANSMIT - SCENE Menu..................................................................................................11
DMX –TRANSMIT - SNAPSHOT Menu ..........................................................................................12
DMX –TRANSMIT - CONFIG Menu ...............................................................................................12
DMX - RECEIVE Menu........................................................................................................................14
DMX –RECEIVE - STATUS Menu ...................................................................................................14
DMX –RECEIVE - GRAPH Menu ....................................................................................................15
Insight icon display....................................................................................................................15
DMX –RECEIVE - DECIMAL Menu.................................................................................................16
DMX –RECEIVE - SINGLE Menu ....................................................................................................16
DMX –RECEIVE –16-BIT Menu.....................................................................................................17
DMX –RECEIVE - FLICKER Menu...................................................................................................17
DMX –RECEIVE - STATS Menu......................................................................................................19
DMX - RDM Menu.............................................................................................................................20
DMX –RDM –DISCOVER Menu....................................................................................................20
DMX –RDM - PATCH Menu ..........................................................................................................21
Get the start address of the first root device ...........................................................................22
Get the start address of the second root device ......................................................................22
Get the start address of the second device’s second sub-device.............................................22
Set the start address of the first root device............................................................................22
DMX –RDM –AUTO-ADD Menu...................................................................................................23
DMX –RDM - MESSAGE Menu .....................................................................................................23
Get the status messages from the first root device..................................................................24
DMX –RDM –GET+SET Menu ......................................................................................................24
Get the start address of the first root device ...........................................................................25

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Get the start address of the second root device ......................................................................25
Get the footprint of the second device’s second sub-device ...................................................26
Set the start address of the first root device............................................................................26
Set the names of both devices..................................................................................................26
RDM Feedback ..........................................................................................................................27
DMX –RDM - SENSORS Menu ......................................................................................................29
Get the first sensor from the first root device..........................................................................29
DMX - ADVANCED Menu...................................................................................................................31
DMX –ADVANCED - LOOP Menu..................................................................................................31
DMX –ADVANCED –FIX RX Menu................................................................................................32
DMX –ADVANCED - NETWORK Menu..........................................................................................32
DMX –ADVANCED - BOBULATE Menu .........................................................................................34
DMX - CABLE Menu...........................................................................................................................37
DMX –CABLE - DOUBLE Menu......................................................................................................37
Good cable ................................................................................................................................37
Data cores swapped..................................................................................................................37
Broken ground (screen) ............................................................................................................37
DMX –CABLE - SINGLE Menu........................................................................................................37
Good cable ................................................................................................................................38
Data cores swapped..................................................................................................................38
CALC Menu........................................................................................................................................38
UTILS Menu.......................................................................................................................................39
UTILS - CONFIG Menu ...................................................................................................................39
UTILS - BACKLIGHT Menu..............................................................................................................40
Glossary.............................................................................................................................................41
Channel .....................................................................................................................................41
Slot ............................................................................................................................................41
Data slot....................................................................................................................................41
Footprint ...................................................................................................................................41
Personality ................................................................................................................................41
RDM ..........................................................................................................................................41
Refresh rate...............................................................................................................................41
Get.............................................................................................................................................41
Set .............................................................................................................................................41
ISD .............................................................................................................................................41
Warranty...........................................................................................................................................42

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Compliance .......................................................................................................................................42
Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE).............................................................................42

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Introduction
Micro-Scope 3c is a battery-powered, hand-held tool for transmitting and receiving DMX512,
commissioning RDM devices and testing cables and DMX512 infrastructure.
If you have purchase the Micro-Scope 3c upgrade kit, please view this video for installation details.
DMX output / RDM Connection
The DMX output / RDM connection is made via the female XLR5 on the right panel.
Pin-out is as follows:
Pin
Function
Pin 1
Signal Common
Pin 2
DMX Transmit Signal-
Pin 3
DMX Transmit Signal+
Pin 4
Scope Trigger Output
Pin 5
Scope Trigger Ground
DMX input
The DMX input connection is made via the male XLR5 on the right panel.
Pin-out is as follows:
Pin
Function
Pin 1
Signal Common
Pin 2
DMX Receive Signal-
Pin 3
DMX Receive Signal+
Pin 4
Pin 5
Power
Micro-Scope 3c can be powered from two sources:
9V PSU
The supplied PSU is used for power and battery charging.
Pin-out is as follows:
Pin
Function
Centre
+9VDC 350mA

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Skirt
Ground
Battery
Micro-Scope 3c is designed to run on battery power for extended periods using the internal NiCd
battery pack. The power switch is used to switch off Micro-Scope 3c, battery charging will continue if
the power connector is energised.
Start-up
Micro-Scope remembers the last used function on start-up. It also remembers the last scene
number.
When would I use this?
Apart from the feature simply being a time saver, it was the following interesting applications:
1. If you need a DMX transmitter that will always send the same data (for testing or a quick
demo) use DMX-TRANSMIT-SCENE.
2. If you have a DMX compatibility issue, select DMX-ADVANCED-FIX and leave the Micro-
Scope in-situ for the show. NB. Disable the standby timer and ensure it is connected to the
charge.
Menu Navigation
Menu navigation is intuitive and will be familiar to users of other Artistic Licence products. At a given
time, the product is either in menu-mode or run-mode. The MENU key switches between these
modes. The figure below shows the top menu. The UP and DOWN keys scroll the menu up and
down. The <and >icons indicate that the LEFT and RIGHT keys can be used to navigate through the
menu. The [icon indicates that there is no LEFT function: i.e., you are at the top menu.
As shown in the figure below, the Kicon indicates the option to run the selected function. In this
example, the TRANSMIT -> CHANNEL function. To do so, press TOGGLE.
TOP |[DMX512 >
MENU | CALC
TX |<CHANNEL K
MENU | RANGE

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Top Menu
The top menu provides access to numerous operational and configuration menus.
Keys operate as follows:
LEFT Navigates to higher level menu if it is available.
RIGHT Navigates to sub-menu if it is available.
UP and DOWN Select entry from the current menu.
TOGGLE Access the menu function if the Kis displayed, otherwise it behaves as if RIGHT is
pressed.
DMX512 Menu
The DMX512 menu categorises all the available DMX512 and RDM functions as listed below. Use the
RIGHT key to access the relevant sub-menus.
The DMX sub-menus are:
TRANSMIT Transmit test patterns of DMX to dimmers or fixtures.
RECEIVE Receive and view DMX levels plus analyse timing.
RDM Discover, configure and monitor RDM devices.
ADVANCED Test the DMX network, fix bad DMX and access our unique discombobulator.
CABLE Test connectivity of the three DMX conductors.
DMX - TRANSMIT Menu
The DMX-TRANSMIT menu provides five options. Use UP and DOWN to navigate and then press
TOGGLE.
The sub-menus are:
CHANNEL Transmit a single channel at a level.
RANGE Transmit a range of channels at a level or changing levels.
TOP |[DMX512 >
MENU | CALC
DMX |[TRANSMIT>
MENU | RECEIVE
TX |<CHANNEL K
MENU | RANGE

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SCENE Playback one of forty recorded scenes.
SNAPSHOT Snapshot (record from received DMX) into any of the forty scenes.
FIXTURE Transmit DMX to control intelligent fixtures based on a personality library.
CONFIG Setup numerous timing parameters for transmitted DMX.
DMX - TRANSMIT - CHANNEL Menu
This menu allows transmission of a single channel (aka data slot) of DMX at any level.
Keys operate as follows:
LEFT and RIGHT Navigate through the option fields. In the product, option fields are shown in
UPPER CASE. In this guide, option fields are highlighted in red.
UP and DOWN Select the required value within an option field.
TOGGLE Toggle the level of the selected channel.
When would I use this?
This is the classic ‘rig check’ mode that allows you to cycle through all the channels checking the
lighting rig lamp by lamp.
DMX - TRANSMIT - RANGE Menu
This menu allows transmission of a range of channels.
Keys operate as follows:
LEFT and RIGHT Navigate through the option fields. In the product, option fields are shown in
UPPER CASE. In this guide, option fields are highlighted in red.
UP and DOWN Select the required value within an option field.
TOGGLE Toggle the level of the selected channel.
The operating functions are:
MAN DMX transmitted to the range of channels at the selected level.
SNAP Snap between on and off every second.
FADE Slowly fades to full then back to zero.
RAMP Slowly fades to full and rolls over to zero.
TX Channel: 001
@ level 255/255
Tx Range 001-512
@ 255/255 WALK