Enttec Pixel Octo User manual

Pixel Octo
ETHERNET PIXEL DRIVER
Contents
Package Contents ....................................................................1
Safety Information .................................................................. 1
LED Protocols Supported.......................................................1
Physical Dimensions...............................................................1
Functional Features ................................................................2
Hardware Features..................................................................2
LED Status..................................................................................2
Status .....................................................................................2
Link 1 and Link 2..................................................................2
Identify Button .........................................................................2
Wiring Diagrams.......................................................................3
Default IP ...................................................................................4
Finding the IP Address Using NMU......................................4
Web Configuration...................................................................5
Home......................................................................................5
Identify Button.....................................................................5
Settings ......................................................................................6
Direct ..........................................................................................6
DMX Protocols......................................................................6
Universes/Outputs .............................................................7
Group Pixels .........................................................................7
DMX Start Address...............................................................7
Standalone.................................................................................7
Show Options –Activate Standalone Show................. 8
Creating a Standalone Show ........................................... 8
Deleting a Standalone..................................................... 10
Copying a Standalone Show...........................................11
Importing and Exporting a Standalone List................11
Network Stats..........................................................................11
Art-Net and ESP .................................................................11
sACN......................................................................................11
KiNET.....................................................................................12
Update Firmware....................................................................12
Reset to Factory Defaults.....................................................12
Using Web Interface..........................................................12
Using Button.......................................................................13
Tips and Guidelines...............................................................13
Ordering Information............................................................14
Specifications..........................................................................14

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Package Contents
•Pixel Octo (71520)
•Read me card
Safety Information
•This unit is intended for indoor use only.
•Do not expose this device to rain or moisture,
doing this will void the warranty.
•Make all connections before powering on
•Do not remove the cover, there are no user
serviceable components inside.
•Never plug this unit into a dimmer pack
•Ensure input voltage is within the specified
limits
•Ensure this device functions within the
recommended operating temperature
LED Protocols Supported
For supported protocols, please refer to support
page: www.enttec.com/support/supported-led
pixel-protocols/
Physical Dimensions

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Functional Features
•Supports the following protocols:
oArt-Net
oStreaming ACN (sACN)
oESP
oKiNET
•Configurable Static or Dynamic (DHCP) IP (DHCP
by default).
•Web configurable
•Firmware updateable
•Netmask and gateway updateable
•Up to 8 ethernet universes support (maximum
of 4 universes per output port)
•Controls a maximum of 680 RGB or 512 RGBW
pixel LEDs (per output).
•Configurable pixel colour ordering
•Monitors device temperature
•Monitors and displays the network traffic
•Easily extendable network – daisy chain
ethernet connection up to maximum of 50
•Compatible with CLK LED Tapes
•White Pixel Order support
•35mm DIN mountable
•Flexible wiring configurations
•User-friendly interface to create and execute
live effects on the fly
•Save created effects into a list of standalone
shows
•Maximum output refresh rate is 46 frame per
second
Hardware Features
•Aluminium Enclosure
•Top view indicator lights and button
•Pluggable terminal blocks
•Dual Spring 35mm DIN rail brackets
LED Status
Status
•This LED indicates the Pixel Octo status and
should be constantly flashing.
•The current operating status of the LED is
indicated as follows:
Link 1 and Link 2
•These two LEDs indicate network status for
each RJ45 port
Identify Button
The identify button serves 2 purposes:
•Identify the corresponding pixels connected to
a specific Octo
•Reset Pixel Octo (Refer Reset Pixel Octo)
When identify button is pressed, all DMX channels
of the pixels connected at the output will be driven
to the maximum value for ten seconds.
LED Colour
Unit Status
Red
Device in boot
White (static)
Idle
Purple (static)
IP Conflict
Green over white
Direct mode data receiving
Black over white
Standalone mode
Red over green
Multiple merge sources

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Wiring Diagrams
Connecting distance between Pixel Octo data output and tape/dots data input is highly dependent on cable quality,
maximum suggested length is no more than 3 meters.

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Default IP
Right out of the box, the Pixel Octo is factory
configured to be a DHCP node, so you can plug it
into your existing router, and it is good to go.
If the router is unable or slow to assign an IP
address to the driver the default static IP Address
is used.
The IP address can easily be calculated, using the
MAC address as follows:
10.(byte1).(byte2).(byte3)
Note
Where byte1, byte2 and byte3 are the last three bytes of
the mac address in decimal.
For e.g.:
•If mac address is 0050C2FFFF55 where last three
bytes are FF, FF and 55 default static IP for the
above mac is 10.255.255.85
•Where byte1 FF is 255 in decimal
•Where byte2 FF is 255 in decimal
•Where byte3 55 is 85 in decimal
The built-in web-interface of the Pixel Octo can be
accessed using the IP address via any modern web-
browser. The web-interface allows the settings of
the unit to be changed.
Finding the IP Address Using NMU
ENTTEC provides a free App (available for Windows
and Mac) called NMU (Node Management Utility)
that finds the Pixel Octo and display its IP address.
Note:
Pixel Octo is only supported by NMU V1.92 and above.
Please follow these steps:
1. Download NMU from www.enttec.com
2. Pixel Octo should be connected physically by
an Ethernet cable to the same physical network
or router as the computer that is running NMU.
3. Open NMU. If prompted with multiple network
interfaces, select the correct one to which the
Pixel Octo is connected to
4. Press the Discovery button, and wait till NMU
finds all supported ENTTEC devices
5. Once found, select Pixel Octo and use the IP
address to access the web-interface
.

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Web Configuration
The Pixel Octo can be configured and controlled
through a web browser, running on a computer
system, located on the same Local Area Network.
Note:
Google Chrome is recommended for accessing the Octo
web interface
Either click on the underlined URL displayed in
NMU or type the IP address (as detected by NMU
e.g.: 10.255.255.85) into your web browser to access
the web interface.
The top menu allows all the Pixel Octo web pages
to be accessed.
Menu option is highlighted blue to indicate which
page the user is on.
The web interface shows the word Direct or
Standalone depending on the mode the device is
in, as shown in the images below
Home
The Home tab displays the following information:
•DHCP status – whether enabled
•IP address
•NetMask
•Gateway
•Mac Address
•Link Speed
•Device Name
•Firmware version on device
•Serial number of the device
•Internal temperature of the processor
•System uptime
•Input protocol set on device
•Output LED protocol set on device
Identify Button
The identify button helps find the corresponding
pixels connected to a specific Octo.
When identify button is pressed, all DMX channels
of the pixels connected at the output will be driven
to the maximum value for ten seconds. For
example: an RGB tape will have all its channels go
to full resulting in a white colour for ten seconds.
Once pressed, a 10 second timer is displayed
Note:
Timer will not restart when pressed consecutively

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Settings
The Settings page allows a user to do the following:
•Change a device name for identification
•Enable/disable DHCP
•Specify static network settings
•Set the output LED Protocol
•Set the number of mapped pixels
•Configure how colours are mapped to pixels
•Reset to factory defaults
•Reboot device
Direct
Direct can be activated by clicking on the Use
Direct mode button in the Direct page as shown in
the image below
When activated, the word Direct will be displayed
next to the ENTTEC logo as shown in the image.
DMX Protocols
KiNET
Supported commands:
•Discover device
•Discover ports on device
•Change device name
•Change device IP
•Portout commands
•DMX out commands
•KGet Command
oKGet Subnet Mask
oKGet Gateway
oKGet port universe (port 1 and 2)
•KSet commands
oKSet Subnet Mask
oKSet Gateway
oKSet port universe (port 1 and 2)
oKSet device to boot
Art-NET
Supports Art-NET 1/2/3. Each output can be
assigned a start universe in the range 0 to 32764
(when universe/output = 4).
sACN
Outputs can be assigned a start universe in the
range 1-63996 (when universe/output = 4). 1
multicast universe is supported for sACN sync.
ESP
Outputs can be assigned a start universe in the
range 0-252 (when universe/output = 4). More
details of the ESP protocol can be found at
www.enttec.com

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Universes/Outputs
The Pixel Octo converts up to four universes of DMX
over Ethernet to pixel data per output.
Both outputs can be specified to use the same
universes, e.g. both outputs use universe 1,2,3 and
4.
Each output can also be specified to use its own
individual group of universes, e.g. output 1 uses
universes 100,101,102 and 103 however output 2
uses 1,2,3 and 4.
Only the first universe can be specified; the
remaining universes, second, third and fourth are
automatically assigned subsequent universes to
the first one.
Example 1:
If the first universe is assigned 25, the second, third
and fourth universes will be automatically
assigned 26, 27 and 28 as shown in the image below.
Group Pixels
Controls the number of pixels controlled by each
DMX channel.
Example:
When group pixel is set to 10, each DMX channel of
the universe will control 10 pixels. The maximum
pixels lit is determined by mapped pixels; this
parameter can take a maximum of 680 (RGB) or 512
(RGBW).
DMX Start Address
Selects DMX channel number, which controls the
first pixel. When the universes/output is more than
one, the DMX start address only applies to the first
universes. However, where it applies, a start
address offset may result in the split of a pixel. E.g
R channel in first universe and GB channels in the
seconds universe for a RGB LED.
For ease of pixel mapping we recommend
offsetting the DMX start address as follows:
•Increments of 3 for RGB (1,4,7, 10)
•Increments of 4 for RGBW (1,5,9,13)
•Increments of 6 for RGB-16 bit (1,7,13,19)
•Increments of 8 for RGBW-16 bits (1,9,17,25)
Standalone
Standalone can be activated by clicking on the Use
Standalone mode button as shown below
When activated, the word Standalone will be
displayed next to the ENTTEC logo. When operating
in this mode note the following:
•16Bit protocols are not supported
•RGBW tapes are supported but white cannot be
controlled.

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Show Options –Activate Standalone Show
Octo allows the control of the standalone show
played at each of the two outputs. This is
controlled by the Show Options section. Both can
be set to output no standalone show:
The outputs can play the same standalone show
concurrently:
Or each can be set to output a different show:
Creating a Standalone Show
A standalone show can only be created when
Standalone mode is activated. Please follow these
steps to create a standalone (effect):
1. Select the next available standalone slot and
click on Create button
2. Select an output to preview the standalone
show on by using the check boxes
3. If the effect previewed is to be preserved, Type
in a name and click on Save Effect button
Preview Standalone
Pixel Octo allows the preview of the standalone.
Select the output to preview the standalone as
shown in the previous image.
If two different colour orders e.g.: RGB on output 1
and WWA in output 2 are assigned you can only
preview the effect on one output at a time. If you
attempt to preview both outputs the following
message is displayed
Standalone Show Name
Up to 65 characters can be used for a standalone
show name. All characters are supported except
comma (,). Octo does not allow a standalone to be
saved with an existing name on the list
Standalone Layers Explained
When creating a standalone the light output
should be visualized as two layers:
•Background (controls shown in red)
•Foreground (controls shown in blue)
Pixel Octo also has colour wheel support for WWA
(warm white, cool white and Amber) pixel tape

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Background
By only enabling the background layer the Pixel
tape/dots will respond like a standard RGB tape.
The background can be:
•Set to a constant colour
•Dimmed
•Made to strobe
The controllers affect the entire length up to the
maximum possible pixels (e.g. 680 3-channel pixels)
Foreground
This layer creates effects that overlay on the
background colour. The foreground can be:
•Set to a constant colour
•Dimmed
•Made to strobe
•Set to create patterns
Master Intensity
Controls the overall brightness of the output (both
for foreground and background). Where:
•0 – no LEDs are switched on
•255 – LEDs on are at full brightness
Background/Foreground Strobe Frequency
Controls the time between LED(s) on and off time.
•0 – LEDs switch on and off at slowest speed
•255 – LEDs switch on and off at fastest speed
Background/Foreground Strobe Duration
Controls the time that the LEDs are on
DMX fader value
On time
0
Always on
1
Smallest duration
255
Longest duration
Wave function
The foreground layer can be controlled to form
patterns of the following wave functions:
•Sine wave
•Log wave
•Square wave
•Sawtooth wave
•Rainbow Sine Wave
•Rainbow Log Wave
•Rainbow Square Wave
•Rainbow Sawtooth
Wave Direction
The wave pattern can be set to travel. Wave
direction setting determines which way the pattern
will travel. The wave can be set to move:
•Forward
•Backward
•Mirror out – pattern travelling out of centre
•Mirror in – pattern travelling into centre

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Wave Amplitude
This setting determines the brightness of each
pixel in a period of the wave.
DMX fader
value
Brightness of Pixels in One Wave Period
0
Vary between 50% and full
255
Vary between off and full on.
Wave Length
This setting determines the number of pixels in
one period of the wave.
DMX fader value
Wavelength
0-1
2 pixels
2-255
Fader Value
Wave Speed
This setting controls the speed at which the wave
pattern travels across tape.
DMX fader value
Speed
0
Minimum speed
255
Maximum speed
Offset
Offset allows the pattern on a port to be delayed.
Editing a Standalone Show
Octo allows the editing of any saved standalone.
Please follow these steps to edit a standalone:
1. Select the standalone to be edited and click on
Edit button
2. Select an output to preview the standalone on
by using the check boxes
4. Edit the standalone
5. If the standalone previewed is to be preserved,
click on Save Effect button
Deleting a Standalone
Select the standalone to be deleted and press on
Delete button
The standalone selected for each output will
continue to play unless it is deleted; in this case,
the standalone directly above will be enabled at
the output, which had the deleted show. If there is
no standalone above, no standalone will be output.
If a slot without a standalone is deleted the
following message is displayed:

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Copying a Standalone Show
Octo allows the copying of any saved standalone
Please follow these steps to copy a standalone.
1. Select the standalone show to be copied and
click on Copy button
2. Provide a new name for the copied standalone
Note:
Octo does not permit two or more standalone
shows with the same name
Importing and Exporting a Standalone List
Octo allows the import and export of all the
standalone shows on the device.
Note:
The export file will include a list of all the
standalone shows
Please click on Export Effect button to export the
standalone shows
Please click on Import Effect button to import the
standalone shows
Network Stats
The Network page shows statistics for the DMX
protocol enabled.
Art-Net and ESP
The information provided is:
•Poll packets received
•Data packets received
•Last IP poll packets were received from
•Last port data received from
sACN
The information provided is:
•Data and sync packets received
•Last IP packets were received from
•Last port data received from

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KiNET
The information provided is:
•Total packets received
•Discover supply packets received
•Discover ports packets received
•DMXOUT packets
•KGet packets
•KSet packets
•PORTOUT Packets
•Set device name packet received
•Set device IP packet received
•Set universe packets received
•Last IP received from
•Last port data received from
Update Firmware
It is strongly recommended that Pixel Octo is
updated with the latest firmware, available on the
ENTTEC website. This firmware can be loaded to the
driver through its web interface by carrying out the
following steps:
1. Browse and select the correct firmware
version on your PC
2. Press the Update Firmware button
Once the firmware update is complete, the device
will reboot while the web interface displays the
message shown in the image below
Reset to Factory Defaults
Using Web Interface
The reset to defaults command can be found under
the Settings tab of the Pixel Octo.
Once the command is pressed, a pop-up would
appear as shown in the image below:

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This operation:
•Resets the device name
•Resets the netmask
•Enables DHCP
•Resets IP Address (IP address =
10.(byte1).(byte2).(byte3) where the three bytes
are the last three bytes of the mac address in
decimal)
•Resets gateway
•Restores standalone shows to factory default.
•Direct mode is activated
•DMX protocol is made Art-NET
•LED protocol is set as WS2812B
•Pixel colour is set to RGB
•Both ports are set to output 4 universes. The
start universe for output 1 is set as 0 and output
2 as 4
•Mapped pixels value is set to 680 pixels
•DMX start address is set to 0
•APA-102 global intensity set to maximum
Using Button
The reset button restores the network
configuration of the Pixel Octo to factory defaults:
•DHCP is enabled
•Static IP Address reset (IP address =
10.(byte1).(byte2).(byte3) where the three
bytess are the last three bytess of the mac
address in decimal)
•Netmask is set to 255.0.0.0
To reset to factory defaults, the following
procedure must be performed:
•Power off the unit
•Press and hold the Reset button.
•While holding the Reset button, power up the
unit, and keep holding the button for 3 seconds.
•Release the Reset button once the status led
starts blinking red.
Tips and Guidelines
Unable to open Pixel Octo web-page:
You must ensure that the Pixel Octo and your
computer are on the same subnet
To troubleshoot:
1. Give your computer a Static IP address
(e.g.: 10.0.0.1)
2. Change computer Netmask to (255.0.0.0)
3. Please connect the Pixel Octo directly
using a cat5 cable to your computer
4. Select the correct network on NMU
(10.0.0.1)
5. If you have multiple networks (wifi etc.),
please try to disable all other networks
except the one Pixel Octo is connected to.
6. Once NMU finds the Pixel Octo, you will be
able to open the device web-page and
configure it
7. Reset the device if following the above
steps did not resolve the issue

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Can you run tapes and dots at the same time?
No, only one LED protocol can be selected to drive
the output at a given time
What is the minimum DC voltage for powering Pixel
Octo?
The minimum DC voltage is 4V
Ordering Information
Part Number
Description
71520
Pixel Octo
Specifications
Item
Specification
Input Voltage
4-60V DC
Maximum Power
consumed
5W
Supported
Protocols
Art-Net
sACN
KiNET
ESP
Output Protocols
For supported protocols, please
refer to support page:
www.enttec.com/support/support
ed-led-pixel-protocols/
Maximum Pixel
count/output
(RGBW)
512 RGBW pixels
Maximum Pixel
count/ output
(RGB)
680 RGB pixels
Maximum DMX
footprint/output
2048 channels
Connectors
2 x 4Pin Output phoenix
1 X 2Pin Power In
2 X RJ45
IP Rating
IP 20
Operating
Temperature
-10 oC to 60 oC
Relative
Humidity
5- 95% (non-condensing)
Weight of device
(In kg)
0.25 kg
Dimensions (in
mm)
103 (L) x 69 (W) x 58 (H)
Due to continuous improvements and innovations
of all ENTTEC products, specifications and features
are subject to change without notice.