Luminex DMX8 MkII User manual

Ethernet - DMX8 MkII Range
User Guide - V4 rev3

Ethernet - DMX8 MkII Range User Guide - V4 rev3
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Issued by:
Publications Department,
Luminex LCE,
Berkenlaan 8A,
Hechtel - Eksel,
B-3940,
Belgium.
Documentation reviewed April 22, 2015, by Bart Swinnen.
Printed in the EU.

Table of Contents
Warranty information........................................................................5
Limited warranty..........................................................................5
Returning under warranty..............................................................5
Freight........................................................................................ 5
General.......................................................................................... 6
Packaging.................................................................................... 6
Description.................................................................................. 6
Specification................................................................................ 6
Dimensions...............................................................................6
Weight..................................................................................... 7
Electrical.................................................................................. 7
Connectors............................................................................... 7
Environmental...........................................................................7
Connectivity.................................................................................... 8
Rear Panel – Side Panel.................................................................8
Mains.......................................................................................8
DMX input / output.................................................................... 9
Interface....................................................................................... 10
Front panel................................................................................ 10
Ethernet port..........................................................................10
DMX input / output..................................................................10
Status indication...................................................................11
Status indication...................................................................11
Front end display information....................................................11
Reset the node (Out of jail)....................................................... 13
Web interface................................................................................ 14
Status....................................................................................... 14
Setup........................................................................................ 15
Node...................................................................................... 15
DMX Routing........................................................................... 16
Merging Policies :.....................................................................18
Inputs (Local mode)..............................................................19
Inputs (IP Merging)...............................................................21
Outputs (IP Merging)............................................................21
Recover channel................................................................... 24
Network settings..................................................................26
IP Settings..........................................................................26
Global.................................................................................... 27
DMX details......................................................................... 27
Miscellaneous....................................................................... 28
Toolbox......................................................................................29
Profile manager....................................................................... 29
Snapshot manager................................................................... 30
Firmware upgrade.................................................................... 32
Toubleshooting........................................................................ 34
Additional Documentation................................................................ 35
Credits:..................................................................................... 35


Warranty information
Limited warranty
Unless otherwise stated, your product is covered by a two (2) years parts
and labor limited warranty. It is the owner’s responsibility to furnish
receipts or invoices for verification of purchase, date, and dealer or
distributor. If purchase date cannot be provided, date of manufacture will
be used to determine warranty period.
Returning under warranty
Any Product unit or parts returned to Luminex LCE must be packaged in a
suitable manner to ensure the protection of such Product unit or parts,
and such package shall be clearly and prominently marked to indicate that
the package contains returned Product units or parts. Accompany all
returned Product units or parts with a written explanation of the alleged
problem or malfunction.
Freight
All shipping will be paid by the purchaser. Items under warranty shall have
return shipping paid by the manufacturer only in the European Union.
Under no circumstances will freight collect shipments be accepted. Prepaid
shipping does not include rush expediting such as air freight. Air freight
can be sent customer collect in the European Union.
Warranty is void if the product is misused, damaged, modified in any way,
or for unauthorized repairs or parts.
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General
Packaging
- Ethernet-DMX8 MkII
•1 x Ethernet – DMX8 MkII
•1 x User guide
- Ethernet-DMX8/Truss MkII
•1 x Ethernet – DMX8 MkII Truss
•1 x Powercon male connector
•1 x User Guide
Description
The Ethernet-DMX8 MkII is an Ethernet node that serves 8 x DMX512
outlets, compatible with the following protocols: DMX512, DMX512-A,
RDM (ANSI E1.20), sACN (ANSI E1.31) and Art-Net™.
All 8 outlets can be used as input or output. The Ethernet links are
100BaseTx connections on shielded Neutrik RJ45 Ethercon connectors.
All configuration can be done over Ethernet through a built in website, or
the front panel display.
This all comes in a 19'' unit high metal housing for the Ethernet-DMX8
MkII. The Ethernet-DMX8/Truss MkII comes in a rugged truss mountable
metal housing with two M10 inserts. This enclosure allows to use the node
in a truss, on a wall or as a table top device.
Specification
Dimensions
Ethernet-DMX8 MkII
482 x 183 x 44 (mm)
19” x 7,2” x 1,73”
Package: 520 x 235 x 50 (mm)
Ethernet-DMX8 MkII Truss
240 x 180 x 90 (mm)
9,44” x 7,08” x 3,54”
Package: 310 x 260 x 110 (mm)
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•Weight
Ethernet-DMX8 MkII: 2,3 kg
Ethernet-DMX8/Truss MkII: 3,1 kg
•Electrical
Ethernet-DMX8 MkII:
Voltages: 90 – 260 VAC
Frequency: 47 – 63 Hz
Rated power: 20 W
Fuse: 125V – 250V, 1A, Slow blow only (5mm x 20mm)
Ethernet-DMX8/Truss MkII:
Voltages: 100 – 240 VAC
Frequency: 50 – 60 Hz
Rated power: 20 W
Fuse: 250V 1A, Slow blow
•Connectors
2 x shielded Neutrik RJ45 Ethercon connector
(front and rear for Ethernet-DMX8 MkII, front and side for Ethernet-
DMX8 MkII Truss)
8 x shielded Neutrik gold plated 5 pin XLR (female)
8 x optic and galvanic isolated DMX port
1 x IEC inlet with fuse holder (Rack version only)
1 x Neutrik Powercon inlet (Truss version only)
•Environmental
Operating temperature: 0 ~ 60°C (32 ~ 140°F)
Storage temperature : -10 ~ 70°C (14 ~ 158°F)
Humidity: 5-95% non condensing
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Connectivity
Rear Panel – Side Panel
•Mains
Ethernet-DMX8 MkII
The device operates with an AC voltage between 90V and 260V within a
frequency range of 47Hz and 63Hz.
An IEC socket is located at the rear of the unit. Please use an IEC plug
compliant cable to feed power to the unit.
Luminex recommend the use of a power cable, fitted with an IEC-Lock™
plug. The IEC-Lock™ system offers a reliable way to connect the power
cable to the unit.
!!! This equipment must be earthed !!!
•Punched holes
The unit offers 8 punched holes to easily install 8 optional DMX input
connectors, or to reverse the board.
•Ethernet
1 Neutrik RJ45 Ethercon is provided as Ethernet link.
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Punched Holes
10/100Mbps Ethernet ports
IEC Inlet
Powercon socket
DMX connectors
Fuse holder

Ethernet-DMX8 MkII Truss
The device operates with an AC voltage between 100V and 240V within a
frequency range of 50Hz and 60Hz.
A Neutrik PowerCon IN connector can be connected to the device. Please
use an authorized plug and connect the cores in the mains lead in
accordance with the following scheme:
Green / Yellow: Earth
Blue: Neutral
Brown: Live
!!! This equipment must be earthed !!!
•Ethernet
1 Neutrik RJ45 Ethercon is provided as Ethernet link.
•DMX input / output
8 shielded Neutrik 5 pin gold plated female connectors are provided as
outlet (input or output). All DMX outlets are optic and galvanic isolated.
See detailed pinout on page 11.
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Interface
Front panel
Ethernet-DMX8 MkII
The front panel interface is provided with 1 graphical LCD display, 1 jog, 1
Ethernet port, 8 DMX outlets and 3 indication LEDs. Standard DMX port
routing and advanced features like merging, backup, etc can be
configured from the front end LCD display, from the built in Web interface
or through LumiNet Monitor V2 Software.
•Ethernet port
1 Neutrik RJ45 Ethercon is provided as Ethernet link.
•DMX input / output
8 shielded Neutrik 5 pin gold plated female connectors are provided as
outlet (input or output). All DMX outlets are optic and galvanic isolated.
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LED indication of network
activity and link.
Power Ok LED.
10/100MBps Ethernet port
DMX ports: bi-directional
Shielded Gold plated XLR
5 pins Neutrik connectors
Graphical LCD Display
And Jog

Connector Function
Pin 1 Signal common (0 volt)
Pin 2 Data complement (-)
Pin 3 Data true (+)
Pin 4 Not used
Pin 5 Not used
All outlets are compliant with the DMX512-A timing specification and are
terminated and rebiased.
Status indication
3 LEDs are provided to indicate Network link and activity (Ethernet ports
1&2), and power Ok.
Ethernet-DMX8/Truss MkII
Status indication
3 LEDs are provided to indicate Network link and activity (Ethernet ports
1&2), and power Ok.
The front panel interface is provided with 1 graphical LCD display and 1
jog. Standard DMX port routing and advanced features like merging,
backup, etc can be configured from the front end LCD display, from the
built in Web interface or through LumiNet Monitor V2 Software.
•Front en isplay information
Four indication screens will rotate continuously on the display with an
interval of a few seconds.
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Screen 1 – Model nd firmw re version
This screen informs you on the type of model of Ethernet-DMX8 MkII
you're using. It gives also the ID number, and the firmware version the
node is actually running.
Screen 2 – Network settings
These two screens display all the information of the two virtual nodes the
Ethernet-DMX8 embeds. Each node have a short name entered through
the Web interface. The screens give also the complete network setting
information, such as IP address and netmask of each node.
Screen 3 – Model nd firmw re version
This screen gives a complete overview of the DMX ports settings: the
second raw gives information on the direction set on each port. The third
raw informs you on the mode set on each outlet.
Regarding the direction, differents letters will appear to show the mode
set on the outlet : N (Normal), H (HTP merge), L (LTP merge), C
(Custom), B (Backup), M(Merge), Z (Zero). A “-” means either the outlet
is disable, either the outlet is set as an output, but no Art-Net™ data have
been detected with the related universe.
See page 16 for the explanation of each available mode.
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•Unlock the no e
When the node is password protected through the Web interface, it will
automatically lock the access to the Web interface. To unlock the node,
enter the password in the password field (login = admin).
•Reset the no e (Out of jail)
This useful function makes it possible to bring the node in a factory
default.
1. Press and hold the jog on the front panel
2. Power up the device
3. wait until the converter to display the reset confirmation
4. confirm
5. The unit is now rebooting to its default settings
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Web interface
Status
The complete device can be configured from an intuitive Web interface.
You just have to browse to the IP address of the unit. If you do not know
the IP address, you can quickly discover it through the front end display or
by running Luminet Monitor V2 software (free downloadable tool), which
shows all Luminex nodes on the network.
Make sure that the computer, you use to browse, is setup in the correct
network address range (IP 2.x.x.x or 10.x.x.x and subnet 255.0.0.0).
When you're not using a complete network setup (Ethernet switches,
hubs, routers, WLAN, ...), you can also use either a cross Ethernet cable
or straight Ethernet cable to directly connect the unit to your computer.
After all connections and setup on the computer are completed, open your
favorite web browser (we recommend Firefox) and enter the IP address
you want to reach in the URL field : Http://2.x.x.x
You'll end up at the status page of the device. This page has a complete
overview of the device settings. The overview shows the actual DMX and
network setting / routing of the complete device.
The Web interface offers several languages. Select the language that fits
your needs in the drop down menu located on the top right side of the
Web page.
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Navigation Bar
Actual DMX routing
Actual Global settings
Actual Network settings

Setup
Choose one of the items in the sub menu to setup the device.
Once in a setup page, help is available on almost every field title. Just
click on the question mark next to the topic. A pop up frame will display
the overall information of each term displayed on the Web interface.
●No e
To setup the node click on the appropriate sub menu item in the Setup
navigation bar (Node).
This is the main settings page. You can setup every single outlet of the
node, as input or output. Select the outlet's direction, mode, protocol and
universe, enable/disable RDM traffic. Here you can also change the IP
address, Netmask, port and the Art-Net™ short and long name indication.
Node 1 link will lead you to outlets 1 to 4 configuration. Node 2 link will
lead you to outlets 5 to 8 configuration page.
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●DMX Routing
To better understand the use of all features, let's define each category of
this menu:
Direction : Set the direction you need to the outlet, either Input or
Output. Depending your selection, some features won't be available in the
other categories.
Protocol : Determines the network protocol used for the outlet (Art-Net™
or streaming over ACN (sACN E1.31))
Universe :
ArtNet: Select one of 256 possible universes available in the Art-Net™
protocol. This is used for addressing DMX lines on Art-Net™. The
hexadecimal value of the universe is in between brackets. The first digit
equals to the Art-Net™ subnet and the second to the Art-Net™ universe
within that subnet.
sACN : Select the sACN universe to use for addressing DMX lines on sACN.
You can enter a numeric value between 1 and 63999. In case of an input,
the priority of the universe can be set by adding a colon and the priority
value. The priority level can go from 0 to 200. A higher level has a higher
priority. (ex: 678:100 means universe 678 at priority level 100)
Mode : According to the direction you set on the outlet, this menu offers
several mode :
Input : Disabled : Outlet is disabled, better for node performance.
Normal : Outlet set as normal input
Merge : Allow to merge 2 DMX streams.
When outlet 1 is configured as a merged input, the next outlet (2) will be
automatically set as input as well.
Output : Disabled : Outlet is disabled, better for node performance.
Zero : Send all channels with a zero value (for maintenance
only)
Normal: Normal output.
IP Merging : This special feature allows you to merge up to 4 different
Art-Net™ or sACN streams through the network. The merging policy will
be mainly applied on the Output, except for IP backup.
Legend : Set a legend to the outlet, useful to remind yourself what's
connected to that outlet.
Unic st : Art-Net™ is a broadcast protocol, which means that each packet
sent from a single source will be received by all actives equipment on the
network. Unicast allows you to cast you data to a selected IP address,
resulting in a better use of network bandwidth.
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RDM : Enable / disable RDM. Enabling RDM allows RDM traffic to be
transported from/to outlet over the network and back. The nodes will act
as an unmanaged proxy device. When set as output it is also possible to
enable Adaptive Discovery (AD). AD will continuously check for new and
disappeared RDM devices on the output.
Once RDM is activated, you'll notice a cross in the status page. Click on
this cross to see the list of discovered RDM devices (Illustration 1)
attached to the node.
All setting that are not applicable for the actual setting will be grayed out
or marked as N/A (Not Applicable).
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Illustration 1:Discovered RDM devices

●Merging Policies :
The Ethernet-DMX8 MkII firmware offers enhanced merging policies that
fits to all kind of setup, even the most complex one!
4 available merging policies can be applied on your DMX network, in 2
main setup categories :
Local merging : 2 different DMX streams are merged on the same
physical device (Node). The merging policy will be mainly set on Inputs.
IP Merging : This special feature allows you to merge up to 4 different Art-
Net™ or sACN streams through the network. The merging policy will be
mainly applied on the Output, except for IP backup.
Available policies :
–HTP : Highest Take Precedence; Commonly used to merge dimmer
channels. Up to 4 Art-Net™ or sACN sources can be merged.
–LTP : Latest Take Precedence; Better suited when using moving lights.
Up to 4 Art-Net™ or sACN sources can be merged.
–Backup : Can be used either on input or output. When used on input,
this policy allows you to add a backup DMX console on the second
input. When used on a custom output, the policy allows you to add a
backup Art-Net™ or sACN source on the network.
–Custom : This is the most complete and efficient policy. This mode
offers you to choose what policy to apply for each channel of each
universe, and also to create a complete custom soft patch. By more,
the merging policy can be remotely triggered by DMX. Up to 2 DMX or
Art-Net™ or sACN sources can merged thanks to that policy.
The available policies differs if you use either inputs or outputs :
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Illustration 2: Local Merging

Inputs (Local mode)
Direction Protocol Universe Mode
Outlet 1 Input ArtNet or
sACN 0(00) Merge
Outlet 2 Input Ch1 HTP, LTP, Backup,
Custom
Outlet 3 Input 1(01) Disabled
Outlet 4 Input 2(02) Disabled
Left node configuration
In this example (left node of Illustration 2), the selected mode is “Merge”.
The second outlet will automatically be set as a merged input. You will not
be able to configure a universe address for the second outlet, as the
merged result will end at the universe address of the first outlet (primary
input). Instead of universe you will be able to set the starting DMX
channel address (1-512). This indicates from which channel address the
second input has to be merged in. This offset is only available when using
HTP or LTP policies. Those rules will be applied on all channel of the
whole universe.
If you choose “B ckup”, a small blue icon will appears on the left side of
“Outlet 2” label; then click on it, a pop up frame appears :
This menu lets you choose the backup time (from 400 to 9999ms). This
time represents the delay from which the node will automatically switch to
the backup outlet when invalid or no DMX is received anymore on the
primary outlet.
Tick the box if you want the node to auto-recover as soon as valid data is
available again on primary connector.
If you tick off the box, you will have to enable the trigger universe and
select a recover channel (page 27).
If you choose “Custom” policy, a small blue icon will also appear on the
left side of “Outlet 2” label; then click on it, a new pop up frame appears :
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Illustration 3: DMX In ut backu merging

Click on “Show T ble” button to see the complete soft patch available for
this outlet.
–Offset S1 & S2 : Enter a value for the desired offset of the starting
channel for outlets 1 or 2; example, for channels 1 to start on the third
channel, enter 3.
–From – To : this range let you quickly set the policy you need on the
channel range of your choice. example, if you need HTP policy on
channels 23 to 145, enter 23 in the “From” field and “145” in the “To”
field. Then select the HTP policy in the “Mode” drop down list, then
press “Set Def ult Mode”.
Notice that following policies are available for each channel:
Zero, HTP, LTP, S1 only (Source 1 only), S2 only (Source 2 only); S1 as
Backup (Source 1 as backup), S2 as Backup (Source 2 as Backup).
The left column represent the resulting universe channel number
streamed to the network. S1 column represents Source 1 channels and S2
column Source 2 channels. It's thus easy to understand that you can
create your own soft patch by entering the channels of your choice in one
of theses column.
Once your patch is created, click submit to close the window, then click
submit again on the node page to record your settings.
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Illustration 4: Custom DMX in ut merging
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