PXM Gate 4 DMX User manual

MANUAL
PX724
Gate 4
DMX RDM
R

CONTENTS
1. General description....................................................................................................
2. Safety considerations.................................................................................................
3. Gate construction.......................................................................................................
4. Programming the device............................................................................................
4.1. Button features.........................................................................................
4.2. Description of information parameters......................................................
4.3. Network settings.......................................................................................
4.4. Port settings..............................................................................................
4.5. Presets menu...........................................................................................
4.6. Settings for the other parameters.............................................................
5. Information communicated by LED indicators...........................................................
6. Art-Net commands.....................................................................................................
7. Upgrade.....................................................................................................................
8. Connecting your gate.................................................................................................
9. Dimensions................................................................................................................
10. Technical Data.........................................................................................................
Declaration of conformity...............................................................................................
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Manufacturer reserves the right to make modifications in order to improve device operation.
tel.: [phone]
fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.pxm.pl
Rev 1.0
PXM Marek Żupnik spółka komandytowa
Podłęże 654
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1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION
2. SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS
Gate 4 DMX RDM is a gate that converts Art-Net signals to four output DMX-RDM ports.
The gate offers two modes of merging signals from two sources: HTP and LTP. The protocol
version used is Art-Net 4.
This gate has a solid, metal housing protecting against mechanical damage. The DMX512 ports
are optically isolated XLR connectors, resistant to mechanical damage. The device comes
equipped with an Ethernet interface working in 10/100BaseTX protocol. In addition, on the device
there are six LED indicator lights: two network ones and four showing port's status.
The PX724 gate is designed to run from 230 V AC mains.
The gate has a display and four buttons that allows to change the configuration: Art-Net, Ethernet
and DMX settings (such as: Brake, MAB, MBF, WAIT and the number of DMX channels
transmitted).
The user can order additional components to be shipped with the device, allowing for:
Ÿ installation of a single gate in a RACK cabinet
Ÿ installation of two gates in a RACK cabinet
Ÿ suspending a gate (e.g. from a truss)
Gate PX724 is powered directly from standard 230 V AC grid what can cause electric shock when
safety rules are not observed.
Therefore it is necessary to observe the following:
1. Installation, particularly power connection, should be performed by a person holding the
appropriate qualifications, according to instruction manual.
2. Gate can be connected only to grid, which has protecting instalation in working order (3-wire
grid).
3. All the conductors should be protected against mechanical and thermal damage.
4. In the event of damaging any conductor, it should be replaced with a conductor of the same
technical data and attestations.
5. Device with visible mechanical damage cannot be connected to the mains.
6. All repairs, should be made with cut off power supply.
7. The device should be strictly protected against water and other liquids.
8. All sudden shocks, particularly dropping, should be avoided.
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9. The device cannot be used in places with temperature lower than 2 C or higher than 40 C.
10. The device cannot be turned on in places with humidity exceeding 90%.
11. Clean with damp cloth only - gate should be made with cut off power supply.
"Art-Net™ Designed by and Copyright Artistic Licence Holdings Ltd”

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3. GATE CONSTRUCTION
PowerCON TRUE1
Neutric receptacle
The PX724 gate is equipped with one Ethernet port, four DMX512 outputs, a display,
programming buttons, a ON/OFF power switch and LED indicators.
FRONT OF THE DEVICE
on/off power switch
programming buttons
LED indicators
display
DEVICE REAR PANEL
output for connecting
another device
Ethernet etherCON
Neutrik port
DMX512 outputs
PREV
ENTER
4. PROGRAMMING THE DEVICE
4.1. Button features
escape - allows you to exit the parameter being programmed without saving any changes or
to move to a higher menu level
previous - moves you back through the menu or decreases values being set
next - moves you forward through the menu or increases values being set
enter - allows you to enter the programming mode and confirm the values set
Where a particular parameter is editable, in the bottom right-hand corner the edit symbol is
displayed, and pressing „enter” allows you to proceed to edit the first field.
A field that is editable is shown within square brackets , and the up-and-down button allows [...]
you to change the value of such a field. If you press „enter” you will be taken to another field or the
value will be saved and you will exit the edit mode for a give parameter.
The icon allows you to go deeper into the command tree.->
NEXT
ESCAPE

4.2. Description of information parameters
The PX724 provides you with the following device information.
PX724 GATE 4 DMX
*192.168.1.14
5x NEXT
gate serial number and version number of the software installed
gate model, current IP address (DHCP or static).
If an address is provided by DHCP, an asterisk is added*
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If DHCP is turned off, the gate operates in a static configuration (IP,
SUBNET MASK, GATEWAY). If DHCP is turned on, the gate will
start up using static settings, but will attempt to acquire new network
configuration from the DHCP server.
4.3. Network settings
S/N: 17090001
VER: 0.01
PX724 GATE 4 DMX
*192.168.1.14
NEXT
NETWORK CONFIG.
2.0.0.1 ->
NETWORK CONFIG.
2.0.0.1
NETWORK CONFIG.
[2]0.0.1
SUBNET MASK
255.0.0.0
SUBNET MASK
[255]0.0.0
NEXT
GATEWAY
10.0.0.1
GATEWAY
[10]0.0.1
NEXT
UDP PORT
6454 0x1936
UDP PORT
[6454 0x1936]
NEXT
DHCP
Off
DHCP
[Off]
NEXT
DHCP
[On]
In the [NETWORK CONFIG.] menu of the device you can change the gate static IP address [IP],
static subnet mask [SUBNET MASK], default static gate [GATEWAY], UDP port [UDP PORT].
The default port for the Art-Net protocol is port 0x1936 (6454 decimal). You can also turn on [On]
or turn off [Off] the DHCP protocol [DHCP]. If DHCP is turned on, network configuration is
acquired automatically.
ENTER
ENTER
ENTER
ENTER
ENTER
ENTER
NEXT

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4.4. Art-Net configuration
PX724 GATE 4 DMX
*192.168.1.14
2x NEXT
ART-NET CONFIG.
->
PORT 1
0 0x0000 ->
UNIVERSE
0 0x0000
UNIVERSE
[0 0x0000]
UNIVERSE SWITCH
0 0x0
UNIVERSE SWITCH
[0 0x0]
MERGE MODE
LTP
MERGE MODE
[LTP]
RDM
->
RDM SUPPORT
ENABLED
RDM SUPPORT
[ENABLED]
RDM SUPPORT
[DISABLED]
ADD SEARCH
ON
ADD SEARCH
[ON]
ADD SEARCH
[OFF]
PORT 3
0 0x0000 ->
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Parameters:
[PORT 1-4] - individual settings of Art-Net ports.
[UNIVERSE] - the universe number on which a given port runs.
The selectable range is 0-32767. The number is
displayed in two formats: decimal and hexadecimal.
Hexadecimal notation allows you to easily differentiate universe
components, for example: 0xNNSU, where:
NN: (Net switch), network number in the Art-Net protocol
(range 0-127 dec, (0x0-0x7F hex))
S: (Sub-Net switch) sub-net number in the Art-Net protocol
(range 0-15 dec, 0x0-0xF hex)
U: Universe switch
MERGE MODE
[HTP]
ENTERENTERENTER
NEXT
NEXT
NEXT
NEXT
NEXT NEXT
NEXT
NEXT
ENTER
ENTER
ENTER
ENTER
ENTER

DMX PARAMETERS
->
BREAK TIME
176µs
BREAK TIME
[176µs]
MAB TIME
12µs
MAB TIME
[12µs]
MBF TIME
0µs
MBF TIME
[0µs]
OUTPUT CHANNELS
AUTO
OUTPUT CHANNELS
[AUTO]
OUTPUT CHANNELS
[512]
OUTPUT CHANNELS
[0]
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[UNIVERSE SWITCH] - universe number in the Art-Net
protocol (range 0-15 dec, 0x0-0xF hex). Individual
setting of a Universe switch value for a given port. It is
a component of the entire Universe number for the
port.
[MERGE MODE] - port merging mode setting. Available
values of LTP (Latest Takes Precedence) and HTP
(Highest Takes Precedence).
[RDM] - RDM protocol configuration for a given port. You can
turn on/off support for RDM commands and turn on/off
cyclic additive search.
Using UNIVERSE you can change all 3 universe number
components (Net switch, Sub-Net switch and Universe
switch).
NOTE: a change of a port universe number that entails
changing the components Net or Sub-Net will
automatically result in a change of the universe of the
other ports. This is due to specific nature of the Art-Net
protocol addressing, where the gate has a common value
for the fields Net and Sub-Net for all the four ports.
BREAK BREAK MAB
M
B
F
M
B
F
M
B
F
M
B
F
M
B
F
START
CODE
DIMMER
1
DIMMER
2
DIMMER
3
DIMMER
511
DIMMER
512
pełna "paczka" DMX
[DMX PARAMETERS] - Configuration of DMX parameters for a given port.
times:
[BREAK TIME], [MAB TIME], [MBF TIME]
NEXT
NEXT
NEXT
ENTER
ENTER
ENTER
ENTER
ENTER
NEXT
NEXT
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NET SWITCH
0 0x00
NET SWITCH
[0 0x00]
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SUBNET SWITCH
0 0x0
SUBNET SWITCH
[0 0x0]
ART-NET TIMEOUT STOP DMX SIGNAL
Off
STOP DMX SIGNAL
[Off]
STOP DMX SIGNAL
[On]
TIMEOUT VALUE
255s
TIMEOUT VALUE
[255s]
TIMEOUT VALUE
[0s]
[NET SWITCH] - setting a network value in the Art-Net protocol. It is a common setting for all the
ports. The range is 0-127 (0x00-0x7A)
[SUBNET SWITCH] - setting a sub-network value in the Art-Net protocol. It is a common setting
for all the ports. The range is 0-15 (0x0-0xF).
[STOP DMX SIGNAL] - On: turns off DMX transmission if Art-Net signal is lost, OFF: the ports
continue to transmit the last values.
[TIMEOUT VALUE] - a value in seconds after which transmission through a DMX port is stopped
following Art-Net signal loss.
[BREAK TIME] - duration of a low state along the line at the beginning of DMX packet
transmission.
[MAB TIME] - (Mark After Break) - MAB length – interval after the break that is present in each
packet according to standard DMX512.
[MBF TIME] - (Mark Between Frames) - interval between DMX512 frames (channels). MBFs
separate stop bits of one channel from the start bits of another channel.
[OUTPUT CHANNELS] - defines the number of channels sent out through a given port. The
[AUTO] setting: the number of channels in a port is equal to the number of channels
received by the Art-Net protocol. You can force transmission of the selected number of
channels within the range 0-512.
NEXT
NEXT
NEXT
NEXT
NEXT
ENTER
ENTER
ENTER
ENTER
ENTER
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The gate comes with 2 predefined standard sets of factory settings. In addition the user can save
four own sets of parameters. After you enter the preset selected, all the parameters saved in it can
be displayed.
4.5. Presets menu
PX724 GATE 4 DMX
*192.168.1.14
3x NEXT
PRESETS
->
DEF 1 (2.x.x.x) DEF 1 (2.x.x.x)
LOAD THIS PRESET
DEF 2 (10.x.x.x) DEF 2 (10.x.x.x)
LOAD THIS PRESET
NEXT
USER 1 USER 1
LOAD THIS PRESET
NEXT
USER 1
SAVE THIS PRESET
USER 4
The miscellaneous sub-menu [MISCELLANEOUS] allows you to turn on [On] or off [Off] the
screen saver. After 15 seconds the display and the all the indicator LEDs will be turned off. The
device will continue to operate, without any interruption of the other parameters.
4.6. Settings for the other parameters
PX724 GATE 4 DMX
*192.168.1.14
4x NEXT
MISCELLANEOUS
->
SCREENSAVER
On
SCREENSAVER
[On]
SCREENSAVER
[Off]
NEXT
NEXT
ENTER
ENTER
ENTER
ENTERENTER
NEXT
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There is also an option allowing users to save their presets
[SAVE THIS PRESET]. If you select the option [LOAD THIS PRESET]
the current device settings will be overwritten.

5. INFORMATION COMMUNICATED BY LED INDICATORS
In order to enable the backlight feature again, you need to press any of the buttons.
The indicator diodes on the front panel of the gate provide information on the status of the unit:
The four upper LEDs are bi-colour ones ( - ) and communicate the status of DMX-blue orange
RDM. Each diode is assigned to one of the four DMX ports.
Action
Function
Blinking every half a secondblue
DMX transmission through the port
concerned
Blinking at a faster rateblue
transmission using merging (i.e. output
data are a result of combining data from
two Art-Net sources)
Blinking in orange
RDM packets transmission through a
given port
The above information refers to the so-called normal operating mode.
Additional information communicated by the LED indicators:
Ÿif the screen saver mode is enabled or a “Art-Net Mute Indicators” command has been
received, all the diodes go out;
Ÿif the gate receives an “Art-Net Indicate” command, all the diodes start blinking;
Ÿif Art-Net packets stop being received by a given port, then, depending on the “Art-Net
Timeout STOP DMX SIGNAL” option:
-if STOP DMX SIGNAL is Off, the port will continue to send the last values and the diode
will continue to blink in blue;
-if STOP DMX SIGNAL is On, after the time period TIMEOUT VALUE elapses,
transmission through the port will stop and the diode will go out.
Two single-colour diodes at the bottom:
Ÿthe yellow one communicates receiving or sending a network packet;
Ÿthe green one communicates the status of the Ethernet network, if the diodes emits
continuous light, the network is connected, if the diode is not emitting light, there is no
access to the network.
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