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ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality
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DMX
512
and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality
The DMX
512
& RDM menus contains all the DMX
512
and RDM functions available with the
ADDICT
®
. They provide a few quick and easy options for testing both DMX
512
masters/controllers
and slaves/devices (under the DMX
512
menu), as well as advanced configuration options for
devices implementing the Remote Device Management protocol (under the RDM menu).
Note: all channel levels for DMX
512
are displayed by the ADDICT
®
as a number between 0 and 255
– no conversion to percentages is performed.
Test DMX512 – Test Channels
With Test Channels, the ADDICT
®
behaves as a DMX
512
master and will generate a DMX
512
signal
for 512 channels, and the levels for every channel in that DMX
512
“universe” (i.e. channels 1-512)
can be individually controlled.
Test Channels begins by requesting the starting range of channels to be tested, as shown in the
following example:
This is just the range of channels that are initially displayed on the screen, and this range can be
changed during testing. Note that only the lower value is selected for the range – the other
value is always 7 more.
After the starting channel range is selected, the ADDICT
®
will display the 8 channels in the
starting range and their current values in the form xxx:yyy where xxx is the channel and yyy is
the level. Initially, the levels of all channels (1-512) will be 0.
The channels and their values are navigated and selected in a similar fashion to other ADDICT
®
screens – pressing the increase or decrease button will change the currently selected channel
level and pressing up or down will move to the previous or next channel respectively.
Navigating past the first or last channel on the screen will also change the range of channels
shown.
Pressing enter will cause the selected channel to continuously fade up and down until enter is
pressed again. When a channel is fading, pressing the down button will cause the next channel
after the selected channel to also fade as a “fine” dimming channel. This will allow for devices
with 16-bit channels (i.e. intensity/position etc. is defined as the combination of two sequential
channel levels) to be better tested. Pressing the up button will change back to single channel
fading. During fading, the increase and decrease buttons will have no effect.
The following examples show the initial channel levels for the starting range of 22-29 and after
the channel levels have been changed.