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Setup
Warning! Read 'Safety information' on page 5 before operating the fixture.
This section explains the fixture settings and utilities that the user has access to via RDM
(Remote Device Management according to ANSI/ESTA E1.20).
RDM and Martin® M-PC
RUSH® CS Series fixtures require an RDM-compatible controller to check and alter fixture settings, send
control commands and retrieve fixture data. Martin® offers a range of suitable controllers.
Martin® M-PC is a Windows-based application available from Martin® that lets you set up, manage and
control a lighting installation from a PC that is connected to the installation via a DMX data link. To use
Martin® M-PC, connect a PC running the application to the data link via a USB-to-DMX interface box such
as the Martin® M-DMX (see 'Related Items' on page 23).
A full list of the RDM functions that RUSH® CS Series fixtures support is given at the end of this chapter.
These functions are generally referred to using the more specific term 'PIDs' or 'Parameter IDs'.
Step one: scanning for devices on the data link
Before you can communicate with fixtures using RDM, you must send a scan command (also called a
device discovery command) to all the devices on the data link so that the RDM controller can identify
them. It does this by retrieving each device's factory-set unique identifier (UID). This process can take
some time depending on the number of devices on the link.
To identify the fixtures on the link:
1.
Check that the fixtures are correctly connected to the RDM controller on the data link and that power
is applied to all fixtures.
In Martin® M-PC, go to RDM CONTROLLER DISCOVER DEVICES.
2.
3.
Give the controller time to identify the devices on the link and prepare for communication with the
devices.
Setting DMX mode
This command lets you set the DMX mode of fixtures on the data link. Because DMX mode affects the
number of DMX channels a fixture uses, it will affect the assignment of DMX addresses to fixtures. You
should therefore set fixtures' DMX mode before you set their DMX addresses.
The CS PSU can be set to either 3Ch. DMX mode – "1: 3ch-Slot" (factory default setting) or 6Ch. DMX
mode – "2: 6ch-Slot". 6ch. mode offers additional control functions but uses more DMX channels. See
the 'DMX protocol' section on page 19 for an overview of the functions available and number of DMX
channels used.
You can set the DMX mode of one fixture by sending a unicast RDM command to that one fixture only, or
you can set the DMX mode of all the fixtures on the data link by sending a broadcast RDM command to all
the devices on the link.
Procedures vary in different controllers, but to set the DMX mode in Martin® M-PC:
Go to RDM CONTROLLER Scan Properties Device Info Change personality.
1.
2.
Select EXD MODE or STD MODE.
3.
Press ENTER to confirm your selection.
Setting DMX addresses
This command lets you set the DMX addresses of fixtures on the data link. From the factory the DMX
address is set to 001.
A fixture's DMX address is the first DMX channel it uses to receive data communication. It uses this
channel and the channels immediately above it. A RUSH CS fixture uses six DMX channels, so if it has
DMX address 001, it will use channels 001, 002, 003, 004, 005 and 006. DMX address 007 will be
available as a DMX address for the next fixture on the data link. If this fixture also uses six DMX channels,
the next available DMX address will be 013, and so on.
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