City Theatrical 5620 User Manual

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The SHoW DMX
5620 Three Channel Dimmer
User's Manual
Rev. 2
© 2011 City Theatrical, Inc.

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  • Page 1 ® The SHoW DMX 5620 Three Channel Dimmer User’s Manual Rev. 2 © 2011 City Theatrical, Inc.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Level Tests ........................7 Curve Selection ......................7 RDM Basics ......................... 7 Figures Figure 1, SHoW DMX Front Panel ................... 4 Figure 2, the 5620 SHoW DMX 3 Channel Dimmer ............5 Figure 3, 5620 Dimmer Menus ..................6 Page 2...
  • Page 3: System Compliance Information

    (please see specific notes about 5620 Dimmer installation and heat in this manual). All sides of the equipment must be clear of obstruction and allow free airflow.
  • Page 4: The Show Dmx User Interface

    City Theatrical. The SHoW DMX System includes a wide range of products which you may review at our website (www.citytheatrical.com) or in our catalog.
  • Page 5: The 5620 Show Dmx Dimmer

    The 5620 SHoW DMX 3 Channel Dimmer was designed to provide exceptional power and flexibility in a low voltage DC control unit. The 5620 can be configured as three separate 10A dimmers, two 15A dimmers, or one 30A dimmer. It will operate with any DC voltage between 9-12VDC.
  • Page 6: Figure 3, 5620 Dimmer Menus

    Anderson 45A Power Pole DC Power Dimmer Output Connectors (Yellow +/Blue -): These are the +VDC dimmed outputs for the 5620 Dimmer, and are labelled A, B and C. They mate directly with the 30A and 45A Anderson Power Pole connectors on CTI Anderson Twofers, cable assemblies, and other devices.
  • Page 7: Addressing

    The Start Up display reports DMX connection status (“DMX: OK” or “DMX: No Data”). Press the center ENTER button to access the menus. Addressing DMX Start: Set the Starting DMX address for the Dimmer DMX Personality: Set the DMX Personality for the Dimmer as either Triple Dimmer, Double Dimmer, or Single Dimmer Level Tests Dimmer A Level: Set Dimmer A to a Level in %...
  • Page 8 A full length DMX512 packet includes 513 data bytes. For conventional DMX communication, the first byte should consist of all 0s, while the remaining 512 bytes contain the data intended to control the 512 DMX devices connected to the link. That first byte has been referred to variously as the Start Code, Null Byte, 0 Byte, etc.

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