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System setup
Warning! Read "Safety information" on page 5 and "Precautions to avoid damage" on page 10
before applying power to an Exterior PixLine installation.
Pixels and segments
A pixel is the smallest RGB-controllable unit in a fixture's light output. A segment is a group of neighboring
pixels that can be controlled as a unit.
Pixels and segments are numbered starting from the female connector end of fixtures: Pixel 1 and Segment
1 are closest to the female connector end.
Setting up for P3 display
A Martin P3™ system allows video to be displayed on an installation that consists of or includes Exterior
PixLine fixtures. When a P3 controller is connected to the data link and the installation is powered on, you
can set up all the devices on the link from the P3 controller. See the P3 controller user manual for details.
Setting up for DMX control
A DMX system gives 0 - 100% variable intensity control. Varying the intensity of red, blue and green LEDs in
RGB products gives RGB color mixing.
You can set up and control an Exterior PixLine installation over the data link using an RDM-compatible DMX
controller such as the Martin M-PC™ Windows application (running on a PC connected to a USB/DMX
interface such as the Martin M-DMX Interface Box) the Martin M1™ DMX/RDM control console. The
interface on the Martin M1™ monitor screen is basically identical to the Martin M-PC™ interface.
DMX control channels
DMX controllers send control data to devices over DMX control channels in DMX universes. One DMX
universe has 512 channels available. Multiple fixtures can share the same DMX channels if you want
grouped control and identical fixture behavior.
The Exterior PixLine can be controlled using four DMX modes (see under "DMX protocols" on page 32):
• In RGB mode, each fixture uses three DMX channels.
• In Basic mode, each fixture uses ten DMX channels.
• In Segment mode, each fixture uses seven DMX channels plus three DMX channels per segment:
- 320 mm fixtures are divided into two segments
- 1280 mm fixtures are divided into eight segments
- Custom length fixtures are divided into segments of 160 mm. If the fixture length is not a multiple of 160
mm, the last segment will be shorter than 160 mm.
• In Pixel mode, each fixture uses seven DMX channels plus three DMX channels per pixel.
Type of Exterior PixLine fixture
Exterior PixLine 10, 320 mm
Exterior PixLine 10, 1280 mm
Exterior PixLine 20, 320 mm
Exterior PixLine 20, 1280 mm
Exterior PixLine 40, 320 mm
Table 5: Number of DMX channels required per Exterior PixLine fixture
24
DMX channels per
DMX channels per
fixture, RGB
fixture, Basic
mode
3
3
3
3
3
Exterior PixLine™ User Manual
DMX channels
per fixture,
mode
Segment mode
10
13
10
31
10
13
10
31
10
13
DMX channels per
fixture, Pixel
mode
103
391
55
199
31
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