Wireless Solution W-DMX G3 User Manual page 23

User Manual - English
8.3. W-DMX™ Configurator
To understand the use of our W-DMX™ dongle, you need to know how wireless works. Wireless
transmission is like a highway with 13 lanes, where most traffic happens on channels 1, 6 and 11,
leaving plenty of room for operating a Wireless DMX system.
This condition is specific to wi-fi traffic, for transmitting normal internet over wireless – this is because
these channels do not overlap, like having lanes with no traffic.
Our co-existence dongle is the perfect device when we need to route our traffic to a specific channel
in the spectrum. By default, our transmitters will send data on all 13 channels in the spectrum.
By routing all the traffic to a specific channel, you will stop interfering with other devices, and avoid
getting interference from any other wireless transmitter.
Fig 1. – Transmitting on all channels. Fig 2. – Masked channels 1 – 6 and 10 – 13.
Transmitting on 7 – 9 only.
In the configurator, you will see 13 channels vertically – these are the wi-fi channels. Each square in
the configurator represents a W-DMX™ channel, each 1 MHz wide. Because the most common Wi-Fi
protocols are 22 MHz wide, you will see 22 W-DMX channels per Wi-Fi channel.
Because wi-fi channels overlap, if for example you block out Wi-Fi channel number 1, you will take
out a lump of W-DMX™ channels up to a portion of channel 5.
You can use the masking shortcuts in the configurator to your advantage, e.g., masking channels 1, 6
or 11, or simply masking odd or even channels.
Masking out F-2 or F-2500 units : The masking only needs to be done on Radio A. The changes will
automatically take effect on Radio B after you power cycle the unit upon masking.
NOTE! If you use several transmitters in the same area, it is recommended that you mask out
different portions of the spectrum for each transmitter, so they don't conflict with each other. For
example, if you have 4 BlackBox F-2 transmitters, it's recommended that you allocate ¼ of the
spectrum for each device.
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