Summary of Contents for CONTROL FREAK ADDICT-SYS
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Page 1: Addict®-Sys V3.1.0
ADDICT®-SYS V3.1.0 User Manual Issue: 19/12/17 dvanced ALI & & RDM – nstall, ommission &... -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Introduction ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Contents ADDICT®-SYS V3.1.0 ..................... 1 & RDM – Install, Commission &Test ........1 Advanced DALI & DMX Introduction ........................4 SAFETY FIRST ......................5 Check Before Starting ....................5 Guarantee ........................5 ADDICT Legacy ......................7 Using the ADDICT ...................... - Page 3 Introduction ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual – Sniff Channels ................. 46 Test DMX RDM Setup – Identify All ..................47 RDM Setup – Count Devices .................. 47 RDM Setup – Setup Devices ................... 47 ADDICT Menu Tree ....................... 55 Optional Extras ......................56 ©2017 All rights reserved - 3 -...
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Page 4: Introduction
SCI TX mode (under the options menu), it will not power the line regardless of external supply, and requires an SCI such as a Control Freak® DIDIO® to talk through to the line. Also, important – errors will occur if another DALI controller on the line tries to communicate concurrently with the ADDICT, except when you are in Sniff mode. -
Page 5: Safety First
Creative Lighting. Guarantee ® Congratulations on acquiring this genuine Control Freak ADDICT which is guaranteed to the purchaser for a period of 24 months from the date of purchase from us. Under normal use and for applications for which this product was designed, the ADDICT ®... - Page 6 Introduction ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual This Guarantee specifically excludes faults which arise because of alteration, tampering, misuse, abuse, accident, vandalism, or negligence. In no event shall the manufacturer be liable for consequential damages. All other warranties inclusive of any warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose whether expressed or implied are hereby expressly negatived to the fullest extent permissible by law.
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Page 7: Addict Legacy
Introduction ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual ADDICT Legacy The ADDICT is now a 3 Generation DALI/DMX commissioning device built upon years of research and development. The new ADDICT V3 moves to an unprecedented level of sophistication, allowing for more features than ever before. The V3 allows for the following improvements over the V2 •... -
Page 8: Using The Addict
Introduction ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Using the ADDICT Keys/Buttons Name Image Function ® Power Turns the ADDICT On or Off Navigate up in menus and select the previous value on function screens. If pressed while on the first item/value, selection will wrap around to the last item/value Navigate down in menus and select the next value on function screens. -
Page 9: Menu Navigation
Introduction ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Menu Navigation All the functions available with the ADDICT ® are accessed using a simple menu system: The arrow along the left-hand side of the screen indicates which menu item is currently selected. Pressing up and down ( and ) buttons navigates up and down the current menu. Pressing opens the selected menu item, which will either display a sub-menu or enter a ENTER... - Page 10 Introduction ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual screen). Pressing enter on any other value on the screen has the same effect as pressing down. In special cases, additional information is displayed when pressing the enter button. Pressing escape will return to the menu. ©2017 All rights reserved - 10 -...
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Page 11: Global Options For Dali Functionality
Introduction ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Global options for DALI functionality Three global options, two of which are enabled by default, may affect the operation of function screens (but only for DALI functionality): • Live Preview – if this option is enabled, the ADDICT ®... -
Page 12: Pc Communication Adapter And Leads
Introduction ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual PC Communication Adapter and Leads Some of the functions available with the ADDICT ® require a connection to a PC. To connect the ADDICT ® to a PC, an RJ45 to DB9 adaptor or lead may be used (available from Creative Lighting). If your PC or laptop does not have a 9-pin serial port, you will need a suitable USB-9 pin serial adaptor available from computer supply companies. - Page 13 Either by pressing ‘Connect to Device’ from the PC while “Control Freak ADDICT” is displayed on screen at start-up, b. Or by pressing both the ESC and ENTER Keys while “Control Freak ADDICT” is displayed on screen. c. If successful, the screen will display “Firmware Update”...
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Page 14: Dali Functionality
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual DALI Functionality The DALI menu contains four submenus: – Installation, Configuration, Diagnostics, and Advanced – and the underlying functionality contained in each of these sub-menus is described in detail in this section of the user manual. Installation The Installation menu contains the most common functions required when installing DALI devices. -
Page 15: Physical Selection
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual During the random addressing process, one the following messages may appear on the last line of the screen: • “Complete” – random addressing has finished, and at least one device has been randomly assigned an address. •... - Page 16 DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual If a lamp is removed from a device, it is assigned with the next address, and the instruction of the screen changes to the following: ® The ADDICT will then wait until the lamp is reconnected. Once the lamp is reconnected, the ®...
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Page 17: Remapping
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Remapping Remapping allows devices on the DALI line to be given new addresses, and will usually be required after random addressing if devices need to have specific addresses (which is recommended). The following example will remap address 14 to address 55: When selecting the new address, a message will be displayed indicating if the selected address is not currently used on the line (as shown in the above figure). - Page 18 DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual The navigation buttons (up and down) are used to select between the address and each of the 16 groups. When a group is selected, +/- toggles between a tick and a cross and the group will be assigned/unassigned when that group is unselected.
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Page 19: Configuration
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Configuration Each DALI device contains several standard stored settings that affect how it will react to different commands and events. The Configuration menu contains five functions for changing these stored settings, as well as a Summary function for quickly viewing the current settings for a device. -
Page 20: Groups
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual The values for the Defaults? setting is yes/no, and selecting yes and pressing enter will cause the settings for the device to be reset back to factory defaults. Although current values can’t be retrieved for groups of devices in DALI (as multiple devices would have to simultaneously reply), Cfg Settings can still be used to change the settings for groups of devices, but confirmation won’t be available unless an address within that group is selected. - Page 21 DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual addresses (2 line of screen text), but no confirmation is available for groups (2 line of screen text) unless an address within that group is selected (2 line of screen text). If Live Preview is enabled: •...
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Page 22: Scenes
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Scenes Each DALI device can have store up to 16 scene levels, and the Config Scenes menu contains three functions for setting up these scene levels. Set Scenes Set Scenes allows scene levels to be set for both addresses and groups, and follows a similar approach to Config Groups: When an address is selected, the level for the currently selected scene is displayed, as well as either the percentage or “MASK”... - Page 23 DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual However, not all possible combinations are valid, and the following table outlines the scenarios available when copying scenes: Source Target Result Device Scene Device Scene Address or The selected scene from the source device is copied to Address 0 –...
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Page 24: Dali Types
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual First Second Result Device Scene Device Scene The selected scene in the first device is swapped with Address 0 – 15 Address 0 – 15 the selected scene in the second device. All scene levels in the first device are swapped with the Address Address scenes in second device (scene 0 swapped with scene... - Page 25 DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual The following are examples of the information pages (including the display of both actual values and alternative values where available) for address 4 (note only 1 out of the 4 pages for scenes is shown): The DALI compliance version (DALI Ver.) shown on information page 9 for a device is the compliance version of the device itself, not of the ADDICT...
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Page 26: Diagnostics
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Diagnostics The Diagnostics menu contains functions for testing the devices connected to the DALI line, as well as for testing communication between the devices and other controllers. Test Commands Test Commands is used to send DALI commands to addresses, groups or ALL devices, and none of the commands will change any of the stored settings in the devices. -
Page 27: Chasing
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Chasing Chasing is used to light up addresses or groups within a specified range one after the other. During chasing, the address or group currently being “chased” is set to maximum, and all other devices are set to minimum. - Page 28 DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual • Recall Data • Store Data • Sniff to PC Start Sniffing The ADDICT ® will start sniffing the DALI line until the user presses enter, or 250 packets are received. Every 2 hours, if the 250-packet limit has not been reached, the time will reset to start from 0 again.
- Page 29 DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual The following example shows that the 4 detected packet was a “Query Ballast” command from ® a master (another term for controller) to the device with address 3, 16.06s after the ADDICT started sniffing. A reply of FF (in hexadecimal, 255 in decimal, and indicates a “yes” reply to the query command) is also shown, and was detected 0.01s later.
- Page 30 DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual The following example shows a “query lamp failure” command sent to group 0, and 0.01s later invalid data was detected on the line, indicating that more than one device in group 0 tried to respond with YES (or FF) to the query.
- Page 31 DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Error or Yes: An Error or Yes may appear on the screen under a few conditions. On the ADDICT V3, the most likely reason for the result will also be shown on the screen with the following message: •...
- Page 32 DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual ® If the Send all to PC menu item is selected, the ADDICT will transmit all the recorded and stored packet data via the PC communications link to a PC (or any device capable of receiving RS-232 serial data).
- Page 33 DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Store Data Store Data is a menu with two items: • Last to Alpha – store the most recently sniffed packet data in the Alpha eeprom location • Last to Beta – store the most recently sniffed packet data in the Beta eeprom location After one of the Store Data menu options has been selected a confirmation screen is displayed (unless there are no packets to be stored), since all data currently stored in that location will be overwritten with the new packet data (even if the number of new packets is less than what was...
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Page 34: Count Devices
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Count Devices Count Devices scans the DALI line and displays a count of the number of addresses, groups and reported lamp failures currently on the line. During scanning, a progress bar is displayed as shown in the following: The following example shows that 10 addresses were detected on the DALI line, as well as 4 groups and one of the 10 addressed devices is reporting a lamp failure. -
Page 35: Advanced
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Advanced The Advanced menu contains functions which go beyond simple installation and configuration of DALI devices. SCI (Serial Communications Interface) Mode SCI Mode allows an external controller (such as a PC) to communicate to devices on the DALI line using the RS-232 serial communication protocol. - Page 36 DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Capture All Capture All will capture the stored settings for all devices currently connected to the DALI line and associate them with the same bus ID. The first screen displayed for Capture All selects the bus ID that will be associated with the stored settings.
- Page 37 DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual After the bus ID and address have been selected, the ADDICT ® will ask for confirmation for capturing. If a new slot is required and there isn’t a free slot available, capturing will not proceed.
- Page 38 DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Transmit to PC ® Transmit to PC sends all the device settings that are currently stored in the ADDICT to a PC (or other device capable of receiving RS-232 serial data) via the PC communications link. Note that the current version of the Terminal-compatible PC comms is listed correctly in the data set as “1.0".
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Page 39: Programming
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Programming Programming is used to copy the stored settings for a device (obtained by capturing) from the ADDICT ® into a DALI device. Refer to the section on Capturing on page 35 for more information regarding storing settings for a device. - Page 40 DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual • Bus ID (0 – 99) – the bus ID associated with the stored settings to be programmed into the connected DALI devices. Only existing bus ID’s can be selected. Press enter to proceed to confirmation •...
- Page 41 DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Program 1 by 1 Program 1 by 1 allows the programming of stored settings for one device at a time. Program 1 by 1 also doesn’t require that the address stored in the ADDICT ®...
- Page 42 DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual The following example shows that (so far) 10 new slots have been used, 31 existing slots have been updated (therefore 41 lines of data have been received) and there are still 138 free slots available: Recv.
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Page 43: Addict Options
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual ADDICT Options ADDICT Options is a special menu with three items: • Live Preview • Auto-Scan • SCI Tx Mode See page 11 for explanations of how these options affect DALI functionalities. Each option will have either a tick or a cross next to it depending on whether that option is currently enabled (a tick) or disabled (a cross). -
Page 44: Dmx 512 And Rdm (Remote Device Management) Functionality
DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality The DMX & RDM menus contains all the DMX and RDM functions available with the ADDICT ® . They provide a few quick and easy options for testing both DMX masters/controllers and slaves/devices (under the DMX menu), as well as advanced configuration options for... -
Page 45: Test Dmx - All Channels
DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Note: any changes made to a channel level will instantly affect that channel level in the DMX512 output signal, i.e. the enter button does not need to be pressed to change the output level. Selectable values: •... -
Page 46: Test Dmx - Sniff Channels
DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Test DMX – Sniff Channels With Sniff Channels, the ADDICT ® behaves as a DMX slave, and only receives a DMX signal. ® During sniffing, the ADDICT will display the levels that are currently being received for a range of 8 channels at a time. -
Page 47: Rdm Setup - Identify All
DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual It is also possible that the controller generating the DMX512 signal may not be sending levels for ® all 512 channels, and the ADDICT indicates this by showing a channel level as “---“ if it hasn’t received a level for that channel. - Page 48 DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual The first screen under Setup Devices is the Select Device screen. On this screen, the only selectable value is the 12-digit device UID (a device’s unique ID, every individual device will have a unique identifier).
- Page 49 DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual The increase and decrease buttons change the value shown for the address, and pressing enter saves the new value into the device. Once set, the address is retrieved again from the device for confirmation.
- Page 50 DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Setup Device – Software Version Label (standard, required) The Software Version Label page displays a text description of the software version (instead of the hexadecimal version shown on subpage 4 of Device Info) currently programmed into the selected device.
- Page 51 DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual If the device model description is longer than 16 characters, it will scroll across the screen. Setup Device – Manufacturer Label (standard) The Manufacturer Label page displays a text description of the selected device’s manufacturer. If the manufacturer label is longer than 16 characters, it will scroll across the screen.
- Page 52 Different personalities may have different sized footprints. The DMX Personality page shows which personality is currently selected, how many channels are in its DMX footprint and a description of the personality. The following example shows a DMX personality for a Control Freak ® SLAMMO ®...
- Page 53 DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Press the increase and decrease buttons to scroll through the available personalities for the selected device. Press enter to store the selected personality as the current personality for the device.
- Page 54 Setup Device – SLAMMO Specific (Creative Lighting specific parameter) Some Creative Lighting Control Freak ® devices are capable of being controlled by more than one interface (e.g.
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Page 55: Addict Menu Tree
ADDICT Menu Tree ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual ADDICT Menu Tree (Items in bold are menus, all others are function screens) DALI Installation All Min/Max Advanced Tools Random Address SCI Mode Address New Capturing Address All Capture All Physical Selection Capture 1 by 1 Address New View Stored Address All... -
Page 56: Optional Extras
Colour standard is black and Cases ADD-CARRYCASE silver however this may change – check when ordering. Dimensions 33 x 26 x 10cm Trolley backpack with Control Freak ® logo and DALI ADD-TrolleyBackPack Systems Integrator emblem. Especially useful for... - Page 57 Optional Extras ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual ® The ADDICT with optional case (lockable aluminium), optional DMX lead and included SMPS power adaptor, RS232 patch lead, 9V battery, universal lead set and PC Comms DALI Systems Integrator backpack, shown lead (dongle and cat 5 lead now superceded with optional radio modems in the side by an RJ45 to 9-pin serial lead).
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