How To Connect To Dmx Consoles And Fixtures - Martin Professional TRACKPOD 1.8 Getting Started

How to connect the TrackPod to
DMX consoles and fixtures
The TrackPod can work as a stand-alone control system or in tandem
with DMX consoles, software controllers, MIDI instruments, and so on.
The TrackPod card features two 5-pin DMX connectors, one for IN and
one for OUT. Normally the TrackPod card is between the main lighting
console and the fixtures.
Lighting board
DMX outs
To other lights
not controlled by
the TrackPod(s)
This is the most common configuration for the system: the TrackPod
intercepts DMX data coming from a console and replaces predetermined
DMX channels with data generated by the TrackPod. For example, the
TrackPod may take control of pan and tilt channels while letting all the
other channels be controlled by the console. In addition, through DMX,
the console may load and unload TrackPod maps to change the behav-
iour of the tracking system, or to override it. This is ideal for perform-
ance situations in which the lighting designer wants to integrate the
TrackPod system into a sophisticated light show, with the DMX console
directing all show control.
Once your lights have been securely fixed in their final positions, your
DMX chain has been set up, and the fixtures have all been addressed
and powered-up, you are ready to define and calibrate all your lights.
Tip: if you want your lighting board to control fixtures by sending them
DMX through the TrackPod, you will need to define those fixtures in
your console in the same way that if you did not have the TrackPod in
between.
Martin TrackPod 1.8
TrackPod PC
in out
TP
DMX
FIGURE 8 - Typical set-up
Light 1 Light 2
To other lights in
series controlled
by the board and
the TrackPod(s)
Serial connection to
other TrackPods
(up to 7 per PC)
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