Page 1 READ AND FOLLOW ALL SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS! SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND DELIVER TO OWNER AFTER INSTALLATION Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/ 1 of 131...
Page 2: Installation Instructions
Port A Port B DEFAULT TEST Power 24VDC 7W max DMX Ports (x2) Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/ 2 of 131 nLight-Pathway-nPWDMX-SNAPSHOT-DIN-Manual...
Page 3 FACTORY Port A Port B DEFAULT TEST Power 24VDC 7W max Test Button Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/ 3 of 131 nLight-Pathway-nPWDMX-SNAPSHOT-DIN-Manual...
Page 4: Installation
Port A Port B DEFAULT TEST Power 24VDC 7W max Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/ 4 of 131 nLight-Pathway-nPWDMX-SNAPSHOT-DIN-Manual DMX Ports (x2)
Page 5 FACTORY Port A Port B DEFAULT TEST Power 24VDC 7W max Test Button Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/ 5 of 131 nLight-Pathway-nPWDMX-SNAPSHOT-DIN-Manual...
Page 6 For instructions on how to set properties and send transactions to devices, refer to the individual software manuals. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 7: Background Information
By law, this encompasses all products that are assigned Internet Protocol addresses which can connect to the Internet directly or indirectly. Pathway Connectivity, a division of Acuity Brands, will only ship compliant devices regardless of the jurisdiction into which they are sold.
Page 8 Once you have logged into a Security Domain with a password, any device in your domain will appear with a green padlock and all their properties will be Read/Writable. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 9 Select Latest, then Send Firmware. (See the Upgrading Device Firmware section for more detail). The devices will go offline and come back with a red padlock. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 11 You may also right-click on the Recovery Key, then Select All and Copy the key to the clipboard and store it in a safe place. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 12 Window menu must be checked. You can also click on the Security menu and select the Log In menu item. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 13 Administration button on the Security Toolbar, or click the Security menu and select Administration. Enter the Admin password for the Security Domain, and the Domain Administrator Utilities window will appear. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 14 This section is broken down further into functions that relate to Domain Management, including Domain Name and Passwords, and Devices in Domain, which allows you to add and remove devices in the Domain. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 15 This will help you identify which is the old domain. Log into the old domain using the old password and remove the devices. When they come back online, they will appear as Ready to Secure. Add them to the new domain using the new password. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 16 Click on the checkboxes next to the devices you want to add to the Domain, and click the Add Devices button. To add all the listed devices, click the top checkbox next to “Ready to Secure” which will auto-check all the devices’ checkboxes. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 17 Recovery Key, and add those devices again. NOTE: The original Recovery Key is now useless. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 18: Manage Devices
At the bottom of the window, you may optionally Wipe Device Restore Points from all checked devices. See below for details on Device Restore Points. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 19 Note that if there are no connected devices that support this feature, this button will be grayed out. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 20 Recover Domain. The Reset Device Security window will open. Type in the 25-digit Recovery Key and press Next. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 21 Green Padlock, open the show file and Send All Transactions to restore the network configuration and patch. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 22 RM P2) between the guest console and your installed network to wrap the generic sACN data for the Security Domain. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 23 The Network DMX Receive Protocols and Network DMX Transmit Protocol properties are set on the base device and apply to all ports or subdevices. You cannot specify different protocols or passwords per port. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 24: Network Connections
INSTALLING SensorView After downloading SensorView, run the installer and follow the Installer Wizard. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 25 Type in a device label and after saving changes, it will be shown in the device tree. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 26 If we intend on our nPODM's Button 1 to trigger nLight Output01 and Button 2 to trigger Output02, then we can leave the default assignments as is. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 27 The selected device will then be shown in the tracking devices column for the selected Channel. Finally, click the Save button when done to confirm changes. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 28: Control & Status
You can also click on the individual Output in the device tree, and again expand the Device Overview. This will show the controls & status of only the selected Output. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 29 The Snapshot has two types of inputs, Wallpods and Scenes. To configure them, click on the Input device in the device tree, and then the Wallpods or Scenes tab the top of the window. WALLPODS Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 30 To assign another Input Wallpod to a Local Channel, click on the desired Local Channel's "Broadcasting Devices" button. Checkboxes will then appear next to each Wallpod in the tree. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 31 To assign a Wallpod to broadcast to a Global Channel, click the Global Channels tab at the top of the window. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 32 For our example network we'll choose a nIO device, that could be in another part of the building, that we want to control with this Wallpod channel. Click Save to confirm. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 33 To configure the Scene Mode, click the drop-down menu and choose one of the options: Disabled, Preset Scene (Local), Preset Scene (Global), Profile Scene (Local), or Profile Scene (Global). Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 34 Once finished, click the Save button. At this point, you can test the Preset directly from SensorView by clicking the Run button, to verify the channels and levels are set correctly. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 35 Once finished, click the Save button. At this point, you can test the Preset directly from SensorView by clicking the Run button, to verify the channels and levels are set correctly. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 36 Profile Scene if needed, in order to deactivate the Scene after a specified time. The default value is Never. To add a setting, click the "Add a setting" drop-down menu and select a setting to configure. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 37 Once finished, click the Save button. At this point, you can test the Profile directly from SensorView by clicking the Run button, to verify the desired behavior. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 38 Like with Local Profiles, choose a setting by clicking the "Add a setting" drop-down menu and define what the setting behavior should be. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 39 DMX console, you may delete the schedule altogether by clicking the Delete Button. Once finished, click the Save button next to the Profile name. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 40 Once finished, click the Save button. At this point, you can test the Profile directly from SensorView by clicking the Run button, to verify the desired behavior. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 41 Download and run the installer for either Windows (.exe) or MacOS (.pkg). Follow the installer instructions, and then open Pathscape. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 42 To un-dock a pane from the main window or from the tabbed view of stacked windows, click on the float button. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 43 Config view provides information on and configuration of network VLAN properties. VLANs are not covered in this manual. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 44: Selecting Devices
Double-click on the device icon or on the drop-down arrow to review individual subdevices (if applicable). Click on the subdevice row to see its properties. Click on the drop-down arrow or double-click the device icon to show subdevices. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 45 You may also control-click a selected device to un-select it, even if you selected multiple devices using either option above. See below for more information on reading and writing properties when using multi-select. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 46: Rearranging Columns
NSB family of devices (NSB PoE Wall stations and NSB 485 Gateways) Cognito and Choreo devices eLink devices nLight DMX devices Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/ 46 of 131 nLight-Pathway-nPWDMX-SNAPSHOT-DIN-Manual...
Page 47 This is helpful if editing a large amount of properties at once. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 48 Once the subdevices are shown, click on the applicable subdevice to view and configure its properties in the Properties Pane. See later in this manual for information on device/subdevice properties and what they do. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 49 If you often need to switch between several network configurations for different events, you can save each setup as a Show File and switch back and forth as needed without having to re-configure all properties manually. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 50: Network Setup
Additionally, the Snapshot's name in the device list will be empty. Give it a useful name before continuing. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 51: Domain Name
(i.e., "DIN Utility Room", "South Hall"). DEVICE NOTES A user-configured text description field, shown in the Device window. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 52: Device Info
Shows the current state of the Network DMX Priority Override. Values are Normal and Overridden. Read-only. Configure the Network DMX Priority level for Normal and Override priorities under Network DMX Properties. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 53: Network Properties
If the upstream switch supports Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP), the port the current device is connected to will be shown here. Read-only. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 54 Check this box to enable the receiving of E1.31 sACN. You must check both the Allow Unsecured Protocols checkbox and this checkbox to use standard E1.31 sACN. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 55: Transmit Protocol
Button or Slider that references that ID will likely have flashing or “ping-pong” the LED backlight as the Playbacks are not synchronized. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 56 Universes to 4 and check off the additional Universes in the Snapshot subdevice Properties, as seen below. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 57: Advanced Properties
Shows True of False depending on whether the current Device Restore Point is valid. Read-only. nLight VERSION Shows the current nLight version loaded on the device. Read-only. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 58: Dmx Ports
“LEDs in House”). NOTES A user-configured text description field, shown in the Device window. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/ 58 of 131...
Page 59 The last frame of the old source is frozen during the fade. CROSSFADE TIME (s) Sets the crossfade time, as defined above in Crossfade Enable. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 60: Output Patch
See the DMX Out Custom Patch section later in this manual for additional details. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 61: Signal Loss
If the Network DMX Receive stream ceases and the Fade Time has expired, the Port Output will turn off. This is enabled by default. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 62 RDM Disable: Suspends all RDM discovery (quick or background), RDM GET and SET commands. Useful in a show-mode setting where RDM could negatively impact network performance. No effect if used on an Input port. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 63: Input Ports
DEVICE INFO DEVICE TYPE The device type for the currently selected device (DMX Port). Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/ 63 of 131...
Page 64 PORT PATCH NETWORK DMX TX UNIVERSE Specify the Network DMX Universe on which to transmit the DMX512 input. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 65 When the CCI input is opened, the DMX Force Hold will be deactivated. RDM Disable: Not Applicable to Input Ports. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 66 Wallpod: The CCI input will activate the specified Wallpod on the specified Target Playback. Typically, the Target Playback here should match the base device's Playback ID. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 67: Button Type
Set the Button Type according to behavior you need and/or depending on the physical switch or button type that is being used. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 68 When entering a Name here in Pathscape, after sending the transaction, SensorView will alert you that "A settings change was made to this device that is inconsistent with SensorView's database. Do you want to re-synchronize the device?" Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 69 STATUS → LEVEL Shows the current level of the selected nLight Output. Read-only. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/ 69 of 131 nLight-Pathway-nPWDMX-SNAPSHOT-DIN-Manual...
Page 70: Record Now
Press the Record Now button to initiate the Snapshot recording of the currently defined DMX Universes. Configure the DMX Universes to be recorded under Network DMX Properties in the base device properties. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 71 Remember that each Snapshot is capable of recording up to 4 consecutive DMX Universes. Use these checkboxes to control which of the 4 Universes are output when he Snapshot is triggered. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 72 After saving changes, there will be a transaction queued up in the Transaction Editor; click to send the changes to the device. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 73: Number Of Fixtures
This is all that needs to be done to configure the Zones; Pathscape calculates and automatically patches the control source to the appropriate number of DMX slots. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 74: Priority Override
When the selected nLight Output is inactive, the Playback will output Network DMX at its Normal Output Priority level. Under the base device's Status properties, the Priority will show Normal. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 75 When entering a Name here in Pathscape, after sending the transaction, SensorView will alert you that "A settings change was made to this device that is inconsistent with SensorView's database. Do you want to re-synchronize the device? Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 76 STATUS LEVEL Shows the current level of the selected nLight Wallpod channel on the nLight network. Read-only. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 77 Will be shown if Grandmaster is selected above. Define the Vignette Playback whose Grandmaster you wish to track here. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 78 When entering a Name here in Pathscape, after sending the transaction, SensorView will alert you that "A settings change was made to this device that is inconsistent with SensorView's database. Do you want to re-synchronize the device? Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 79 POSITION Shows the current position (Active or Inactive) of the selected nLight Scene on the nLight network. Read-only. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 80: More Functions
Scene will respect the Vignette Grandmaster level accordingly. When Grandmaster is selected, the Source Playback field will appear. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 81 Click on the arrow next to the Vignette device to show its subdevices. Click on the button or slider you wish to use to trigger the nLight Wallpod or Scene. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 82 Properties Pane. Note that the selected button or slider will be highlighted in Blue when in Edit Mode. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 83 Shows the current position of the selected device. For a Button, the value shown will be Un-pressed or Pressed. For a Slider, the value shown will be between 0 (off) and 255 (full). Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 84 Define the nLight Scene, from 1 to 16, that this Vignette button should trigger. This is shown if the Function above is set to nLight Scene. Note that a Vignette Slider cannot trigger an nLight Scene, only a Vignette Button. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 85 Output, then the Snapshot would "win" over the theatrical console. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 86: Data Scope
There are four methods of viewing DMX levels on the network: DMX Monitor, Graph View, White Grid and RGB Grid. The Data Scope looks identical for each protocol, but will show data belonging to that protocol only. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 87: Dmx Monitor
The displayed value can be displayed as a decimal (0-255), hex, or percentage (0-FL), using the radio buttons on the right side. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 88 Turn the Packet Color Smoothing to ON to ignore duplicate packets until the level changes. The Default value is ON. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 89: Graph View
You may enter up to 8 channels to monitor at one time in the Graph view. After you have entered the Universe and channel number of the channels you wish to monitor, click the Enter button. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 90 Image button at the bottom of the window to open a standard Save dialog, for a convenient way to save a screen capture of the graph. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 91 You may also customize the grid layout of lights by editing the Rows and Columns fields. The default values are 16 and 32, respectively. Adjust these values to display the light grid in a way that suits your particular scenario. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 92 "RX.XX GX.XX BX.XX" where the X.XX is a numerical value between 0.00 (0%) and 1.00 (100%). Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 93 Data Scope will show you the Network DMX data regardless of the authentication status, but will show you if the "Password doesn’t match". This should help you determine where you need to look in order to rectify the problem. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 94: Virtual Console
To begin, configure the Transmit Settings section by setting the appropriate Send Interface (network interface controller or NIC), Protocol and Universe using the drop-downs in the right panel. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 95 To manipulate a channel, under the Prev and Next buttons are two tabs: Levels and Effects. LEVELS The levels panel is used to set a static level for the selected channel. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 96 The Sine effect will cycle the selected channel’s level between 0 and FULL (255) at a rate of 0.5 Hz, sine wave. To stop any or all of the currently running effects, click the Stop Effects button. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 97: Command Line
"1/5+30+40/50*127<enter>": this will set channels 1 thru 5, channel 30, and channels 40 thru 50 to 127 (50%). Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 98: Dmx Patch
The Security Domain is shown in the first column, followed by the Device Parent (the base device) and the Subdevice Name (port name) and Subdev # in the next two columns. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 99 The following column is DMX Enable. This allows a port to be Enabled or Disabled. Double-click the cell, then click once more to show the drop-down menu, and choose Enabled or Disabled. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 100 To the right of the Device and Port columns are the Universe columns. This pane will scroll horizontally to show all available Universe columns. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 101 The new range will appear with default values of 0 for both the Start Universe and End Universe properties. Edit the newly inserted range as previously shown. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 102 Pathscape will then remove any standard Universes that are not currently used. Custom Patches will remain, even if currently unused. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 103 This will bring up the Custom Universe Editor window. To create a new Custom Universe, click the button. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 104 The Universe column shows the source Universe, the Priority column the Priority (default is High) and the Remove column allows you to click the delete an unwanted entry. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 105 Custom Universe Editor window. Your new Custom patch will be shown, along with any other Custom patches that have been created. Click the button to return to the main Pathscape window. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 106 Full Universe Patch Editor. Make any desired changes here, and give this copy a new Name. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 107: Right-Click Menu
• Add or Edit Universe columns; and • Hide Unused Universes. When right-clicking a Custom Universe column header, the following menu is shown: Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 108: Sorting Columns
NOTE: you can also sort based on the Universe columns, if for example you want to always have ports patched to Universe 10 displayed at the top of the list, click the Univ 10 column header and sort it as needed. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 109 Then click the Advanced Editor button at the bottom of the Patch Editor window. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 110 There are several ways to enter channel values. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 111 Note that hitting the Enter/Return key without typing a value into a cell will do nothing. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 112 To extend the same channel patch to a range of outputs, select the first cell and shift-click to select a range of cells downward. In this example, rows 1 through 10 are selected. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 113 This is useful for filling in contiguous ranges of channels quickly without manually entering them. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 114: Using The Command Line
The syntax for the command line is as follows: Output Range AT Input Range [(At Equal Priority/At Next Lowest Priority)Additional Range] Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 115 Hit the enter key or click the button to send the command. We should have something like this: Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 116 Our command would now look like this: 1-512*1.1-1.512+2.1-2.512/3.1-3.512 And our Patch Window should look like: Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/ 116 of 131...
Page 117 The command would then look like: 1-10*1.1-1.10+2.1-2.10/3.1-3.10 The example from above with channels 1-512 changed to 1-10. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 118 See below for some more examples of using the Advanced Patch Editor. Command line: 1-5*1-5 Command line: 1-5*1- Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 119 SNAPSHOT DIN nLight® DMX512 and sACN Controller INSTRUCTIONS Command line: 1-*5-1 Command line: 1-*2,1,4,7,9,5 Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/ 119 of 131 nLight-Pathway-nPWDMX-SNAPSHOT-DIN-Manual...
Page 120 A confirmation dialog will appear, giving you a last chance to save changes to the custom patch. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 121 Click this item and a Open File Dialog will appear. Choose a CSV file, and click the “Open” button. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 122 “Save”. • Select All Rows will select all rows and Deselect All Rows will deselect them. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 123: Rdm Discovery
If your Message Level is set to “Show All”, you will see several messages in the Message Viewer about devices coming online. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 124 Online/Offline status will show “Showfile Load”, indicating this device is in the show file, but has not yet been discovered. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 125 With E1.20 RDM Background Discovery disabled, a manual RDM Discovery will be required on the new port before the RDM devices will appear. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 126 RDM properties, what they mean, and how to set them. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 127 Upon device selection, all GETs for all PIDs are sent and the values will be current. Use the Refresh button to poll for new values only if you do not want to change your currently selected device. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 128 NOTE: In order to replace a device, there must be at least one online device of the same type and model. If there are no online devices that match the offline device, you will see the error window below. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 129 If you perform an RDM Discover on individual ports only (rather than RDM Discover All), you may manually avoid this collision with other users. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 130: Known Issues
However, note that pins 4 and 5 are labelled "NC" for "No Connection", meaning those pins are not used and are not electrically connected to anything. Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 © 2022 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. All rights reserved. Rev. 02/10/2022 https://nlight.acuitybrands.com/...
Page 131 Data + (true) 1 - White / Orange nPWDMX SNAPSHOT INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS For additional training videos covering the basics of setting up and using the nPWDMX Snapshot Controller, see the Acuity Brands YouTube channel playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWjV-fUHepcmfdoInrrQSyTuPwZwFreHh Acuity Brands | One Lithonia Way Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: 800.535.2465 ©...

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