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- Page 1 PX914 Modular Advanced Dimmer User manual...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents 1 Description....................4 2 Safety conditions..................6 3 Configurations available................8 4 Control elements..................11 4.1 Knob..........................11 4.2 Keys..........................12 4.3 Interface........................12 5 Operation.....................13 5.1 Summary screen....................... 14 5.2 Channel summary screen..................16 6 Programming.....................17 6.1 Setting the channel parameters................18 6.2 Scenes........................ - Page 3 Manufacturer reserves the right to make modifications in order to improve device operation PXM Marek Żupnik sp.k. Podłęże 654 tel. +48 12 385 83 06 32-003 Podłęże mail: info@pxm.pl Rev.1-0 BDO register number 000005972 www.pxm.pl 29.12.2022...
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Page 4: Description
Description PX914 is a professional modular dimmer with rack mounting. Up to 24 modules divided into 4 groups (up to 6 modules in each group) can be installed in the cabinet. Each group can have 4 x 3000W or 2 x 5000W modules (one type within the group). - Page 5 Direct grid zero detection and optical isolation of the DMX input guarantee high noise immunity. PX914 is a durable free-standing rack cabinet, and each module has a metal housing with an efficient cooling system. Module models available: •...
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Page 6: Safety Conditions
Safety conditions PX914 dimmer is a device powered directly from the 230V AC mains. Failure to observe safety instructions may result in electric shock and pose a threat to life. Therefore, you should strictly adhere to the rules outlined below: 1. - Page 7 13. Clean only with a damp cloth – the dimmer must be at this time completely disconnected from the power supply. NOTE!!! 1. Improper connection of the protective conductor (yellow-green color) creates the risk of electric shock. 2. Improper connection of the neutral wire (blue color) will automatically turn off the dimmer.
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Page 8: Configurations Available
Configurations available Control module No. catalog Name Description Contains PX914-C MAD Control Unit control module control module C – control module • Type of cabinet No. catalog Name Description Contains PX914-24 MAD Rack 24 • fans PX914-48 MAD Rack 48 •... - Page 9 Module housing No. catalog Name Description Contains MAD Frame module housing PX914-F-3 • housing for 6 modules 24 x 3kW 3kW 1FI/1CH • fuse protection block MAD Frame module housing PX914-F-5 • output ZUG connectors 12 x 5kW 5kW 1FI/1CH...
- Page 10 Modules No. catalog Name Description Contains dimmer module PX914-D-3-R MAD Dim Module 4 x 3kW R 4 x 3kW 1FI/1CH dimmer module PX914-D-3 MAD Dim Module 4 x 3kW 4 x 3kW 1FI/4CH dimmer and relays dimmer module PX914-D-5-R MAD Dim Module...
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Page 11: Control Elements
Control elements The device is equipped with a color touch display with a resolution of 480 x 272px. During operation, it displays basic information and possible warnings and errors. The display also allows to set the parameters of the dimmer. The settings menu can be locked with a password. programming keys PX914_DMMER DMX A:... -
Page 12: Keys
4.2 Keys The four keys on the left side of the screen help navigate the menus: • Enter – it activates the selected item. If the selected item is a key – it presses this key, of a list – it expands this list, if a text box – it starts to edit it, also approves the changes made. -
Page 13: Operation
to enter a new value, activation of the selection list causes it to expand and display available options. When using the touch screen, numeric values in the text boxes are added using the onscreen keyboard, Next and Prev keys or the knob. -
Page 14: Summary Screen
5.1 Summary screen Pressing the (INFO) key takes you to the summary screen. This INFO screen includes the following information : error notification key (if any) phase voltage and current consumption key to return to the INFO BACK main screen PHASE 1: ____V ___A... - Page 15 DRIVER TERMISTOR MISSING – error, thermistor damage (contact the • service), DRIVER TERMISTOR SHORTED – error, thermistor is shorted (contact • the service), CHNL OUTPUT SHORTED – error, channel is shorten (contact the • service), CHNL FUSE MISSING – warning, fuse is not enabled or one supply •...
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Page 16: Channel Summary Screen
5.2 Channel summary screen The channel summary screen (CHANNELS INFO) shows the CHNL buttons corresponding to the output channels. Using the buttons above the screen (A, B, C and D) you can switch between four pages (depending on the cabinet version) with channel information. CHANNELS INFO BACK Frame A: 1 - 24... -
Page 17: Programming
Pressing one of the channel keys takes you to the corresponding channel summary screen. This screen displays the following information : value gained by merging inputs (0 - 255) CHANNEL 1 BACK MERGED VALUE: merge mode "BYPASS" or "ALWAYS ON" displayed informs MERGE: HIGH BYPASS... -
Page 18: Setting The Channel Parameters
6.1 Setting the channel parameters After selecting (CHANNELS PARAMETERS), you can set the parameters: SINGLE – separately for individual channel RANGE – collectively for the channel range If you select (RANGE), the following fields will be available on the screen: select all available channels output power limitation (0 - 100%) - Page 19 ON/OFF – two-level characteristic, • REVERSED – the values on the output are inversely proportional to the • input values, USER 1 – 5 – curves to be define by the user. • Pressing the ESC key exits the screen without saving your changes, press the SAVE key to exit the screen and save your settings for all channels in a given range.
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Page 20: Scenes
6.2 Scenes In the (SCENES) menu, you can program 8 scenes that can be activated in the absence of DMX signal. Scene is a static adjustment of the value at the output channels. The screen shows the following keys : EDIT SCENE –... -
Page 21: Scene Editing
6.2.1 Scene editing When you select (EDIT SCENE), the application displays the screen for editing scene 1; in addition, scene 1 occurs on the outputs. Scene edit screen includes : field that allows to go to other selected scene Go to: SCENE 1 number of currently edited scene... -
Page 22: Scene Capture
6.2.3 Scene capture Scene capture option (TO SCENE) allows to save current values on the output channels to the selected scene. Scene capture screen includes : scene number field, where the user can enter the scene number to which TO SCENE the captured values CHNL 1 will be saved... -
Page 23: Patch
SCENE – the selected scene will be displayed (to choose from 8 • scenes) NO DMX SIGNAL SCENE SAVE 6.3 Patch (PATCH) menu allows to set the merge mode for inputs and DMX address on the various inputs, as well as to determine whether the channel is controlled with double-precision (using two DMX channels). - Page 24 The FROM TO range can be selected using the buttons: A – 1 – 24 / B – 25 – 48 / C – 49 – 72 / D – 73 – 96. Available values of the merge mode : HIGH –...
- Page 25 is DMX1/UNVRS 1 CAPT. – if DMX 1 and UNIVERS 1 are enabled, value • from the DMX 1 input is selected. If you disable DMX 1, value from the UNIVERS 1 is selected only when it reaches the DMX 1 input value. is UNVRS 1/DMX1 –...
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Page 26: Settings
NEXT and PREV keys allow to quickly switch between successive channels. To save your parameters, press SAVE before switching to another channel. 6.4 Settings (SETTINGS) menu includes the following categories : CURVES – management of characteristics curves ADMIN – administrator settings PROTOCOL –... - Page 27 USER 1 – USER 5 • Clicking on of the keys takes you to the preview of the curve. For pre-set curves, COPY and BACK keys are displayed next to the preview. For user’s curves, EDIT and BACK keys are available. Pressing the COPY key displays the copy window, where you can determine to which user’s curve, and to what extent, the selected curve will be copied.
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Page 28: Admin
4. To save the settings, press SAVE, a user-defined curve appears on the screen. CURVE: USER 1 100% channel output power [%] EDIT BACK channel input values Only the points which the values on the x-axis are given incrementally are taken into account, e.g.: CURVE: USER 1 entering a values smaller than... - Page 29 RACK SETTINGS In this option, the Administrator can change the configuration according to what modules have been installed. RACK SETTINGS selection of the number of Frame A 24 CHANNELS channels in individual sections Frame B 24 CHANNELS Frame C 24 CHANNELS Empty Frame D MODULES: 1...
- Page 30 RESTORE DEF. The administrator has the ability to restore: network default settings, • admin password in the application – the default password is the serial • number of the device, • resetting the configuration. RESTORE DEFAULTS NETWORK CFG. ADMIN PASS. CONFIGURATION Selecting any of the options will display a message to confirm whether you are sure to restore the factory settings, e.g.
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Page 31: Protocol
FIRMWARE FIRMWARE BOOTLOADER: 153.00.0000 CONTROL UNIT FIRMWARE: 01.00.0013 REPO BOOTLOADER FIRMWARE Power Module 01.00.0000 01.00.0000 01.00.0001 01.00.0000 Driver Module BACK Upgrade BACK By clicking Upgrade, the system will check all modules and, if necessary, update them. Finally, a message will be displayed informing you that the process is complete. -
Page 32: Fan
6.4.4 Fan The following settings are available in the ( FAN ) menu : SPEED TEMP HIGH SAVE Below is a chart showing the above fan setting. By default, the hysteresis is set to 4°C. fan power turn off / on threshold (100%) 100% turn off / on threshold (10%) 31°C 35°C... -
Page 33: Lcd
6.4.5 LCD The display menu (LCD) includes the screen saver settings. You can determine whether the screen saver is to be run, and if so, after what idle time and which of the screens is to be displayed after the “awakening”. list of available startup screens displayed START SCREEN INFO... -
Page 34: Screen Lock
6.5 Screen lock For screen locking to be active, you must first set a PIN and enable PINLOCK in the administrative settings described in section 6.4.2. Admin. PINLOCK active PINLOCK inactive PX914_DMMER PX914_DMMER DMX A: DMX A: DMX B: DMX B: ARTNET A: ARTNET A: ARTNET B:... - Page 35 From now on, without entering your PIN, you can only access the main window and INFO. NOTE! If the SCREENSAVER option is activated, after the set time the screen will be locked with a PIN, provided that PINLOCK has been activated. To unlock the screen: 1.
- Page 36 NOTE! If the user enters an incorrect PIN three times, the device will temporarily block the possibility of entering the PIN again. LOG IN AS You have reached login attempts limit. Please wait and try later BACK 5. The padlock will be "opened" and the screen will be unlocked until it is locked again.
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Page 37: Bypass
Bypass The device has On / Off switches installed at each output channel, they are responsible for enabling or disabling the Bypass function. When the switch is turned on (the LED is blue), the channel is 100% and the supply current flows directly to the output, bypassing the controller system. -
Page 38: Indication Lights
Indication lights Each drawer has 3 built-in main lights and lights on each output channel that mean: Indicator Action Meaning correct communication blue SIGNAL flashes on the data bus green POWER shines the device is turned on the module is installed shines on green correctly STATUS... -
Page 39: Connection Scheme
Connection scheme Output sockets – 4mm terminals. Receiver, e.g.: reflector L PE... -
Page 40: Technical Drawing Of The Module
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Page 41: Technical Data
11 Technical data type PX914 DMX lines Art-Net Universe optically insulated DMX line overvoltage protection of DMX line circuit break detection faulty circuit control yes (depending on the configuration – the Residual current protection Modules table) resolution of control 8 or 16 bit touch screen resolution 480 x 272px (4,3”) - Page 42 version) MAD Rack 96 cabinet (whole): 400kg MAD Rack 72 cabinet (whole): 305kg weight MAD Rack 48 cabinet (whole): 210kg MAD Rack 24 cabinet (whole): 115kg 4 x 3000W module: 6.7kg width: 600mm height MAD Rack 96 / 72 / 48 / 24: 2150 / dimensions (Rack cabinet) 1750 / 1350 / 950mm + leveling feet 40 –...
- Page 43 Member States relating to the making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits. This declaration also covers all component parts such as: (PX914-C, PX914-24, PX914-48, PX914-72, PX914-96, PX914-F-3, PX914-F-5, PX914-F-3-R, PX914-F-5-R, PX914-D-3-R, PX914-D-3, PX914-D-5-R, PX914-D-5, PX914-S-3-R, PX914-S-3, PX914-S-5-R, PX914-S-5).
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