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Page 1: User Manual
PenSuite – User Manual V1.03 User Manual Version 1.03 – March 2010 www.dmxpen.com... -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
PenSuite – User Manual V1.03 index 1.0 Introduction................3 2.0 DMX512 and ArtNet..............3 3.0 PenSuite..................6 3.1 Installation ................6 3.2 SetUp..................8 3.3 Recording................9 3.4 Playback................11 3.5 Test DMX Out................12 3.6 Display DMX In..............16 3.7 DIP Address Calculator............16 www.dmxpen.com... -
Page 3: Introduction
Moreover doing this with a normal light desk, mean carry heavy or expensive equipment that usually are not so familiar to the users (i.e. barman, custodian, etc.). This is another issue improved from the DMXPen products because contains only the show engine with a simple user interface at a very low cost. - Page 4 2 type of CAT5 cables: cross cable and patch cable. Cross cables are commonly used to connect 2 ethernet device directly (we can use a cross cable to connect a DMXPen device directly to a PC) while patch cables are used to connect devices to HUB or Switch.
- Page 5 PC IP Address, i.e. 2.0.0.100 and a SubNet Mask as 255.0.0.0. After that we kown that DMXPen Live IP Address need the same PC IP Address A number (2) SubNet Mask 255.0.0.0 and BroadCast Address 2.255.255.255.
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Page 6: Pensuite
PenSuite – User Manual V1.03 3.0 PenSuite 3.1 Installation Configure network parameter is possible connecting DMXPen device to a PC, powering it and launching PenSuite software. There are 2 possible connection type: cross cable direct connection and patch cable through HUB connection. - Page 7 MAC OS 10.4 and one for MAC OS 10.5 ® . PenSuite do not constrain operator to use a particular PC operating system and do not require a big installation file: is a simple executable program files, that can be downloaded in compressed format (.ZIP for Microsoft Windows ®operating system and .DMG for MAC ®...
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Page 8: Setup
To do this, press “Find Node” button and few second later the list below will be compiled with the node found on the network indicating his MAC and IP Address. Now selecting any of the listed device, we tell to PenSuite to connect with him allowing edit, control and diagnosis operation on it. -
Page 9: Recording
DMXPen products like the Live mode i.e., register a DMX signal stream coming from a DMX line but the provided XLR connector is a female type considered as DMX output line in the DMX standard. However DMXPen Live DMX port is a bidirectional port and can be configured as input or output regardless. - Page 10 To change data direction from PenSuite Software, select the device from the node list and press the change direction icon. Go to the changing direction position and pressing it for at lest 3sec. To do the same directly from DMXPen Live device.
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Page 11: Playback
PenSuite – User Manual V1.03 Figure 12: DMXPen Live on board selector DMXPen products display the recording state directly from the device. Refer to device manual for more information. DMXPen device record each received frame content and rate to guarantee a good playback fidelity. -
Page 12: Test Dmx Out
Figure 13: Destination IP Address setup PenSuite transmit one complete DMX512 Universe that means 512 DMX Channels. 16 of this can be connected to sliders to have a direct control on it. The edit box above each sliders allow to assign the DMX channel to control (on... - Page 13 PenSuite – User Manual V1.03 Figura 15: Esempio di indirizzamento di un gruppo consecutivo di 16 canali a partire dall'indirizzo 9 Otherwise With “Free DMX Address Selection” option checked, it is possible to assign a non consecutive DMX Channel address to each slider, but remember to not overlap address. Any overlapped DMX Channel address will be indicated in red color.
- Page 14 “LOAD” button a slider situation will be restored. A fade time can be also defined that will be stored to the cue pressing “SAVE” button. Now we can press “Play” button and PenSuite will control DMX channel according cue value and fade time. Figure 19: Cue progress display During cue playback, a green progress bar will display the cue playback state.
- Page 15 PenSuite – User Manual V1.03 Figure 21: Cue test sequence save example Figure 22: Cue test sequence load example www.dmxpen.com...
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Page 16: Display Dmx In
A “---” text will be displayed in case of data not present. Figure 23: ArtNet receiving example This section is useful to display a DMX line source content or to analyse DMXPen devices playback operation. 3.7 DIP Address Calculator On the “About”... - Page 17 PenSuite – User Manual V1.03 Figura 24: DIP Address Calculator www.dmxpen.com...
- Page 18 PenSuite – User Manual V1.03 www.dmxpen.com www.ArtisticLicence.com www.esta.org Designed by and Copyright Artistic Licence (UK) Ltd. www.dmxpen.com...
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