Difference between revisions of "Hooking up a DMX Universe"
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*There are many controllers out there that can be ran using the dongle to create a universe. | *There are many controllers out there that can be ran using the dongle to create a universe. | ||
*A few of our are: | *A few of our are: | ||
| − | **128 channel [[Freestyle]] | + | **128 channel [[Lynx Freestyle]] |
**16 channel [[Lynx]] | **16 channel [[Lynx]] | ||
**[[SSR4]] | **[[SSR4]] | ||
**Grinch with DMX converter | **Grinch with DMX converter | ||
Revision as of 13:44, 7 June 2008
Basics
- You must know the basics before you can have Blinky Flashy!!
- DMX stands for Digital Multi Plexing
- One DMX universe is 512 channels or 32 controllers. You are able to use more dongles of splitters to creat another universe or use more controllers more about that Here
What you Need
- To creat a DMX universe you need a few items
- DMX dongle
- Vixen with DMX attached plugin
- DMX object to be ran
- Termination (usually incorperated into RJ's controllers)
Lynx DMX Dongle
- The Lynx Dongle is the interface that transforms USB signal output by Vixen into a DMX signal ran down a Cat5 cabe via RJ45 jack.
DMX controller
- There are many controllers out there that can be ran using the dongle to create a universe.
- A few of our are:
- 128 channel Lynx Freestyle
- 16 channel Lynx
- SSR4
- Grinch with DMX converter
