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== Basics== | == Basics== | ||
*You must know the basics before you can have Blinky Flashy!! | *You must know the basics before you can have Blinky Flashy!! | ||
| − | * DMX stands for Digital | + | * DMX stands for Digital MultipleXing |
*One DMX universe is 512 channels or 32 adressable devices. You are able to use more dongles or splitters to create another universe or use more devices, more about that[[ Here]] | *One DMX universe is 512 channels or 32 adressable devices. You are able to use more dongles or splitters to create another universe or use more devices, more about that[[ Here]] | ||
Revision as of 17:07, 7 June 2008
Basics
- You must know the basics before you can have Blinky Flashy!!
- DMX stands for Digital MultipleXing
- One DMX universe is 512 channels or 32 adressable devices. You are able to use more dongles or splitters to create another universe or use more devices, 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
