DMX4ALL DMX Player XS User Manual
- June 12, 2024
- DMX4ALL
Table of Contents
DMX4ALL DMX Player XS
Product Information
The DMX-Player XS is a DMX StandAlone device that can be used for playback of a stored program and as a DMX-Output device. It allows for the creation of programs that can be loaded onto the device via the DMX-Configurator software. The device can be used without a computer to replay the stored scenes, but it also supports live operations with a connected PC or other controls. It is designed for use in decoration and presentations.
- Power supply: 7-12V DC / 50mA
- PC-Connection: RS232 (USB-RS232-Adapter with FTDI-Chip set recommended)
- DMX-OUT: 512 DMX channels
- Program memory: 8 kByte for one program
- Connection: 5 pin screw terminals
- Dimensions: 29.2mm x 82mm
Description
- The DMX-Player XS is a DMX StandAlone device for playback a stored program as well as used as DMX-Output device.
- The created program is loaded with the software DMX-Configurator via RS232 to the device. Without a computer the stored scene will be replayed.
- The implementation in live operations with a connected PC are possible too as well as with other controls (e.g. SPS).
- Due to the simple usage the use in decoration and presentations are possible.
Data sheet
- Power supply: 7-12V DC / 50mA
- PC-Connection: RS232 !!! USB-RS232-Adapter we recommend a FTDI-Chip set !!!
- DMX-OUT: 512 DMX channels
- Program memory: 8 kByte for one program
- Connection: 5 pin screw terminals
- Dimensions: 29,2mm x 82mm
Connections
Program the StandAlone function
- The DMX-Player XS has a user programmable StandAlone function.
- The program created in the DMX-Configurator will be transferred once to the interface and then they can be replayed.
- The DMX Configurator software is used to create and programme the program.
- The current version of the software is available for download from our website www.dmx4all.de.
- How to create a program can be read in the DMX Configurator instructions.
For the execution of the programme after starting the DMX-Player XS, it is necessary to specify it as Default on start.
- After all settings have been made, a connection to the DMX-Player XS must be generated, so that the data transfer can take place.
- Under the menu item Settings→Communication settings, the interface is set via which the DMX Configurator finds the connected hardware.
- The created program is written into the memory of the DMX-Player XS via the menu item Hardware→Write data.
This process may take some time!
Please do not cancel the transfer and wait for the confirmation of the
transmission in the DMX Configurator.
Accessories
Top-hat rail mounting 350
Power supply 12V
CE-Conformity
- This assembly (board) is controlled by a microprocessor and uses high frequency. In order to maintain the properties of the module with regard to CE conformity, installation into a closed metal housing in accordance with the EMC directive 2014/30/EU is necessary.
Disposal
Electronical and electronic products must not be disposed in domestic
waste. Dispose the product at the end of its service life in accordance with
applicable legal regulations. Information on this can be obtained from your
local waste disposal company.
Warning
This device is no toy. Keep out of the reach of children. Parents are
liable for consequential damages caused by nonobservance for their children.
Risk-Notes
You purchased a technical product. Conformable to the best available technology the following risks should not excluded:
- Failure risk: The device can drop out partially or completely at any time without warning. To reduce the probability of a failure a redundant system structure is necessary.
- Initiation risk: For the installation of the board, the board must be connected and adjusted to foreign components according to the device paperwork. This work can only be done by qualified personnel, which read the full device paperwork and understand it.
- Operating risk: The Change or the operation under special conditions of the installed systems/components could as well as hidden defects cause to breakdown within the running time.
- Misusage risk: Any nonstandard use could cause incalculable risks and is not allowed.
- Warning: It is not allowed to use the device in an operation, where the safety of persons depend on this device.
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Last changes: 24.06.2022
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