JEM SMOKE PLC. 04/08/99
Using DMX 512
DMX 512 is an industry standard and the is fitted with an interface.
This gives the user the ability to link the smoke machines into the lighting chain and
control them from a single source. The ZR12-DMX uses a single channel to fire and
control the output level, the interface can be addressed from channel 1 up to channel
512. The address setting is done via a 10 way dip switch on the DMX interface. To
address the channel simply switch on the required switches (on is down), there are
some samples of different channel settings below.
The is fitted with two XLR sockets for DMX; one is for DMX IN & one
is for DMX OUT. This enables the to be used in a chain. When there is
valid DMX i.e. the XLR is connected and the desk is powered the small green LED will
light and indicates there is DMX connected to the machine. However if there is no
address set the LED will not light and DMX will be disabled. Regardless of the address
setting, the machine will start to heat when the interface is connected to the machine
and after 10 - 12 minutes you will be able to operate the machine using DMX, the
output is controllable the higher value the DMX more output will be produced.
A‘deadband’ is arranged so that the DMX values 0 to 28 produce no output. Above this
level, the output is proportional to the DMX value received.
When the ready LED is on, the machine can also be fired using the ‘TEST’ button on
the interface.
ZR12-DMX
ZR12-DMX
ZR12-DMX
12345678910
10
10
9
9
8
8
7
7
6
6
5
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
ON
ON
ON
Valid DMX LED
Address Switches
512
512
256
256
128
128
64
64
32
32
16
16
8
8
4
4
2
2
1
1
DMX Value
DMX Value
Switches 3,7, &9 on Address set to 324
Switches1&5on Address set to 17
Zr12 DMX INTERFACE
