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*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 MultipleXing; it is an international standard maintained by the Entertainment Services and Technology Association. | * DMX stands for Digital MultipleXing; it is an international standard maintained by the Entertainment Services and Technology Association. | ||
| − | *One DMX universe is 512 channels or 32 addressable devices. You are able to use more dongles or splitters to create another universe or use more devices | + | *One DMX universe is 512 channels or 32 addressable devices. You are able to use more dongles or splitters to create another universe or use more devices. |
== What you Need== | == What you Need== | ||
Revision as of 01:48, 6 January 2012
Examples of Lynx/Tiger DMX hookups - Please click on picture to see full size
Basics
- You must know the basics before you can have Blinky Flashy!!
- DMX stands for Digital MultipleXing; it is an international standard maintained by the Entertainment Services and Technology Association.
- One DMX universe is 512 channels or 32 addressable devices. You are able to use more dongles or splitters to create another universe or use more devices.
What you Need
- To create a DMX universe you need a few items
- DMX dongle
- Vixen with DMX attached plugin
- DMX object to be ran
- Termination (usually incorporated 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 cable 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 ours are:
- 128 channel Lynx Freestyle
- 16 channel Lynx
- 16 channel [Lynx Express]
- SSR4
- Grinch with DMX converter
