Refresh rate: Ca. 30 Hz when 512 channels are being sent, depending on the amount of RDM requests sent from the controller and
further reduced during RDM discovery.
Break length: Ca. 300 μS.
Mark after break: Ca. 80 μS.
A small delay of about 20 μS is inserted between slots to reduce the update rate. This may reduce problems such as flickering when
legacy fixtures are in use.
MERGE MODE
Under Merge Mode, a selection list is presented to you with the following options:
HTP: Highest takes precedence. If for a given DMX channel data has been received from two sources, the higher value is used.
LTP: Latest takes precedence. If for a given DMX channel data has been received from two sources, LTP merging uses the value of
whichever source was the last to change the value it has sent for that given channel.
Off: Merging is disabled.
Merging is applied when two Art-Net or sACN controllers send data for the same port. If more than two controllers send data for the same
port, the following rules take effect:
Art-Net: The first two appeared data streams are merged. All following ones are discarded.
sACN: The first two streams with the same priority are merged. Further streams of the same or lower priority are discarded. If a stream
with higher priority appears, the lower priority ones will be discarded.
A bullet point is shown next to the currently active setting. Use the encoder wheel to select the desired setting and push [OK], to apply the
setting.
FAILURE BEHAVIOUR
Under Failure Behaviour, a selection list is presented to you with the following options:
Off: The output will stop sending DMX, after no updates for the universe of the output have been received for 10 seconds
Hold Last Look: The output will continue to send the last look even if no updates are received.
A bullet point is shown next to the currently active setting. Use the encoder wheel to select the desired setting and push [OK] to apply the setting.
ART-NET RDM
Under Art-Net RDM, RDM may be enabled or disabled for the output. Art-Net RDM can also be enabled for sACN ports. XNODE 4 discovers a
maximum of 250 devices per output port.
All the previously described settings can be changed via web interface on the Port Settings Page.
FACTORY PRESETS
FIRMWARE VERSION 1.03
The Factory Presets menu entry of the main menu allows you to load one of the following factory defined presets on devices with firmware
version 1.03 or newer:
Art-Net:
• Art-Net RDM is enabled on all ports.
• All ports are configured as outputs.
• Ports 1 – 4 are configured to consecutive Art-Net universes (port addresses). The user is asked to choose a start universe.
• The user is prompted by a separate dialog to choose whether to adjust the network settings. If he chooses to do so, the IP address is
set to the primary Art-Net IP address and the netmask is set to 255.0.0.0.
Art-Net, no RDM:
• Same as Art-Net, RDM disabled on all ports.
sACN:
• All ports are configured as outputs.
• Network settings remain unchanged.
• Art-Net RDM is enabled.
• Ports 1 – 4 are configured to consecutive sACN universes. The user is asked to choose a start universe.
sACN, no RDM:
• Same as sACN, Art-Net RDM disabled on all ports.
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