2. Install the provided omnidirectional antenna and point it straight up in the air.
3. Connect the provided 12V DC Power Supply to the unit, and connect to mains power.
Your Multiverse Node will wake up as a receiver, but when you plug in a female DMX
line from your lighting controller, the Multiverse Node will automatically configure itself as
a transmitter, and when it senses DMX from your lighting controller, the TX symbol on
the user interface will stop blinking.
4. Select a SHoW ID for your transmitter or just use the default SHoW ID (see the full
Multiverse manual for more information on SHoW IDs). Leave the universe number set
at “1”. The universe number must match on both transmitter and receivers.
Receiver Setup
You will need at least one Multiverse Node to use as a receiver.
1. Install the Multiverse Node you will use for a receiver in a convenient location where you
can reach it with a DMX cable to the device (or devices) it will be providing DMX for. As
with the Multiverse Node transmitter, locate the unit higher in the air for best results, and
try to place your Multiverse Node receiver where its antenna will be within line of sight
with the transmitter.
2. Install the provided antenna and point it straight up in the air.
3. Connect the provided 12V DC Power Supply to the unit, and connect to mains power.
The Multiverse Node automatically will be configured as a receiver and the
Rx
LED will
light and be blinking, signifying that the Multiverse Node is not yet receiving DMX.
4. Select a SHoW ID by matching the SHoW ID of the transmitting Multiverse Node you
wish to receive DMX data. Leave the universe number set at
“1”. Transmitter and
receiver SHoW IDs must match for them to communicate. When you are successfully in
communication with your transmitter and receiving DMX, the RX light will stop blinking
and the signal quality bars will light.
5. Connect a DMX cable from the Multiverse Node DMX OUT to the first DMX device you
want to provide DMX to. You can then continue to add devices to up to a total of 32 DMX
devices in the chain. Like any other DMX system, be sure the last connected device in
the chain is properly terminated.
6. If you intend to use RDM downstream of the receiving Multiverse Nodes, tap the Menu
button and set RDM Tra
ffic to “On”.
You can set up any number of additional Multiverse Nodes as receivers in the same way.
Receiver Setup with a Multiverse Transmitter
In a multiple universe system utilizing a Multiverse Transmitter or Multiverse Gateway as a
transmitter, once you have selected the universes that you want to broadcast from the incoming
Ethernet data, assigned SHoW IDs to your two radios, and have assigned universes to those
SHoW IDs, you will need to set each Multiverse Node to match the same universe number and
SHoW ID that it will be receiving from the transmitter.
SHoW ID, SHoW Key, and universe must match between transmitter and receivers!
