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Introduction
Thank you for selecting City Theatrical’s PDS-375 TRX. Every effort has been made to
anticipate your questions in this manual, but if you have any questions that are not answered
here, or you want to discuss a special application, please feel free to contact us directly at City
Theatrical.
The PDS-375 TRX is a Power/Data Supply (PDS) for CKDMX fixtures; it can be used with a
controller or in stand-alone mode to power and control up to six 50W CKDMX fixtures, and
offers control, configuration, and feedback options that have never been available before in a
single unit.
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Universal fixture support and flexible patching:
You can use 2 color (iW Blast 12
TR), 3 color (ColorBlast 12 TR), and 5 color (ColorBlast 12 TRX) fixtures, you can use
them in either 8 bit or 16 bit versions, and you can use them in any combination you
choose. You can configure each of the 12 output ports differently, and you can address
each port to a unique starting DMX address, or assign all the ports to a common starting
DMX address. Use the PDS-375 TRX with any combination of 2, 3, or 5 color fixtures in
either 8 or 16 bit mode and patch them without any wasted DMX slots.
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Accepts all Industry Standard Control Protocols:
You can control your PDS-375
TRX system (PDS and fixtures) with conventional wired DMX and RDM, Wireless DMX
and RDM using the built-in SHoW DMX® receiver, Streaming ACN, Art-Net, or Ki Net, or
with the built in MasterBlast™ Stand Alone routines. Whatever control data you use is
output from the unit’s DMX512 output
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Built-In 3 Port Managed Ethernet Switch:
When using one of the Ethernet control
protocols, you can assign the PDS-375 TRX system (PDS and fixtures) to one or two of
the virtual DMX512 universes and assign a different virtual DMX512 universe to the
DMX output.
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Built-In SHoW DMX Receiver:
When controlling the PDS-375 TRX with SHoW DMX
wireless DMX, the DMX data is output from the unit’s DMX DMX512 Output. See
Appendix D: SHoW DMX Neo Compatibility
for SHoW DMX Neo compatibility.
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Powerful new miniZapi features:
You can use the enhanced built-in miniZapi to
configure each of the connected CKDMX fixtures.
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Quiet Convection Cooling:
When operated in the normal upright position the
PDS-375 TRX does not need a fan for cooling, it is convection cooled.
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Universal Compliance:
Each PDS-375 TRX is ETL and cETL Listed, CE certified and
FCC part 15B compliant.
