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ZMX 

Wireless Transmitter Setup Instructions            

www.luxiumlighting.com

                                                   11/2017

 

USING THE MOBILE APP:

 

To set the DMX address for a Luxium product, that is equipped with a Bluetooth radio:  
 

1.

 

Search for Luxium at the App Store or on Google Play.

 

2.

 

Download the Luxium app to your mobile device.

 

3.

 

At the home screen, 

 

 press the 

Scan and 

Setup”

 button:           4. T to place a unit into a group  

touch a unit number, then touch “Add”

 

 
 

                            

  

 

At this point you will have at least one units in a group.  
To confirm or change the DMX512 address setting, touch INFO for the chosen unit: 
 

 

5. “Set” the DMX address for the unit being connected

 on the INFO page. 

 
 
NOTE: DMX addresses start at 1 and go through 512.  For Luxium units it is generally 
required that you have 4 consecutive addresses for each unit, e.g. channels 1,2,3, and 4 
would be assigned to Red, Green, Blue, White (RGBW).   
 
The DIP switch, encoded as 

a binary value, starts at ‘0’ which is equal to DMX address 1. 

 

 

Summary of Contents for ShowCast ZMX

Page 1: ...th any DMX controller a 5 pin DMX cable is connected to the ZMX input via the XLR jack on the back of the transmitter The ZMX radio can then stream DMX512 data to all Luxium wireless DMX lamps that have been paired with the transmitter The user interface consists of a menu screen and control knob for choosing settings The user can also run preset LightShows from the menu Note Luxium products may h...

Page 2: ...it into a group touch a unit number then touch Add At this point you will have at least one units in a group To confirm or change the DMX512 address setting touch INFO for the chosen unit 5 Set the DMX address for the unit being connected on the INFO page NOTE DMX addresses start at 1 and go through 512 For Luxium units it is generally required that you have 4 consecutive addresses for each unit e...

Page 3: ...receiving a signal but not getting DMX data Off The light is paired and receiving DMX data from the paired transmitter Main Menu Turn the selector knob to the desired function and press it to select it The main menu has 8 functions Pair Selecting pair causes the ZMX transmitter to send out an invite signal Any unpaired lights that receive the invite signal will pair themselves to the transmitter s...

Page 4: ...s over 15dBm should be avoided Channel There are 16 different channels available Changing the transmitter s channel makes it use a different frequency to transmit the DMX data Any lights that are turned on will get notified of the change and use the new frequency Any lights that are off when the channel is changed will miss the change notification and will not receive DMX data when they are turned...

Page 5: ...to get a positive switch click The ZMX display will read Pairing and will finish the pairing operation in 10 seconds The ZMX transmitter is now paired with the lamp Note multiple lamps can be paired simultaneously For situations where radio interference may interrupt the signal a channel change feature is available See the section on Advice for Transmitter use Un Pairing Unpairing several lamps wi...

Page 6: ...re collections of Light Unit numbers By default Unit 1 DMX address 1 is in Group 1 Unit 2 DMX address 5 in is Group 2 continuing up to Unit 6 which is in Group 6 So by default a light s unit is the same as the group number It is possible to reassign a light to a different group using the options menu Solid Displays each of the default colors All lights in Group 1 show Color 1 which is red by defau...

Page 7: ... of 6 lights at a time creating the effect of a light traveling down a row of lights OPTIONS The options item in the Light Show menu allows more advanced control of the different shows Dwell Dwell commands in a show cause the state of the lights to stay for the dwell time The default dwell time is second Fade Each show is composed of series of fade commands A fade command causes a group of lights ...

Page 8: ...05 111 117 123 4 4 0000011 13 10 16 22 28 34 40 46 52 58 64 70 76 82 88 94 100 106 112 118 124 5 5 0000100 17 11 17 23 29 35 41 47 53 59 65 71 77 83 89 95 101 107 113 119 125 6 6 0000101 21 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72 78 84 90 96 102 108 114 120 126 Color 1 Color 6 Most of the shows use the variable colors Color1 through Color6 The default values for these colors are Color1 Red Color2 Yellow ...

Page 9: ...sily be changed on the transmitter When the channel is changed at the transmitter all lighting units will automatically follow Q Can I use both wireless and wired DMX with the same light fixture A Yes but not at the same time In order to use a wired connection the lighting unit must be unpaired Q How might ZMX interfere with other wireless equipment A In some rare situations there can be interfere...

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