OBSIDIAN CONTROL SYSTEMS Netron RDM10, User Manual

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Page 2: ...panies OBSIDIAN CONTROL SYSTEMS and all affiliated companies hereby disclaim any and all liabilities for property equipment building and electrical damages injuries to any persons and direct or indirect economic loss associated with the use or reliance of any information contained within this document and or as a result of the improper unsafe insufficient and negligent assembly installation riggin...

Page 3: ...ION 4 OVERVIEW 5 CONNECTIONS 6 MENU NAVIGATION 9 HOME SCREEN 10 PRESETS 11 DMX INPUTS 13 DMX PORTS 15 CUES 17 VIEW AND TEST 18 IP ADDRESS 20 SYSTEM 21 INFORMATION 22 WEB REMOTE CONFIGURATION 23 WEB REMOTE HOMEPAGE 24 FIRMWARE UPDATES 41 ...

Page 4: ...ormation CUSTOMER SUPPORT Contact your local Obsidian Controls Systems dealer or distributor for any product related service and support needs Also visit forums obsidiancontrol com with questions comments or suggestions OBSIDIAN CONTROL SERVICE EUROPE Monday Friday 08 30 to 17 00 CET 31 45 546 85 63 support obsidiancontrol com OBSIDIAN CONTROL SERVICE USA Monday Friday 08 30 to 17 00 PST 866 245 6...

Page 5: ...9 Cues with Fade Time Hold Time and Cue linking External contact closures to trigger cues and preset recall DMX Monitor DMX and Ethernet Test Generator ETHERNET CONNECTION The RDM10 provides two Gigabit RJ45 connections for data input One port supports POE 802 3af power input and is marked with POE on the back of the device Both ports are connected to an internal highspeed network switch allowing ...

Page 6: ...n the back of the gateway into the port labeled A or B Devices can be daisy chained but it is recommended not to exceed 10 Netron devices in one chain Because these devices use locking RJ45 connectors and the use of locking RJ45 ethernet cables is recommended any RJ45 connector is suitable To connect multiple devices to an EtherDMX Source an Ethernet switch is required to split the data into the d...

Page 7: ...d to B No DMX Signal DMX Cyan Assigned to Merger No DMX Signal DMX Purple Set to Send Static DMX Value The LEDs are dimmable from the System Display menu and can be turned off completely if desired R E A R C O N N E C T I O N S 2 5pin DMX Input 2 5pin DMX Through 2 RJ45 network connections 1x POE 10 Contact Closures Terminal Block Power In Thru Turn to scroll push to select OLED Display 2 5 Pin DM...

Page 8: ...ER WARRANTY The RDM10 is shipped with two terminal blocks that connect to the back ports Lost or missing blocks can be purchased from authorized Obsidian Dealers 10 Inputs are provided that can be mapped to various functions of the RDM10 The inputs are simple dry contact closures and are provided in ten pairs of trigger and ground connections ...

Page 9: ... push of the back arrow Wheel Right Scroll down in menu list increase values Wheel Left Scroll up in menu list decrease values Wheel Push Enter Menu Select menu item go down one level in menu confirm values Back Arrow Go up one level in menu tree cancel change of values hold for 2 seconds to return to home screen As you scroll up or down the menu the arrows indicate that more items are available a...

Page 10: ...cated with a full colored box The current merge mode and active source are displayed in the bottom half for immediate overview of the merge activity Certain Merge statuses like an active Backup will yield a red background indicating that the unit triggered its backup source Page 2 Ports The port numbers show the assigned input source A and B source assignments are displayed on top IP Address shows...

Page 11: ...and save load or rename it SUB MENU OPTION VALUES DESCRIPTION 1 Splitter AB See NETRON Presets 2 Splitter A 3 HTP Merge 4 LTP Merge 5 Backup 6 Toggle 7 ArtNet 2 x InputA Univ Universe 1 32767 InputB Univ Universe 1 32767 8 Dual ArtNet 2 x Universe 1 32767 9 sACN DHCP Universe 1 32767 10 Dual sACN DHCP InputA Univ Universe 1 32767 InputB Univ Universe 1 32767 1 MyPreset 1 10 MyPreset 10 Save Preset...

Page 12: ...LTP Merger LTP Merger LTP Merger LTP Merger LTP Merger LTP Merger LTP Input B DMX Backup Input A DMX Merger Backup Merger Backup Merger Backup Merger Backup Merger Backup Merger Backup Merger Backup Merger Backup Merger Backup Merger Backup Input B DMX Toggle Input A DMX Merger Toggle Merger Toggle Merger Toggle Merger Toggle Merger Toggle Merger Toggle Merger Toggle Merger Toggle Merger Toggle Me...

Page 13: ...MX port To 1 512 To limit the DMX range set the last address of the DMX port Offset Addr OFF 2 512 Offset start address incoming channel X value is sent on this port as channel X Offset Channels are cut off if they exceed 512 Source DMX Network SendValue Select the source protocol RDM Disable Enable Disable Enable RDM traffic for this port FrameRate 10Hz 15Hz 20Hz 25Hz 30Hz 35Hz 40Hz Select the de...

Page 14: ...restores back to Source A Toggle The complete source Universe is switched over without delay as soon as a single DMX value changes Backup Time 0s 0 88 This delays the backup switching from A to B Restore Time 0s 0 88 This delays before the source is restored from B to A Framerate 10Hz 15Hz 20Hz 25Hz 30Hz 35Hz 40Hz Select the desired frame rate Range From 1 512 To limit the DMX range set the first ...

Page 15: ...n the source Input and Merger settings and rules are defined in other menus SUB MENU OPTIONS VALUES DESCRIPTION Input A Send values defined for Input A Input B Send values defined for Input B Merger Send values defined by the merger Disable Port is disabled ...

Page 16: ...Splitter A 3 HTP Merge 4 LTP Merge 5 Backup 6 Toggle 7 ArtNet 2 x 8 Dual ArtNet 2 9 sACN DHCP 10 Dual sACN DHC Recalls this Netron preset when the contact is closed User Preset 1 10 Recalls this user preset when contact is closed Send Value 0 255 Sends specific DMX value on all ports for as long as contact is closed Source Disable Input is disabled Contact Use local contact closure on the back of ...

Page 17: ...Cue Edit name of cue Link Cue Fade Time Set the fade time of the cue Hold Time Set the time to hold the cue until the next cue is started Link to Cue Set the next Cue Resend Ethernet Disable Cue data is not sent over Ethernet Enable Cue data is sent on the Universe number and protocol assigned to the ports SUB MENU OPTIONS VALUES DESCRIPTION Run Cue 1 99 Go Off Select the desired cue Save Cue 1 Cu...

Page 18: ...e desired DMX address Push Encoder to change display readout style Grid List Address sACN View Universe 1 32767 View a specific sACN Universe Range From 1 512 default 1 To 1 512 default 512 Start Monitor Start Monitoring Values Use Encoder to dial to the desired DMX address Push Encoder to change display readout style Grid List Address DMX Port Test Output Port 1 4 Send generator values on specifi...

Page 19: ...Three styles are available by clicking the encoder wheel Dial the wheel to change the display to the desired address and exit the monitor with the back button D M X T e s t D i s p l a y G r i d The color coding helps to quickly identify changing DMX values Cyan DMX Address Green Value Decreased Red Value Increased White Value stable after 10 seconds DMX Test Display Line DMX Test Display Address ...

Page 20: ... within any network environment SUB MENU OPTIONS VALUES Description DHCP IP The device waits for a DHCP server address After 30s it assigns itself a unique 169 254 x x address but continues to monitor DHCP server requests Automatic 2 x The device is set to a unique 2 x x x Address Subnet 255 0 0 0 Automatic 10 x The device is set to a unique 10 x x x Address Subnet 255 0 0 0 Custom IP IP Address x...

Page 21: ... Run a specific Cue at startup Wait for Data No DMX is sent until valid data is received for the ports The last incoming values continue to be sent on the ports until the time is expired Once timeout has completed the device will perform one of the below actions Signal Loss Hold Last Look Forever 0s 10s 30s 1m 5m 10m 60m The last incoming values continue to be sent on the ports until the time is e...

Page 22: ... SUB MENU OPTIONS VALUES DESCRIPTION Software Version Boot SW V Firmware V Display the current software version Product On Time Time XXXXX H Total time the device has been powered on MAC Addre ss x x x x x x Displays MAC address RDM UID UIDA xxxx UIDB xxxx Displays product RDM UID ...

Page 23: ...n the same IP address range and connected PC Configuration Sample Please note your PC configuration results may vary MAC OS Configuration Sample Please note your MAC OS configuration results may vary Browser Sample Enter the device IP address into a web browser to access the device page ...

Page 24: ...24 W E B R E M O T E M E N U H O M E P A G E ...

Page 25: ...25 WEB REMOTE MENU PRESETS NETRON PRESETS WEB REMOTE MENU PRESETS USER PRESETS ...

Page 26: ...26 WEB REMOTE MENU DMX INPUTS A B DMX ...

Page 27: ...27 WEB REMOTE MENU DMX INPUTS A B NETWORK ...

Page 28: ...28 WEB REMOTE MENU DMX INPUTS A B SEND VALUE ...

Page 29: ...29 WEB REMOTE MENU DMX INPUTS M MERGER ...

Page 30: ...30 WEB REMOTE MENU DMX PORTS ...

Page 31: ...31 W E B R E M O T E M E N U C U E S R U N C U E S W E B R E M O T E M E N U C U E S S A V E C U E S W E B R E M O T E M E N U C U E S C U E O P T I O N S ...

Page 32: ...32 WEB REMOTE MENU IP SETTINGS ...

Page 33: ...33 WEB REMOTE MENU INPUTS DISABLE DMX ...

Page 34: ...34 WEB REMOTE MENU INPUTS CUE ...

Page 35: ...35 WEB REMOTE MENU INPUTS NETRON PRESET ...

Page 36: ...36 WEB REMOTE MENU INPUTS USER PRESETS ...

Page 37: ...37 WEB REMOTE MENU INPUTS SEND VALUE ...

Page 38: ...38 WEB REMOTE MENU SYSTEM DEVICE SETTINGS Use cursor to click and drag around to desired time ...

Page 39: ...39 WEB REMOTE MENU SYSTEM STATUS ...

Page 40: ...40 WEB REMOTE MENU SYSTEM MAINTENANCE ...

Page 41: ...wer cycle during the update process The update is provided in two files Display NFW and Web IMG Both need to be installed for a full upgrade Reset to factory defaults Reload the configuration file from the web interface Confirm the upgrade is installed from the Information Software Version Display If the system menu is corrupt and or cannot be opened then the Netron device can be updated from an I...

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