PXM PX144, Manual

Page 1: ...MANUAL Mini Light Controller PX144 R ...

Page 2: ...nput simulator 5 3 Defining stages and programs steps 5 4 Defining programs 5 5 Copy the settings and scenes programs 5 6 Saving and reading configuration 5 7 Closing the program 6 Technical specification 7 Declaration of Conformity 1 1 2 3 5 5 6 6 8 9 10 10 11 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 The manufacturer reserves the right to make changes in the functioning and usage of the controller in order to imp...

Page 3: ...l and decorative lighting that allows you to control complex lighting systems For communication with the other devices it has 8 inputs on off input the remote control code transmitting wireless RC 5 and a USB port built in The PX144 has a standard DMX 512 output and OC rated at 1 5 A per channel allowing direct control of LEDs RGB LED visible on the casing PX144 allows direct viewing of the select...

Page 4: ...es e g motion detectors twilight switches etc power supply Remote input 5 V Control infrared sensor DMX outoput to next effects X diode DMX effect e g lamp LEDs connected with common anode current stabilizating circuit e g resistor REMOTE CONTROL 5 V input 6 1 3 8 4 5 7 2 12 24V DC R G B OC OUTPUT Mini Light Controller DMX OK PWR PX 144 brown white green signal At the end of DMX line a terminator ...

Page 5: ...default settings there are selected all necessary elements the components of the program and the USB drivers Select the Next button to continue the installation press Cancel to stop the installation program To go to the next stage press Next After defining the language as English and clicking OK another window appears Terms and Conditions of Using the program appears on the license agreement concl...

Page 6: ...s to select the name of the target installation folder Selecting the Install button will start installation of the application The last window shows the information about the successful completion of the installation Selecting Show details button opens the inside the window with information about the location of individual components Press Close to exit the installer NOTE To remove Px144 exe run t...

Page 7: ...nect the controller with a PC via a USB cable During the initial connection your computer should execute a standard procedure for installing a new device in the system You need to indicate the location of the driver that has appeared at the end of the installation PxLight144 software Connection will be established after selecting the Connect button on the right side Px144 program window You will s...

Page 8: ...t interrupt the programming work so far Additionally there is available Reset Px144 button which restarts the driver useful for example after changing the relevant settings 6 5 2 CONTROLLER SETTINGS 5 2 1 Inputs Settings In the Settings Inputs tab each of the eight control inputs we can declare as Normally open N O impulse sent to the input will cause the closure of the circuit Normally Closed N C...

Page 9: ...n allows you to check which of the external keyboard keys is corresponding to individual numbers in the program After selecting this button simply press the desired external driver key and the corresponding number in program will be highlighted ...

Page 10: ...utput channel holding the key causes monotonous increase brightness Red channel down dims output channel holding the key will decrease a brightness with steady step Green channel up Green channel down analogous as above to the output channel G Blue channel up Blue channel down analogous as above to the output channel B Load and run selected scene accompanied by one of the sixteen scenes Load speci...

Page 11: ...ny keys and is analogous to the programming inputs 5 2 3 Other settings In the Settings Other tab you can define the parameters of the special stage the address of the remote wireless control to select three other channels whose settings are mapped directly to the LED on the front of the driver the LED in the shape of a company logo PXM X and run the simulator events you can view the action assign...

Page 12: ...pectively R G and B and set the time after which it reaches defined by us using sliders brightness maximum value of 1 hour 49 minutes and 13 4 seconds In the above example values for each color are sequentially R 255 G 152 B 32 which gives the resultant color orange Thus the effects of components of each color will light up the DMX channels from 27 to 32 channels 27 and 30 are responsible for the ...

Page 13: ...number is 32 Input simulator allows you to preview the selected input shares associated with the external keys or the remote control buttons directly on the controller or the connected effects To see the effect of the action select the type of input Standard input for analog input or RCU key the remote control key then the number of selected key and press the Generate button Outputs and the LED X ...

Page 14: ...ach channel can be set using the sliders range 0 Channel wyciemniony to 255 full brightness or by entering a numeric value Moreover we can define the time at which the selected scene or step of the program will be brighter and the last to expire if this applies only to walk the last step in the program Maximum Time for Input stage step of 1 hour 49 minutes and 13 5 seconds 6553 5 seconds the maxim...

Page 15: ...econds and duration up to 1 hour 49 minutes and 13 4 seconds or 6553 4 seconds or infinite you must select the square box in the Prog Time column for each step separately and departure time for the last step there is a maximum of 1 hour 49 minutes and 13 3 seconds not applicable to programs running in the loop check box Loop At any time we can easily move to the tab settings for brightness and the...

Page 16: ...tination of scenes for which the parameters will be rewritten by typing the first number of the Target Scene window To make a copy just click on the Copy button In this example setting scenes 1 2 3 and 4 will be copied to the scenes 6 7 8 and 9 In the same way copy the entire set of programs To copy the programs choose Copy in the number of the first programs of programs from which you wish to cop...

Page 17: ...e application window The configuration can also be sent to the controller by pressing the Read conf from file Each of the settings can then be freely modified either by reading them from the controller Read configuration and when you open a previously saved file cfg Same goes with Coping Steps The only change is that first you have to choose form which program do you need to copy those steps ...

Page 18: ...es made in the program and set predefined configuration to zero state We can remove all the settings or only some of the changes by selecting the boxes of the window 16 6 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION DMX output channels control inputs on off number of remote contol buttons code for remote control outputs load OC outputs Power supply Programmable Scenes Programs Dimensions width height depth 64 8 64 RC ...

Page 19: ...producer declares that the product Name of product Type answers the following product specifications EMC Additional Information Kraków 01 08 2008 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY according to guide lines 89 336 EWG 17 stage and theatre consoles digital dimmers dmx systems architectural lighting controllers led lighting tel 48 12 626 46 92 fax 48 12 626 46 94 e mail info pxm pl http www pxm pl ul Przemysł...