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RDM FUNCTIONALITY
The DPS850 is an ANSI E1.20 – 2006 RDM compliant device. When used with
the InfoGate gateway and software it can be configured and monitored remotely.
Besides the baseline RDM functionality such as discoverability, identify, and
DMX start address, the DPS850 provides additional RDM functions.
Personality
The manner in which the DPS850 responds to a loss of DMX can be
configured through an RDM system. The factory default personality will
maintain the last DMX command for two minutes after loss of DMX then turn
the lamp off. DPS850 personality can also be configured to stay on
indefinitely or turn off immediately upon loss of DMX.
User Text Fields
The DPS850 provides two areas for the user to store text information. The
device label is a text field allows the user to give a particular device a
descriptive name up to 16 charecters such as ‘Unit 5’, or ‘Upstage Right’.
The second area is the maintenance field where the user can store
maintenance notes like ‘Changed fuse 8/14/07’
Status Reporting
Many aspects about the state of the lamp connected to the dimmed output of
the DPS850 are reported through RDM including:
State of the lamp (On / Off)
Lamp faults – blown or disconnected lamp
Lamp electrical current
Total lamp hours of operation
Connected Devices
The DPS850 will listen for RDM message traffic originating from the
connected accessory output. If detected, it will report this information to the
RDM controller to facilitate automatic associations between the dimmed lamp
and its accessory.
