1- Connect the power supply and PC
1-1, Connect the power cable with input voltage AC100-240V, the red power indicator will be on.
1-2, Connect the PC with the cat5, the green working indicator will be on.
2- Set IP address after power on the controller and connected the DMX artnet pro 8/16 with PC
2-1, For the PC, click "
start"--"control panel
"--"Networ
k and Sharing Center"or directly click the
bottom right sign to open the control panel as the following:
2-2, Click the "Local Area Connection", then click the "properties" to open the properties dialog as the following:
2-3, Twice Click the "Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4)" to open the properties dialog. As the following:
2-4, In the Internet Protocol Version4(TCP/IPv4) dialog，choose "Use the following IP address", get Manual IP address
3- Set the IP address for the artnet controller
3-1, Open the ArtnetSet software
NOTES:
IF all the words are previewed as error codes, please download the English language
pack from the Microsoft's homepage and install it on your computer.
3-2, Choose the language of the software .(English or Chinese)
3-3, Set the number of the controllers, and press the button of Apply:
Eg: When the number of controller is 1. the starting IP of Artnet controller is same as the
ending IP.
Eg: When the number of controller is 2, the following IP of Artnet controller will automatically
generate.(Each Artnet controller has one IP address.)
3-4, Set the starting universe number of the Artnet controller. The system default is 1.
3-5, Set the name of Controller.
The system default is ART-NET.
3-6, Press the button of Write.
3-7, The LCD display of each Art-net controller will show the IP addresses. Check the IP whether it is
according with your settings.
4- Open the madrix software
4-1, select the button in turn of "Preferences"--"Device Manager" to enter the window of
"Device Manager"
4-2, In the "Device Manager" window, click "Art-net". Click the button "Enable"
(remark: if the Art-net could not start, the internet network settings should be checked;
redefine the IP address)
4-3, Click the "Find Auto" button, automatically search Art-net communication node. As the
following:（eg:2 set Artnet controller, the one is 16 universes, the other is 8 universes）
4-4, Click the button "Sync". Then the "Artnet Sync Options" window appears.
In the window, click the button "Enable", "Pre Sync" and "Post Sync". finally select "OK" to finish
the setting.
4-5, In the "Device Manager" window, select "DMX Devices".
select all the universes, click the button" Enable". Then click the button "Full Frames"
finally click" Apply" button to finish the output parameter settings.
Remark: Change the "Frame Time(ms)" within 25＜F ≤1000(F is "Frame Time(ms)",1000 is the
software factor maximum number. Here the default no.is 30 and don't need to change.)
4-6, Click the button "OK" to finish the setting.
