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1. USER MANUAL 1 4 DMX connection The PIL has bi directional DMX interface The DMX port is 2 0 P1L Usage The usage of the PIL is rather intuitive Yet there are some functions that are almost hidden so it is important to read carefully following paragraphs 2 1 Front panel description The figure 4 shows P1L front panel physically separated from the rest of the electronic There is also integrated line termination resistor see par 1 2 1 Note that DMX network is polarized network We recommend the twisted shielded 2 x 22 AWG cable Use only high quality cables for the connection 1 5 Device Installation Before to connect device to the system ensure that all other devices are switched OFF and that the power supply cable dedicated to the P1L is without power Configure device according to the instructions from par 1 2 2 0 PiLUsage The usage of the P1L is rather intuitive Yet there are some functions that are almost hidden so it is important to read carefully following paragraphs 2 1 Front panel description The figure 4 shows P1L front panel Stand By LED Program 1 2 3 4 LEDs Dimmer Area LUX Logo Program Buttons LU 2 2 Switching the system OFF ON In OFF condition the Stand by LED is illuminated briefly This very low level light is used to indicate the position of the PIL in the dark To switch ON the PIL just touch the surface of the front panel without taking car2. the call of the other Master P1L on the network Factory default OFF P1L is a Master device 1 2 3 Switch SW3 Disable Stand By Function The S3 is used to Enable Disable Stand By function The P1L can be turned OFF by tipping twice over the front panel You can disable this function by placing switch S3 to ON Factory default OFF OFF ON function enabled 1 2 4 Switch SW4 Program buttons change disable The S4 is used to Enable Disable P1 P4 program button function change When in OFF position user can swap the functionality of the P1 P4 program button from static to dynamic program and back For more information on program button functionality change please refer to par 2 6 When the S4 is in ON position the change of program buttons will be disabled user will not be able to change the usage of the program buttons The P1 P4 program button functionality will remain the one selected before switch disable Factory default OFF Program button functionality can be modified 1 2 5 Switch SW5 Child block disable The S5 is used to Enable Disable Child Block function When in Child Block state no change of the light color and intensity can be done To disable Child Block put S5 in ON If Child Block is active in that moment it will remain active Factory default OFF Child Block toggle Enabled ele gt LU 1 2 6 Switch SW6 7 Color Mode Selection The S6 and S7 switches are used to select output col
3. 1 DMX Line termination 1 2 2 Switch 2 Master Slave 1 2 3 Switch 3 Disable Stand By Function P1L TECHNICAL REFERENCE RARA 3 h eah 1 0 Introduction 13 SE a in LL ROGER 1 1 DMX512A Data Transfer 13 io i Es gt A d ie Li 1 2 OpenDMX Data Transfer 13 kah A J ai i pa AE eten 1 2 1 Light regulation ODMX_SETPWM 14 kee a ec ie 1 2 2 Stand by mode ODMX_STDBY 14 1 2 8 Switch 8 in Slave mode Slave Address Selection A y i 1 3 The P1L Programming 14 1 2 9 Switch 9 in Master mode Channel 0 position i i A i 1 3 1 Programming mechanism 14 1 2 10 Switch 9 in Slave mode Slave Address Selection 5241 Switch 10 ta M de F h 1 3 2 Program structure 15 12 12 Smith 8 10 n Slave made Stave Add Select alia E a i in Slave mode Slave r Selection 14 Technical data 16 i Sik UPP Y 1 5 Troubleshooting guide 16 1 4 DMX Connection 1 5 Device installation 2 0 PiL Usage 2 1 Front panel description 2 2 Switching the system OFF ON o WO LL W 0 0 JNNNNNOUUUU A HP PW NOTES NOTES Eepe LUXURY LIGHTING APPLIANCES Copyright LUX Italia 2008 All rights reserved www luxitalia eu Printed in Italy LUX Italia Via Firenze 18 20060 Trezzano Rosa Milan ITALY Phone 39 02 9202 0427 Fax 39 02 9096 7253 e mail info luxitalia eu
4. 1 different RGB lamps can be controlled with the frame rate on 333 transmission per second can be obtained offering 256 levels smooth dimmering Factory default OFF 64 channel frame length 1 2 12 Switch SW8 9 10 in Slave mode Slave Address Selection In slave mode switches 8 9 and 10 are used to select Slave device address Up to nine PIL devices can be connected to the same DMX network One of them must be configured as MASTER while all other will be configured as SLAVES Each slave must have an unique address in the network Using S8 S9 and S10 switches you can select addresses from 0 to 7 Note that it is not important which device get which address The important is that there must not be address overlap PIL USER MANUAL Device address 58 59 S10 Address 0 OFF OFF OFF Address 1 ON OFF OFF Address 2 OFF ON OFF Address 3 ON ON OFF Address 4 OFF OFF ON Address 5 ON OFF ON Address 6 OFF ON ON Address 7 ON ON ON 1 3 Power Supply The PIL can be powered by either AC or DC low voltage power supply Although the power required by P1L is rather low it is very important that the power supply used to power P1L must be reliable to guarantee continuous supply of the electric energy to the device If used AC power supply the range from 6 to 26V can be applied If used DC power supply you can use range from 8 to 36V DC In both cases consumption is below 0 6W The polarity of the DC power supply doesn t matter PIL
5. 32KB User program memory space DMX and OpenDMX protocol support Master and Slave operation e 8 30V AC DC low voltage power supply e Isolated DMX bus Your PIL has been designed and produced according to highest LUX quality standards In order to be able to use all PIL functions please read carefully this manual 1 0 Introduction The PIL is full color finger touch DMX light controller for wall mounting shown on fig 2 Fig 2 The PIL Controller It implements a finger touch sensor to decode the movement of the user finger and translate it into a color of the light The PIL can be used in any full color DMX and OpenDMX system but it is specially suitable for 4 channel LED lighting devices such as LUX lamps It can drive directly DMX drivers operating in Master Mode or it can be used as remote control device for more complex systems when running in Slave Mode The user dynamic light change programs can be downloaded to the P1L using OpenDMX protocol In that case P1L will become full featured DMX controller unit LU 1 1 Principle of operation Before to configure and install your PIL you must understand the principle of its operating within a DMX system The PIL can be installed in both DMX512A and OpenDMX networks In both cases up to 9 different PIL can be connected to the same trunk of DMX but only one can be configured as Master Master Mode In the Master Mode PiL is the control device o
6. USER AND REFERENCE MANUAL LU LUXURY LIGHTING APPLIANCES LU E PL USER AND REFERENCE MANUAL This manual is meant for anybody who wish to use the LUX P1L Controller It contains technical specifications and describes the connection programming and how to properly configure and use the PIL Although all the information contained herein has been carefully verified LUX Italia assumes no responsibility for errors that might appear in this document or for damage to property or persons resulting from an improper use of this manual and of the related equipment LUX Italia reserves the right to change the contents and form of this document as well as the features and specifications of its products at any time without notice Trademarks and registered trademarks appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners The PIL Packaging contents Before to proceed please verify contents of the P1L packaging contents 1 PIL DMX Controller 2 Mounting Wall Plate 3 User and Reference manual and Limited Warranty Sheet Fig 1 The PIL Package contents PIL USER MANUAL Congratulations You have chosen the world s most sophisticated and refined wall mounting full color light DMX controller The PIL has a plenty of features such as Simple finger touch regulation e Full color light regulator White color regulation e 1 100 dimming control e Four User configurable program buttons e
7. e about the position of the finger The PIL will turn ON the light using the last configuration before the switch OFF This means that if you set the red color light and then turn OFF the light when you will turn ON again PIL will restore the red color light To switch OFF you have to tip twice the surface of the front panel of the P1L Note that if you remain for the long time in contact with the front panel you will have to repeat the procedure of switching OFF In order to be decoded as switch OFF command your first tip must not take more then 150 mS and the next one must arrive within 300 mS from the first one When switched ON Stand by LED is illuminated with the full intensity indicating that the system is activated The PIL will memorize the light color and intensity 2 seconds from the last finger touch even if not turned OFF In case of black out when the energy will return the PIL will restore PIL USER MANUAL the last light scheme 2 3 Light color regulation To regulate light color touch the colored area of the front panel over desired color Note that you must not remove the finger from the panel before expiring the period of 150 mS otherwise P1L will think that you want to turn it OFF The colored area is divided in two regions colored and white region The white area is used to regulate white light color Even if not indicated this area is divided in different levels of the white color as indicated i
8. f the DMX network In this mode the whole DMX network is controlled by Master PIL If other P1 devices are connected to the same network all them must be configured as Slave devices In Master Mode PIL will continue to interrogate all other Slave PIL present in the system Slave Mode In the Slave mode P1L will wat for the valid OpenDMX request from the DMX bus after wich it will reply with the current status When used as a remote control device of the more complex DMX network P1L must be configured as a Slave PIL USER MANUAL 1 2 Configuration switches The P1L has ten configuration dip switches on the back panel Using those switches you can change the operating mode device address communication protocol and so on Fig 3 The PIL Connector and Dip Switch 1 2 1 Switch SW1 DMX Line termination This switch is used to enable DMX line termination When activated in ON position a 120 oHm resistor will be connected between DMX and DMX signals Activate this PIL USER MANUAL switch only in case when the PIL is physically the first or the last device in the DMX network For more information please refer to DMX512A specification Factory default OFF 120 oHm line termination disabled 1 2 2 Switch SW2 Master Slave The S2 is used to Configure P1L as a Master or a Slave device When configured as Master S2 OFF P1L will drive whole DMX network while when configured as Slave S2 ON PIL will wait for
9. n figure PIL USER MANUAL When you point to the center of the white circle the PIL will regulate to the full white color By moving the finger to the red color light will start to change from white to the white red color In this way you can trim your white color as you like 2 4 Light intensity regulation The PIL has a dimmer area used to regulate light intensity The dimmer is capable to modify light intensity from 1 to 100 regardless of the selected color To regulate light intensity simply point the finger over dimmer area 2 5 Child block protected mode The PiL has a special feature of protection against undesired color regulation In this mode you will be able to turn it OFF ON and nothing else In order to enter protect mode touch and keep the finger over LUX logo for more then 6 seconds After 2 seconds green Stand by LED will start to blink When 6 seconds period is expired Stand by LED will stop to blink and PIL will enter protected mode In protected mode there will be no possibility to modify light color intensity or to choose programs The P1L will behave as a simple OFF ON switch using the light color and intensity selected before the entrance to the protected mode To exit the protected mode repeat the same procedure used to enter the protected mode 2 6 Program modes The P1L has four user program buttons indicated with P1 P4 Those buttons are used to select user program and to mem
10. n that case program button on P1L will be continuously used to memorize static color set The file will be transferred using standard ODMX_FILESEND command with the FileType filed set to 0 PiL TECHNICAL REFERENCE LU 1 4 Technical Data 1 5 Troubleshooting Guide Power supply range n fi ie a i 7 Green LED is ON but The PL might be in Child Block i n when touching the pad mode See par 2 5 Power consumption Active mode 1 3 W i 5 there is no regulation Stand By mode 1 1W a dl isolation ui When connected to the The lamp drivers you are using BSN rate z DMX network light are not compatible to the i is flickering and strobing original DMX specifications CPU 16 bit RISC F You must use drivers that User program memory 32 KB recognize ZERO START code and not ignoring it When selecting Green Try to switch Channel Zero color light become position See par 1 2 9 RED Blue is Green and so on When connect more P1L Only one of them must be a to the same network no MASTER device while all other one of them is working must become SLAVE properly See par 1 1 If you cannot resolve the problem contact info luxitalia eu P1L TECHNICAL REFERENCE L Table of contents P1L USER MANUAL 2 3 Lightcolorregulation 10 2 4 Light intensity regulation 11 2 5 Children block protected mode 11 1 0 Introduction iA Spinne s ti 2 6 Program modes 11 i stans 2 7 Maintanance 12 1 2 Configuration switches 1 2 1 Switch
11. nslate finger position on the color wheel into a DMX signal with a response time of 40 Hz Four channels red green blue and yellow are used called RGBY color scheme 1 1 DMX512A Data Transfer During regulation finger position is translated into four channel color scheme Red Green Blue and Yellow RGBY Then the color intensity is calculated according to the P1L TECHNICAL REFERENCE LU Gan dimmer settings and at the end a final four channel information is transmitted using DMX512A protocol The standard DMX512A protocol offers 512 bytes for a data transfer The P1L will send the following DMX frame ByteO Byte 1 Byte2 Byte 3 Byte n 3 Byte n 2 Byte n 1 Byte n Red Green Blue Yellow Red Green Blue Yellow As shown the same information is repeated every four channels The first byte transmitted is Red then Green Blue and Yellow Using dip switch 52 6 you can select to skip the first byte byte 0 of the DMX frame that will have value 0 used as service byte and then transmit the data frame as shown Byte O Byte1 Byte2 Byte3 Byte n 3 Byte n 2 Byte n 1 Byte n 0 Red Green Blue Red Green Blue Yellow The length of the DMX512A frame is defined using dip switch 52 4 and 2 5 1 2 OpenDMX Data Transfer When operating using OpenDMX protocol the PIL will use LU following command set Color settings c
12. ommand ODMX_SETPWM Stand by mode ODMX_STDBY Program transfer ODMX_FILESEND Slave switch inquery ODMX_GETSWITCH All light regulation commands will be transmitted as BROADCAST message 1 2 1 Light Regulation ODMX_SETPWM For ODMX_SETPWM command the PIL will use 8 bit data transfer Lower 8 bits will be used to transmit color intensity from 0 to 255 while upper 8 bits will be 0 The PWM_DATA structure will have following meaning PWM_DATA Channel_1 Red color PWM_DATA Channel_2 Green color PWM_DATA Channel_3 Blue color PWM_DATA Channel_4 Yellow color 1 2 1 Stand by mode ODMX_STDBY The Stand by command will be send during OFF ON of the P1L When in OFF condition stand by mode activated PIL will send ODMX_STDBY command frame every 1 second as PiL TECHNICAL REFERENCE refresh to the network During stand by mode the ODMX_GETSWITCH frame will continue to exist with the same frequency as during active mode 1 3 ThePiLProgramming The PIL is a full DMX control central unit that can memorize up to four different user programs The programming is done via DMX network and using OpenDMX protocol Only PIL in MASTER mode can be programmed The user program has a specific defined structure described here below Four user programs must be joined in one file that will be transferred to P1L as described after 1 3 1 Programming Mechanism The Master P1L will issue a ODMX_SRVREQ frame every 900 mS The remote PC or o
13. or mode Mode S6 57 RGBY OFF OFF 4 channel R G B Y 4 DMX addresses RGB ON OFF 3 channel R G B 3 DMX addresses RGBW OFF ON 4 channel R G B W 4 DMX addresses RGB 8 ON ON 3 channel R G B 8 DMX addresses RGBY mode In RGBY mode PIL will generate 4 color schematic AII colors will be created using standard RGB with the addition of Yellow The DMX frame will have the following contents RGB mode RGB mode is the basic color mode The DMX frame will have the following contents PIL USER MANUAL RGBW mode In RGBW mode the fourth channel will be the support to white color The DMX frame will have the following contents ENEN ETEA ET EEA E JEEN EEN AEN EKE KE RGB 8 mode This mode has been created for a compatibility purpose In this mode each lamp will be allocated with 8 bytes First three bytes will contain RGB information Fourth byte is fixed value OxFF Other three bytes are 0x00 1 2 7 Switch SW8 in Master mode OpenDMX Enable Disable In Master mode there is a possibility to connect up to 9 PIL to the same DMX network Their communication is done via OpenDMX protocol The majority of DMX drivers on the market are respecting DMX512A specification In those cases OpenDMX protocol PIL USER MANUAL used for inter PIL communication will not create any problem Unfortunately not all drivers present on the market are respecting completely DMX512A specification When using those drivers OpenDMX pr
14. orize particular light settings When one of the programs is selected a red LED indicator is lit ON To memorize one light settings just press the program button for more then 3 seconds When pressed a program button red LED indicator will start to blink rapidly After 3 seconds it will start to blink slowly indicating that the new settings has been memorized You can continue to memorize new settings over the previous one To select one of the four programs just press the program button for less then 3 seconds A program LED indicator will switch ON To exit program mode press the color selection area LU The PIL can memorize up to four dynamic color changing programs Those programs can be downloaded via DMX bus from an external remote controller unit such as PC For more information on how to create user programs refer to the technical reference section in this manual and to L E T LX630 USB DMX Software manual Once when downloaded user programs will be memorized below the color settings programs To select dynamic programs press and keep pressed program button for more then 6 seconds During this period red LED indicator will start to blink rapidly for the first 3 seconds and then it will continue to blink slowly for the next 3 seconds At the end of the 6 seconds period it will stop blinking and fix the light ON indicating that a new program mode has been selected When memorized new light setting
15. otocol will create flickering problems To avoid those problems you can disable OpenDMX protocol Please note that when you disable OpenDMX protocol you will not be able to drive any slave device or to do the User program Download To dowload User dynamic programs enable temporary OpenDMX protocol do the programming using LX630 USB DMX interface and disable again OpenDMX To disable OpenDMX protocol switch ON the 58 Factory default OFF OpenDMX enabled 1 2 8 Switch SW8 in Slave mode Slave Address Selection Refer to Par 1 2 12 1 2 9 Switch SW9 in Master mode Channel 0 position This switch has a different purpose in Master and Slave mode This switch select the position of the Channel 0 When in OFF position DMX channel seguence will start from the byte 1 while when in ON it will start from the byte 2 SW9 OFF SW9 ON oft fefe EE EE Factory default OFF Channel 0 is on the 1st position 1 2 10 Switch SW9 in Slave mode Slave Address Selection Refer to Par 1 2 12 1 2 11 Switch SW10 in Master mode Frame length This switch has a different purpose in Master and Slave mode Standard DMX512A frame can have up to 513 bytes control byte and 512 channels When used all channels 44 frames per second can be transmitted This frame rate is very low for fine light regulation ele LUJ In those cases when a reduced number of lamps is used a 64 channel mode can be selected In this mode up to 2
16. s by pressing the program button for 3 seconds a dynamic program is not lost but rather it will be pushed to the background To recall the dynamic program just press the program button for 6 seconds During dynamic program execution it is possible to regulate program execution speed For that purpose a dimmer area is used The program execution speed can be regulated from PIL USER MANUAL 10 up to 250 of the original speed The regulated speed will remain for all programs until device will be placed in stand by OFF 2 7 Maintenance The PIL does not need the special particular care Although it is important to follow some simple cautions in order to guarantee long operating life Never clean the device with wet duster water or any other liquid To remove dust use only clean and dry duster PIL Technical Reference 1 0 Introduction This section gives the full information about PIL technical features and it is meant for system integrators installers and other technical personal The PIL is finger touch color regulator and DMX controller The core of the device is a custom 16 bit MCU implementing DMX512A and OpenDMX The latter is based on DMX512A but offers more possibilities such as file transfer synchronous operation and diagnostics and it is a public domain license free document For more information about OpenDMX protocol please refer to www luxitalia eu The MCU uses a proprietary algorithm to tra
17. ther device must answer within 10 mS with ODMX_SRVANW command where SERVICE_ID must be set to 0x01 At this point PIL will stop any other activity including finger sensing for the next 10 mS If within this time remote PC will start file transfer the PIL will start to receive data At the end of the file transfer PIL will restart with the normal activity 1 3 2 Program structure User program structure has the following format Address Length Description 0x00 0x02 Record size 0x02 0x02 Address offset of the program 0x04 0x02 Number of records in the program 0x06 0x02 CHNNUM Number of channels of the in the record structure 0x08 0x02 Total size of the story header excluded 0x10 Records typedef struct BYTE RecordType BYTE Parameter INT FadeTime INT WaitTime BYTE Outputs CHNNUM RECORD You must transfer four programs all together The first to be transfered is all four program headers then all records For more information about program structure and the meaning of each parameter please refer to the OpenDMX P1L TECHNICAL REFERENCE L Gan specification Note that total length of the four programs cannot exceed 31KB and that max CHNNUM 512 171 RGB lamps or 128 RGBY RGBW lamps 1 3 3 File transfer File transfer will occur after ODMX_SRVANW frame transmission The USER PROGRAM file cannot be longer then 31 KB and must contain all four user programs User program can have no records I
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