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The Puck 3NX Manual Rev. B

Each wiCICLE

acts as both a transmitter and a receiver, depending on whether

a DMX source is applied to the integral XLR connector. This is an extremely

powerful feature of the system, however, it also requires 1 piece of due dilli-

gence, and that is the removal of extraneous DMX signals from your lighting rig

BEFORE proceeding.

SO: BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE, YOU SHOULD DISABLE ANY

BUILT-IN PROGRAMS IN THE FIXTURES YOU WISH TO CONNECT AND/

OR SET THEM AS SLAVES PRIOR TO RETURNING THEM TO DMX MODE

(IF APPLICABLE). Most fi xtures contain a built-in automatic, sound

active or custom program which is designed to operate with the fi xture

NOT connected to a DMX chain.

Some of these programs will automatically run unless the fi xture is set to slave

mode. These fi xtures typically sense DMX automatically and switch to DMX

mode upon receiving DMX signal (our Pucks do that!)

If you plug a wiCICLE

“receiver” into an autosensing fi xture set as a “mas-

ter, “chances are good that the wiCICLE

“receiver” will begin transmitting the

master program. Most times, this is undesirable, and taking the two seconds to

switch these programs off will solve a lot of ails.

Got that done? Good! Then let’s proceed!

1. Plug the wiCICLE

Receiver into the “DMX IN” connector of the fi xture and

verify it is receiving power (the STATUS LED should illuminate.)
2. Connect the AC/DC adaptor to the the wiCICLE

Transmitter and verify it is

receiving power (the STATUS LED should illuminate.)

3. Press the RECESSED SELECTOR BUTTON on the Transmitter to select the

operating channel group. (The system will store this setting for future use)

The 7-Color Status LED will change color to indicate the current channel group:

· GROUP 1:

RED

· GROUP 2:

GREEN

· GROUP 3:

YELLOW

· GROUP 4:

BLUE

· GROUP 5:

VIOLET

· GROUP 6:

CYAN

· GROUP 7: WHITE

4. Follow the same procedure on the Receiver to select the channel group.

5. Once both the transmitter and receiver(s) are both set to the same chan-

nel group, connect the transmitter to the DMX controller or the DMX out of a

fi xture on your DMX chain.

6. Once a DMX signal is provided to the transmitter, the status LED will blink

RED

slowly until communication is established with the receiver. The status

LED on the receiver(s) will fl ash

GREEN

slowly until communication is estab-

lished.

7. Once the clearest channel is auto-selected, the status LEDs will blink quickly

on both the transmitter and receiver. NOTE: The color of the LED DURING

operation does not indicate channel group, instead it indicates whether the

unit is transmitting or receiving. That’s It!

NOTE: “GROUP” number

also corresponds to the

“GROUP” setting on our

LightCaster™ wireless DMX

Transceiver.