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KONTROL 5 Skywire Manual Rev. A

1. Turn the unit off.

2. With the unit off, press and hold the & but-

tons.

3. Continue to hold the button combination until KONTROL 5 Skywire’s

LED display shows “

UP--

.”

4. Release the button combination, then press any button to proceed

with the upgrade.

5. Once upgrade is complete, KONTROL 5 Skywire™ will display the

“OK” message (

) as indicated above.

3.7 Skywire™ Wireless DMX

KONTROL 5 Skywire releases you from the crushing chains of cable-fed DMX

lighting. It features 512 auto-assigning frequencies in 7 groups allowing up

to 7 systems to run simultaneously in the same space, completely free of

interference! It’s capable of reliable wireless communication for over 1000

feet, line-of-sight!

But first, you’ll need a Blizzard wiCICLE® receiver or Lightcaster™ wireless

transceiver (sold separately) to act as a receiver for your lights. This receiver

(FEMALE XLR CONNECTOR) is connected at the input of the first DMX fixture.

The 7-color coded frequencies of the Kontrol 5 Skywire™ match up perfectly

with all Blizzard wireless DMX products.

NOTE: 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 fixtures contain a built-in automatic, sound

active or custom program which is designed to operate with the fixture

NOT connected to a DMX chain.

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

mode. These fixtures 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 fixture 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!