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Dmx terminator – OmniSistem PR Pilot 1200 User Manual

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In the Controller mode, at the last fixture in the chain, the DMX output has to be connected with a DMX
terminator. This prevents electrical noise from disturbing and corrupting the DMX control signals.
The DMX terminator is simply an XLR connector with a 120

(ohm) resistor connected across pins 2

and 3, which is then plugged into the output socket on the last projector in the chain. The connections
are illustrated below.












UP

Projector configuration can be set conveniently via pressbutton switch and digital display. Turn the
projector on and the digital display will show DMX address you set and save last time and it can be
reset and saved again as you please.
Press button UP or DOWN if you want to browse through the various Setup Options.
Press button ENTER to save your settings or enter the next menu. Press button UP or DOWN to shift

the display between

and

or change the display of address.

Press button FUNC, it will return to the upper menu one by one. The display will return automatically
to the function of address display if you stay for about 60 seconds defaulted.
E.g. if you want to set the function of Pan

Tilt 16bit precision valid, do as follows: launch the

apparatus; press button FUNC to

which is displayed in digital display; press button UP to

; press button ENTER, it will display

; press button UP consecutively to

;

press button ENTER, it will display

; press button ON to

; in the end, press button

ENTER. Well done, you have validated this function now.

If you want to set the function of Pan

Tilt 16bit precision invalid, press button DOWN to

;

Then press button ENTER to invalidate this function.
And, if you want to set another function valid or not, press button FUNC to track back one by one;
then, do the same way of e.g. above.




Each PILOT 1200 must be given a DMX start address so that the correct projector responds to the
correct control signals. This DMX start address is the channel number from which the projector starts
to “listen” to the digital control information being sent out from the controller. The PILOT 1200 has 22
channels, so set the No. 1 projector’

s address 001, No. 2 projector’

s address 023, No. 3 projector’

s

address 045, No. 4 projector’

s address 067, and so on.

Launch the projector. Press button FUNC to

; press button ENTER, it will display

;

press button UP and DOWN, you can set the address; press button ENTER to confirm.

DMX TERMINATOR CONNECTION

Connect a 120

(OHM) resistor across

pins 2 and 3 in an XLR plug and insert

into the DMX OUT socket on the last

unit in the chain.

DMX TERMINATOR

SETUP OPTIONS - PROJECTOR CONFIGURATION

TO SET THE DMX START ADDRESS