Lucenti BLACKWAVE PIXLDRIVE8 PRO Bedienungsanleitung
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BLACKWAVE
PIXLDRIVE8 PRO CONTROLLER
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RELEASE V1.0
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QUICK START GUIDE
LUCENTI LIGHTING
This PixlDrive8 Pro is the rst product co-developed with KLSTR.
KLSTR is a universal hardware platform especially designed for lighting devices.
With the purchase of a KLSTR enabled product you can control, congure and monitor all
your KLSTR enabled products using our KLSTR application.
KLSTR is designed to simplify the control and conguration of lighting setups.
In this quick start guide we will show you how easy and intuitive the KLSTR application is.
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GETTING PREPARED 4
DOWNLOAD THE DESKTOP APP 4
INSTALLATION 4
WINDOWS 4
MACOS 5
GETTING STARTED WITH KLSTR 7
CONNECT YOUR DEVICES 7
ETHERNET 7
DAISY CHAINING 7
STAR AND RING TOPOLOGIES 8
PIXLBUS 11
SELECT INTERFACE 12
NETWORK TOPOLOGY VIEW 13
NETWORK DEVICES AND SUBDEVICES 14
DEVICE CONFIGURATION 15
DISCOVERY 15
OVERVIEW 16
PORT SPECIFIC 17
CONTROL 18
DEVICE MODE 18
EDMX 18
MERGING 18
START ADDRESS 18
DENSE MAPPING 18
EFFECTS ENGINE (STANDALONE OPERATION) 19
TEST PATTERNS 19
BLACKOUT 19
NETWORK 19
FIRMWARE 19
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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GETTING PREPARED
GETTING PREPARED
First of all you will need to download the KLSTR control application called KLSTR.CTRL.
We are building and adding new features continuously, both on the device rmware and
the application.
You can download the latest version of our application on latest.KLSTR.tech.
The application is available for Windows 10 and macOS.
Windows
First, download the zip archive containing the application and unzip it.
Install the application by running the .exe le in the folder.
After installation the application will launch itself.
Windows Firewall settings
When you start the KLSTR application for the rst time, Windows will ask you if the application
is allowed to pass through the rewall.
Press the ALLOW ACCESS button.
Download the desktop app
Installation
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macOS
First, download the dmg containing the application and mount it. Drag the application to the
applications folder.
Go to your applications folder and open the application. When you start the KLSTR application
for the rst time, macOS might ask you if you want to open the application because it was
downloaded from the internet. Conrm that.
Depending on your macOS settings, the application might not be permitted to start.
To x this, open your SYSTEM PREFERENCES, go to SECURITY AND PRIVACY :
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To x this, open your SYSTEM PREFERENCES, go to SECURITY AND PRIVACY :
Click on “Open Anyway” to start the application.
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Ethernet
Every KLSTR.one device has 3 ethernet ports, referred to as port A, B and C.
KLSTR.one is built on a managed ethernet switch that allows you to connect your devices in every
topology that suits you best.
There are a couple of rules to follow to optimize your system. We will quickly explain:
Daisy Chaining
The physical location of devices generally invites connections to make use of a daisy chain.
To forward data over ethernet, the device needs to have power. As a result, in case of an
unpowered device in the chain, the devices “afterwards” in the chain will not be connected to
the network.
Of course, that would be problematic in case of an unexpected power failure.
However, to allow users to safely connect devices in a daisy chain, port A and port B are tted
with an internal relay that physically connects port A to port B when the device is unpowered.
Connect your devices
In the example above, the power of device #2 is interrupted. The internal bypass relay will
close and physically connect port A to B: this means that port B from device #1 will be directly
connected to port A of device #3 on the drawing.
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In this example above, we’ve connected port C of device #2 to port A of device #3. Device #2 has
a power malfunction. All devices further on the line ‘after’ device #2 are also impacted, because
they are not connected to the network anymore. This could have been easily avoided by using
port B on device #2 to connect it to device #3.
>> One simple rule of thumb : when daisy chaining devices, only use PORTS A & B.
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Star and Ring topologies
Introducing the relay protects your ethernet based lighting system from power failure in your
system, however it does not protect your setup against faulty cables, connectors that become
loose or ethernet / dmx converters that malfunction.
With KLSTR.one we introduce real redundancy to your lighting rig by oering the possibility to
create rings in your cabling.
In this example we connected 8 devices in a ring. daisy chaining the devices and connecting the
last controller back to the rst.
KLSTR will detect this ring conguration and will automatically congure ONE of these cables as
a backup path. This will be indicated in the application as a green dotted cable.
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In case of a change in the cabling topology, KLSTR will activate this backup path and send the
data through the other path.
The broken cable will be indicated with a red dotted line.
Any combination of topology can be created. KLSTR will automatically congure the necessary
connections to reach all devices and create all the necessary backup paths.
Keep in mind that connecting devices in a daisy chain behind a ring is best established with port
A and B as we can still reach the device when in case of a power failure.
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