Hardware Choice


When you start the software for the first time ProSceniumDMX detects automatically the type of hardware (external or internal) you have, and selects the right address. To force a defined address you can select it manually.

In this section, the type of DMX interface is selected.

If the interface installed is a Martin DMXADP Parallel Port adapter, the parallel port base address should be selected in the left frame.

If you encounter problems performing this operation, please verify the base address as described in the Hardware Troubleshooting section.

If a Martin ProSceniumDMX ISA Card is installed, the base memory address should be selected in the right frame.

Please refer to the Printed User's Manual for installation procedures.

If DMX line stability problems are encountered (DMX devices not behaving properly) and the proper cabling and layout of the line has been verified, it is possible that some of the DMX devices used are not compliant with the USITT-specified, DMX-512/1990 protocol used by ProSceniumDMX.

In this event, the ProSceniumDMX makes it possible to relax DMX output timings (mainly longer break and lower refresh rate) to allow timing-marginal DMX devices be used, this will show no major visible degradation of the line response.

To activate this feature, select the "DMX Relax" option, exit the program and perform a full power off/power on cycle of the PC. This operation is necessary, only in this case, to fully reset the Software and DMX interface. On subsequent software start-ups, this operation is not required. To return to standard (USITT 1990) timings, select the "Normal (Usitt 1990)" option and the perform the same reset cycle as described above.

Click on auto-detect hardware to automatically find your DMX interface.


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