ADDICT®-SYS V3.1.
Introduction ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Contents ADDICT®-SYS V3.1.0 ..................................................................................................... 1 Advanced DALI & DMX512 & RDM – Install, Commission &Test ................................... 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 4 SAFETY FIRST ...................................................................................................
Introduction ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Test DMX512 – Sniff Channels ................................................................................. 46 RDM Setup – Identify All ......................................................................................... 47 RDM Setup – Count Devices .................................................................................. 47 RDM Setup – Setup Devices...................................................................................
Introduction ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Control Freak® ADDICT®, arguably the first and best tool for DALI (& DMX512 and RDM with the optional DMX512 lead). With the ADDICT®, project commissioning becomes faster and easier. This is the user manual for the ADDICT®.
Introduction ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual SAFETY FIRST Our first consideration is always safety. Under any circumstances: DO NOT connect the ADDICT® to an untested cable – ENSURE the cable is free of mains voltage and certified at a suitable SELV by the installing electrician. The ADDICT® is immune to mains voltages on the line except in the rare circumstance that mains is applied at the same moment that the ADDICT is both powering the line AND communicating by shorting the line.
Introduction ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual This Guarantee specifically excludes faults which arise because of alteration, tampering, misuse, abuse, accident, vandalism, or negligence. In no event shall the manufacturer be liable for consequential damages. All other warranties inclusive of any warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose whether expressed or implied are hereby expressly negatived to the fullest extent permissible by law.
Introduction ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual ADDICT Legacy The ADDICT is now a 3rd Generation DALI/DMX512 commissioning device built upon years of research and development. The new ADDICT V3 moves to an unprecedented level of sophistication, allowing for more features than ever before.
Introduction ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Using the ADDICT Keys/Buttons Name Image Function Turns the ADDICT® On or Off Power Navigate up in menus and select the previous value on function screens. If pressed while on the first item/value, selection will wrap around to the last item/value Navigate down in menus and select the next value on function screens. If pressed while on the last item/value, selection will wrap around to the first item/value Increases the currently selected value by 1.
Introduction ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Menu Navigation All the functions available with the ADDICT® are accessed using a simple menu system: The → arrow along the left-hand side of the screen indicates which menu item is currently selected. Pressing up and down ( and ) buttons navigates up and down the current menu. Pressing ENTER opens the selected menu item, which will either display a sub-menu or enter a function screen (which are explained in the next section).
Introduction ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual screen). Pressing enter on any other value on the screen has the same effect as pressing down. In special cases, additional information is displayed when pressing the enter button. Pressing escape will return to the menu.
Introduction ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Global options for DALI functionality Three global options, two of which are enabled by default, may affect the operation of function screens (but only for DALI functionality): • Live Preview – if this option is enabled, the ADDICT® will transmit DALI commands to immediately show what has been selected for certain values, e.g. when selecting the address of a device, that address is set to maximum and all others to minimum.
Introduction ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual PC Communication Adapter and Leads Some of the functions available with the ADDICT® require a connection to a PC. To connect the ADDICT® to a PC, an RJ45 to DB9 adaptor or lead may be used (available from Creative Lighting). If your PC or laptop does not have a 9-pin serial port, you will need a suitable USB-9 pin serial adaptor available from computer supply companies. Note: the combined length of the connection between ADDICT® and PC should be less than two metres.
Introduction ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual To connect the ADDICT to the PC requires a USB to RS485 tool, such as the DIGITECH RS485 tool, or Enttec USB Pro. To apply the firmware update; 1. Enter Boot Mode a. Either by pressing ‘Connect to Device’ from the PC while “Control Freak ADDICT” is displayed on screen at start-up, b. Or by pressing both the ESC and ENTER Keys while “Control Freak ADDICT” is displayed on screen. c. If successful, the screen will display “Firmware Update” 2. Use the Tool shown below.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual DALI Functionality The DALI menu contains four submenus: – Installation, Configuration, Diagnostics, and Advanced – and the underlying functionality contained in each of these sub-menus is described in detail in this section of the user manual. Installation The Installation menu contains the most common functions required when installing DALI devices.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual During the random addressing process, one the following messages may appear on the last line of the screen: • “Complete” – random addressing has finished, and at least one device has been randomly assigned an address. • “No new devices” – no devices without addresses were detected on the line when Address New is selected. • “No devices on bus” – no devices were detected on the line when Address All is selected.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual If a lamp is removed from a device, it is assigned with the next address, and the instruction of the screen changes to the following: The ADDICT® will then wait until the lamp is reconnected. Once the lamp is reconnected, the ADDICT® will visually confirm that the device has been addressed: During visual confirmation, the lamp will flash three times if it has been addressed.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Remapping Remapping allows devices on the DALI line to be given new addresses, and will usually be required after random addressing if devices need to have specific addresses (which is recommended). The following example will remap address 14 to address 55: When selecting the new address, a message will be displayed indicating if the selected address is not currently used on the line (as shown in the above figure).
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual The navigation buttons (up and down) are used to select between the address and each of the 16 groups. When a group is selected, +/- toggles between a tick and a cross and the group will be assigned/unassigned when that group is unselected. Each time a navigation button is pressed, the screen is updated to show the current group assignment and this can be used to confirm any changes that have been made.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Configuration Each DALI device contains several standard stored settings that affect how it will react to different commands and events. The Configuration menu contains five functions for changing these stored settings, as well as a Summary function for quickly viewing the current settings for a device. Settings Cfg Settings is used to configure the stored settings in a device (or group of devices) that require only one value.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual The values for the Defaults? setting is yes/no, and selecting yes and pressing enter will cause the settings for the device to be reset back to factory defaults. Although current values can’t be retrieved for groups of devices in DALI (as multiple devices would have to simultaneously reply), Cfg Settings can still be used to change the settings for groups of devices, but confirmation won’t be available unless an address within that group is selected.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual (2nd addresses line of screen text), but no confirmation is available for groups (2nd line of screen text) unless an address within that group is selected (2nd line of screen text).
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Scenes Each DALI device can have store up to 16 scene levels, and the Config Scenes menu contains three functions for setting up these scene levels. Set Scenes Set Scenes allows scene levels to be set for both addresses and groups, and follows a similar approach to Config Groups: When an address is selected, the level for the currently selected scene is displayed, as well as either the percentage or “MASK” (mask means take no action in relation to the Scene).
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual However, not all possible combinations are valid, and the following table outlines the scenarios available when copying scenes: Source Device Scene Address 0 – 15 Address 0 – 15 Address ALL Group 0 – 15 Group 0 – 15 Target Device Address or Group Address or Group Address or Group Same as source group Same as source group Result Scene 0 – 15 ALL ALL 0 – 15 ALL The selected scene from the source device is copied to a scene in the target device(s).
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual First Device Scene Second Device Scene Address 0 – 15 Address 0 – 15 Address ALL Address ALL Group 0 – 15 Same as first group 0 – 15 Result The selected scene in the first device is swapped with the selected scene in the second device. All scene levels in the first device are swapped with the scenes in second device (scene 0 swapped with scene 0, scene 1 swapped with scene 1 etc.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual The following are examples of the information pages (including the display of both actual values and alternative values where available) for address 4 (note only 1 out of the 4 pages for scenes is shown): The DALI compliance version (DALI Ver.) shown on information page 9 for a device is the compliance version of the device itself, not of the ADDICT®.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Diagnostics The Diagnostics menu contains functions for testing the devices connected to the DALI line, as well as for testing communication between the devices and other controllers. Test Commands Test Commands is used to send DALI commands to addresses, groups or ALL devices, and none of the commands will change any of the stored settings in the devices. “Devices:ALL” can always be selected even if no devices are responding.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Chasing Chasing is used to light up addresses or groups within a specified range one after the other. During chasing, the address or group currently being “chased” is set to maximum, and all other devices are set to minimum.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual • • • Recall Data Store Data Sniff to PC Start Sniffing The ADDICT® will start sniffing the DALI line until the user presses enter, or 250 packets are received. Every 2 hours, if the 250-packet limit has not been reached, the time will reset to start from 0 again. When a packet is detected during sniffing, its contents are displayed on the screen (as well as the number of recorded packets).
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual 4th The following example shows that the detected packet was a “Query Ballast” command from a master (another term for controller) to the device with address 3, 16.06s after the ADDICT ® started sniffing. A reply of FF (in hexadecimal, 255 in decimal, and indicates a “yes” reply to the query command) is also shown, and was detected 0.01s later. Replies are always 1 byte, and are always displayed in hexadecimal.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual The following example shows a “query lamp failure” command sent to group 0, and 0.01s later invalid data was detected on the line, indicating that more than one device in group 0 tried to respond with YES (or FF) to the query. Therefore, at least two devices in that group have lamp failures. See Error or Yes details below.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Error or Yes: An Error or Yes may appear on the screen under a few conditions. On the ADDICT V3, the most likely reason for the result will also be shown on the screen with the following message: • “Half b <300us” – The DALI Half bit was less than 300us causing an error • “Long b <600us” – The DALI Long bit was less than 600us causing an error • “Incorrect Bit” – The DALI Bit was incorrect, expected a 0, got a 1.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual ® If the Send all to PC menu item is selected, the ADDICT will transmit all the recorded and stored packet data via the PC communications link to a PC (or any device capable of receiving RS-232 serial data). The following is an example of what is transmitted by Send all to PC: #ADDICT 1.0 Sniffed packet data #Last 15.91s 0191 M>A00 Query Ballast 15.96s 0391 M>A01 Query Ballast 16.01s 0591 M>A02 Query Ballast 16.06s 0791 M>A03 Query Ballast 16.07s FF 16.
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DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Count Devices Count Devices scans the DALI line and displays a count of the number of addresses, groups and reported lamp failures currently on the line. During scanning, a progress bar is displayed as shown in the following: The following example shows that 10 addresses were detected on the DALI line, as well as 4 groups and one of the 10 addressed devices is reporting a lamp failure. Press enter or escape to return to the menu.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Advanced The Advanced menu contains functions which go beyond simple installation and configuration of DALI devices. SCI (Serial Communications Interface) Mode SCI Mode allows an external controller (such as a PC) to communicate to devices on the DALI line using the RS-232 serial communication protocol. An example of a PC software package that can communicate with the ADDICT ® using SCI Mode is WinDim by Tridonic.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Capture All Capture All will capture the stored settings for all devices currently connected to the DALI line and associate them with the same bus ID. The first screen displayed for Capture All selects the bus ID that will be associated with the stored settings. As a bus ID is being selected, the number of devices currently stored with that bus ID is also shown.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual After the bus ID and address have been selected, the ADDICT ® will ask for confirmation for capturing. If a new slot is required and there isn’t a free slot available, capturing will not proceed. Selectable values: • Bus ID (0 – 99) – the bus ID to associate with the stored settings • Address (0 – 63) – the address of the device to store the common settings for.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Transmit to PC Transmit to PC sends all the device settings that are currently stored in the ADDICT ® to a PC (or other device capable of receiving RS-232 serial data) via the PC communications link. Note that the current version of the Terminal-compatible PC comms is listed correctly in the data set as “1.0". The following is an example of the data that is sent: #ADDICT 1.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Programming Programming is used to copy the stored settings for a device (obtained by capturing) from the ADDICT® into a DALI device. Refer to the section on Capturing on page 35 for more information regarding storing settings for a device. The following four menu items are found under Programming: • Program All • Program 1 by 1 • View Stored • Recv.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual • • Bus ID (0 – 99) – the bus ID associated with the stored settings to be programmed into the connected DALI devices. Only existing bus ID’s can be selected.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual Program 1 by 1 Program 1 by 1 allows the programming of stored settings for one device at a time. Program 1 by 1 also doesn’t require that the address stored in the ADDICT ® and the address of the device on the line match. The first example shows the device with address 41 on the DALI line being programmed with the stored settings with the same address under bus ID 2.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual The following example shows that (so far) 10 new slots have been used, 31 existing slots have been updated (therefore 41 lines of data have been received) and there are still 138 free slots available: Recv. from PC will end if the escape button is pressed or the designated end of file character “.” is received at the beginning of a line. Any lines starting with the comment character “#” will be ignored.
DALI Functionality ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual ADDICT Options ADDICT Options is a special menu with three items: • Live Preview • Auto-Scan • SCI Tx Mode See page 11 for explanations of how these options affect DALI functionalities. Each option will have either a tick or a cross next to it depending on whether that option is currently enabled (a tick) or disabled (a cross). In the following example, Live Preview and SCI TX Mode are currently disabled, and Auto-Scan is enabled.
ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality The DMX512 & RDM menus contains all the DMX512 and RDM functions available with the ADDICT®. They provide a few quick and easy options for testing both DMX512 masters/controllers and slaves/devices (under the DMX512 menu), as well as advanced configuration options for devices implementing the Remote Device Management protocol (under the RDM menu).
ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality Note: any changes made to a channel level will instantly affect that channel level in the DMX512 output signal, i.e. the enter button does not need to be pressed to change the output level. Selectable values: • Starting Range (lowest value, 1 – 505) – the initial range of values to be displayed on the screen. Press enter to start generating DMX512.
ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality Test DMX512 – Sniff Channels With Sniff Channels, the ADDICT® behaves as a DMX512 slave, and only receives a DMX512 signal. During sniffing, the ADDICT® will display the levels that are currently being received for a range of 8 channels at a time.
ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality It is also possible that the controller generating the DMX512 signal may not be sending levels for all 512 channels, and the ADDICT® indicates this by showing a channel level as “---“ if it hasn’t received a level for that channel. RDM Setup – Identify All Identify All sends a command to all RDM compliant devices (currently connected via the DMX512 interface cable) instructing them to begin their identification procedure.
ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality The first screen under Setup Devices is the Select Device screen. On this screen, the only selectable value is the 12-digit device UID (a device’s unique ID, every individual device will have a unique identifier).
ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality The increase and decrease buttons change the value shown for the address, and pressing enter saves the new value into the device. Once set, the address is retrieved again from the device for confirmation. Setup Device – Device Info (standard, required) The Device Info page contains four subpages that display various information about the selected device. Use the increase and decrease buttons to navigate between the subpages.
ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality Setup Device – Software Version Label (standard, required) The Software Version Label page displays a text description of the software version (instead of the hexadecimal version shown on subpage 4 of Device Info) currently programmed into the selected device. If the software version label is longer than 16 characters, it will scroll across the screen.
ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality If the device model description is longer than 16 characters, it will scroll across the screen. Setup Device – Manufacturer Label (standard) The Manufacturer Label page displays a text description of the selected device’s manufacturer. If the manufacturer label is longer than 16 characters, it will scroll across the screen.
ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality Pressing up and down will move the arrow left and right along the label, selecting the character that can be changed. Moving past the ends will cause the display to scroll appropriately. Pressing enter will store the new label into the selected device. After storing, the label will be retrieved from the device to confirm that is has changed. Pressing escape returns to the viewonly page for the Device Label.
ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality Press the increase and decrease buttons to scroll through the available personalities for the selected device. Press enter to store the selected personality as the current personality for the device. Setup Device – Reset Device (standard) The Reset Device page allows for the selected device to be reset remotely. There are two types of reset available, a warm reset and a cold reset.
ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual DMX512 and RDM (Remote Device Management) Functionality on each individual device to report the available parameters and their data formats (as specified by the RDM standard). Note that a device is not required to report all its implemented manufacturer-specific parameters, and so these unreported parameters cannot be configured using the ADDICT®.
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Optional Extras Optional extras for the ADDICT® at time of publication include: Type Model Cases ADD-CARRYCASE ADD-TrolleyBackPack (see photo left) Wireless ADD-PP-WIRELESS LINK ADD-PP-Battery 12V for WIRELES ADD-PP-Battery charger for 12V RS232 Parts DMX-512 Trolley backpack with Control Freak® logo and DALI Systems Integrator emblem.
Optional Extras ADDICT v3.0.1 User Manual The ADDICT® with optional case (lockable aluminium), optional DMX lead and included SMPS power adaptor, RS232 patch lead, 9V battery, universal lead set and PC Comms lead (dongle and cat 5 lead now superceded by an RJ45 to 9-pin serial lead). DALI Systems Integrator backpack, shown with optional radio modems in the side pockets. Backpack has a retractable handle and wheels for trolley use.
FCC Statement Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
