DMX DMX-8, DMX-16 User Quick Manual

METER BRIDGE

NETWORKED BROADCAST CONSOLE

DMX-8 SURFACE PART IDENTIFICATION

(DMX-16 HAS EIGHT ADDITIONAL FADER CHANNELS)

PGM 1 METER PGM 2 METER SWITCHED METER EVENT TIMER

DMX-8: 041394
DMX-16: 041395

CONTROL SURFACE

MODULE

HEADPHONE JACK

(IN SIDE PANEL)

FADER CHANNELS (X8) PALM REST MONITOR CONTROLS FOR CR & STUDIO

CHANNEL

FADER CONTROLS:

SOURCE SELECTOR

(PRESS TO TAKE)

PGM 1 - 4

ASSIGNMENT BUTTONS

(LIT WHEN SELECTED)

CUE (PFL)

TALKBACK

(TO TELCO SOURCES)

CHANNEL FADER AT

UNITY GAIN POSITION

(-12 dB)

CHANNEL

FADER

BOARD OPERATOR CONTROLS

SWITCHED METER

SOURCE SELECT

EVENT BUTTONS (X4)

PROGRAMMABLE BUTTON

(FUTURE USE)

EVENT TIMER RESET

(WITH CHANNEL ON,

WHEN LIT)

EVENT TIMER

(MANUAL START/STOP)

CONTROL ROOM MONITOR

SOURCE SELECT

STUDIO SOURCE SELECT

CUE LEVEL

STUDIO MONITOR LEVEL

OLED DISPLAY

(SHOWS SOURCE NAMES

& CHANNEL STATUS)

CHANNEL ON

CHANNEL OFF

TALK TO STUDIO

CUE TO HDPN

(STEREO / SPLIT)

STUDIO MONITOR SOURCE
STUDIO & CR HDPN LEVELS

CR MONITOR SOURCE

CR MONITOR & CUE LEVELS

CONTROL ROOM MONITOR LEVEL BOARD OP HEADPHONES LEVEL

MIC 1

PREAMP

GAIN

MIC 2

PREAMP

GAIN

LOGIC I/O (#)

(6 INS OR OUTS,

GND, +5 VDC)

BROADCAST CONSOLE

PR&E MIX ENGINE REAR PANEL CONNECTORS

FOR CR MONITORS (CR), BOARD OP HP AMP (HDPN),

MONITOR OUTPUTS (*)

STUDIO MONITORS (STU), AND CUE

Service & Support

by

500 Industrial Drive
New Bern, NC 28562 USA
[phone]
[e-mail]

www.wheatstone.com

POWER FOR THE
DMX-8 SURFACE

IEC AC INPUT

120 VOLT AC ONLY

MIC 1 IN

PHANTOM

ON / OFF

MIC 2 IN

PHANTOM

ON / OFF

PREAMP

OUTPUTS (*)

(TYP. JUMPER TO

ANALOG INPUT 1)

EIGHT INPUTS (*)

(4 ANALOG, 4 AES)

STEREO OR DUAL MONO

PROGRAM BUS

OUTPUTS (*)

(4 ANALOG, 4 AES)

FIVE PORT GIGABIT SWITCH (%)
(CONNECT MIX ENGINE & SURFACE, PLUS SETUP PC,
VOXPRO PC, AUDIO SERVER, OR NETWORK SWITCH)

DMX SURFACE & MIX ENGINE CONNECTIONS

Remove the upper rear cover from the Surface (three #1 Phillips screws) to access the DC power and Ethernet connec­tors (see photo). After positioning the Surface on your countertop, mark and drill a small cable access hole for the DC
and Ethernet cables. On the DMX-8, the Mix Engine must be mounted so the supplied 16-foot DC cable can easily
connect to the Surface. The DMX-16 Surface has a separate DC supply so the Mix Engine can be located up to 100
meters from the DMX-16 Surface.

On a DMX-8 fasten the DC cable from the PWR OUT jack on the
Mix Engine to the power jack on the Surface. On a DMX-16,
connect the DC power supply cable to the Surface DC power
plug. On either Surface, connect a customer-supplied CAT6
cable from the Surface Ethernet jack to PORT 4 on the Mix
Engine’s Gigabit switch. Replace the rear cover panel on the
Surface.

Surface DC Power & Ethernet Connections

On the Mix Engine, install a short Ethernet cable between the ETHERNET jack and PORT 5 on the Gigabit switch. Plug in
the supplied IEC AC cord to the Mix Engine and connect to an isolated ground AC outlet. It will take roughly two
minutes for the Mix Engine and Surface to complete their power up process.

DMX SURFACE & MIX ENGINE CONFIGURATION

The DMX ships with a USB thumb drive with three software apps (DMX Surface Setup, PR&E Navigator, PR&E System
Configuration Tool). These apps are used to configure and manage your DMX consoles. The thumb drive also has a PDF of
the user manual and this Quick Guide. The DMX apps can be installed on any Windows PC (XP, 7, 8, or 10; 32- or 64-bit
processor). For best performance the PC needs at least 1 GB of memory and a 1.8GHz or faster processor.
This “admin PC” needs to have one NIC assigned to an IP address of 192.168.87.20. Connect the NIC to
one of the Mix Engine’s Gigabit switch ports using a straight-thru CAT5 cable (customer-supplied).

ETHERNET (%)

(JUMPER TO

SWITCH PORT)

CONNECTOR WIRING

STUDIOHUB+ WIRING

*

RJ45 PIN (WIRE)

1 (WHT/ORG) Left + or AES +
2 (ORG) Left - or AES ­3 (WHT/GRN) Right +
6 (GRN) Right ­4 (BLU) GND
5,7,8 No Connection

WNIP LOGIC WIRING

#

RJ45 PIN (WIRE)

1 (WHT/ORG) GND
2 (ORG) Logic 1
3 (WHT/GRN) Logic 2
4 (BLU) Logic 3
5 (WHT/BLU) Logic 4
6 (GRN) Logic 5
7 (WHT/BRN) Logic 6
8 (BRN) +5 Volts

ETHERNET WIRING

%

RJ45 PIN (WIRE)

1 (WHT/GRN) TRANSMIT+
2 (GRN) TRANSMIT­3 (WHT/ORG) RECEIVE+
4 (BLU) N/C
5 (WHT/BLU) N/C
6 (ORG) RECEIVE­7 (WHT/BRN) N/C
8 (BRN) N/C

SIGNAL

SIGNAL

SIGNAL

The PR&E System Configuration Tool is used change the device settings on a DMX Surface, Mix Engine,
or Razor Interface. Since every DMX device ships with the same IP address: DMXSurface = 192.168.87.201;
Mix Engine = 192.168.87.101 (Blade ID=1); Analog Razor = 192.168.87.50; AES razor = 192.168.87.60; and
A/D Razor = 192.168.87.70. The Config Tool allows multiple consoles to be easily networked together by
automatically changing the default IP address and Mix Engine IDs to be uniquely set for each device in
your facility.

The DMX Surface Setup app “marries” the Mix Engine and Surface. It’s then used to configure the Surface
for a specific application by setting various Surface options including which sources appear on each
source selector and setting the various channel attributes that can be assigned to a source, along with
a host of other settings which are in five vertical page tabs.

The PR&E Navigator is used for DMX system
management. It is initially used to name
system signals. It is then used to connect
signals by clicking in an X-Y crosspoint grid;
to create and take salvos to allow many
system functions to be done simultaneously;
to manage the system through a built-in
syslogger; along with many other system
control functions.

Rev B

DMX Surface Setup Icon& VDips Page Tab PR&E Navigator Icon & Crosspoint Grid

PR&E System Configuration Tool & Icon