Doug Fleenor Design RAD-ZIPI User Manual

Remote Address Device w/ ZIPI

model: RAD-ZIPI

Operation Manual

The RAD-ZIPI is a hand-hel d battery pow ered devic e which can test and set the DMX add ress for Altman
Spectra PAR and the Color Kinetics Color Blast fixtures.

Power:

The RAD is powered by a standard 9 volt battery. The battery can be changed by removing the back
cover. Power is turned on or off using the slide switch.

To set a fixtures address:

The RAD-ZIPI is connected to the DMX input of the power supply which is driving the fixtures. Doug
Fleenor Design power supplies must be s et to "000" . ONLY f ixtur es to be set should be connected. All
fixtures connected to the pow er s upply w il l be set to the n ew addres s w hen the RAD-ZIPI [SET] button is
pressed.

Turning the RAD-ZIPI on:

After connecting the RAD-ZIPI to the power supply's DMX input, turn on the RAD-ZIPI by us ing the slide
switch on the bottom. The display will show ZIP briefly. It will then show 001.

Setting a DMX address:

Set the desired DMX starting address for the fixture using the buttons located below each digit of the
display. The fixture will accept values from 1 - 510 inclusive. When the display shows the desired DMX
address, push the [SET] button on the RAD-ZIPI. The fixture's red LED's will turn on followed by a numb er
of brief flashes. The programming takes abo ut 3 seconds. After the p rogramming is complete, the power
to the fixture may need to be cycled.

Testing a fixture:

Test the fixture by press the [TEST] button on the RAD-ZIPI. The addres s display ed on the RAD-ZIPI will
be tested. The fixture should flash red, green, blue continuously. The address being tested may be
changed while the test is in progress. The RAD-ZIPI's di spla y di gits cha se duri ng the t esti ng op erati on to
show that you are in the test mode.

The test mode is exited by pushing the [TEST] button again or by pushing the [SET] button. Note that
pressing the [SET] button w il l cause the test to stop and the RAD-ZIPI w il l be gin pro gra mmin g th e fi x ture
to the addr es s s hown on the display.

Power saver feature:

If the RAD-ZIP I is l eft on and is not i n test mod e, it w ill go into a p ower s ave mo de after about 3 0 seconds
of inactivity . A se gment of the center di git's displ ay wil l bl ink in this mode . To ex it the pow er sav e mo de,
press any button once. This will cause the RAD-ZIPI to resume normal operation. The keystroke used
to get out of power save mode will be ignored.

Doug Fleenor Design, Inc.

396 Corbett Canyon Road
Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
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