ETC RSN-DMX2-I-4 Quick Start Guide

ETC Setup Guide

Wall-mount Front View Wall-mount Back View

OLED screen

Touch to
Wake Sensor

Up, Down, Back,
Enter buttons

Reset button

Available connectors:

DMX Out (XLR Female)
DMX In (XLR Male)
DMS RJ45

Aux power

Gr

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Ethernet

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Response Mk2 Two-Port Gateway

This guide covers installation and basic setup of the Re sponse Mk2 Two-Port Gateway. You can
configure additional software features using ETCConcert software. Reference the Help system built
into Concert for more information. ETC Conce rt software can be found at etcconnect.com/Concert.

Overview

There a re two versions of the Two-Port Gateway: a wall-mount version and a portable version.

Action Buttons

Up, Down, Back buttons - T he Ba ck button allows you to return to the previous menu or option
and the Up and Down buttons navigate between menu options
Enter - The Enter button allows you to a dvance to the next available menu option or commit a
modified selection
Reset - The Reset button provides a physical button to reset the gateway
Touch to Wake Sensor - Cove r the sensor with your hand to wake the display

LED Indicators

Power - Solid blue indicates that power is supplied
Network - Solid green indicate s network connection and blinking indicates network activity

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Two-Port Gateway

Electrical Specifications

The gateways are powered by either auxiliary power or P ower over Ethe rnet (P oE).

Auxiliary power input rated voltage of 12-24 VDC, 4 W Max, Polarity Independent
10/100Base-T, PoE power Cla ss 1 (IEEE 802.3af)

For auxiliary power, the wall-mount gate wa y use s a two-position screw clamp terminal block. The
portable gate wa y uses a screw locking DCbarrel connector for use with an external power supply
(available separately).

If you supply both PoE and auxiliary power, the gateway defaults to using auxiliary. If auxiliary
power is lost, the gateway will reboot and then begin using PoE.

Note: If you are using an e xternal power supply, it must be rated at a maximum of

15watts.

Connection Options

There a re three different connector types available depending on your gateway:

DMX Out (five-pin female XLR)
DMX In (five-pin male XLR)
DMX RJ45 (input or output)

The Response Mk2 Gateways send and receive DMX-512 control signals. DMX cables must be
acceptable for DMX data transmission and conne ctions should follow the standard pinouts per the
charts below. The optiona l secondary data pair is not used by the Response Mk2 Gateways.

The DMX RJ45 varia nt can use a standard RJ45 Cat5e cable or better to transmit DMX-512 to other
devices with the same connector.

Note: The DMX RJ45 connector does not function as an Ethernet network port.

Pinouts

DM X-512

Pinout for

five -pin XLR

Pin Use Pin Use

1 Common (shield) 1 Data 1 + w/orange
2 Data - 2 Data 1 - orange
3 Data + 3 not used w/green
4 not connected 4 not used blue
5 not connected 5 not used w/blue

6 not used green
7 Signal Common w/brown
8 Signal Common brown

DM X-512 Pinout

for RJ45

Wire
Color

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ETC Setup Guide

Termination
switch location

Two-Port Gateway

DMX Termination

Te rmina tion is required for all DMX systems and belongs at the source
(be ginning) of a DMX line and at the last device physically connected in
the line. A termination switch is located internally for each input/output
and can be configured for DMX termination (IN), No termination (OFF) or
RDM termination (OUT ). By default, the DMX termination switch is set to
the appropriate position based on the port type (Female XLR and RJ45 set
to OUT and Male XLR set to IN).

If you need to change the termination setting, perform the following steps:

1. Disconnect your gateway from all power supplies.

2. Remove the gateway from the back box or portable
enclosure. The termination switches are between the
two printed circuit boards, one on either side of the
gateway.

3. Se t the termination switch to the a ppropriate
configuration.

About RDM

Remote Device Management (RDM, ANSI E1. 20) is a protocol enhancement to DMX-512 that allows
bidirectional communication between a lighting system controller and attached RDM-compliant
responder devices over a standard DMX line. This protocol allows configuration, sta tus monitoring,
and management of these devices.

An RDM Controller is the device that initiates communica tion with one or more RDM Responder
devices. Examples of responders are RDM-e na bled edge devices such as color scrollers, dimmers,
moving lights, and LED fixtures. Compliant DMX-512 and DMX-512-A devices (non-RDM devices)
are fully functional when RDM is present. The Response Mk2 Gateway supports up to 256 total
RDMdevice s across its ports using standard DMXsystem design practice s.

Note: RDM is currently only supporte d on DMXOutput ports.

RDM Basics

By defa ult, RDM discovery is not e nabled on the gateway. To enable RDM on the gateway, use the
ET C Concert software or the user interface on the front of the gate wa y. Please see the Concert
online help file s for more information on activa ting RDM on your gateways or see

RDMSettings on page 7

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Configure

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