W-DMX Uglybox mkii Users Manual
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Uglybox mkii
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1. Operation of UglyBox MKII.........................................................
2. Menu A - ”Main Menu”.................................................................
3. Linking/Unlinking Operation.................................................
3.1 Linking Receivers...................................................................
3.2 Unlinking Receivers...............................................................
4. Menu B - ”Link Quality”..........................................................
5. Menu C - ”Histogram”......................................................................
6. Menu D - ”Log”...............................................................................
7. Menu E - ”WDMX”......................................................................
8. Menu F - ”DMX Out”...................................................................
9. Menu F2: ”DMX Out Timing”.....................................................
10. Menu G - ”DMX In”....................................................................
11. Menu G2: ”DMX In Timing”...........................................................
12. Menu H - ”RGB Fixture”................................................................
13. Menu I 1: Settings | Timing “Time”..................................................
14. Menu I 2:..............................................................................................
15. Menu I 3: Settings | Power “Power”....................................................
16. Technical Data.........................................................................
W-DMX UglyBox MKII User Manual
Issue date: 2016-05
Edition: 1
Subject to modifications.
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1. operation of uglybox mkii:
To power up the UglyBox, press the button for 3s and the display will turn on.
When the unit is powerd on, the button will always get you to the main screen.
Use UglyBox as Transmitter:
• Select the WDMX menu and setup the UglyBox as transmitter
• Select the output radio mode and output power
In the main menu, link or unlink your receivers, you have also access to a simple faders to set
the DMX level in the DMX out screen.
Use UglyBox as Receiver:
• Select the WDMX menu and setup the UglyBox as receiver
Link the UglyBox from the desired transmitter as you do with any W-DMX Receiver.
There are 4 ways to track the radio reception:
• In all menus, the momentary reception is displayed in the title bar
• Link Quality, shows the momentary reception
• Histogram, shows the reception over a selected period of time
• Log, if you have an SD card, you can setup the UglyBox to Log the reception level,
either automatically on a periodically basis or manually. When you log the reception
level automatically, you can insert extra points in the log file by pressing “Add
Point”, that is the operation when you have the manual log as well
The UglyBox has also the possibility to show the DMX levels or function as an RGB fixture.
1: Antenna
2: Power
3: SD card
4: Button
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On 900ms / Off 100ms = assigned to a transmitter, but no DMX present
2. Menu A -“Main Menu”
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1: Display current time, can be set in Settings | Time
2: Title of current menu screen
3: Indicate if the automatic log function is active (indicated with green background)
4: Indicate mode and reception level (if rx)
5: Indicate reception level (if rx)
6: Indicate status of SD card: White; working SD card, Red flashing; SD card not
present, Yellow (flashing); SD card present but not working
7: Indication of OEM LED from radiocard (see OEM LED description below)
8: Indiation of battery level
OEM led description
LED Indication - Receiver:
Continuously Off = not assigned to a transmitter
Continuously On = assigned to a transmitter and DMX present
On 100ms / Off 100ms = link to transmitter lost or linking to transmitter
LED Indication - Transmitter:
On 900ms / Off 100ms = no DMX present
Continuously On = DMX present
On 100ms / Off 100ms = linking receivers
On 500ms / Off 500ms = unlinking all receivers
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9: Open Link quality screen (Active when UglyBox is receiver). (See ”Menu B”)
10: Open link histogram screen (Active when UglyBox is receiver) (See ”Menu C”)
11: Open Log configuration screen (Active when UglyBox is receiver) (See ”Menu D”)
12: Open DMX input screen (Active when UglyBox is transmitter) (See ”Menu G”)
13: Open DMX output screen (Active when UglyBox is receiver) (See ”Menu F”)
14: Open RGB fixture screen (Active when UglyBox is receiver) (See ”Menu H”)
15: Open W-DMX Settings screen (See ”Menu E”)
16: Link receiver to this transmitter (Active when UglyBox is transmitter)
17: Unlink all linked receviers (Active when UglyBox is transmitter) or unlink this receiver
(Active when UglyBox is receiver)
18: Open settings menu (See ”Menu I”)
19: Activate lock function, need a pin code to unlock the unit. The pincode is displayed
and set in the Settings | Power | pin code screen. Default pincode is 1234
20: Turn off the unit
3. Linking/unlinking operation
3.1 Linking receivers
When the UglyBox is operating as transmitter, you need to link the receivers to be able to
investigate the link conditions.
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