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Advanced Routing Overview

Firmware 0.9 introduces new signal routing options that allow all RR-R2 fixtures to bridge a variety of wired and wireless lighting protocols within the fixture itself

Whether you need an Ethernet-to-dmx node or a built-in wireless DMX transmitter Quasar Science has you covered!

Advanced Routing Release Animation for Quasar Science Firmware 0.9A

Many features have been upgraded and known issues fixed from previous software releases. You can read about in the Firmware 0.9 Explained article.

Advanced Routing Modes

  • starCTRL Mode: As introduced in firmware 0.8b, starCTRL now resides under the Advanced Routing options and gives you access to Bluetooth control of up to a total (7) RR and R2 fixtures via the starCTRL iOS app . See our guide to find out >About starCTRL< for directions and use.

  • DMX → CRMX: The RR-R2 can take a wired DMX input and transmit Wireless DMX out while maintaining the ability to daisy chain the wired DMX connection to additional fixtures.

  • ArtNet → DMX: (formerly NodeMode) This takes the wired ArtNet input and converts it to wired DMX Out. You may independently assign the input/output universes.

  • ArtNet → CRMX*: The RR-R2 can take wired ArtNet input and transmit Wireless DMX out. You may independently assign the input/output universes. (i.e. the fixture can follow Uni 1 but transmit Uni 2 as Wireless DMX).

  • sACN → DMX: (formerly NodeMode) This takes wired sACN input and converts it to wired DMX Out from any available sACN Universe.

  • sACN → CRMX*: The RR-R2 can take wired sACN input and transmit Wireless DMX from any available sACN Universe. (i.e. the fixture can follow Uni 1 but transmit Uni 2 as Wireless DMX)

  • CRMX → DMX: The RR-R2 can be linked as a CRMX Receiver and pass the incoming Wireless DMX signal to its wired DMX output

  • BT → DMX: The RR-R2 can take control data from a Bluetooth connection and pass that signal to the wired DMX output port.

  • WiFi Client → DMX: The RR-R2 can client into an existing WiFi network and accept ArtNet-over-WiFi and pass that signal to the wired DMX output port.

  • WiFi AP → DMX: The RR-R2 can act as a WiFi Access Point for a network and accept ArtNet-over-WiFi and pass that signal to the wired DMX output port, but also allow other RR-R2 fixtures to connect as WiFi clients. 0.9a currently supports a total of (4) Client connections at one time (i.e. an iPad + 3 client fixtures).

Note

*Double Rainbow (RR) fixtures allow for the wired Ethernet connections to be daisy chained when acting as a Wireless TX since their ports are an actual network switch. R2 output ports are DMX-only and not active in Ethernet→CRMX modes.

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