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QSW-DMX-IN Software LicenseLutron
369965c 1 01.18.18
This license for DMX input software allows a DMX
lighting stage board (or other DMX source) to control
the levels of lights that are part of a Quantum Total
Light Management system.
Users continue to experience the benefits of Quantum
Total Light Management (e.g., scheduled events,
occupancy sensing, daylighting, wall-station control)
while also maintaining flexible DMX control for setting
up light levels during special events.
This feature is intended for flexible, static lighting zone
adjustment; it is not intended to manage continuously
changing light levels (e.g., theatrical lighting).
Model Number
QSW-DMX-IN
Features
• Supports up to 512 input channels per processor on a
single universe.
• An input channel controls a single lighting zone in the
system.
• DMX input control can be enabled and disabled on an
area-by-area basis.
– Enabling and disabling DMX is achieved by
activating or deactivating the DMX scene in an area.
– Enabling and disabling the DMX scene in an area
can be activated through a timeclock event, contact
closure input, or keypad button press.
• DMX control must be enabled by activating the
specified DMX scene before DMX zone control can
take place in that area. This can be accomplished via
contact-closure input, wall station, keyswitch control,
Quantum Vue or other programmable input.
• Supports zone chaining for partitioned spaces.
• Supports a sustained rate of up to five constantly
changing channels at any one time.
Capabilities
• Adjusts a given zone level up to 10 times/second in
response to DMX input.
• Supports a burst rate of up to 500 zone level
adjustments/second for a maximum of 10 seconds.
• Each input channel can control a single lighting zone
(dimmed or non-dimmed).
Requirements
• Requires a dedicated link on a Quantum processor
that will be controlling zones using a DMX input.
– Only one link per processor can be dedicated for
DMX, with a maximum of 512 inputs on this link.
– Each input can be mapped to only one zone.
The zone must be in the same logical processor
subsystem as the DMX input that is controlling it.
• When controlling the zones in an area from another
source (e.g., a wall station, scheduled event, Quantum
Vue software), the zones in that area will exit the DMX
scene. To prevent this from happening, these sources
must be locked or disabled.
• The lights in an area will not respond to DMX
commands unless the DMX scene is active in that
area.
• One license is required for each processor. The
license is only required for processors that manage
the zones being controlled via a DMX input.
• This license must be activated by Lutron Field Service.
• Requires Quantum version 3.1 or higher.
Limitations
• If daylighting is enabled on all scenes in an area, the
DMX scene will also be daylighted.
• DMX inputs cannot be mapped to 3-channel DMX
zones or to a GRAFIK Eye QS zone.
• The DMX input control is only compatible with the
following Lutron lighting controllers:
- GP dimming panels
- LP dimming panels
- CCP dimming panels
- XP switching panels
- Energi Savr Node 0–10 V- modules
- Energi Savr Node switching modules
- Energi Savr Node phase-adaptive modules
- EcoSystem devices connected directly to QP2 hubs
Note: DALI devices, EcoSystem devices connected
to a GRAFIK Eye QS unit, and EcoSystem devices
connected to an Energi Savr Node with EcoSystem
unit cannot be controlled via the DMX input control
feature.
Best Practices
• See Application Note #592 Lutron Solutions for DMX512-A
(www.lutron.com/TechnicalDocumentLibrary/048592.pdf)
DMX Input Software License for Quantum
