Response Mk2 DMX/RDM Gateway Port LED and Home Screen Statuses
Question
What do the LEDs next to the ports on my Mk2 DMX/RDM Gateway mean?
What does the text on my home screen for each port mean?
Explanation
Each port on a Mk2 DMX/RDM Gateway has an LED that indicates the current status of the port:
- Output mode
- Green (solid): Valid sACN sources on the port
- Green (slow blinking): No valid sACN sources on the port. Note that the port can be in a Hold Last Look (HLL) state
- Green (fast blinking): Attempting to output but there are other DMX sources detected on the DMX line causing a collision
- Amber (blink): RDM transaction in process
- Red-Green (alternating blinking): The port is updating a connected ETC device
- Amber-Green (alternating blinking): The port is in DMX test mode
- Input mode
- Red (solid): Active DMX input on the port
- Red (slow blinking): No active DMX input on the port
- Red (fast blinking): DMX source is invalid
- Off: Port disabled or power off
In addition to displaying the name and IP address of the gateway, the home screen provides information for each port.
- Typical format per port: port # direction universe
- Ex: 1 -> 12 means port one is outputting on port 12
- Arrow directions
- Left- facing: receiving
- Right-facing: outputting
- Background color
- Black: active port
- White: inactive port
- Special characters
- * after port number: port performing data loss behavior
- DD: dimmer doubled port
- AIP: Advanced Input Patch
- ^ : port in downloader mode
- X: disabled port
- ... : universe is above 999 or split