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DMX Core

Quick Start

This walkthrough takes you from a fresh DMX Core 100 to controlling a light and playing back a show. It assumes you’ve completed Installation (or installed the desktop software) and powered the unit on.

There are two common workflows. You can follow either — or both — and they share the same first two steps:

  • Control fixtures directly — Set up a fixture in the DMX Core 100 and save a look as a preset. Start with Path A.
  • Record & play back — Capture a show from external lighting software and replay it on demand. Start with Path B.

Step 1 — Connect to the Web UI

Most setup happens in the browser-based Web UI.

  1. Find the device IP address under Main Menu > About on the touchscreen (desktop software users: use http://localhost:8000).
  2. Open http://<device-ip>:8000 (or https://<device-ip>:8001) in a browser on the same network.
  3. Log in with your PIN — the default admin PIN is 1111.

See Connecting to the Web UI for full details.

Step 2 — Check Your Output

An output tells the DMX Core 100 where to send DMX data — which protocol and universe. A new install already includes a default sACN output on universe 1, so for a simple single-universe setup you may not need to change anything here.

  1. In the Web UI, go to Lighting Setup > Outputs to review the configured outputs.
  2. If you need a different protocol or more universes, edit the default output or click Add New: choose an Output Type (Art-Net or sACN are the most common for network setups), set the Start Universe Id, and save. Protocol is a separate field that appears only for some output types (plugin outputs such as LIFX or Govee).

See Output Config for all options.

Path A — Control a Fixture and Save a Preset

Add a fixture

The DMX Core 100 ships with built-in generic profiles for common RGB and RGBW fixtures — PAR washes and LED strips/pixels. For a simple RGB light you don’t need to find or import a profile; just pick one of the built-ins when adding the fixture.

  1. Go to Lighting Setup > Fixtures and click Add a fixture (or Add New).
  2. (Other fixtures only) If your light isn’t a generic RGB/RGBW type, click Add profile… next to the Profile dropdown. Lightkey is usually the easiest: search the catalog, download one .lightkeyfxt file, then import it in the dialog. Daslight and GDTF Share are the next stops.
  3. Select the Profile and the Personality (channel mode), then set the Start Channel and Slot/Universe Id to match your physical fixture.
  4. Click Save.

Full details are in Fixture Setup.

Control it and save a preset

  1. Go to Lighting > Fixture Control.
  2. Select your fixture and adjust its color and dimmer — the light responds in real time.
  3. Once you have a look you like, go to Lighting > Presets and save the current state as a new preset.
  4. Activate the preset any time by clicking its play icon to instantly recall that look.

See Fixture Control and Presets to go further with zones, effects, and fading.

Path B — Record and Play Back a Show

Record a cue

  1. Set your external lighting software (or console) to output Art-Net or sACN to the DMX Core 100 on the universe(s) in your input mapping (the Recording protocol on Lighting Setup > Inputs).
  2. In the Web UI, go to Utilities > Record.
  3. Press Enable Recorder to start Preview — you’ll see incoming DMX data on the channel monitor.
  4. Press Manual Trigger to start the take, then run your show.
  5. Press Save Dynamic Cue to capture the full sequence, or Save Static Cue to capture a single moment. Both create a cue (a static save is not a preset).

Full details are in Recording.

Play it back

  1. Go to Lighting > Cues.
  2. Click the play icon next to your cue to start playback. Use the progress bar to pause, resume, or scrub.

See Cues for dimmer, in/out points, and the list-page Default Settings (fade and loop).

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