DMX512 LED Strip

1. Addressable DMX LED strip with external IC in in parallel, every 6 LEDs as one pixel
2. Any failure pixel doesn’t affect the transmission of signal, signal keeps going
3. Directly controlled by controller with DMX512 signal, no need decoder
4. Typical patterns like horse race, water flow, opening windows, meteor effect, chasing, animation, videos, letters, etc. Display any color, any shape, especially for strip screen as well
5. 5 meters transmission distance between 2 pixels

Description:

​SDIP DMX LED strip is an flexible addressable led strip with external IC UCS512/DMX512 in parallel. There are 2 versions, one is 12v, one IC control 3LEDs, every 3 LEDs are cuttable as single pixel. the other is 24v, means one IC control 6LEDs, cuttable per 6 LEDx.

The break-point continuous transmission feature ensures that even some pixel is broken, the signal is not interrupted.

The strips are directly controlled by the signal from DMX512 controller, no separate decoder is required. The widely used DMX512 equipments mean this DMX led strip can be connected to many existing system as well.

Thanks to the vast amount of our project experiences, SDIP know very well what could be the potential quality issues and installation problems, we adopt the dedicated production and quality check tactics to reduce potential problem at factory.

Besides the physical strips, SDIP still provide the one-stop services of Site audit, Layout design, Lighting effect and programming based on LedEdit or Madrix software platforms, Product development and implementation, installation and debugging, we have the field engineer teams to visit your sites for assistance.

Specifications:

Model: SDIP-12V-10L-30LED-DMX512

Model: SDIP-24V-10L-60LED-DMX512

Applications:

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The Ultimate FAQ Guide – DMX512 LED Strip

DMX512 LED strips can help you to make a creatively designed beautiful view wherever you want. These strips can be used to make a project more glowing and beautiful. These LED strips are flexible, Low temperature, non-toxic and special environment friendly. They can also be a source of design in your home. DMX512 LED strips are easy installed strips as well as more reliable and more energy efficient.

1. What is DMX512?
2. What Is DMX512 LED Light Strip?
3. What is a DMX Controller For DMX LED Strip lights?
4. How Does DMX Light Strip Work?
5. How Do You Use DMX512 LED Strips?
6. How To Setup The Strip LED DMX RGB Installation?
7. DMX RGB LED Strip Network Topology?
8. How Do You Connect DMX RGBW LED Strip Lights?
9. Do DMX LED Light Strips Use A Lot of Electricity?
10. What Safety Device Is Required When Connecting A DMX LED Strip Lights?
11. How Can We Protect DMX Light Strip From Too Much Current?
12. Can You Cut DMX512 LED Strips? If YES, How to Do It?
13. How Do I Control My DMX RGB LED Strip Light?
14. How Do I Choose a DMX Controller for Digital LED Strip?
15. Do DMX512 RGBW LED Strip Lights Need A Transformer?
16. How Does DMX LED Strip Works With Raspberry PI?
17. How Can You Tell If A DMX LED Strip Is Burnt Out?
18. Why Is DMX Better Than Radio Frequency Preset Controllers For Addressable LED Strip?
19. Can I Use Normal RGB Led Strips For DMX Lighting?
20. Can DMX LED Strips Catch Fire?
21. Do DMX LED strips attract bugs?
22. How Do I sync DMX LED Strip to Music?
23. How Many DMX Channels Do I Need for LED Strips?
24. How Many LED Strip Lights Can You Daisy Chain DMX?
25. How Do I Program My DMX LED Strip Lights?
26. What is the Best DMX Lighting Software for Programmable LED Strip Lights?
27. What DMX Lighting Console is Recommended for Digital LED Strips?
28. How Long Can a DMX Cable Be for LED Strips?
29. Does DMX Cable Provide Power for LED Strip Lights?

1.    What is DMX512?

DMX stands for Digital Multiplex. In the case of DMX512, It is digital multiplex 512.

A standard for digital Communication networks is DMX512.

Basically, these digital Communication networks are commonly used for the purpose of controlling stage lightings as well as effects.

It can also be defined as a Unidirectional protocol that is largely used for the purpose of controlling special effects as well as Theatrical lights.

It provides 512 channels through 1 data cable.

It is actually based on RS  485 electrical signaling.

Moreover, it is not an automatic error checker, therefore it cannot be considered as an appropriate control for various hazardous Applications.

DMX512

2.    What Is DMX512 LED Light Strip?

It is DMX led strip is the LED strip with IC and the IC is compatible with DMX512 protocol.

The best advantage of the DMX512 LED light strip is that you can easily control up to 512 single color lights through one DMX channel.

Each fixture is properly addressed within the DMX’s 512 universes through the help of the DMX driver.

You will be able to program your lights scenes easily according to the address of DMX that you have already assigned to each fixture.

DMX512 LED light strip allows you to determine the number of sections that you want to control yourself.

3.    What is a DMX Controller For DMX LED Strip lights?

The controller used to control the DMX512’s sections or channels is termed as DMX512 Controller.

You can consider as the brain of DMX512.

It actually broadcasts your DMX in universes.

In the case of DMX512, a universe is 512 channels of DMX.

In order to get a controller for DMX512, you must decide first the number of sections or fixtures that you would like to control.

You will also need to figure out the number of channels that you will be using before you purchase a DMX controller.

A DMX controller can be split into three sections.

A section for fixture selection, color, movement, attribute control as well as an effects section and a section for playback selection.

DMX Controller

4.    How Does DMX Light Strip Work?

DMX Light strip works in a way that the data is sent down through the pulses of electricity with the help of a lighting console.

This data is sent into fixtures or sections that are already daisy-chained together.

You will be connecting the initial DMX cable into your first fixture or section.

In the same way, the outside of the first fixture will be connected to the second fixture.

It should be made clear that DMX cannot be considered as a manufacturer specific.

It means that it is not necessary to use console of same manufacturer who made DMX LED strip.

Its lights from any manufacturer are easily controlled by any DMX console.

Even if the console is manufactured by someone else.

This can be considered as one of the biggest advantages of DMX.

5.    How Do You Use DMX512 LED Strips?

Kindly watch this video in order to know how you should be using DMX512 LED Strips

6.    How To Setup The Strip LED DMX RGB Installation?

LED DMX RGB installation process is a little lengthy.

You will be knowing this process step by step.

First of all, you will be installing MADRIX NEO software on your personal computer.

After installation, you will connect its interface to the USB slop of your personal computer. Locate the recently installed MADRIX program and open it.

Click on “Preferences” and then on “Matrix Generator”.

Here you will be seeing 3 axis sections under the title naming “CountXYZ”.

You will be setting X-axis to 120 and Y, Z sections to 1.

After that, you will be setting your fixture section “Generic RGB light 1 Pixel”.

You just apply it and click ok.

After that, you will be cutting the connector at the end of the power supply.

You need to expose the copper wires.

At the end of your LED strip, you need to connect your positive lead to the red side and the negative lead to the black side.

Make sure that you have one Power supply at the End of the strip.

In the end, you will be connecting a 3-to-5 adapter to a NEO DMX interface output to your LED DMX RGB strip and Turn on the Power supply.

7.    DMX RGB LED Strip Network Topology?

A DMX RGB LED strip employs a network topology with a multi-drop bus topology.

It consists of nodes strung together.

This can be termed as “daisy-chained”.

This network consists of a single DMX512 Controller.

This controller is the master of the network.

It also consists of one or more “slave devices”.

Each slave device will be consisting of a DMX512 “OUT” connector as well as an “IN” connector.

“Out” of the first device is connected to the “IN” of the next device and so on.

For example, the figure below, shows a DMX RGB LED strip network consisting of three slaves and a controller.

DMX RGB LED Strip Network Topology

8.    How Do You Connect DMX RGBW LED Strip Lights?

DMX is a protocol that is used to fog machines or lights.

Its signal is Unidirectional.

It means that it travels in only one direction.

DMX RGBW Strip lights can be connected by understanding its way of operating.

It has actually different modes of operation.

These modes can be sound-active mode, 7-channel mode, 4-channel mode, etc.

These modes will be varying depending upon the device.

You can also connect a group of DMX RGBW Strip lights without using a controller if you set them all to automatic or sound active mode.

In order to set up DMX RGBW Strip lights, you can watch the given video:

9.    Do DMX LED Light Strips Use A Lot of Electricity?

DMX LED Light Strip’s electricity usage depends upon the length of various variables of DMX LED Light strips.

These different variables can be the length of the strip, number of LEDs per strip just as nature of the strip.

For instance, on the off chance that it contains sixty bulbs for each meter, it very well might be evaluated at six watts for every meter of the strip.

When providing it a genuine 5V, it will be devouring five watts for each meter.

Power utilization of DMX LED Light Strips is additionally reliant on the coloring that you will use for LEDs.

A diverse measure of power is burned-through when you will be running various tones or colors for your DMX LED Strip lights.

10.   What Safety Device Is Required When Connecting A DMX LED Strip Lights?

DMX LED Strip Lights are in reality protected to utilize however you should counsel a specialist or the maker of DMX LED strips with respect to the wellbeing while at the same time making associations for DMX LED Strip Lights.

You ought to be wearing plastic wellbeing shoes to stay away from current exchange.

For cutting of wires, you will deal with the cutting instrument in a manner that couldn’t hurt your hands and cut the wires successfully.

You additionally need to wear plastic gloves while making associations so you are not influenced if there are any current motivations running in the wires.

You must find way to protect the devices from broken due to static electricity.

Not just protect people, but also the products.

Safety first

11.   How Can We Protect DMX Light Strip From Too Much Current?

There are so many ways through which the current limit of DMX Light strips can be reduced.

Power management of FASTLEDs can be the most efficient way in order to reduce the current limit.

Has the biggest benefit that it can limit the current draw very creatively.

It should be kept in mind that smaller wiring, as well as smaller power supply, can also be a help if you want to limit the usage of current.

These tricks can help to avoid too much usage of DMX Light strips.

Moreover, the current limit depends on the length, power supply as well as the color intensity of LEDs.

DMX Light strip current usage can be controlled by controlling these factors.

12.   Can You Cut DMX512 LED Strips? If YES, How to Do It?

DMX512 LED strips are flexible and addressable strips and therefore can be cut down.

DMX512 LED strips can be chopped down into different pieces.

For instance, on the off chance that you get a long RGB DMX512 LED strip unintentionally, you can undoubtedly cut it into more modest pieces as per your decision.

Fundamentally, the DMX512 LED strip is isolated into various segments or sections and each portion is containing one RGB LED.

You can undoubtedly cut it through scissors or some other cutting instrument into such countless little pieces or areas.

Cut DMX LED Strip

13.   How Do I Control My DMX RGB LED Strip Light?

Kindly watch this given video in order to know about how to control DMX RGB LED Strip Light:

14.   How Do I Choose a DMX Controller for Digital LED Strip?

In order to get the best DMX controller for the Digital LED strip, you should be aware of various factors.

One of the most important things is that you need to figure out the total number of sections or fixtures that you need to control.

Moreover, you also need to know about the total number of DMX channels that you will use.

It is necessary because there are various DMX controllers that have a minimum capability of controlling DMX channels as well as their memory capacity is also limited.

Before purchasing a DMX controller for a Digital LED strip, you should keep these things in mind.

How to choose DMX Controller

15.   Do DMX512 RGBW LED Strip Lights Need A Transformer?

It is one of the most important questions that you need a transformer for your DMX512 RGBW LED Lights strip.

It is also important to note that you must need a transformer for your DMX LED strip especially when you are wiring them into your mains.

It is due to the fact that they have a significantly lower voltage.

The transformer for the DMX512 RGBW LED strip depends on various factors.

These factors are total wattage, length of strip, and watts per chip.

For example, five meters of sixty small chips will be needing a 30W LED transformer.

DMX Transformer

16.   How Does DMX LED Strip Works With Raspberry PI?

Through the help of DMX512 bus, Raspberry PI can be a source for lighting controls.

It is interesting to know that RS-485 is used in DMX512 bus systems as physical layers.

RS-485 HAT functions with Raspberry PI via the internal UART.

UART is usually connected within the Bluetooth module that is internal.

In order to know how DMX LED Strip works with Raspberry PI, it should be made clear that you know about how Raspberry PI can be working for DMX512 bus systems.

There will be an RS-485 HAT in the system of the DMX512 bus line.

You will be switching the terminator resistor ON and OFF.

One thing is clear that when the HAT is on, you will be switching the resistor ON.

On the other hand, when the HAT is turned-off, you will be switching the resistor OFF.

17.   How Can You Tell If A DMX LED Strip Is Burnt Out?

There are chances that the DMX LED strip can be burnt out if you get a low quality of DMX LED strip.

In case of low quality of DMX LED strip, this will result the strip to be burnt out.

DMX strip LEDs can be found to be burnt out in your strip through a simple process.

For this purpose, you will connect it to your power supply and it doesn’t work, then it can be defective or this can also be burnt out as well.

If your DMX LED is not working, all you have to do is lighting up any other LED in the strip, if they light up successfully, it shows that the LED you have checked before, was burnt out.

18.   Why Is DMX Better Than Radio Frequency Preset Controllers For Addressable LED Strip?

There are so many factors to show that why DMX better than Radio frequency preset controllers for Addressable LED strip.

DMX possesses a standard protocol in light production and stage.

While Radio frequency is used by wireless remote.

DMX is capable of modifying light sequences as well as other presets.

On the other hand, Radio frequency possesses pre-programmed settings as well as effects. DMX has an independent control between sections while Radio frequency has a proper control over brightness or speed.

Moreover, DMX is capable of syncing multiple zones with each other.

It has Applications on larger scale as compared to Radio frequency which has smaller scale Applications.

Why is DMX better than Radio Frequency

19.   Can I Use Normal RGB Led Strips For DMX Lighting?

Of course, a normal RGB LED strip can be easily used for DMX lighting.

You can use any strip as long as it possesses a connection to controller which is appropriate. You will be needing a controller which is capable of receiving a DMX signal and converting that signal to whatever your RGB LED strip requires.

For example, you have a common anode RGB strip.

In this case, you will be needing a controller which is able to accept the input of DMX having common anode support.

20.   Can DMX LED Strips Catch Fire?

Any kind of LED Strip has a lower chance of catching fire. Same is the case of DMX LED strips.

There are also chances that it may catch fire but it requires few conditions.

Most of the time, people try to buy products that are cheap.

It is clear that cheap products may have low quality.

Cheap Product are found market more easily as compared to expensive ones.

At the same time, these products have low quality due to their cheap prices.

Having a cheap Product with low quality can catch fire when you will use it.

It will prove to be more dangerous to lives in its surroundings.

DMX LED strips when bought in cheap prices and low quality, can result in burning of LEDs and catching fire.

21.   Do DMX LED strips attract bugs?

It is a fact that bugs can also be attracted to the DMX LED strip.

According to scientists, approximately 20,000 bugs can be attracted towards LED strips.

There is a difference between incandescent lights and LED strips because LED strips are Responsible for attracting more bugs as compared to them.

Nocturnal bugs find it attractive to be around LED strips.

It is because they consider them as moonlight.

This Attraction towards LED strips by bugs can result in a disturbance of the natural ecosystem.

When all the bugs will be surrounding the LED strips, there will be birds and animals, depending upon bugs’ food, will be hungry.

Choosing the right color for LEDs can reduce this problem.

22.   How Do I sync DMX LED Strip to Music?

If you want to know how to sync the DMX LED strip to music, you will need just a few things. The main thing to point out is that the light of DMX LED strips will flash mostly according to the bassline of the music.

You will be needing an LED fixture, Wire strippers, Electrical tape, and a bass speaker.

First of all, you will connect the wires coming out of the DMX LED into the speaker terminals. After that, you will be stripping the plastic off of the wire strippers.

It will help you to twist with the wired speaker.

You must have some controller or converter which convert sound signal to a signal which DMX controller can work. For example, PX245.

Kindly Watch this video for knowing how to wire a DMX Controller in order to sync DMX LED strip to Music:

You will notice that your DMX LED is illuminating with each beat of the music.

How to sync music with DMX LED Strip

23.   How Many DMX Channels Do I Need for LED Strips?

For an Addressable RGB DMX LED strip, it will be important to have three DMX channels for each LED in the strip.

For DMX LED strip, each LED will be requiring the three DMX channels to control red blue, and green light components.

On the other hand, RGBW will be requiring four channels.

It will need a fourth channel for white color LED in the strip.

Hence, you can say that the number of channels that a DMX LED strip will be required, depends upon the total colors of LEDs that are included in a DMX LED strip.

For example, if you want to control single color, you will be needing a single DMX channel.

24.   How Many LED Strip Lights Can You Daisy Chain DMX?

If you are thinking about daisy-chaining LED strip lights with DMX, You Should remember the 32 Fixture rule.

You can connect only 32 fixtures in a one daisy chain.

In case you connect more than 32 fixtures with DMX, your circuit will not be able to achieve the signal strength that is required for a DMX communication.

You should try to keep your daisy-chain in the range of 16-32 lighting fixtures.

It is due to the fact that some units can be heavier as compared to others in the power amount that they draw.

25.   How Do I Program My DMX LED Strip Lights?

Kindly Watch this video in order to know about how you should program DMX LED Strip lights.

26.   What is the Best DMX Lighting Software for Programmable LED Strip Lights?

There are eight best DMX lighting software for programmable LED strip lights.

1. ADJ Products SDC12 12 Channel Basic DMX Controller
2. MADRIX Nebula Advance SPI Decoder LED Pixel Tape controller For Digital LEDs
3. CHAUVET DJ Obey 3 Universal Controller
4. Enttec DMX USB DMXIS 70570 MAC/PS OC Lighting Controller Interface & Software.
5. YaeCCC DMX512 Metallic Housing Controller
6. ADJ Products DJ controller, Multicolor
7. Rockville ROCKFORCE 384 Channel Light/Fog DMX Lighting Controller
8. CO-Z 192 DMX 512 Stage DJ Light controller

27.   What DMX Lighting Console is Recommended for Digital LED Strips?

If you want to know about what lighting console will be best for digital LED Strips then watch the whole video:

28.   How Long Can a DMX Cable Be for LED Strips?

A DMX cable can be 300m long for LED strips. The maximum cable length for DMX can be 300 meters in total.

In case you need more than 30 drivers, a splitter will be required for additional 30 drivers.

It should be made clear that the last driver will be named LIN100A1-T where T denotes terminator and hence it will be needing a terminator as well.

Here is a Typical wiring or 24V RGBW with DMX:

How Long Can a DMX Cable Be for LED Strips

29.   Does DMX Cable Provide Power for LED Strip Lights?

It should be made clear that DMX is actually a communication signal.

It is used to communicate with LED strips.

Its only purpose is to communicate and not to supply power for LED strip lights.

It is obvious that all DMX lighting fixtures or sections as well as dimmer packs actually require their own power supply.

Does DMX Cable provide Power Supply

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