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Receiver Setup
You will need at least one Multiverse SHoW Baby to use as a receiver.
1. Install the Multiverse SHoW Baby you will use for a receiver in a convenient location
where you can reach it with a DMX cable to the device (or devices) it will be providing
DMX for. As with the Multiverse SHoW Baby transmitter, locate the unit higher in the air
for best results, and try to place your Multiverse SHoW Baby receiver where its antenna
will be within line of sight with the transmitter.
2. Install the provided antenna and point it straight up in the air.
3. Connect the provided 12V DC Power Supply to the unit, and connect to mains power.
The Multiverse SHoW Baby will be configured as a receiver and the Rx LED will light.
4. Select a SHoW ID by matching the ID/Data LED color to that of the transmitting
Multiverse SHoW Baby you wish to receive DMX data from by using the button located
on the rear of the unit next to the power jack. Transmitter and receiver SHoW ID colors
must match for them to communicate.
5. Connect a DMX cable from the Multiverse SHoW Baby DMX OUT to the first DMX device
you want to provide DMX to. You can then continue to add devices to up to a total of 32
DMX devices in the chain. Like any other DMX system, be sure the last connected
device in the chain is properly terminated.
6. As soon as you begin broadcasting from the Multiverse SHoW Baby set up as your
transmitter, the data will be received by the SHoW Baby(s) 6 set up as receiver(s) and the
transmitted DMX will be output from the receiver unit’s DMX OUT. The received signal
quality will be displayed on the four LO – RF Signal – HI LEDs. This four LED “meter” will
light to show you your signal quality; a high quality wireless signal is three or more LEDs,
and lower quality signal is two or less.
You can set up any number of additional Multiverse SHoW Baby units as receivers.
RDM Operation
Multiverse SHoW Baby is fully enabled as an RDM proxy system, so you can use RDM to
manage your Multiverse SHoW system and any connected RDM responders that are
downstream of the system.
In order to use RDM, you will also need an RDM controller such as the DMXcat Multi Function
Test Tool or a lighting control console with a built-in RDM controller.
Multiverse SHoW Baby Advanced Setup
Besides the six SHoW IDs settable via the “Set ID” button on the back of the SHoW Baby, all SHoW
DMX Neo SHoW IDs (70) and all Multiverse 2.4GHz SHoW IDs (147) are accessible with any RDM
controller, such as DMXcat®. When set to a SHoW ID not listed in Table 1, the ID/Data LED will
become blue.
Using Multiverse SHoW IDs enables the use of additional Multiverse features such as Forward Error
Correction, mDMX (lower radio energy), and improved RDM performance, as well as allowing the
Multiverse SHoW Baby to serve as a receiver on a system with a Multiverse Transmitter or Multiverse
Node. (Note: Multiverse SHoW Baby is compatible with Multiverse Transmitter P/Ns 5910 and
5911 when used with a Multiverse SHoW ID on the 2.4GHz band.) See Table 4: Multiverse SHoW
IDs on page 12 for more information about the additional SHoW DMX Neo or Multiverse SHoW IDs.