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MAC One User Manual Rev. B 13
Control options
You can control the MAC One using DMX and/or Martin P3 protocol. The fixture auto-senses the type of
data that it is receiving and will respond correctly with no need for manual protocol selection.
The following options are available:
• DMX control over standard DMX cable connected to the fixture’s 5-pin XLR connectors.
• DMX control using Art-Net over Ethernet cable connected to the fixture’s etherCON connectors.
• DMX control using streaming ACN over Ethernet cable connected to the fixture’s etherCON
connectors.
• DMX control over DMX cable and P3 video data over Ethernet cable.
• P3 video data with embedded DMX commands over Ethernet cable. If you connect DMX / Art-Net /
sACN to the P3 system controller, the controller can merge the DMX commands into the P3 signal and
send them to the fixture over Ethernet.
The P3 Mix DMX channels let you choose how the fixture should behave if it receives both DMX data and
P3 video data. You can use the P3 video pixel data to control the intensity and/or the color of the fixture’s
output with real-time control.
Fail-safe connection
The MAC One has a fail-safe network connection. If the fixture loses power or if you shut it down, it will
continue to relay an Ethernet signal, and the Art-Net / sACN / P3 signal to the other networked fixtures in
the daisy chain will not be interrupted.
Data rate
Any Ethernet switch used to relay Art-Net, streaming ACN or P3 data to the MAC One must be capable of
running at 10/100 Mbps speed, as the fixture does not support Gigabit Ethernet data rates.
P3 video
The MAC One accepts video data using Martin’s proprietary P3 video protocol that has been a well-
established standard in the industry for over 15 years. It lets you send a video signal from a media server
or other video source to P3-compliant creative LED fixtures and moving heads over Ethernet cable using
Martin’s reliable P3 data protocol.
The intuitive graphic user interface in Martin P3 controllers lets you visualize and set up a custom
installation that can contain a huge number of fixtures in any kind of physical arrangement within a few
minutes. Device identification is automatic. You can arrange devices on the monitor using drag-and-drop.
Latency from video input to output on fixtures is extremely low, while there is no latency between fixtures
as they are fully synchronized via the P3 protocol. If you use P3 you do not need to worry about IP
addresses, as P3 does not use IP addresses or IP communication.
The P3 protocol will supply both DMX data and video pixel data to fixtures over a network cable. On the
MAC One you can use the video pixel data to control the intensity and/or the color of the fixture’s Beam,
Backlight pixels or both with real-time control using the P3 Mix DMX channels.
RDM
The MAC One can use RDM communication over the DMX link. See ‘Using RDM’ on page 24 for details
of the options and commands available.
Martin Companion and RDM
The Martin Companion Windows application (downloadable free of charge from the Martin website at
www.martin.com) gives access to all the fixture’s RDM parameters. It supports the fixture’s standard and
manufacturer-specific PIDs. It gives full control of all fixture settings remotely, eliminating the need to
physically climb to the fixture in a rig, for example.
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