Goddard Design
Lighting data verification and test equipment

Quick reference comparison of MiniDMxter4 and the DMXter4 RDM

Feature MiniDMXter4 DMXter4
Display 2 line by 20 char Larger 2 line by 20 char
Back light Yes Yes
Size 98mm x 152mm x 44mm - Handheld 215mm X 165mm X 85mm - Table top
Case Formed Aluminum & Lexan panel Built into water resistant, self - contained case
Battery power 2 AA batteries Rechargeable battery
AC / External powering USB port powered or optional wall wart Built-in intelligent charger
Switches 12mm tactile 20mm lever action with gold contacts
Switches field replaceable No Yes
Software updates by PC via USB port PC via USB port
RDM physical layer support Yes Yes
User interface 7 buttons and USB port 8 buttons and USB port
Input passively looped thru to output or terminated under program control No, the input is always terminated; the signal may be electronically routed to output by program. Yes
Cable test routine for all 5 conductors using DC and real data Yes Yes
Snapshot of DMX line Yes Yes
Number of different slots levels sent 512 (Send / Edit) 512 (Send / Edit)
Flicker Finder™ Yes Yes
Graphic display of slot levels Yes Yes
Intercept DMX 512 and modify any combination of slots No Yes
Receive marginal DMX512 and resend with setable, conservative, parameters No Yes
DMX512 Flavors 7 ( if Colortran option included) 11 ( if Colortran option included)
User Setable flavors None 3
View all slot levels on a PC Yes Yes
8 Cue ShowSaver Yes Yes
No. of cues stored in non-volatile memory 4 8
ShowPlayer option with 8 shows of over 200 cues per show No Low cost option
Scope trigger modes None Extensive for Transmit, Receive and RDM
High speed packet dump software that sends everything to a USB terminal No Yes
Support for DMX512 55 hex test packet Yes Yes
Support for DMX512A text packets Yes Yes
System Information Packets support No Yes
Adjust a range of slots at one time No Yes
Multi-Slot fixture test mode No Yes
Timing measurements and error display Full Lil’DMXter style measurement routines The industry leading measurement routines for DMX512 and RDM
RDM packet timing measurements No
RDM responder addressing setting Yes Yes
RDM device configuration Yes Yes
Advanced RDM controller software for product testing and development No Extra cost option
Advanced RDM inline monitoring and ‘sniffing’ software No Beta version now
USB2 interface Mini B direct coupled Full size B isolated
Both DMXters have many more features, please consult the data sheets and web pages


 

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Last updated: Wednesday 8 September, 2010