Swelite W-DMX is based on the technology and philosophy of GSM, with the same security of transmission including Frequency Hopping (FHSS) and Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), which was originally developed by the US Army for safe and encrypted communication during wartime. With 128 different FHSS patterns plus TDMA it is more or less impossible to get interference from other equipment on the 2.4GHz band. To make it even safer the company has included an encryption on the signal from sender to receiver so that each receiver only listen to his master sender and ignores all other signals.
The system is used for both Point to Point and Point to Multipoint, with the potential to have up to 8,196 receivers from a single sender. The receiver is compact and lightweight - 8cm x 6cm and weighs less then 150g. With different antenna solution it's possible to go as far as 30km but with the standard antenna 3.5km (100mW, FSPL). The solution is also ideal for OEM production to be built inside fixtures or consoles. The compact size and easy connection the installation is easily done in a few minutes per unit.
The sender is available in five different models: 512, 2,048, 4,096 and 8,192 channels. The is also a compact plug and play sender called Black Box with 512 channels without display and the more advanced settings. The receiver is plug and play direct into the fixture. There is also no need for IP or Netmask settings such as those required in systems using Ethernet.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
