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nPWDMX SNAPSHOT DIN
nLight® DMX512 and sACN Controller
INSTRUCTIONS
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nLight-Pathway-nPWDMX-SNAPSHOT-DIN-Manual
SECURITY
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
On January 1, 2020, California became the rst state to enforce cybersecurity and IoT related legislation. Oregon, New York and Massachusetts are following
suit. California’s law is Title 1.81.26“Security of Connected Devices”and mandates that we equip our products with security features that are appropriate to
the nature and function of the device. By law, this encompasses all products that are assigned Internet Protocol addresses which can connect to the Internet
directly or indirectly. Pathway Connectivity, a division of Acuity Brands, will only ship compliant devices regardless of the jurisdiction into which they are sold.
The law requires us to either supply a unique password for our products (see Local Conguration Only below) or requires the users to change the password
before being able to use it (See Creating a Security Domain below). With Pathscape V3 and later, we provide features that protect our products from
unauthorized access or use by enforcing passwords.
Pathway Connectivity does not collect or store personal information on our devices.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU
1. When using products shipped after January 1, 2020, Pathscape will require a single password to allow conguration of all the devices on your network.
Since the release of Pathscape V4, all Pathway Connectivity products can be upgraded to rmware version 6.x. It is suggested you upgrade your devices
to take advantage of the most recent security improvements.
2. Products shipped before January 1, 2020, devices with version 3.x and 4.x rmware will continue to function without passwords using either Pathscape
version 3 or 4.
3. All products shipped after January 1, 2020 may only be congured using Pathscape 4 or later.
4. Products shipped after January 1, 2020 cannot be downgraded to earlier password-free rmware.
5. Using theTools > Firmware Updater dialog (see later in the manual for instructions), devices manufactured before January 1, 2020 may show newer
rmware versions, but using the Select Latest button will not select the latest.These devices do not have a method, like a front panel, to factory default
them.You can manually select the latest rmware using the Select Firmware button, but do not forget the new password as you cannot factory default
them.
6. We highly recommend printing the Password Recover PDF when creating a Security Domain so you can reset lost passwords.
7. Products that are fully congurable from the front panel can enter Local Conguration Mode (Read-Only mode). This allows them to be congured
locally, but not over the network.
8. You will be encouraged to print or save a recovery key in case you lose the password. Do so when setting up your Security Domain. It is the only chance
you’ll get to save/print/see this Recovery Key.
9. If you lose the password and lose the recovery key, you will manually have to factory default each device on the network. See the resource section of the
Pathway website for a comprehensive document describing how to manually factory default all our devices.
10. The complete network conguration may be saved without a password before factory defaulting devices. Applying the saved conguration will require
a new password to be set for the network.
11. Conguring our devices to receive unsecured protocols such as sACN and Art-Net will require you to accept the risks. See WARNING BOX regarding
unsecured protocols below.
12. By default, all Pathway Connectivity products sent and/or receive Pathway ssACN which is an authenticated method of transporting the E1.31 protocol
within a Security Domain.
13. Pathway does not store personal information such as names or email addresses on our devices.
14. On products with a front panel display and encoder using rmware release 6.1, it is possible to opt out of the prescribed security features. See Disabling
Security below.
