Dmx Modes; Fixture Id; Personality - Martin MAC Quantum Wash User Manual

DMX modes

The CONTROL MODE menu lets you set the MAC Quantum Wash to one of the two DMX operating modes,
basic 16-bit and extended 16-bit:
• Basic 16-bit mode offers coarse control of all effects plus fine control of RGB, dimmer, pan and tilt.
• Extended 16-bit mode provides coarse control only of RGB plus all the features of basic 16-bit mode plus
control of the Beam Twister effect and independent control of the different beam zones Outer, Middle,
Center and Aura. It also gives access to the range of pre-programmed FX.
To set the fixture's DMX mode:
1. Press Enter to enter the main menu.
2. Scroll to CONTROL MODE, then press Enter. Scroll to select either BASIC or EXTENDED, then press
Enter to save.
3. Press Menu to exit.

Fixture ID

The MAC Quantum Wash lets you set a four-digit ID number to ease identification of the fixtures in an
installation. When a fixture is powered on for the first time, it displays its DMX address by default. As soon
as you set an ID number other than 0 in FIXTURE ID, the MAC Quantum Wash will display this ID number
by default, and indicate FIXTURE ID in the display.

Personality

The MAC Quantum Wash provides several options that let you optimize the fixture for different applications
in the PERSONALITY menu:
• The PAN/TILT menu lets you swap and/or invert pan and tilt.
• The SPEED menu lets you set PAN/TILT to NORMAL, FAST (optimized for speed) or SLOW (optimized
for smooth movement – useful for slow movements in long-throw applications). Likewise, you can select
an overall speed for all the effects by setting EFFECT speed to NORMAL, FAST or SLOW. You can also
set effect speed to FOLLOW P/T, in which effects will always use whatever speed is set for pan and tilt.
• DIMMER CURVE provides four dimming options (see Figure 2):
DMX %
Linear
- LINEAR – (optically linear) the increase in light intensity appears to be linear as DMX value is
increased.
- S-CURVE – light intensity control is finer at low levels and high levels and coarser at medium levels.
This curve emulates the RMS voltage dimming characteristics of an incandescent lamp such as the
tungsten halogen lamp of the Martin™ MAC TW1™.
- SQUARE LAW – light intensity control is finer at low levels and coarser at high levels.
- INV SQUARE LAW – light intensity control is coarser at low levels and finer at high levels.
• COLOR MODE offers two options that affect color saturation and evenness between fixtures:
- Extended Color mode optimizes LED deployment for color saturation and gets the deepest color
saturation possible from the LEDs. The white color point is calibrated and even across different fixtures,
but as the fixture approaches full color saturation there can be very small differences in color rendition
between different fixtures.
DMX %
S-curve
Figure 2: Dimming curve options
Control panel operations
DMX %
Square law Inverse square law
DMX %
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