Conventional Fixtures; Intelligent Fixtures; Fixture Attributes - Strand Lighting NEO User Manual

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reaching such levels. The Channel Profile can be used for configuring individual channels or for multiple channels at
once.
Channel Profiles

Conventional fixtures

Conventional fixtures are those that have only one property that can be controlled from the lighting desk, hence
requiring a single output to control it.
Examples of conventional fixtures are:
• Standard luminaires - profiles, fresnels, etc
• Effects Equipment - smoke/fog machines, bubble machines, mirror balls, etc.

Intelligent Fixtures

Intelligent fixtures, in contrast to conventional fixtures, have multiple attributes that can be controlled from the
lighting desk. Examples are LEDs, automated luminaires, effects equipment and more.

Fixture Attributes

Fixture attributes can be 8-bit or 16-bit. This essentially determines how finely a property can be controlled. A 16-bit
attribute uses 2 DMX outputs to control the value to be set. Instead of 256 value levels the attribute can have 256 x
256 values or 65,536 different values.
A 16-bit property can be more finely controlled than an 8-bit property. For example, 16-bit pan and tilt enables the
fixture to be moved much more precisely than 8-bit pan and tilt.
• 8-bit - has 256 steps, 0 to 255 for the value.
• 16-bit - has 65535 (256 x 256) settings, 0 to 65535 for the value.
NEO's Fixture Library stores attribute information about your fixtures. The library is divided into fixture brands. This
helps to organize the wide range of fixtures that are available into manageable groups.
Table 1 on page 212 shows a list of common attributes that a fixture may have.
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