Settings; Modes; Control Address - Martin Professional Exterior 200 User Manual

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ETTINGS
This section describes how to set the control address, personalities, and
clock. To set user options you need a Martin MP-2 Uploader that has been
loaded with the Exterior 200's control software and connected to the fixture
or data link. Please refer to the MP-2 Uploader user manual for details.
Note: Fixtures do not provide feedback to the uploader. Therefore, the
current settings can only be read by observing the behavior of the fixture.
M O D E S
The uploader provides two ways to access fixtures: single-fixture mode and
all-fixtures mode. In single-fixture mode, the uploader communicates only
with the fixture at a designated address. In all-fixtures mode, the uploader
communicates with all fixtures, of the same type, to which it is connected.
Fixture-specific settings such as the control address should be made in
single-fixture mode. If no other fixtures are connected, however, then all-
fixtures mode may be used. Global settings are made easiest in all-fixtures
mode.
C O N T R O L A D D R E S S
The control address, also known as the start channel, is the first channel
used to receive instructions from the controller. Each fixture needs its own
control address set, and uses this address and subsequent control channels
to receive instructions from a controller. The Exterior 200 uses seven control
channels.
The control address, also known as the start channel, is the first channel
used. The Exterior 200 uses seven channels of control data. It reads the
data on the start channel and the next six channels. If the control address is
set to 100, the fixture uses channels 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, and 106.
Channel 107 would be the control address for the next fixture.
If two or more fixtures are set up with the same address, they will receive
the same instructions and should behave identically. Setting up identical
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