The Conversion To Light - GLP SCAN OPERATOR FX User Manual

SCAN OPERATOR FX

The conversion to Light

2.3
Every DMX Fixture has its own committed amount of operating channels for its
functions(like movement, brightness, selecting colors and so on), given by the
manufacturer. Since every unit receives all DMX channels of the controller, you have to
set every fixture to the right start address.
At this start address the set interprets the coming values (per channel a value between
0 and 255) for its functions. You will find Information about which channels exist and
what each channel does at a specific value in the User-Manual of the Fixture.
Example:
We have a fixture with 6 DMX channels. Our lighting controller is sending 192 channels
and the data for our DMX fixture is on the channels 100 to 105. Therefore we have to
set the start channel to 100 on our fixture, so that it will receive the correct values .
The second of 6 channels is, according to the fixtures instruction manual, a dimmer
channel. At an adjusted startadress of 100, the set will use the data from DMX channel
101 for its dimmer (channel 100=first channel, 101=second Channel and so on).
Dimmer channels often use a value of 0 = Dimmer at 0% and DMX value at 255 =
Dimmer at 100% - but it does not always have to be that way. For more exact
information's, read the instructions of use for the belonging set .
Caution:
Some DMX Units start counting at 0, not at 1. Then you set the start channel between 0
to 511 instead of 1 to 512. You will find informations about how the fixture counts in the
instructions for use of the belonging fixture, as well.
Reference:
You can set more than one DMX Unit of the same type on the same start address,
without any problems. These fixtures will run exactly synchronized, because they are
receiving the same data. This way you can connect more than 12 fixtures to the Scan
Operator FX.
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