ETC sensor+ CEM+ Manual page 21

R a c k S pl i t
Patch Dimmers
[Rack Split]
This method allows you to pick a rack, a range of dimmers to assign to DMX Port A, then a range of
addresses from Port A to assign them to. It then does the same for DMX Port B. This is mainly used
when using two separate sources to control different portions of the same dimmer rack.
B y R a n g e s
Patch Dimmers
[By Ranges]
This method allows you total control over patching ranges or individual dimmers to ranges of addresses
or non-sequential individual addresses via the face panel.
1. Choose the port (DMX A, DMX B, EDMX or sACN) you want to patch.
2. Choose the first dimmer number you want to patch
3. Choose the last dimmer number you want to patch. If the last dimmer number is the same as
the first dimmer number, you will only patch a single dimmer.
4. Choose the first address of the previously chosen port to begin assigning to those dimmers. This
will be done sequentially from the first to last dimmer chosen or until you run out of addresses
by going beyond valid maximum range. DMX has a valid range of 1 to 512, EDMX has a valid
range of 1 to 32767 and sACN has a valid universe range of 1-256 and an address range of
1 to 512.
5. Repeat Step 2 through Step 4 until your patching is complete.
6. Press the
Data Port & Priority
The Data Port & Priority menu allows you to choose the rack and port (DMX A, DMX B, EDMX or sACN)
and set the control priority to be used in determining the control source or sources for HTP. Priorities
have a range from 1 (lowest) to 200 (highest). All ports default to 100 along with other ETC products
so that the default control state is HTP. You can also enable or disable the data ports from this menu.
For a clearer illustration of priorities and how the CEM+ uses them, refer to
page 6
on .
Data Loss Behavior
Data Loss Behavior can be set independently for each input port (DMX A, DMX B, EDMX and sACN) in
each rack in the Group. Data loss behavior options are: Hold Last Look, Wait & Fade Out and Play
Preset. When data is restored, the source look will fade in at a 2-second rate.
• Hold Last Look: the CEM+ will hold any active dimmers at whatever levels they were
receiving when the data was lost. The dimmers will remain on until data is restored or
the CEM+ is reset.
• Wait & Fade: the CEM+ will hold any active dimmers at whatever levels they were
receiving when the data was lost for a user-defined amount of time and then fade those
Basic Navigation
Select Rack 1/ 1
[Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]
Patch Dimmer Ranges
To [DMXA]
Press back or home key to exit
button or button to exit.
Port A Dimmers Patch DMXA
From [xxxxx] to [yyyyy] From [xxx] to >yyy<
Port B Dimmers Patch DMXB
From [xxxxx] to [yyyyy] From [rrr] to >sss<
Patch Range Patch Range
From Dimmer [xxxxx] Thru Dimmer [yyyyy]
Dimmersxxxxx-yyyyy
To DMXA [xxx]
Enter or 3 second timer
Dim xxxxx-yyyyy A
DMXA xxx - yyy
CEM+ Playback Priorities
15