Appendix Admx Control Of Cyberlight; Overview - High End Systems Cyberlight User Manual

Appendix A
DMX Control of Cyberlight
Use this appendix to control your Cyberlight fixtures using DMX 512 modes 1, 2, and 3.

Overview

The Cyberlight is a block-addressed fixture; that is, you do not address it at an arbitrary DMX start channel,
but rather at a channel boundary. There are two channel boundaries you can select: 15-channel and 20-
channel. If you choose to control your Cyberlight on a 20-channel boundary, for example, each fixture takes
up a contiguous block of 20 DMX channels.
Selecting a DMX Mode
The three DMX modes available for your Cyberlight provide three different levels of control and flexibility,
and can be used with CLs, SVs, and CXs as summarized below:
• Mode 1: standard 20-channel control.
• Mode 2 (recommended): enhanced 20-channel control. Mode 2 offers the same features as mode 1 but
at greater resolution (for example, mode 2 supports frost strobing and 96 shutter strobe speeds while
mode 1 does not support frost strobing and supports only eight shutter strobe speeds).
• Mode 3: minimal 15-channel minimal control. Mode 3 does not support color mixing or zoom. You
can select mode 3 in two possible situations:
• You are controlling only CXs on a link. Mode 3 utilizes all CX features but does not support color
mixing or zoom, which are supported by CLs and SVs only.
• You have do not have enough available DMX channels on the link to allocate 20 channels per
Cyberlight fixture. (Mode 3 also supports up to 34 fixtures per link, while modes 1 and 2 both
support up to 25 fixtures per link.)
Note Modes 1, 2 and 3 are supported by all Cyberlight models. If you have any Cyberlight CXs on the
link, they will not respond to color mixing or zoom commands, but will otherwise respond to
commands identically to CLs and SVs.
Performing Software Uploads Over a Link
Software uploads can be performed over a link using either a Link Card or the Cyberlight Upload Module.
Fixtures automatically switch to LWR protocol for the upload, then switch back to DMX control after the
upload has been successfully completed. Consult the Status Cue software documentation or the Upload
Module for the procedure.
Note There are two things that can stop software uploads to a Cyberlight: a data distributor and certain
High End Systems equipment on the same link. You must bypass any data distributors when
performing a software upload on a link. Also review the section titled "Controlling Multiple High
End Systems Fixtures on the Same Link" on page 2-3.
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Appendix A DMX Control of Cyberlight
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