Tand Alone Operation; Control Modes - Martin MiniMAC Maestro User Manual

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TAND ALONE OPERATION
In stand-alone mode, individual MiniMAC Maestros can be programmed with up to
20 scenes without an external controller. Multiple MiniMAC Maestros can be
linked together and scenes on all fixtures can be synchronously triggered by a
"master" fixture.
C O N T R O L M O D E S
The MiniMAC Maestro provides two stand-alone modes that allow you to program
and execute a sequence of up to 20 scenes without an external controller. The major
differences between the two modes are show in Table 4.
Maximum fixtures
Protocol setting
Link termination
Execution
In DMX Stand-Alone Mode, up to 32 MiniMAC Maestros may be connected for
synchronized operation triggered by a "master" fixture. Execution may be set to
start automatically upon startup, selected from the control panel, or toggled on/off
with an MC-X controller, which also provides direct selection of 7 scenes.
Programming is done from each fixture's control panel. Fixtures may be
programmed in IR Mode and then operated in DMX Stand-Alone Mode if stand-
alone operation of more than 10 fixtures is required.
The Infrared Remote Control (IR) Mode supports up to 10 fixtures and requires
the infrared transmitter and receiver listed on page 51. (One receiver supports up to
10 fixtures.) Programming and execution is done from the handheld remote control
or the fixture control panels.
When working with multiple fixtures in either mode, each fixture is individually
programmed with its own scenes, and then during playback, scenes of the same
26
DMX Stand-Alone Mode
32
d4
yes
automatic, control panel,
and MC-X
Table 4: Stand-alone mode comparison
Stand-alone operation
6
IR Remote Control Mode
10
rCS (master), rCr (others)
no
IR remote, control panel