Dmx Address And Protocol; Tailoring Performance - Martin MAC 350 Entour User Manual

DMX address and protocol

The DMX address, also known as the start channel, is the first channel used to receive instructions from the
controller. For independent control, each fixture must be assigned its own control channels. Two MAC 350
Entours may share the same address, however, if identical behavior is desired. Address sharing can be
useful for diagnostic purposes and symmetric control, particularly when combined with the inverse pan and
tilt options.
Depending on the selected DMX mode, the MAC 350 Entour requires 14 or 17 DMX channels. 8-bit mode
uses 14 channels and provides coarse control of all effects. 16-bit mode uses 17 channels and provides the
8-bit mode features plus fine control of gobo rotation, pan and tilt.
DMX addressing is limited automatically, making it impossible to set the DMX address so high that you are
left without enough control channels for the fixture.
To set DMX address and 8-bit or 16-bit mode
1. Press [Menu] to enter the main menu.
2. Press [Up] or [Down] until ADDR is displayed. Press [Enter]. To snap to channel 1, press [Enter] and
[Up]. Scroll to the desired channel and press [Enter]. Press [Menu] to return to the first level of the main
menu.
3. Press [Up] or [Down] until PSET is displayed. Press [Enter]. Select 8BT for 8-bit mode or 16BT for
16-bit mode. Press [Enter]. 16-bit mode uses 3 additional DMX channels to provide fine control of
rotating gobo, pan and tilt.

Tailoring performance

Movement
The MAC 350 Entour provides several options in the pan/tilt settings menu PERS→PTST for optimizing
movement for different applications.
• The pan/tilt speed (PTSP) menu provides 3 settings: FAST, NORM and SLOW. The FAST setting
provides better performance in applications where speed is most important. This is the default setting.
The SLOW setting gives smoother but slower movement. NORM is an intermediate setting.
• The pan and tilt invert (SWAP) menu swaps pan and tilt so that commands sent on the pan channel are
applied to tilt and commands sent on the tilt channel are applied to pan.
• PINV and TINV invert pan and tilt movement so that for example a pan left command makes the fixture
pan right instead.
• The effects speed (EFSP) menu provides 4 settings: FAST, NORM, SLOW and PTSS (pan/tilt speed
slave). If set to PTSS, effects speed follows the pan/tilt speed set in the PTSP menu. This is the default
setting.
• The shortcuts (PERS→SCUT) setting determines whether effects take the shortest path between two
positions, crossing the open position if necessary, or always avoid the open position.
Display
The display on/off setting (PERS→DISP) determines whether the display remains on constantly (ON) or
goes into sleep mode 2 minutes after the last key press (2 MN) or 10 minutes after the last key press
(10MN). The display can also be set so that it is activated if the fixture diagnoses an error.
The display intensity (PERS→DINT) setting controls display brightness. Select AUTO for automatic
display or manually set the intensity to a level from 10 to 100.
To invert the display when the fixture is installed base up, press [Up] and [Down] simultaneously.
DMX reset
The DMX reset (PERS→DRES) setting controls the behavior of the reset command. When set to ON, the
command is fully enabled. When set to OFF, the command is disabled to prevent accidental resets. When
set to 5SEC, the command must be sent for five seconds. The special combination of DMX values listed
under channel 1 on page 32 allows you to execute a reset even when the command is disabled.
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