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The Connector Definition reference shows the 6 connectors:
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The channel connector is displayed as Chan and the DMX spot connectors show
DMX; they are displayed in green.
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The connector transmitting S-Mix shows SMIX and is displayed in yellow.
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The connector transmitting High End protocol shows HE and is displayed in blue.
When you use the Auto Setup option to set up the output addresses, Sabre defines the
connectors for DMX spots, S-Mix, and High End as it sees fit.
When using the Select Spots option to set up the output addresses, you can assign the
connectors for your convenience.
DMX devices
The number of DMX channels occupied by each device varies according to the type of
device. The number of DMX channels (output length) used by the device appears, in the
definition table, under the device name. This number is used to calculate the DMX output
address that appears in the row labeled "out" in the assignment table.
Assume that the selected device is Superscan Zoom E, which uses 16 DMX channels. This
means that if the device has been assigned to spots 1
under spot 1 will be 1, under spot 2 the output number will be 17, and so on.
If the selected device uses only 8 channels, the output number appearing under spot 1 will
be 1, under spot 2 it will be 9, and so forth.
Of course, you may be using a variety of devices that use a different number of channels,
so you must set the DMX addresses appropriately.
If you assign overlapping addresses an error message (CONFLICT WITH SPOT #) is
generated. The address of the spot causing the conflict is displayed in red and the address
of the overlapped spot is displayed on a blue field. You must correct conflicting addresses.
If you do not correct overlaps some of the spot parameters are inaccessible. Remember that
each connector transmits 512 DMX channels.
Proprietary protocols devices- High End & S-Mix
When Intellabeam or Cyberlights are assigned, the connector transmits High End protocol.
All other proprietary protocols work with an S-Mix converter. Their connector is defined
as S-Mix.
The output addresses for High End and S-Mix spots do not take into account the number
of DMX channels occupied by the device. The output addresses are consecutive numbers
that increment by 1.
The maximum number S-Mix spots per connector are 120 devices using up to 12
parameter channels or 60 devices using 13 or more parameter channels. A typical
configuration is 40 devices using up to 12 parameter channels and 40 devices using 13 or
more parameter channels.
The maximum number of High End spots is 24 per connector.
S-Mix is transmitted on connectors 4 - 6 only.
If your set up includes S-Mix and High End devices, you can assign both of them to the S-
Mix connector. In this case, you must have 2 S-Mix Converters. Example: Martin CYMR
is assigned to spots 25 - 30. Intellabeam is assigned to spots 31 - 36. There is one S-Mix
Mix Output Menu
Æ
12, the output number appearing
27-5
Sabre
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