Fixture Settings And Dmx Channel Requirements; Dmx Addresses - Martin Professional Stagebar 54 User Manual

Pixel left/right inversion
The DM X M O DE → p i x el i n ve r t command allows you to swap the pixels from left to right so that pixel
1 becomes pixel 6, pixel 2 becomes pixel 5, and so on. This feature can be used to obtain mirror effects, or
to simplify control if certain fixtures are installed upside-down in your installation.
Copying DMX mode to other fixtures
The D M X M OD E → c op y D M X m od e command lets you save time by setting up one fixture's DMX mode
settings and then copying those settings to all the fixtures connected to the data output or data input
connector.
Fixtures must not receive an external DMX signal during the copy process.
• If you apply a c op y o ut p ut <- command, the settings are copied forward along the link to all the
fixtures that are powered on and connected to the fixture's data output.
• If you apply a c op y i n p ut - > command, the settings are copied back along the link to all the fixtures
that are powered on and connected to the fixture's data input.

Fixture settings and DMX channel requirements

Depending on the DMX mode and pixel control setting selected in the control menus, each fixture uses the
number of DMX channels shown in Table 2.
For example, a fixture in DMX mode HS I , with pixel grouping set to 3 (in which pixels are controlled in two
groups of 3 pixels), will use six DMX channels. The first three channels will control hue, saturation and
intensity on the first 3 pixels, and the next three channels will control HSI on the remaining 3 pixels.
To give another example, a fixture in DMX mode RG B AW and pixel grouping set to 2 (in which pixels are
controlled in three groups of 2 pixels) will use 15 DMX channels. The first five channels will control RGBAW
on the first group of 2 pixels. The next five channels will control RGBAW on the next group, and the next five
channels will control RGBAW on the last group.

DMX addresses

The DMX address, also known as the start channel, is the first of the DMX channels used to receive
instructions from the controller. If two fixtures are set to the same mode and share the same DMX address,
they will behave identically. For individual control, each fixture must have its own channels. Thus, if a fixture
has DMX address 1 and uses 18 channels, the DMX address of the next fixture must be set to 19, and so
on.
Manually setting DMX addresses
The fixture's DMX address can be set manually using AD D RE S S → m an . ad d re s s in the control panel.
Press Enter, then use the up and down buttons to set the address.
The fixture's battery power means that the fixture does not have to be connected to mains power for manual
address setting.
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Pixel control setting
1
(individual control)
2
(three groups of 2 pixels)
3
(two groups of 3 pixels)
a l l
(1 group of 6 pixels)
Table 2: DMX channels required in different control modes
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RG B RG B AW
mode mode
18 30
9 15
6 10
3 5
HS I H S I C
mode mode
18 24
9 12
6 8
3 4