Dmx Address Menu; Setting Dmx Start Channel; Determining Dmx Start Channel Assignment - High End Systems x.Spot User Manual

DMX Address Menu

DMX Address is the top level menu selection used to set the fixture's DMX start
channel. Use this menu option, to change the existing DMX start channel to another
DMX start channel.

Setting DMX Start Channel

To set the DMX start channel:
1. Press the Menu button to unlock the menu system or to move back up the system
to the top level menus. DMX ADDRESS MENU is the first menu item at the top level.
1. Press the Enter button to select. The display will show SET DMX START
CHANNEL:###. The display will show the start channel currently assigned to the
fixture.
2. Use the up and down arrows on the Navigation button to select a new DMX start
channel from 001– 498. The display will flash a new option ready for selection.
Note: The last valid Start channel for an x.Spot fixture is based on the channel
range required by fixture's module configuration. The last valid start
channel for a standard configuration x.Spot fixture is 475 (512–38+1).
3. Press the Enter button to accept the new DMX Start channel.
Note: If the Enter button is not pressed, the old value will remain selected after
exiting the menu.

Determining DMX Start Channel Assignment

There are 512 available channels on each DMX link divided among all the devices in
a particular link. A fixture must have a unique Start channel number in order to
respond independently to controller commands.
To determine each fixture's DMX start channel in a link, identify the channel range
of every fixture on the link. Channel range is the number of consecutive channels a
fixture requires. Each standard configuration x.Spot fixture requires a block of 38
consecutive channels on a 512-Channel DMX link. The Start channel is the first
number a fixture's channel range.
Customized x.Spot fixtures may have may require a different number of channels.
Use that range in calculating the Start channels on the link for those fixtures. The
following options in the Menu system assist in determining the configuration,
number of channels and the next available start channel on the DMX link for a
specific fixture.
• "Module Configuration Menu" on page 3-20
• "Channels Needed" on page 3-28
• "Next DMX Channel" on page 3-28
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