Dmx 512 Protocol - Martin RoboScan Pro 518 User Manual

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The RoboScan Pro 518 supports tracking and vector mode and 8 and 16 bit pan/tilt resolu-
tion. The 3 DMX modes and the channel requirements for each are shown below. The cor-
rect mode will depend on your programming preferences and your controller's abilities.
In tracking mode, movement speed is determined directly by the controller's fade time.
In vector mode, speed is determined by a value programmed on a separate DMX channel.
For smooth movement in vector mode, the controller's fade time must be set to 0, i.e., the
position must bump from the current value to the next. If the RoboScan Pro 518 is set to run
vector mode, tracking mode can be enabled by programming the speed channels to 0.
With 8-bit pan/tilt resolution, pan and tilt are divided into 256 positions. Finer position con-
trol is possible with 16-bit pan/tilt resolution, which divides each position into smaller
increments.
DMX Mode
Mode 1 - 8 bit Pan/Tilt, Tracking
Mode 2 - 8 bit Pan/Tilt, Vector
Mode 3 (default) - 16 bit Pan/Tilt, Tracking
Channel
Mode Mode Mode
1 2
1
* Set color to UV Pass
and effects wheel to
5500 Æ 3400K CTC
filter. Hold 5 seconds.
2
18
DMX
Values Percent
3
0 - 5
6 - 10
11 - 138
139 - 170
171 - 202
203 - 235
236 - 252
253 - 255
0 - 14
15 - 239
240 - 255
RoboScan Pro 518
Channels
7
9
9
Effect
Strobe/Stand-Alone/Reset/Lamp On/Off
0 - 2 Default
2 - 4 Fan low (Fan high at all other values.)
Strobe, fast Æ slow
4 - 54
55 - 67 Remote stand-alone, auto trigger
67 - 79 Remote stand alone, music trigger
80 - 92 Reset fixture
93 - 98 Lamp power ON
99 - 100 Lamp power OFF*
Dimmer
0 - 5 Full dimming
Dimming, 100 Æ 0%
6 - 94
94 - 100 No dimming
PL432 Jumper
No jumper
Jumper on pin 5 and 6
Jumper on pin 4 and 5