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Controlling INTELLABEAM via the MA-Scancommander (Vers. 4.31)
1. Changing from Light Wave Research protocol to DMX 512
DMX input to all the lamps is via a 3pin XLR connector, where pin 1 to 3 correspond to pin 1 to 3 of the 5 pin
XLR connector of standard DMX 512. Pin 4 and 5 of the DMX connector are not used.
Attention: the pin order at the 3 pin connector is 1-3-2, whereas the 5 pin connector shows 1-2-3-4-5.
(Some of the older Intellabeam 400 don´t accept DMX 512, even when it is printed on the backpanel. For this
lamps please ask for a lamp update eprom at your High End dealer.)
2. Personality setting for high resolution or extended DMX
As the Scancommander enables you to set very exact DMX values, it is recommended to set Intellabeams to
High Resolution on the 7 channel mode, or you may use the 13 channel mode of "Extended DMX".
This gives you:
- better resolution on Pan / Tilt
- direct access to the Gobo and Color spin functions
- access to the homing (via SPECIAL in the SPEED menu) and speed function (via
SPEED 1).
To run the Intellabeam 700 in the 13 channel mode, this lamps need to have the actual software version ML25F
Ver.3.04 (already installed in most Intellabeams 700 delivered since beginning 93).
Intellabeam(DMX 1-256) -
Intellabeam(DMX 257-512)
Intellabeam(DMX 1-256) -
Intellabeam(DMX 257-512)
3. DMX address
The DMX address of each scan has to be set
- via the address switches at the backpanel of the lamp and
- at the Scancommanders DMX patch menu.
Unlike setting the address for the Lightwave Research Controller, the address at the lamp has to be decoded
binary.
That means,
switch number 1 has the value 1
switch number 2 has the value 2
switch number 3 has the value 4
switch number 4 has the value 8
switch number 5 has the value 16
switch number 6 has the value 32
switch number 7 has the value 64
switch number 8 has the value 128
Choose any DMX number and patch the scan to this address at the Scancommanders DMX patch menu.
Substract 1 from this number and set to "ON" as many switches as necessary to get this number as the total
of the values.
I.E.: Scan patched to DMX channel 75 in the Scancommander patch menu.
Substract 1 = 74
Switch 7 ON = 64
Switch 4 ON = 8
Switch 2 ON = 2 , all other address switches OFF
To address channels 257 to 512 set personality switch 3=off,4=on, substract 256 and go on like above.
eMail: info@malighting.de . Tel.: + 49 9 31 49 79 40 . User's Manual Scancommander
Personality Switch Setting
1
2
3
4
-
ON
OFF ON
-
-
OFF ON
-
ON
OFF OFF ON
-
-
OFF ON
5
6
7
8
OFF -
OFF
INTELLABEAM 7 CHAN
ON
OFF
-
OFF
-
ON
INTELLABEAM 13 CHAN
OFF ON
-
ON
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115
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115
115
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