Dmx Modes; Fixture Id; Personality - Tailoring Performance - Martin MAC III Profile User Manual

DMX addressing is limited to channels 1 - 486 in 16-bit mode
and 1 - 483 in 16-bit extended mode. The upper limit makes it
impossible to set the DMX address so high that you are left
without enough control channels for the fixture.
DMX address setting
To set the fixture's DMX address:
1. Press the jog wheel to enter the main menu.
2. Rotate the jog wheel to scroll down to DMX ADDRESS, then
click the jog button. Rotate the jog wheel to scroll to the
desired address and click the jog button to save.
3. Press the Escape button to step back to the main menu.

DMX modes

The PROTOCOL SET menu lets you set the MAC III Profile to one of the two DMX operating modes, 16-bit
and 16-bit extended.
The basic 16-bit mode offers coarse control of all effects plus
fine control of gobo indexing angle on both gobo wheels, pan
and tilt. The 16-bit extended mode requires three more DMX
channels than the basic 16-bit mode and provides all features of
the basic 16-bit mode plus fine control of the dimmer, zoom and
focus.
The MAC III Profile requires 27 DMX channels in 16-bit mode
and 30 DMX channels in 16-bit extended mode.
DMX mode setting
To set the fixture's DMX mode:
1. Click the jog wheel to enter the main menu.
2. Rotate the jog wheel to scroll down to PROTOCOL SET, then click the jog wheel. Rotate the jog wheel to
select either 16 bit or 16 Bit Ext., then click the jog wheel to save.
3. Press the Escape button to step back to the main menu.

Fixture ID

The MAC III Profile lets you set a four-digit ID number to ease identification of the fixtures in an installation.
When a fixture is powered on for the first time, it displays its DMX address by default. As soon as you set an
ID number other than 0000 in FIXTURE ID, the MAC III Profile will display this ID number by default.
To let you distinguish easily between ID numbers and DMX addresses, the ID number is always displayed
with four digits and DMX address is displayed with between one and three digits.
Personality – tailoring performance
The MAC III Profile provides several options that let you optimize the fixture for different applications in the
PERSONALITY menu:
• The PAN/TILT SETTINGS menu gives three options:
- PAN/TILT CONTROL lets you swap and/or invert pan and tilt
and activate the pan and tilt limits you define in PAN & TILT
LIMIT SETTINGS (see below).
- MOVE ON RESET lets you choose if you want pan and tilt to
move when the fixture resets or not. Pan and tilt movement
can be a useful visual sign that fixtures in a rig are powering
up and resetting.
- PAN & TILT LIMIT SETTINGS lets you define minimum and
maximum limits for both pan and tilt angles, making it possible
to install fixtures close to obstacles such as other fixtures with
no risk of collision. Settings are based on the following principles:
Pan range for pan limit purposes runs from 0° to 360° clockwise as seen looking at the fixture from
the bottom of the base towards the yoke, as if the fixture was hanging downwards underneath you.
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