ADJ Vizi BSW 300, User Instructions

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D M X S E T U P
DMX ADDRESSING: All fixtures should be given a DMX starting address when using a DMX controller,
so the correct fixture responds to the correct control signal. This digital starting address is the channel
number from which the fixture starts to “listen” to the digital control signal sent out from the DMX
controller. The assignment of this starting DMX address is achieved by setting the correct DMX address
on the digital control display on the fixture.
You can set the same starting address for all fixtures or a group of fixtures, or set different addresses for
each individual fixture. Setting all fixtures to the same DMX address will cause all fixtures to react in the
same way, in other words, changing the settings of one channel will affect all the fixtures simultaneously.
If you set each fixture to a different DMX address, each unit will start to “listen” to the channel number
you have set, based on the quantity of DMX channels of each fixture. That means changing the settings
of one channel will only affect the selected fixture. In the case of the Vizi BSW 300, when in 17 Channel
mode, you should set the starting DMX address of the first unit to 1, the second unit to 18 (1 + 17), the
third unit to 35 (18 + 17), and so on.
Channel Mode Unit 1 Address Unit 2 Address Unit 3 Address Unit 4 Address
17 Channels 1 18 35 52
20 Channels 1 21 41 61
5-PIN XLR DMX CONNECTORS: Some manufactures use 5-pin DMX-512 data cables for DATA
transmission in place of 3-pin. 5-pin DMX fixtures may be implemented in a 3-pin DMX line. When
inserting standard 5-pin data cables in to a 3-pin line a cable adapter must be used, these adapters are
readily available at most electric stores. The chart below details a proper cable conversion.