American DJ®
LOS ANGELES, CA. 90058
The Tempest ll ™ is now Linkable with Master / Slave capability! To use this function set the MAS-
TER unit dipswitch #10 on. Then connect with the XLR Cable using the Female XLR to the second
unit input Male XLR , Turn all dipswitches off on the SLAVE unit. and it will respond the same as the
first unit.
In addition you can select the program you want by using a DMX 512 Controller. The values needed
are in Chart ONE below.The Tempest ll ™ uses 1 channel to control program selection. Please
select the starting address by using the dip switches.
CHART ONE
Value
Result
0-7
Blackout
8-15
Program 1
16-23
Program 2
24-31
Program 3
32-39
Program 4
40-47
Program 5
48-55
Program 6
56-63
Program 7
64-71
Program 8
72-79
Program 9
80-87
Program 10
88-95
Program 11
96-103
Program 12
104-111
Program 13
112-119
Program 14
120-127
Program 15
128-135
Program 16
136-143
Program 17
144-151
Program 18
152-159
Program 19
160-167
Program 20
168-175
Program 21
176-183
Program 22
184-191
Program 23
192-199
Program 24
200-207
Program 25
208-215
Program 26
216-223
Program 27
224-231
Program 28
232-255
Random
Programs
DMX CHANNEL
1 2 3
5
4
7
9 10
8
6
ON
1 4 16 64 256
2 8 32 128
TEMPEST II™ Instructions CONT.
Each # above has an ADDRESS based on binary code.
#1 ADDRESS is 1
#2 “
“ 2
#3 “ “ 4
#4 “ “ 8
#5 “
“ 16
#6 “
“ 32
#7 “ “ 64
#8 “
“ 128
#9 “
“ 256
#10 is not used with DMX but to select Master / Slave
ALWAYS SET THE ADDRESS ONE LESS THAN THE
CHANNEL WANTED.
You set the ADDRESS wanted by COMBINING the
Dipswitches.
EXAMPLE:
Set ADDRESS at 0 to start at CHANNEL 1
( all Dipswitches OFF)
Set ADDRESS for 21 Set ADDRESS for 201
to start at CHANNEL 22 to start at CHANNEL 202
Dipswitches # 1 =1 Dipswitches # 1 = 1
3 = 4
4 = 8
5 = 16
7 = 64
= 21
8 = 128
= 201
PIN CONFIGURATION
DATA IN
XLR MALE SOCKET
3 Data +
Data - 2
1 Ground
