4.3
BASIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR DMX512
OPERATION (STAGE1)
MASTER DIMMER
CH1 controls the intensity of the currently projected color
When the slider is at the highest position (255) the intensity of the output is the maximum
RED, GREEN & BLUE & WHITE COLOR SELECTION
CH2, CH3 & CH4 & CH5 control the intensity ratio of each of the RED, GREEN, BLUE &
WHITE LEDs.
When the slider is at the highest position (255) the intensity of the color is the maximum.
CH2, CH3, CH4 & CH5 can be combined together to create over 16 million colors.
COLOR MACROS
CH6 selects the required COLOR MACRO
CH6 has priority over CH2, CH3, CH4 & CH5
CH1 is used to control the intensity of the COLOR MACRO
STROBE
CH 7 controls the strobe of CH1 to CH6
Strobe 1 is with RGB in-step
Strobe 2 is with RGB out-step
Strobe 3 is a pulse strobe(fast on/slow off)
Strobe 4 is a pulse strobe (slow on/fast off)
CH7 has priority over CH2, CH3, CH4 &CH5.
ID ADDRESS SELECTION
CH9 is used to select the target ID address.
Each independent DMX address may have upto 66 independent ID addresses.
An ID address of 0 will activate all ID address locations.
AUTO
CH8 selects the preset AUTO programs AT.01-AT.10 or the custom AUTO programs CUS.01-
CUS.10
When activating the custom AUTO programs CUS.01 to CUS.10 then it is possible to control
the STEP TIME and FADE TIME using CH2 and CH3 respectively.
CH8 has priority over CH2, CH3, CH4, CH5, CH6 & CH7.
DIMMER SPEED
CH10 is for selecting the dimmer mode and dimmer speed. When DIMMER is set to
Off
,
then RGBW and MASTER DIMMER are linear. The Dim 1/2/3/4 are different speed of the non
linear dimmer .
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4 USING A DMX512 CONTROLLER
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