DESIGN LED 12 BRICK™
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Understanding Fixture 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 information sent
out from the DMX controller. The allocation of this starting DMX address is achieved by
combining various dipswitches located on the rear of the fixture.
You can set the same starting address for all fixtures, or a group of fixtures, or set different
address for each individual fixture. Be advised that setting all you fixtures to the same DMX
address will subsequently control all fixtures in the same fashion, 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 control channels (DMX channels) of each
fixture. That means changing the settings of one channel will only affect the selected fixture.
In the case of the Design LED 12 Brick™, which is a 15 channel fixture (default), you
should set the starting DMX address of the first unit to 1, the second unit to 16 (15 + 1),
the third unit to 31 (15 + 16), and so on.
The chart on page 24 details the proper starting
DMX address dipswitch setting combination.
NOTE: The Design LED 12 Brick contains a total of 12 dipswitches. Only use
dipswitches 1~9 to set the DMX address. Dipswitches 10~12 are used for special
functions that will be explained on the next page.
