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CONTROLLER
Projector DMX start address selection
In order for the controller like
Elektralite’s CP10xt
to control each
Elektric Eye
it has to know where it is in the
daisy chain of DMX. To do this all
Elektric Eyes
have to be set to a start address. To understand the concept of
a starter address we also have to understand the concept of channels and the features those channels have.
Elektric Eye
uses 8 channels of DMX. Those channels control the features of
Elektric Eye
. They are as
follows:-
CHANNEL 1 :
select one of the 8 colors, color cycle or rainbow effect
CHANNEL 2 :
select one of the 6 gobo’s + open or gobo cycle+ gobo shake
CHANNEL 3 :
select gobo rotation speed and direction
CHANNEL 4 :
Strobe (0 to 10 flashes a second).
CHANNEL 5 :
pan movement (max. 630°)
CHANNEL 6 :
tilt movement (max. 265°)
CHANNEL 7 :
speed pan/tilt movement, blackout selection
CHANNEL 8 :
auto program c lamp on, motor reset, lamp switch off
CHANNEL 9 :
pan fine
CHANNEL10:
tilt fine
So if we start with the first
Elektric Eye
its first channel is 1. So we refer to it as having a starter address of 1.
The second
Elektric Eye
will then have its first channel or starter address at channel 9.
The third
Elektric Eye
will then have its first channel or starter address at channel 17, and so on. Now if you
want two
Elektric Eyes
to be always the same in color, movement and so on then you can set both of them to
the same address. In this way you can create groups of fixtures having the same effects happen at the same
time. There is no restriction on how many
Elektric Eyes
you have on the same starter address
If you just bought a Elektric Eye and it came with an Elektralite CP10xt, the starter addresses in the
CP10xt have already been set. All you have to do is set the starter addresses on Elektric Eyes.
If you have another controller, then you will have to set it’s starter addresses for each
Elektric Eye
before you
will be able to control any
Elektric Eye.
Tips & Tricks
1. If you change the address on
Elektric Eye
it may appear not to have accepted that address. Turn
Elektric Eye
off wait until the lamp cools down (remember it is not a hot re-strike lamp) and then turn it
back on again.
2. When you turn on
Elektric Eye
, if it is receiving data, the display will show “A.001” or “A.009” or
whatever the address is for
Elektric Eye
. If there is still no data getting to
Elektric Eye
,
then run a
cable directly from the controller to the fixture.