German Light Products KNV, User Manual

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KNV User Manual Rev. 1.0 25
9. DMX control modes
Seven DMX control modes are available in the KNV.
In all seven DMX modes, the last DMX channel is the
Control / Settings channel. This
channel lets you adjust fixture settings remotely from the DMX control desk.
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DMX Mode 1 lets you control all 25 pixels together as a group with 16-bit resolution. A
separate Shutter channel provides strobe, pixel and ramp-up/down effects. This
extra shutter affects all white and all RGB LEDs by default, but you can change this
setting via the Control/Settings DMX Channel or the fixture’s control panel so that
the shutter applies to white LEDs only or RGB LEDs only.
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DMX Mode 2 splits the KNV into a White Strobe and a separate RGB Strobe, each
with standard strobe light control channels: Intensity, Flash Rate and Flash Duration.
In addition, the Flare effect and pre-programmed dynamic FX are available for
each strobe.
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DMX Mode 3 provides an RGB strobe plus 25 individually controllable white pixels.
The RGB strobe has standard strobe control channels: Intensity, Flash Rate and Flash
Duration. It also has the Flare effect and pre-programmed dynamic FX. The 25
individual white pixels have a separate Shutter channel with strobe, pixel and ramp-
up/down effects.
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DMX Mode 4 provides a White Strobe plus 25 individually controllable RGB pixels.
The White strobe has standard strobe control channels: Intensity, Flash Rate and
Flash Duration. It also has the Flare effect and pre-programmed dynamic FX. The 25
individual RGB pixels have a separate Shutter channel with strobe, pixel and ramp-
up/down effects.
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DMX Mode 5 provides three different layers:
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The Base Layer has lowest priority (other layers override it), so it acts as a
background layer. The Base layer has RGBW intensity control.
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Layer 2 has priority over the base layer, so it acts as a middle layer.
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Layer 3 has highest priority, so it acts as a top layer.
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Layers 2 and 3 both have standard RGBW strobe control channels plus the Flare
effect and pre-programmed dynamic FX. Layers 2 and 3 also have a 16-bit Layer
Master Channel that controls the transparency of the layer.
FX layer priorities work in true color, which means that colors are not mixed. If you
run a red snake FX on Layer 2 over the top of a red background on the Base Layer,
the snake will be blue, not a mix of blue and red.
Applying transparency to a layer allows the color of the background layer or the
lower priority layer to shine through.
If you want to dim a layer’s colors without color from lower priority layers shining
through, reduce the intensity of the colors without applying transparency to the
layer. If you reduce the intensity of all the colors to zero, you can run a black effect
over the top of lower priority layers.
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In DMX Modes 2, 3, 4 and 5 if no FX is selected (FX Selection channel is set to zero),
the Flash rate channel controls the flash rate of the Strobe. If an FX is selected, the
Flash rate channel is redeployed and controls the speed of the effect instead.