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Martin® ELP CL IP User Manual
Setting DMX address
Each fixture must be assigned a DMX address. The DMX address, also known as the start
channel, is the first channel used to receive instructions from a DMX controller. The fixture is
controlled using between 1 and 17 DMX channels depending on the personality set. If a fixture
using 17 channels has a DMX address of 1, then it uses channels 1 to 17 inclusive. The following
fixture in the DMX chain can then be set to a DMX address of 18.
For independent control, each fixture must be assigned its own control channels. Two fixtures of
the same type may share the same address if identical behavior is desired. Address sharing can
be useful for diagnostic purposes and symmetric control.
To set the fixture’s DMX address:
1.
Enter the control menu and select DMX SETUP. Press ENTER.
2.
Select DMX ADDRESS and press ENTER.
3.
Use the UP and DOWN buttons to select the desired address setting.
4.
Press ENTER to confirm your selection (or to return to the top-level menu without changing the
settings, press the MENU button).
Setting DMX personality
DMX personality sets how many control channels are used. There are 3 personalities to choose
from:
1 channel
– dimmer only
10 channel
– 8-bit dimmer with 8-bit control of functions (default)
17 channel
– 16-bit dimmer with 16-bit control of functions
The commands available on each channel are
described in the section “DMX protocol” on page
To set the DMX personality:
1.
Enter the control menu and select DMX SETUP. Press ENTER.
2.
Select DMX MODE and press ENTER.
3.
Use the UP and DOWN buttons to select 1, 10 or 17.
4.
Press ENTER to confirm your selection (or to return to the top-level menu without changing the
settings, press the MENU button).
Other fixture settings
The PERSONALITY menu allows you to set other options for the fixture.
Stand-alone mode
The fixture can operate in stand-alone mode allowing control of multiple fixtures from a single
master fixture if no DMX console is connected. The options are OFF (default), MASTER and
CLIENT
. Stand-alone operation will be automatically overridden by incoming DMX signal.
Light quality
The ELP offers two options in the QUALITY menu that let you prioritize either color rendering or
power
in the fixture’s light output. The settings available are:
HIGH QUALITY mode: CRI = 90, color temperature = 6000 K, max. output = 5900 lumens, or
HIGH OUTPUT mode: CRI = 85, color temperature = 5500 K, max. output = 6900 lumens.
The QUALITY menu also includes a TUNGSTEN setting in which the fixture color temperature
emulates the warm output from a fixture with a tungsten lamp: the color temperature is set to
3000 K and becomes warmer at lower intensity levels.
Besides the TUNGSTEN setting, you can also enter a custom color temperature from 2000 K to
10 000 K.
in 1-Channel DMX Mode, the TUNGSTEN and custom color temperature settings determine the
color temperature of the fixture’s white light output.
