Adjusting settings via DMX
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Adjusting settings via DMX
Certain fixture settings and parameters can be adjusted from the DMX controller on Channel 19, the Fixture
Control/Settings channel. Commands sent on this channel override any settings entered in the fixture’s
onboard control menus.
To help you avoid accidentally applying a setting that may disrupt a light show, for example, the commands
must be held for a certain time before they are applied. For example, the command that turns off the display
illumination must be held for one second to activate it. The command that resets the fixture must be held for
five seconds to activate it. The DMX protocol table in this user manual gives details of times required.
Resetting
Either the entire fixture or individual effects can be reset to their initial positions. Resetting individual effects
can allow on-the-fly recovery if an effect loses its correct position, for example, without having to reset the
entire fixture.
Illuminating the display
You can set the fixture’s display panel to ON or OFF with a DMX command. This makes it possible to read
the fixture’s DMX address while the fixture is installed in the rig but black out the display panel during a
show.
If the display is set to ON via DMX, it will enter sleep mode and black out after a short period of inactivity. To
bring it out of sleep mode, set the display to ON again via DMX.
Control menu setting overrides
The following fixture settings can be adjusted via DMX, overriding the settings entered in the onboard
control menus. See under “DMX protocol” on page 27 for details of these settings.
• Dimming curve
• Pan and tilt speed
• Video tracking
• Color mode
• Control panel display on/sleep mode
• Fan speed
• Hibernation mode
• Pan/tilt range limits
• Tungsten emulation
• Scene record and playback
• Output mode (high output vs. high quality)
• Compact Mode Aura
• Auto Empty Water
• Empty Head
• Dry Off
• Safe Parking
It is also possible to adjust calibration offsets via DMX. This feature can be useful if you want to fine-tune
pan, tilt or other effects after fixtures have been installed in a lighting rig, for example.
Adjusting calibration offsets via DMX
You can adjust the home positions of pan, tilt and all the fixture’s effects remotely via DMX by setting custom
calibration offsets on the Control/Settings DMX channel.
To set a custom offset in the position of an effect:
