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Dichroic Theatre™ User Manual Setup and Configuration 2-7
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EEPROM. If fixtures are added to the link after selecting MANU, they will be
assigned an invalid address. If fixtures are removed from the link, they will be
ignored. In either event, removal or addition of fixtures does not change addressing,
and will not change your show.
The manual address mode allows multiple fixtures to share the same DMX address.
This can simplify show programming when you want several fixtures controlled in
exactly the same way.
To Address a fixture by manually assigning the start channel:
1. Using ColorPower’s menu system (see Figure 2-3), press and hold the <Menu>
button until
dMX
appears on the LED display.
2. Press <Enter>.
3. Using the <Up> and <Down> arrow buttons, scroll to the
MOdE
menu and
press the <Enter> button to select.
4. Using the <Up> and <Down> arrow buttons, scroll to the
MANU
menu, then
press and hold the <Enter> button to select. The
UNIt
menu option will be
displayed.
5. Press the <Enter> button to select.
6. Using the <Up> and <Down> arrow buttons, scroll to the desired fixture unit
number and press the <Enter> button to select the unit. The format is
# XX
where
#
is the DIP switch setting and
XX
is the type of unit selected. For
example,
1 CM
means a ColorMerge unit with a DIP switch setting of 1. A
ColorCommand unit with a DIP switch setting of 3 will display as
3 CC
.
7. Press and hold the <Enter> button until the DMX start address begins flashing.
8. Using the <Up> and <Down> arrow buttons, scroll to the desired DMX start
channel (
1–510
) and press the <Enter> button to select.
Note: The last valid Start channel for a ColorCommand (4-channel protocol) fixture
on a 512-channel DMX link is Channel 509. The last valid Start channel for a
ColorMerge (3-channel protocol) fixture is 510.
Unit #2 ColorCommand
DMX Start channel = 150
Channel range = 150, 151, 152, 153
Unit #1 ColorMerge
DMX Start channel = 300
Channel range = 300, 301, 302
Unit #4 ColorMerge
DMX Start channel = 200
Channel range = 200, 201, 202
Unit #3 ColorCommand
DMX Start channel = 101
Channel range = 101, 102, 103, 104
ColorPower
DMX channel 100
Figure 2-4 Sample manual assignment of DMX start channels