High End Systems SolaSport Pro 2000, User Manual

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DMX Start Address
All fixtures should be given a unique DMX starting address when using a DMX signal, so that the correct fixture responds to the cor-
rect control signals. This DMX start address is the channel number from which the fixture starts to “listen” to the digital control inform-
ation sent out from the DMX controller. The setting of this start address is achieved by setting the correct number on the display
located on the base of the device.
You can set the same starting address for all fixtures or a group of fixtures, or make use different addresses for each fixture indi-
vidually.
If you set the same address, all the units will start to “listen” to the same control signal from the same channel number. In other words,
changing the settings of one channel will affect all the fixtures simultaneously.
If you set a different address, each unit will start to “listen” to the channel number you have set, based on the quantity of control chan-
nels of the unit. That means changing the settings of one channel will affect only the selected fixture.
In the case of this fixture, which is a 43 channel fixture, you should set the starting address of the first unit to 1, the second unit to 44
(43+ 1), the third to 87(44+ 43), and so on.
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