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MLD box
Figure 12 - MLD between the console and the lights.
This is the most common configuration
DMX cable
DMX 512
out
in
111 000
11 00
Light 1 Light 2
to other lights controlled
directly by the MLD and
console (up to 64 fixtures
512 DMX channels)
Control console
DMX 512
out out out
out
to other lights
(not controlled
by the MLD)
DMX
cables
DMX cable
This is the most common configuration for the system: the MLD “intercepts” DMX
data coming from a console and replaces predetermined DMX channels with data
generated by the performer. For example, the MLD may take control of pan and tilt
channels while letting all the other channels be controlled by the console. In addition,
through DMX, the console may load and unload MLD maps to change the behaviour of
the tracking system, or to override it. This is ideal for performance situations in which
the lighting designer wants to integrate the MLD system into a sophisticated light show,
with the DMX console directing all show control.
MLD box
Figure 13 - Dream configuration: MLD completely
interconnected to Martin Case boards.
DMX cable
DMX 512
out
in
111 000
11 00
Light 1 Light 2
to other lights
controlled directly
by the MLD and
console (up to 64
fixtures or 512
DMX channels)
Martin Case Board
DMX 512
out out out
out
to other lights, controlled by Case
but the MLD may trigger cues.
DMX
cables
DMX cable
in
DMX
splitter
Here the MLD and the Martin CASE board are interconnected so that they have
complete bi-directional communication. Apart from both the CASE and the MLD
controlling directly the fixtures connected to the DMX splitter, the MLD may also
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