Effects
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Effects
This section describes the lighting effects available in the MAC 401 Dual™.
Shutter effect
The electronic ‘shutter’ effect provides instant open and blackout, variable speed regular and random
strobe, and opening/closing pulse effects.
Dimming
Overall intensity can be adjusted using 0 - 100% electronic dimming.
RGB color mixing
Red, green, blue color mixing is available, with 0 - 100% intensity control on one DMX channel for each
color.
HSV color mixing
As an alternative to RGB control, hue, saturation and value color control, with one DMX channel for each of
these parameters, is available.
CTC
From fixture software v. 1.2.0, the MAC 401 Dual™ can vary the color temperature of any color being
displayed. White light color temperature is variable from a very cool blue sky (10 000 K) to a warm sunrise
(2000 K). The
PERS
menu contains two settings for the way this works:
• If
PERS - CTC - WITH
(the default setting) is selected, sending a DMX value on the CTC channel
will work with RGBW and HSV controls and adjust the temperature of whatever color the fixture or
segment is currently displaying.
• If
PERS - CTC - INDP
is selected, sending a DMX value on the CTC channel will act independently
from color controls, override any currently selected color and the fixture or segment will switch over to
white light with variable color temperature.
Color wheel effect
The electronic ‘color wheel’ effect gives the convenience and feel of a color wheel in a discharge or
incandescent lamp-based fixture. The color wheel effect in the MAC 401 Dual™ lets you fade or snap
between 33 different full LEE-referenced colors. You can also scroll continuously forwards or backwards
through the colors or display random colors at variable speed.
Pre-programmed dynamic effects 1 and 2
The MAC 401 Dual™ features two superimposable dynamic effects. These effects are pre-programmed
macros that give quick access to a variety of effects from the DMX controller without the need for complex
programming.
Effects crossfade times for the change from one segment to the next can be set from zero (snap) to
approximately one second.
Certain effects divide LEDs into two or four segments for a chase that gives a ‘pixel wheel’ rotation effect.
Pulse, flip and flicker effects are also available.
The speed of the dynamic effects – including rotation speed and direction of the ‘pixel wheel’ effect – can be
adjusted on a separate DMX channel for each of the two dynamic effects.
Zoom
The motorized zoom varies the beam angle continuously from 20° through to 50°. The zoom can also be set
to Hypermode where the beam angle is fixed at 16°.