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Source Select
SONARA can receive external control via wired DMX, wireless DMX with a built-in LumenRadio receiver, and Art-Net via the
RJ45 connector. In PRIMARY/CLONE mode, the first SONARA in the DMX chain behaves as primary, with all subsequent
SONARAs in the chain mimicking its settings. (All SONARAs in the chain must be set to the same DMX personality.)
Art-Net is used for transmitting DMX lighting control protocol and RDM over the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) of the
Internet Protocol suite. It is used to communicate between nodes/lighting fixtures and a lighting desk, typically on a private
local network such as Ethernet.
Control / Dimming Curves
SONARA has 4 built-in dimming curves:
CONTROL FEATURES & OPTIONS
Curve Characteristics
Linear (Default) In linear mode, 50% equates to half the output, or 1 stop down. 25% is quarter output, or 2 stops down.
Square Law A square law curve increases the dimming effect at lower control levels.
S Curve
S Curve provides a finer control at lower and higher levels while offering coarse control (lower resolution) at
medium levels. This dimming curve best emulates a typical incandescent lamp’s dimming abilities.
Tungsten Emulate
Tungsten emulate mode combines square law with greater resolution at lower levels and a warming of the
CCT as the fixture dims. This operates on any CCT start point between 2700K and 3600K (correlating to an
underrun and overrun tungsten bulb). At CCTs outside this range, standard square law is in play.
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