ColorBlaze
TRX Product
Guide
17
Using DMX Triggers
You can enable a DMX trigger to implement convenient playback of stored shows
from a lighting console.
To enable a DMX trigger on a ColorBlaze TRX fixture, you assign an unused DMX
address to serve as the trigger channel. Then you assign that DMX address to a
channel on your lighting console and control the value — usually on a scale of 1% –
100% or 0 – 255. The DMX trigger divides the scale of values into 11 regions. The
lowest region of the scale deactivates the trigger, while the other 10 regions activate
the first 10 triggers stored on the fixture's SD card.
Using a DMX trigger in conjunction with master / slave mode is a convenient way to
show the same light output on multiple fixtures within the control network. Set a
DMX trigger on the master fixture, and all properly configured slave fixtures respond
in unison when the lighting console fader activates a show.
If you're not using master / slave mode, you can configure multiple ColorBlaze TRX
fixtures to respond simultaneously by assigning the same DMX trigger to multiple
ColorBlaze TRX fixtures in the network. Each fixture plays the set of shows stored
on its own SD card.
If you want all triggered fixtures to show the same light output, all SD cards must
contain the same shows, 1 through 10.
Note that if you trigger the same set of shows
from the individual SD cards of multiple ColorBlaze TRX fixtures in a run, the fixtures
can fall out of synch with each other, especially when displaying lengthy shows. To
ensure consistent results, we recommend using a DMX trigger in conjunction with
master / slave mode.
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Trigger 9
Activates trigger 10 on
ColorBlaze TRX SD Card
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Lighting console
ColorBlaze TRX fixtures
in Standalone mode
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For instructions on configuring DMX
triggers, refer to "Configuring DMX Triggers"
on page 32.
Action
0% – 100% Scale
0 – 255 Scale
Deactivate trigger
0% – 9%
0 – 23
Activate trigger 1
10% – 18%
24 – 46
Activate trigger 2
19% – 28%
47 – 69
Activate trigger 3
29% – 36%
70 – 93
Activate trigger 4
37% – 45%
94 – 116
Activate trigger 5
46% – 54%
117 – 139
Activate trigger 6
55% – 63%
140 – 162
Activate trigger 7
64% – 72%
163 – 186
Activate trigger 8
73% – 81%
187 – 209
Activate trigger 9
82% – 90%
210 – 232
Activate trigger 10
91% – 100%
233 – 255
DMX Trigger Behavior
You can also assign the DMX trigger to a lighting console's
fader. Fader positions 1 through 10 activate stored triggers
1 through 10, while fader position 0 deactivates the trigger.
