Philips VARI-Lite VL4000, User Manual

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DMX Operation
VL4000 Spot Channel Mapping
These tables assume a DMX start address of 1. When a different starting address is used, this address
becomes channel 1 function and other functions follow in sequence.This section contains the DMX
channel maps for the VL4000 Spot Luminaire. Users can select one of two maps as detailed in these
sections:
• “Enhanced 16-Bit Channel Mapping (Default)” (starting below)
• “16-Bit Channel Mapping” on page 40 .
Enhanced 16-Bit Channel Mapping (Default)
Table 3 provides DMX channel mapping of the DMX512 control values when the VL4000 Spot
Luminaire is in Enhanced 16-Bit DMX mode (as set by the luminaire’s menu system
)
.
Table 3: VL4000 Spot Enhanced 16-Bit DMX Channel Mapping
DMX
Channel
Parameters
Range
(DMX)
Range
(%)
Default
Value*
Description / Operation
1 Intensity 0 - 255 0 - 100% 0 8-bit control of Fixture Intensity from 0 - 100%
2 Pan High Byte
0 - 65535 0 - 100% 32767 16-bit linear control of pan from 0° to 520°.
3 Pan Low Byte
4 Tilt High Byte
0 - 65535 0 - 100% 32767 16-bit linear control of tilt from 0° to 270°.
5 Tilt Low Byte
6 Edge High Byte
0 - 65535 0 - 100% 0 16-bit linear control of edge functions.
7 Edge Low Byte
8 Zoom High Byte
0 - 65535 0 - 100% 0
16-bit linear control of fixture zoom range between 0 (9 degrees) to
65535 (47 Degrees).
9 Zoom Low Byte
10 Programming Control 0 - 255 0 - 100% 0
Used as a control channel for different programmable settings.
Control Set discreet value of desired effect, wait >3 seconds, then set
value to 0 (Idle).
0 - 2 = Idle
3 - 10 = Reserved Values
11 - 15 = Dimmer Snap OFF
16 - 20 = Dimmer Snap ON (Fixture Default)
11 Cyan 0 - 255 0 - 100% 0 Controls Cyan color mechanism.
12 Yellow 0 - 255 0 - 100% 0 Controls Yellow color mechanism.
13 Magenta 0 - 255 0 - 100% 0 Controls Magenta color mechanism.
14 CTO 0 - 255 0 - 100% 0 Controls CTO mechanism.
15 Fixed Color Wheel 1 0 - 255 0 - 100% 0
8-bit control of Color Wheel 1.
See Channel 16 for options.
0 - 23 = OPEN
24 - 69 = RED (Center at DMX 46)
70 - 116 = DARK FUCHSIA (Center at DMX 93)
117 - 162 = ORANGE (Center at DMX 139)
163 - 209 = KELLY GREEN (Center at DMX 186)
210 - 255 = CONGO BLUE (Center at DMX 232)