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DMX Mode 3 Channel Mapping (Individual LED Engine Control)
Vari-Lite has added a new control mode in VLX3 wash luminaires called Mode 3. Mode 3 allows
users to program and control each LED engine individually but with significant differences from Mode
2.
To select DMX Mode 3, access the Menu System as follows:
DMX -> DMX Map -> Mode 3
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Mode 3 provides programmers access to individual control or combined control of the LEDs and
allows control of easily built effects.
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VLX3 Wash Mode 3 adds an 8-bit channel called the
Engine Modifier
channel. This is
channel
36
in the DMX map. This channel designates the way the programmer accesses the LED
engines.
a. To operate the fixture as a conventional moving wash fixture, set the
Engine
Modifier
channel (channel 15) to a DMX value of
0
(default). This means that the
RGBW and Strobe control of engine #1 (DMX Channels 7-15) will control all the LED
engines as one.
b. To control the engines separately, users can set the fixture to
Engine Modifier
channel to a DMX value of
15
(11-20 range). Enabling
Engine Modifier
separates
the LED engines for individual control using their own individual control channels.
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Mode 3 extends the DMX channel count to 42 DMX channels. See
Luminaire Mapping Mode 3,” on page 30
for more information.
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Now that you have each engine set to different colors, you may want to do some effects with them.
If you move the
Engine Modifier
channel up in the range of
21
through
83
, you will notice
that the colors you have selected are now rotating around each of the three engines. By adjusting
within this range you are able to change speed and direction of the rotation.
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If the
Engine Modifier
channel is set in the range of
87
through
149
, the color selected for
engine 1 will be applied to engine 2 and then engine 3 sequentially. It will then apply the selected
color on engine 2 to engine 3 and then engine 1 sequentially. It will then apply the color selected
for engine 3 to engine 1 and then to engine 2 sequentially. This is called
LED Pile-On
. By
changing the values within this range you can manipulate the speed and direction the
LED Pile-
On
takes.
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It is important to note that the individual colors can be altered while this channel is activated.
Simply go back to any of the engines and change their values. The
Engine Modifier
channel
will recognize the changes in real time. It is also important to note that the Color Timing Channel
(DMX Channel 40 in Mode 3) is still recognized with the
Engine Modifier
channel. For
example, if you set a slow rotation of the LED engines and then give it a 1 or 2 second color timing
value, you will notice the rotation of the LED engines are now fading to each color rather than
snapping to each color.
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Refer to
Table 3-3, “VLX3 Wash Luminaire Mapping Mode 3,” on page 30
for all the values
needed to write a console profile.
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.
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