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possible values. The same value is used for both receive and transmit
DMX512.
If a non-zero value is selected, a warning is displayed when the DMX
DeBug is next switched on.
The Toggle key selects “Don’t Care” mode that is displayed as “xxx”.
In this mode a value of zero is used for the transmit start code.
However, received DMX512 will be displayed as good data whatever
the start code. This is particularly useful with Compulite equipment, as
they have implemented multiple start codes on their equipment.
The following table details the currently registered alternate Start
Codes.
Decima
l
Hexadecimal
Description
000
0x00
Standard Lighting Data
000
0x00
Standard Lighting Data
002
0x02
Packet contains 256 x 16 bit levels in lo-hi
order (T-Recursive)
003
0x03
Proprietary format (R A Gray)
004
0x04
Checksum message (T-Recursive)
005
0x05
Answerback query (T-Recursive)
