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automatically slave to this unit. See note below if you are using this unit as a
slave with another type of unit as master.
Switch settings for stand alone mode
If this unit is the Master (green light flashing in time with the music):
Switch 10 OFF: No blackouts in the light show
Switch 10 ON: Blackouts and blackout swapping allowed in light show
If this unit is a Slave (green light on continuously):
Switch 10 OFF: Slave will copy Master unit
Switch 10 ON: Slave will do alternate actions to Master unit
In both Master and Slave modes:
Switch 1 OFF: Normal dish rotation
Switch 1 ON: Inverted dish rotation
Using this unit as a slave
If you are using the Twister4 HP with earlier Abstract products such as the old
Twister 4 or the Futurescan 1CE, you must put the Twister4 HP first in the
DMX chain so that it becomes the Master (green light flashing in time with the
music).
If the Twister4 HP is connected as a slave unit with an earlier product as Master,
it will not respond to the light show.
If you are using the Twister4 HP with a CE Minicontroller, the software in the
minicontroller must be upgraded to the new light show, or the Twister4 HP will
not respond. Contact Abstract for upgrade information.
DMX controlled mode
The Twister4 HP uses 3 dmx channels:
Channel 1 = Dish rotation
Channel 2 = Colour
Channel 3 = Shutter
If all DMX channels are zero for more than 10 seconds, the unit will turn off its
lamp to save lamp life.
You can reinitialise the unit by turning all DMX channels to full value for 10
seconds.
This unit uses DMX with pin-2 hot. You may need an inverter cable to use with
a non-Abstract pin-3 hot system.
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Rotation
DMX
Result
0
Stop
12
Fastest speed clockwise
112
Slowest speed clockwise
128
Stop
141
Slowest speed a.clockwise
244
Fastest speed a.clockwise
255
Stop
Combined colour / gobo
DMX
Colour / Gobo
0
Blackout (Twister 4 only)
10
White/open
26
Red/bars
43
Blue/cross
59
Green/breakup
75
Yellow/hoops
91
Cyan/4dot
108
Orange/windows
124
Magenta/maltese cross
140
Pink/splat
156
UV/fan
NB: Intermediate values will give mixed colours
Shutter
DMX
Shutter
0
Blackout
24
Open
226
Slow strobe
230
Strobe 2
234
Strobe 3
238
Strobe 4
242
Strobe 5
246
Strobe 6
250
Strobe 7
254
Fast strobe
