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Using and operations (DMX512 / Art-Net™)
To use the Mirror Head as intended, a DMX512/Art-Net™ controller is needed with at least 14 channels.
General operation information
CAUTION: Never project directly onto people or animals - the light of the projector can cause blindness.
Before starting to mount the Mirror Head make sure:
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the installation-spot is suited for the Mirror Head.
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the mirror can move freely.
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there are no vibrations by ventilation systems of any kind.
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all screws are secured.
DMX operations / control
In order to control the Mirror Head at least a 14 channel DMX Master is required. You can find the fixture in the appendix of this
document.
The Mirror Head control unit allows you to assign the DMX fixture address, which is defined as the first channel from which the Mirror
Head unit will respond to the controller. If you set, for example, the address to channel 15, the device will use the channels 15 to 28
for control.
Make sure that you don’t have any overlapping channels in order to control each Mirror Head correctly and independently from any
other fixture on the DMX Network.
If two, three or more Mirror Head units have the same DMX address, they will work simultaneously.
NOTE: Two units cannot have the same Art-Net™ IP-address.
Before you start operating you have to decide if you want to control the Mirror Head with DMX-512 (XLR cable) or by Art-Net™
DMX512 (CAT cable, IP layer).
For the most basic operation start to change the values on channel 001 (Pan coarse) and 003 (Tilt coarse) - this will move the mirror.
If this works try a mirror recalibration by sending the value 255 on channel 004.
NOTE: channel values here assume a DMX address of 1.
The relative center of the mirror (position after power turned on) is equivalent to the DMX values:
Operations either with DMX-512 or Art-Net™ DMX-512 are equivalent. To get the best movements of the mirror your DMX packet
frequency should not be lower than 40Hz.
DMX channel
DMX value
001
128
002
0
003
128
004
0
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