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As to controlling none DMX lights with your M260 Aux buttons, you will have to get an interface. There are many out there. Elation makes these:

http://www.americandj.com/pdffiles/t20f.pdf

http://www.google.com/products...3BBQ&ved=0CFYQ8wIwAQ

These interfaces have DMX in connectors (and DMX out, which you need to include the interface in a daisy chain of fixtures), and four electrical power outlets on the sides. You can plug up to four light fixtures into it, one into each outlet.

[These things are designed for incandescent or halogen bulbs. Elation warns not to plug into one of these any fixture which has a transformer in it. I've put my DP-415s in switch mode and connected them to fixtures with transformers without any problems - so far!]

Aux button 1 on the M260 toggles an on and off switch on DMX channel 261, button 2 does the same thing on 262, etc. So you need to set the interface's DMX address to 261. After doing so when you hit Aux button 1 on the M260, power will be sent to outlet #1 on the interface. Hit the button again and it will go off. Same with buttons 2, 3 & 4.

So, when you
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