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Re: scene setter 24 dmx channel addressing
Luis, I have tried that numerous times. Granted , it has been about 10 years since I have used DMX lighting. My last controller, An Election was a breeze to address. This is my second Scene Setter 24 in four weeks. The first one my salesperson and I assumed was defective. Now, for many years I have used XLR mic cables and I am learning that they may not work with todays new lighting components. I am assuming there is quit a difference between XLR and DMX cabling... So, I presently have...
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Re: scene setter 24 dmx channel addressing
Carl, If the steps provided did not work, I suggest reviewing the instructions found printed on the bottom plate of the controller to verify that the steps provided match the "DMX CH. Assignment" setup, which is what you are trying to configure. Also, although XLR cables are physically an exact replacement of DMX cables, we do highly recommend using DMX cables, strictly for lighting. As far as addressing these lights, considering that the Scene Setter 24 is only a 24-Channel controller, it...
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Re: E-Builder
Hi! No worries! I actually kept a Dropbox folder of ALL Emulation and E-builder releases i got and that we saved, here is the E-builder folder I have: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8tg...hO3bOKXx61va_2a?dl=0
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Re: SD1 increase fixtures
You can have more than 16 fixtures as long as they will all fit into 512 DMX channels. Look at the multi-fixture section in the manual.
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Re: Compu Pro 06
The program should not be crashing, we have used the new version for days on end without hiccups, let alone a crash. The latest update is Oct 16, also make sure you are using the suidi5 driver, as it is designed for the newer interfaces. Conflicts in PC's are very common, if your problems persist, send me detailed info about your system and I will look into it. Oct 16 version and new drivers
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Re: need to know???
hey guys im doin it now but i find cause i have three reds in this fixture i think i does not sem to want to let me use 3 of em just two! also am i to click on the channels and enter in the numbers and signs for the channels patched to several diffeent outputs?? so for example that says 1= 0+1/40/60 and i enter in that in the box?? am i doin this right??? help me!! peace! jingles out!
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Re: Compuware04 and SCX500's
do ur lights have 8 bit or 16 bit pan/tilt resolution. maybe u havw that feature turned off on the 1st 4 fixtures?? we are talking about the martin scx500's right?? if so check what dmx mode u have all the lights in. this is ali can think of right now. don't think it is the software. peace! jingles out!!!
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Re: Rookie needs help with terminology
Let's see if I understand... I can have up to 6 pages, each having up to 6 scenes. "On" each page, I can have up to 16 chases. If that is corrrect so far, does that mean that I have only 6 different settings (scenes) that I can use in those 16 chases? Each chase is not unique - correct?
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Re: Rookie needs help with terminology
ok. u have 16 "pages" which hold 6 scenes per page. and each chase is blank till u put any of the scens from ur 16 pages into it. so u havea total of 96 scenes to progrma and record and organize into ur chases. understand now?
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Re: pics of my designs on compuware.
hey flash i was just messing around with like 16 of those demo moving heads. you know the one that load up when you first install the software. i just love those. and i got another 16 performance scans spread out across the stage as well as over 10 (forgot how many lol) par 64's flash let's see some of your renderings my brother!! LOL. i am curious to see others work on compu. peace! jingles!
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Re: Stupid Question but help
hey delerious! elcome o the forums. i am pretty much the exact same way you are except im trying to make a job out of it. i suggest u download compuware. you do not need dmx for it. but you do however have to understand how dmx works. here is a link to the software. COMPU LIVE 06' and download the april 16 2007 edition ok. and for this software you can do exactly what you just describe with it and more! i'll let you take this in and then you acn get back to me. i can help tach ya too. p.s.
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Re: Compu Live Questions
Hi John, Thank you for your responses as well. 1. I tried what you said and made my chase a Scene using Easy Step. After that I was able to control the speed via the Live Button Toolbar. So, in other words, I did not need to do anything further using Easy Time. I tried it any way (yellow button making the channels Easy Time), but it just seemed to mess up my chase, so I went back to making all channels Easy Step. I notice that the F7 and F8 keys allow me to adjust the speed up and down. Is...
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Re: Compu Live Questions
Brian, I am really impressed on how you picked everything up. So to move forward, you can achieve the tempo your looking for by activating the Audio function in Compu Live. Step 1. In the "controller" drop down menu look for "Starting parameters". Then in the Options box, choose "Audio/Midi" and in this new window, click on the check box with the speaker icon. Then close all windows. You will be prompted to restart, and the Audio Analizer box will open automaticly. Minimize this for a...
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Re: Help with buying the best controller
12 par 64, 4 trackspots and 3 martins, puts you at 19 intelligent fixtures and 16 conventional fixtures. It sounds as if you buy the operator, you can get away with using the operator and nsi 6128 and not use the universal controller. Or if you want to go with one board, you will need the SHOWDESIGNER 3. If that to big, you may want to consider Compu 1024EC. Not many consoles offer controll of 16 par cans with moving lights.
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Re: Replacing my controller
Forgot to mention, for now it would be controlling 6 mac 250's, 24 par 56's and 16 pinspots. In the near future all the pars are being replaced with LEDs.
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Re: Octopod 80 with Magic 260 profile?
hello lemon! welcome to the forums. i think the problem your running into is the magic 260 controls only 16 channels per fixture. so if u want to run all the octopods as individuals you would have to buy more pixel drives in order to achieve this. because to control one set of octopods individually u would need a console that allows up to 48 DMX channels per fixture. u see the pixel drive and all 8 pods are considered (as far as your controller is concerned) as 1 fixture in the DMX line.
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Re: Hey Guys!!! I'm Back . . . again
Hey John, James told me to tell about this. It is a quick story that I experience on tour. Our lighting guy is 16 (yes they put a 15 and 16 year old in charge of all that equipment, scary huh?) He really isn't a lighting guy he just knows how to run the software. He really just wants to play in a band. Anyways for awhile I have been learning from him, but now it is different. Since I've been on these forums as well as the ADJ forums I have learned ALOT. Well at one of our shows we had the...
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Re: COEmars and elation fixtures on the same control???
I forgot the exact model of the controller, but i know for a fact it is a universal controller. The coemars are 16 channels each and the Elation Focus Spot 250R are 11 channels each. Can you tell me how i can set them up? Thank you very Much
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Re: COEmars and elation fixtures on the same control???
well how does your controller block the channels? like one fixture button holds like 16 or 32 or 48 dmx channels. let me know then i can tell u how to address them. sincerely,
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Re: Magic 260 Issues
Hey guys, when you talk about auto correct, are you reffering to position correction? the feature that brings the light back to original position? If so let me know, I've never heard of such an issue from being used outside or with a specific lighting console. Doesn't make sense to me. From serra's original post if it works fine with a 16 channel generic and not with the profile, I will point to the profile for the problem. let me know
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Re: Magic 260 Issues
Serra, My guy tested out the profiles with our fixtures, and everything worked just as good as if they were using 16 channels. What we found is that the profiles also work fine, and he informed me that he believes its a bad joy stick. The joystick could be sending bad commands that cause the lights to react. When your on 16 channel mode the joy stick is not active.. so it works perfect. When you use the profile, Joy stick is engaged and you have issues. If you just bought it you should be...
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Re: Stage Pak 1 how to set up?
Oh man I can't tell you how much I laughed at that! Ok anyways, DMX, it really is a cool thing. Here are some basics. DMX stands for D igital M ultiple X . It is a way for each and every (DMX Compatible ) light, made by any manufacturer, to interact with an universal DMX controller. In a standard DMX protocol (called 512-DMX protocol) there are a total of 512 "channels" In order to get your lights to interact with the controller, you must address them. There are 2 ways (that I know of) that...
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Re: Compu live Dec. 21, 2007 version; movie record error
Thx for the info. I have the compu club blue unit so I guess I am out of luck on this feature, WILL THE DEC 2007 VERSION FUNCTION ON MY COMPU CLUB BLUE I/0? the Oct 2006 version worked fine with it. also it seems like a bad decision to restrick recording unless your dongle is connected when you allow us to create without the dongle thus I don't bring it home which is where I do my configs, again I create files at home for client/venue and the interface stays at the venue.
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Re: DMX Operator Pro
OK WELL THE PRO BLOCKS THE FIXTURES IN 16 CHANNELS EACH. THAT MEANS THAT FIXTURE BUTTON ONE CONTROLS CHANELS 1-16 AND FIXTURE BUTTON CONTROLS 17-32 and so on and so on. so if you wanted to put 1 led one each fixture button they would need to be addressed as follows. (assuming they are 6 ch's) led 1:001 led 2:007 led 3:017 (that would be on fixture button 2) understand where im goin with this? if you have dip switches here is a helpfull tool DIP SWITCH CALCULATOR Sincerely,
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Re: black lights
I apologize in advance for the very long and off topic post I am about to post. SCR dimmers work by chopping the sine wave of AC. This is how they 'dim'. AC is a wave. DC is a line. Now when power is created, is is created by a magnet spinning in a coil at 60 times per second, thus 60hz AC. This is how and why the wave is created. The little sine wave above, the start as 0 degrees, the first peak point as 90 degrees, the next mid point as 180 degrees, and the bottom peak point is 270 degrees...
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Re: Demo Download?
Hey Jingles, Nice stage! I am wondering if you can design me a stage, that I can import into compu? I would have you build me one with lights and all, but I am looking at doing several different things with the stage, so I will add my own. I don't care about adding all the details, if you could just do the shape and layout it would be great! The stage is 45' wide, 16' deep, the ceiling peaks at 18' and goes down to 10' on the side walls. The only rounded shape is the front lip of the stage,...
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Re: dxm operator pro
If you are running DMX 500+ feet, I would highly recommend a DMX Branch or Opti Splitter of some sort. More then 1000' and you will need one because the signal drops off at that point. An opti-splitter does more then isolate. It also helps amplify DMX signal like a DA (distro amp) does for video. The isolation also isn't for lighting strikes, it helps if you have faulty power or your console and fixtures are running off of a different ground. This can cause problems just like in audio,...
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Re: dxm operator pro
32 max is pushing it. I generally start having problems with LEDs at 8 fixtures, depending on length of the run and fixtures in question. Dimmers, I daisy chain those things forever and they don't care, and I am talking racks upon racks upon racks. Movers, depends on the brand and length of cable in question. Some days it's 16, others it's 20, sometimes I can only get 6 on before the 7th starts acting up. If your last fixture in line is acting funny, and a terminator isn't helping, chances...
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Re: Read the manual and still don't know what to do
Hello. welcome. on the op 192 the 12 fixture buttons hold a total of 16 DMX channels each ok? so if u have 3 fixtures and u want each one of them to be on a separate fixture button the first fixture will have to be addressed to 01, the second to 17, the third to 33. let me know if this helps you out at all. ok? sincerely,
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Re: What are some other uses for moving heads at weddings?
I definitely know how important lighting is to a wedding...however it's hard to sell a mom on some lights on a band. However, I have found it easier to sell the mood of a room, their name on a gobo, a spotlight on the first dance, uplighting the backdrop or rear wall the same color as the bridesmaid dresses...this is the stuff that makes sense to the purchasers. However, I want the lights for the show! On a side note...I went to demo a design wash 250, and design spot 250 today. If found out...
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Re: Newbe Question
Is there an easy way to make a Blackout seen to make all fixtures in the universe go to 0?
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Re: DMX Programmer Question
I think I've got it figured out now. I believe that Fade drops all active channels to 0 (EDIT: for black that is; Fade transitions to the next channel values otherwise). Unfortunately I just picked up some Chauvet Colorstrips and their RGB mixing requires channel 1 to be at 210-219 and then mixes RGB values on channels 2-4. EDIT: So, from black it has to fade through programs on channel 1 (I haven't tested, but I believe having black w/ channel 1 @ 210 might be ok for in between steps, still...
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Re: Fading to black
I just tested a Magic-260 with a Design Spot-250 and was able to program a fade out. To program a fade out, set your dimmer to zero (0), add your desired fade time and save it to a desired page/button location.
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Re: Fading to black
I was back it again this evening and tried several of the recommendations with no luck. ronr -- those where the exact steps I took. Even with my dimmer set to 0 and a fade time to 30 sec, it snaps to a black out. No slow fades. John -- could not find any snap or cross fade feature on the Magic 260 and nothing is mentioned in the documentation. Since we open the show this Friday. I have trained the operator to use the master fader. I'll keep looking for an automated solutions. Let me know if...
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Re: design 108
Do you find that DLED 36's are bright enough for most stages? Say 16' x 24'. I know Chauvet makes a different lens for the Colorado series but it's expensive.
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Re: Pan Limit on DS250
Man, I hate it when I spend the time to type out a long post, then turn around and figure out the answer to my own question!! Anyway, instead of deleting the question, I figured I would post the answer in case anyone else had the same problem: It seems that my INIT scene in my Design Spot 250 PAGE had all the pan channels set to 85...go figure! So, of course I just set them to 0, saved, and now I'm rockin' and rollin' again. I guess sometimes you just have to ask the question to trigger the...
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Re: Major Probs with the Magic 260 App
Frank, The Magic 260 will only run a maximum of 16 channels per fixture. Do these lights have the capability of running in a different mode with less channels? As for the "format error", make sure that you do not use any channel names more than once (for example, if you have more than one color wheel, name one as color 1 and the next as color 2). Also check all your steps and make sure that you are not overlapping any channel values. Hope this helps
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Re: Major Probs with the Magic 260 App
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Surge ProTech: Sergio, thx for the quick reaction. It shouldn't be a prob to run the heads with only 15 channels, it works with the 16 channel preset smoothly. The App does not put them in the right order, that's the problem. When I change the setup of a fixture and load it up again, I get two different sets with the same name, that also shouldn't be the case. Weird. I assume, I will have to erase everything an to try again and again. At some point - I have no...
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Re: Dip Switch Calculator
This is provided the lights use binary, switch one=1, two=2, three=4, four=8, five=16, six=32, seven=64, eight=128, and nine=256. Some lights use there own 'odd' settings, like HES Trackspots for example. Both the settings for a Universal Controller and DMX are different from binary. Read your manual before you assume it is binary, or look on the back of the light by the dip switches. A lot of lights tell you what the 'code' is for their dip switches.
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Re: Global Edit of Values for One Light + Right Click to Fade
There is a way to do fade/no fade using the Midi controller. You can either do it with the virtual controller on the screen, or have an external one. Unfortunately you cannot use a single button to turn the fade on and off with the virtual board, you will have to use 2 buttons, or one of the faders on the board. You can use one button for On/off using the external board because it will latch when you press the button. To set this up... 1. launch the midi controller on the screen. 2. If you...
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Re: How to run an SS8 with Behringer FCB1010?
Suspx, Make sure that both the Stage Setter 8 and the MIDI foot controller are on the same MIDI channel. Keep in mind that the MIDI indicator on the Stage Setter 8 will light up even though both devices are on different MIDI channels. Once the proper MIDI channels have been assigned, the Stage Setter 8 will respond to basic note on/note off commands. Here's how to assign the MIDI channel and the table used to send the proper notes. (This is posted on the manual). MIDI Settings: To change...
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Re: Operator 192 questions newbie...
I believe your issue is that each fixture on the 'Fixture' button represents 16 channels. Since you address the lights in numerical order, the 'Fixture' buttons won't line up. So fixture 1 is really channels 1-16. Fixture 2 is channels 17-32, then 3 is channels 33-48 and so on. Try setting your first group of lights to channel 1 making them Fixture 1. Then your second group of lights as channel 17 making them Fixture 2. Lastly, your last group of lights to channel 33 making them Fixture 3.
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Re: lighting que fades
Are you/ have you tried using the scene fade toolbar? if you simply right click on the blue title bar on the fixture page (the bar that has the text of the fixture for example on the bar it will say Design Spot 250 or w.e. you may have) right click on that bar and you will see a few options come up. select "Scene Fade Toolbar" and it will appear at the top on the fixture page. all you do is click on your scene. check the check box to the left side of the new area. and add a time to only the...
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Re: DMX Operator MIDI channel
There are 16 MIDI Channels. In order for MIDI devices to be receive and/or send MIDI information properly, the device must have a MIDI "ID", or MIDI Channel, from 1 to 16. The reason is so you can "daisy chain' several MIDI devices and make sure each device is receving the proper MIDI information. Hope this helps.
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Re: DMX Operator Pro and MIDI
I've been asked to jump since I did a LOT of testing with MyDMX and MIDI and had documentable and repeatable results. Issue 1: Does MyDMX respond to MIDI triggers? Yes, it does. This has been resolved and in the latest version, you can use MIDI triggering, so we can just move forward from that. Issue 2: How easy is it to trigger MyDMX? Well, it really depends. Overall, the answer is yes, since most people are going to use MIDI NOTE ON commands for triggering scenes. Once a triggers are...
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Re: newbie question
I really need some help from someone Maybe one of you knows someone who would be willing to help me by drawing out a wiring diagrams of the dmx cale and how to set channels in the show designer 3. We have to mount 10 more lights this weekend and have 3 saturdays left till our first Sunday service and I need help This is what I have Show designer 3 12 -Elation Cyber Pak 4 channel dimmer 32- American par cans 16- Altman Ellipsoidals 6 -chauvet Colorado 3’s led cyc light 8 -chauvet L.E.D. par...
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Re: Design wash 250's
i can set the dimmer to 100% but thats all. it wont even do anything at 0%
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Re: Programming Existing Scene Colors w/in a New Scene (CL06)
Jingles, Yes that is effectively what I'm asking. I can use the color manager, but I hope you can understand how much longer that will take: 1 scene = 20 steps x 16 PAR cans per step x 2 colors per step x 3 DMX values per color. 1 scene could take upwards of an hour when I'm talking about a lot of steps and lot of different colors. If what I'm asking is not possible though, I suppose that is what I'll have to do. You know how when you create a Cycle, you can just select the Scenes that make...
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Re: DMX Operator Pro and MIDI
I use the DMX Operator Pro with Midi trigger. It works great. I am actually trying to run a local band R n R show using a Guitar Pedal, but don't know if they actual have programmable Midi send notes to foot buttons (like a Midi keyboard.). Anyone know? NOTE NUMBER FUNCTION 23-34 FIXTURE PAGE 1-12 35-50 PAR PAGE 1-16 51-58 MOVING LIGHT SCENE 1-8 59-66 MOVING LIGHT CHASE 1-8 67-72 PAR SCENE 1-6 73-78 PAR CHASE 1-6 79 PAR STANDBY 80 PAR FADE + SPEED 81 FIXTURE BLACKOUT 82 FIXTURE AUDIO 83 PAR...
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Re: Design Spot 250 For SPOT LIGHT
Yea thanks a lot for the reply jingles and yes i have notice the "followspot tab" but i couldn't figure out wat the hell was going on in there I am very new to This i m still trying to learn how to create scenes. as a mobile dj i really needed to know how to do the spot light also i dont know if it would be too much to ask but if u can do a video on it that would be awesome thanks agian and i am about to go try out wat u just suggested thanks First thing first.. This is what i did i clicked...