Compu Live software and Martin Roboscan 812's

Hi Dazzler and welcome to the forums.

Compulive can control any and all DMX fixtures as well as dimmer packs/racks. There should be no problems at all. You are only limited by the number of channels. Some features are also limited/slightly different dongle to dongle, quick list:

1024EC
512 DMX In/512 DMX Out or
1024 DMX Out with Female to Female Turnaround
Basic 3D Visualizer
Midi Triggering
2 Art-Net Universes (1024 Channels)

2048FC
512 DMX In/512 DMX Out or
1024 DMX Out with Female to Female Turnaround
Full 3D Visualizer
Midi Triggering
Sympte Time Code Triggering
Internal Clock Triggering
Easy Show
4 Art-Net Universes (2048 Channels)

2048FC+
512 DMX In/512 DMX Out or
1024 DMX Out with Female to Female Turnaround
Full 3D Visualizer
Midi Triggering
Sympte Time Code Triggering
Internal Clock Triggering
Easy Show
40 Art-Net Universes (20,480 Channels)

Any more questions, feel free to ask. Also, any profiles you need not included in the software, ask the Compu Guru himself, Jingles, and he will hook you up. Once again, welcome to the forums.

Dazzler,
It will work on all your gear.. however you will need dmx dimmer packs to run your par cans.

One other thing im not to sure of but it is one thing to check out beforehand. Make sure your martins are 3 pin and not 5 pin DMX. if they are 5 pin you will need a 3-5pin cable.
Welcome to the forums!
Sincerely,

Thanks for the quick response everyone.

The Martins are 3 pin. I use the MLC16 to run these at the moment and I use the NSI MC-6300 to run 4 ND-4600 dimmer packs and the par 64’s.The 8 Intimidators run off a simple remote. The16 par 38’s and the dp-415’s run off of the stage setter 8 control. It would be great if I could get all this stuff to work together. Unfortunately the nd-4600’s are micro-plex. I have been told that I can get a chip to put in the nd-4600’s to run the regular dmx-512 signal. If I do that will these be able to receive both signals? The martin language and regular dmx-512? I have used the nd-4600’s for the last 10 years. They are very dependable but it would seem that they are also the problem. The dp-415’s seem decent and they are very handy as switch packs for the non dmx lights. Basically I have 2 set-ups. One for Theatre and one for bands. I would love to be able to mix it all together. From what I’ve seen in the software, it looks like it will do the trick. And with a lot less time.

If you get the chip for DMX, it should be fine to control you ND-4600s via DMX. As to if you can use DMX and Micro-Plex after the chip is installed, I am not sure. I know some of the older NSI dimmers I have to go from Micro-Plex to DMX you actually have to replace the 3 pin connectors with 5 pin connectors and physically move the connecting wires over. This might not be the case with your dimmers however.

Also be aware you can't use Micro-Plex and DMX at the same time. Micro-Plex is a powered signal and DMX is not. Plugging a DMX controller into a Micro-Plex source will fry the DMX controllers on that line. So be careful.

I just wanted to be able to run the nd-4600’s from the physical control if I needed to. I may just want to buy 4 more dp 415’s to solve the compatibility problem. Then I can run all the pars from one control and not have to mess with the chip.

Thanks again.

Or instead of buying new dimmers, i believe that NSI makes a DMX to microplex converter box.
meaning you just need 1 small box to make all your dimmers work DMX and not have to change any chips.

I'll give that a try. It would make things easier.

Thanks.

Good afternoon,

I just wanted to let you know that I found a converter. Something called a DMX-lator I. Looks perfect for what I need and everything should run well together.

Thanks for the tip.

hey dazzler

i have 4 of the roboscans 812 and i bought the program it works great with the roboscans 812 ..the only thing i had to do was make a special cable because the output on the box of the light controller was Polarity (2-, 3+) and on the roboscans its polarity (2+, 3-) so you will need to make a cable and swap it around

Hey thanks,

I remember seeing that in the roboscan lit.

On a different note. I'm using the profile for the intimidator 1 in the software but it looks like it is actually for the 1.2 version. Is there another profile out the to use for the intimidator 1.0 or did I miss something?

Thanks.