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Hi cahedger, in most cases if a fixture has DMX it is intended to be used on a DMX controller and not so much a dimming console like the stage setter series.
to me it seems like you have the wrong controller for the job. How many channels of dimmers are you using and how many channels are the lasers and the strobe?

Hey Jingles, thanks for the prompt reply. Much faster than many other forums I visit. I believe our lasers are 7 channels each (we have 2 of them, I think we're just setting the other one up in slave mode to mimic the first unit) and we have the Elation DP-415s which I believe are 4 channels each. The lasers do have a 2 DMX Jacks on the back (for chaining). So if I'm understanding you correctly the lasers would just chain directly into one of the DMX jacks on the console and take up say channels 1-7, and the dimmer boxes go to the other DMX channels on the Console and go to say channels 8-11 & 12-15?

Yup, that sounds ok to me. it'll be a pain a bit to program but it is do-able. Just remember to set the 2nd lasers DMX address to the same as the first and not try to actually put it into any sort of slave mode, otherwise it may cause erratic behavior down the rest of the DMX line.
Is the strobe not being used on DMX?

Hey Jingles,

Hope your day is going well, and thanks for the reply. So it did work, I set the lasers to same address and I now have control over it's 7 channels via faders 1-7... I have my dimmer boxes in 8-11 and 12-15. I also got everything working in midi, and yes it is a pain.

I want to use the strobes (turns out we have 2) in my setup, but for some reason every time it runs my computer monitor shuts off (not sure if you've heard of this happening, I use a VGA monitor and tried different outlets to no avail).

One more question, is it possible to add the strobe to the chain of lasers w/ a different address to get it to a different channel... not sure if the strobe is dmx but I'd love to take advantage of it if it is.

Thanks again.

What model strobe is it and who makes it? Or who sells it?
Odd that it shuts off the computer monitor. Does anything else plugged into that circuit shit off also? Are you tripping breakers? Some strobes can be anywhere from 750 Watt all the way up to 3,000 watts or more. It will help greatly to know what strobe it is.
Thanks.

Hey Jingles,

Hope you had a good weekend. Not tripping any breakers (that I know of), and I've tried running my monitor to a completely different outlet (the strobe was the only light on that dimmer at the moment)... the monitor shuts off while the strobe runs, and comes back on when the strobe shuts off.

It's the American DJ Mega Flash DMX and looks like it's a 2 channel. So to refresh on the setup, would I be able to daisy chain my strobes and lasers together w/ the lasers addressed as 1-7, the strobes 8-9, and dimmer box 1 10-13 & dimmer box 2 14-16 (one channel unused)? Pretty stoked that it seems I can control these strobes to the music... oh one more thing, do you have any idea if the strobe "speed" setting correlates to a certain bpm? I swear I'm completely done w/ questions after this, and you've been a great help.

Thanks,
Chris.

Yes, your addressing sounds fine to me.
I'm just wondering what the cause is for the monitor shutting off when the strobe is on.
I'm asking around, if i find anything out i'll post a reply here.

Awesome, thanks for looking out. It might be because the monitor is VGA (Analog)... I usually use a DVI monitor but somebody broke into my car a week ago and stole it... so I gotta make do with what I've got.

Does your monitor have a ambient light sensor on it?