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Projector DMX start address selection
All fixtures should be given a DMX starting address when using a DMX signal, so that the correct fixture
responds to the correct control signals. This digital starting address is the channel number from which the
fixture starts to “listen” to the digital control information sent out from the DMX controller. The allocation of
this starting address is achieved by setting the correct number on the display located on the base of the device.
You can set the same starting address for all fixtures or a group of fixtures, or make different address for each
fixture individually.
If you set the same address, all the units will start to “listen” to the same control signal from the same channel
number. In other words, changing the settings of one channel will affect all the fixtures simultaneously.
If you set a different address, each unit will start to “listen” to the channel number you have set, based on the
quantity of control channels of the unit. That means changing the settings of one channel will affect only the
selected fixture.
In the case of the wash head, which is a 23 channel fixture, you should set the starting address of the first unit
to 1, the second unit to 24(23 + 1), the third to 47 (23 + 24), and so on.
Operting instructions of the internal DMX wireless system
1. Equipments:
DMX 512 controller, wireless transmitter, and the fixtures with wireless receiver.
2. Message from the LED indicator:
1) Rapid flashing red/Green: logging in to a transmitter
2) Slow flashing Red/Green: Logged on a transmitter and the DMX line is idle (No DMX is
connected to transmitter).
3) Solid Green: Logged on to a transmitter and receiving DMX data.
4) Solid Red: Not logged on to a transmitter (free)
3 WDMX in the menu of the fixture:
On a fixture installed with wireless system, in order to switch between wireless control system
and traditional DMX control (with cable), a new menu WDMX is added to the display board.
ON: (Activate WDMX)
1) When the fixture is on power and the WDMX is activated to ON status, but did not
connect to the controller and did not log in to the transmitter, the fixture will search for the DMX
signal source. If the fixture is connected to the DMX controller it can be controlled by DMX
controller; if it is log in to the wireless transmitter, it can be controlled by the Transmitter
2) When the fixture is power off, and the WDMX is in ON status, if the fixture is connected to
DMX controller. After the fixture is power on, it can be controlled only by the DMX controller
which connected. The fixture can log in the wireless transmitter, and receive only radio signal
from transmitter, but not DMX from the transmitter.
OFF: (De-activate WDMX)
In this status, wireless system is not activated, so the fixture can not log in the transmitter.
REST: (reset WDMX memory);
Can remove the fixture from the connection with the transmitter, the fixture become free and
ready to log in any transmitter.
OUT: Act & Data Out
4. Setup the wireless system:
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