DL.3 Digital Light User Manual 237
Appendix A: DMX Protocol
DL.3 and DL.2 Digital Lights and Axon Media Servers utilize the same DMX protocol
except that DL.3 and DL.2 fixtures include channels for motion and camera
control. This table describes the Standard, Dual and Single Protocol.

Media Server Software Version 1.4

Channel # Function Description Value Default
DL.3
DL.2 Axon dec. %dec. %

Motion and Camera Control

(Standard, Dual, Single Protocol)

Movement Functions (DL.2 fixtures only)

1NA Pan Course Moves projector head from 0° to 400° 0-
65535 0-100 32768 50
2NA Pan Fine
3NA Tilt Course Moves projector head from 0° to 240° 0-
65535 0-100 32768 50
4NA Tilt Fine
5NA Dimmer Adjusts the mechanical iris located in front of the
projector output lens from closed to open 0-255 0-100 0 0
6NA Focus Adjusts focus from near to far 0-255 0-100 128 50
7NA Zoom Adjusts zoom from narrow to wide 0-255 0-100 128 50
8NA MSpeed See Appendix B for conversion tables 0-255 0-100 0 0
9NA Macro Reserved for future use 0-255 0-100 0 0
10 NA Control
Function *
Fixture Movement and Camera Control Options
(Set Dimmer Channel = 0 except for MSpeed Off)
NA 0 0
Pan and Tilt MSpeed off 10-13
Reserved 14-19
Menu Display Off (5) 20-28
Reserved 29
Menu Display Dim (5) 30-38
Reserved 39
Menu Display Bright (5) 40-48
Reserved 49
Preview 50-58
Reserved 59
Home All (20) 60-68
Reserved 69-79
Lamp ON (80) 80-88
Reserved 89
*To prevent inadvertent triggering, some Control Function options won’t activate until the value h as been
held for a period of time. A number in parenthesis is the minimum number of consecutive times a DMX
value must be received from a controller before the operation begins.