CHAPTER 4
DMX Programming Basics and Quick Start
StudioPix™ Pixelation Luminaire User Manual 27
Pixel Mapping Protocol
Pixel Mapping protocol allows you to individually control RGB color each of the LEDs with your
DMX desk or a third party pixel mapping protocol. LEDs are identified by the protocol according
to the array maps in the following sections.

SHOWPIX Pixel Mapping Table

A SHOWPIX array consists of 127 LEDs with each acting as a single pixel of an image. The
example to the right designates the position of the channels assigned to LEDs in the Pixel
Mapping Protocol. The following table shows the color assignment for the LEDs
The following table shows the color assignment for the LEDs. The image below labels each LED
position on the array.
Fixture Control LED Control
Chan # Description Chan # Description
1Pan 10 Red
LED 1
211
Green
3Tilt 12 Blue
4 . . . Red Adjust three DMX channels for
RGB control with values from 0 =
no color to 255 = full saturation.
5Mspeed . . . Green
6Macro . . . Blue
7Control Function 388 Red
LED 127
8Strobe 389 Green
9Dim 390 Blue
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35 36 12
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
60
61
62
63
64
65
66 37 38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
85
86
87
88
89
90 67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
104
105
106
107
108 91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
118
119
120 109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
125
126 121
122
123
124
127
Channel 10 = Red
Channel 11 = Green
Channel 12 = Blue
Channel 247 = Red
Channel 248 = Green
Channel 249 = Blue