High End Systems SHOWGUN Menu System Options, DMX Address Menu, Setting DMX Start Channel

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SHOWGUN® Menu System

Level 1	Level 2	Option/Setting	Description/Notes
	DISPLAY ERRORS	XXXXXXXXXXXXX	Scrolls through errors displayed in 2-line,
	MENU	XXXXXXXXXXXXX	16-character format
INFOMATION
	CHANNELS	##	Displays channel range for current
MENU	NEEDED:		configuration (30 for SHOWGUN fixtures)
	NEXT DMX	##	(Current start channel + channels
	CHANNEL:		needed+1)

Menu System Options

The following sections describe and give examples for selecting and/or setting available menu options.

DMX Address Menu

DMX Address is the top level menu selection used to set the fixture’s DMX start channel. Use this menu option, to change the existing DMX start channel to another DMX start channel.

Setting DMX Start Channel

To set the DMX start channel:

1.Press the Menu button to unlock the menu system or to move back up the system to the top level menus. DMX ADDRESS MENU is the first menu item at the top level.

2.Press the Enter button to select. The display will show SET DMX START CHANNEL:###. The display will show the start channel currently assigned to the fixture.

3.Use the up and down arrows on the Center button to select a new DMX start channel from 001– 483. The display will flash a new option ready for selection.

Note: The last valid Start channel for a SHOWGUN fixture is 483 (512–30+1).

4. Press the Enter button to accept the new DMX Start channel.

Note: If the Enter button is not pressed, the old value will remain selected after exiting the menu.

Determining DMX Start Channel Assignment

There are 512 available channels on each DMX link divided among all the devices in a particular link. A fixture must have a unique Start channel number in order to respond independently to controller commands.

To determine each fixture’s DMX start channel in a link, identify the channel range of every fixture on the link. Channel range is the number of consecutive channels a fixture requires. Each SHOWGUN fixture requires a block of 30 consecutive channels on a 512-Channel DMX link. The Start channel is the first number of a fixture’s channel range.

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