High End Systems Technobeam manual Determining the Unique Fixture Number, Wasted DMX Channels

2.Press the <Enter> button to enter the “ADDR” menu.

3.Using the <Up> and <Down> arrow buttons, scroll to the desired DMX

t	start channel and press the <Enter> button to select the desired DMX
	start channel.
	Note	You must assign a unique fixture address to each Studio
		Spot 250 or Studio Color 250 fixture that you wish to
		respond independently to controller commands.

Determining the Unique Fixture Number

The fixture number is a number you assign that represents each unique fixture’s channel range in the DMX 512 link. If you are using one DMX link to control fixtures which all use the same number of DMX channels (as recommended), you can assign fixture numbers in ascending order (see Table 2-3).

Table 2-3. Example: Determining the Unique Fixture Number

Fixture		Number of DMX	Fixture	Channel
location	Fixture name	channels used
			number	range used
on the link		per fixture
First	Technobeam	18 channels	F 01	1-18
	(iris protocol)
Second	Technobeam	18 channels	F 02	19-36
	(iris protocol)
Third	Technobeam	18 channels	F 03	37-54
	(full protocol)
Fourth	Other device	18 channels	F 04	55-72
	(using 18 channels)

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To assign a unique fixture number to your fixture:

1. Press and hold the <Menu> button until “ADDR” appears on the LED display.

2.Press the <Enter> button to enter the “ADDR” menu.

3. Using the <Up> and <Down> arrow buttons, scroll to the desired fixture number and press the <Enter> button.

Note	You must assign a unique fixture address to each
	Technobeam fixture that you wish to respond
	independently to controller commands.

Wasted DMX Channels

If you mix different types of devices (which use different numbers of channel ranges) on the same DMX link and assign fixture numbers (instead of DMX start channels) to these devices, you would waste DMX channels.

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