User`s guide

menu. Next, enter a description next to the DMX512

values. Consult the documentation that was supplied

with your device to ﬁnd the DMX512 table. Note that all

DMX512 values need not have a description next to

them; only the values that are actually used by the device

will be ﬁlled in. The contents of the description that are

typed are not really important. The description needs to

be typed for a couple of reasons. First, it signiﬁes that

the DMX value in that row is important to your device.

All rows without descriptions are not used in the

Lightshow editor. Secondly, the description that is typed

here is the text that shows up under the sliders in the

Lightshow editor screen. It is therefore best to keep the

description short in length, but meaningful. Also, it is

best to keep the number of rows used to a minimum,

because each row will show up as a separate slider

setting. So, for example, when setting up a light that is

Red for all DMX512 values from 20 through 40, just pick

a number in that range and set its description to "Red".

Setting the description in the whole range to "Red" would

create a slider in the Lightshow editor that has many

unnecessary settings for "Red", making it more di#cult

to use.

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