User`s guide

Now suppose that we want to control these four items

using addresses 24 through 27 with Solo Performer Show

Controller to put out fog whenever the fog button is

pressed. The ﬁrst step is to set the DIP switches on the

fog machine to address 24.

We will control the fog machine’s ﬂow of fog by using the

volume channel, which by setting the DIP switches, is

now address 27. When the volume channel’s data value

is set to zero, there is no fog and when it is set to 255,

there is maximum fog output. We will therefore set the

Fog Machine Action Address to 27, the Fog On Value

to 255, and the Fog O" Value to 0.

Notice that we have chosen the volume channel to be the

action channel for the fog machine rather than the power

channel. Simply turning the power on and o" could

theoretically control the fog machine. The problem with

this is that most fog machines have a substantial warm-

up period, making this method less e"ective.

To get things set up properly, the fog machine must have

its other addresses set up initially. We will set the power

address, 24, to a value of 255 to put the fog machine

into manual mode. The interval address, 25, and the

duration address, 26, are only useful when the fog

machine is set to timer mode rather than manual mode,

so we will just set these channels to 0.

The settings in the Preferences window will then look like

this:

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