User`s guide

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DMX512 Lighting
Introduction
DMX512 Background
DMX512 is a standard of lighting control that was
developed by the US Institute of Theater Technology
(USITT). This standard was originally developed to
control light dimmers, but is currently being used to
control just about every aspect of lighting, from color
changes, to light motion, to fog machines, and even
lasers. DMX512 lights are specially designed to work
with this standard, although most any light can be made
to work by using DMX512 controlled dimmer packs or
relays.
In the DMX512 method, each light has an address and
listens to a control cable for commands that are sent to
its address. Addresses are generally set on the light by a
series of DIP switches. Note that one light may have
multiple addresses. For example, a color changing light
may have one address to set the mode of the lamp (on/
o"/sound activated), another address to select the color,
and a third address to set the speed at which it changes
the color. There are, in fact, some lights that have as
many as 32 or more addresses. Lights on this scale are
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