User`s guide

generally very complicated and expensive, and beyond
the scope of solo act lighting.
When the address of the light is set by DIP switches, the
first address of the light is being set and the other
addresses of the same light will be o"set from the first.
For example, if a light has three addresses and the DIP
switches are set to address 15, the light will be using
addresses 15, 16, and 17.
When a command is sent to its address, the light will
respond to that command. A DMX512 light will have a
DMX description table that describes what every
command does. For example, a value of 0 might turn o"
the light, 10 might make it red, and 255 might make it
blue. Note that more than one light may be set to the
same address. If this is the case, when a command is
sent, all of the lights with that address will respond. In
this way, many lights can be controlled in
synchronization using only one DMX512 address.
The DMX512 protocol is capable of controlling up to 512
addresses per “universe”, however most controllers only
provide a subset of this. Each universe represents a
separate control line. Each control line is connected to
the lights in a “daisy-chain” manner, whereby the
controller is connected to the first light, then the second
light is connected to the first, and the third is connected
to the second, etc. The last light in the chain must be
terminated with a small plug-in resistor device to keep
the signal from reflecting from the end and interfering
with the transmitted signal. If it is inconvenient to run
the control line in one straight run, DMX512 splitters
exist. It is important to use these rather than to just
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