Specifications

Glossary
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A
CN - Architecture for Control
Networks. A new standard
for Ethernet based entertainment
controls.
Address - A DMX channel number
from 1 - 512. Addresses (or more
strictly Start Addresses) on fixtures
are set using buttons or switches on
the fixture itself.
A Master - The master fader which
controls the level of the channels on
Preset A.
Analogue - A control standard
which existed before the invention
of DMX. 10V control signals provide
the dimmer with level information.
DMX can be converted to Analogue
via the use of a Demux.
Architainment - The market area
that sits between purely architec-
tural sales and purely entertainment
sales. Anywhere where the lights are
sometimes used for ambient light-
ing and sometimes for production
can be considered an architainment
application.
Art-net - An open Ethernet standard
for DMX control which allows multi-
ple universes of DMX to run over a
single Ethernet cable.
ASCII - American Standard Code
for Information Interchange. A show
file format published by the United
States Institute for Theater Technol-
ogy (USITT).
Attack - The fade profile of a chase.
This can be set to snap, fade, or
combinations of the two.
Attribute - A group of fixture pa-
rameters. These are Brightness (on
the FIXTURES button), Color, Beam-
shape and Position.
Audio In - See Sound2Light