User Guide

Head
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can do this with option 3 (see below). Unless told otherwise, the controller will
assume that all DMX channels remain the same. You can get the controller to display
the dip switch settings needed for each head using option 4.
3: Set DMX channels
The controller permits any of the 16 heads to be located at any DMX channel, up to
its maximum of 64. This allows you to connect a mixture of 2-channel and 4-channel
lighting effects and still use the auto-numbering system. It also allows you to change
which lighting effect is allocated to which head number, if you want to do that.
The unit will display
Set DMX channel
Select head to set
then
Press [Head] to set
all in sequence
You can either set the DMX output address for each unit individually, or if you press
Head the unit will assume all heads are numbered sequentially and will set the DMX
channels accordingly.
Note: This will only work if you’ve set the type of each head to match the way
you’ve connected the heads, i.e. head 1 is set to match the first head in
the DMX line, head 2 to match the second.
If you select sequential numbering, the unit will ask if you want to view the new
settings. You can use this to set the dip switches on the heads. See option 4.
If you decide to set the channels manually by pressing a unit number, the controller
will display the following:
Hd 01:Futurescan 2CE
Ch:01 „…ƒ‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚
The cursor will flash over the DMX channel number. Enter each digit (10’s and 1’s)
separately by pressing number keys 1-10 for each digit (10 enters a zero), then press
Save. The dipswitch graphic will be updated as you change the DMX channel, to
show you how to set the dipswitches on the lighting effect to match the controller
settings. You can’t set the channel higher than 61; if you try, the controller will go
back to its original setting.