User Guide

DMX mode Option list
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Using the VR
You can use the VR in three ways:
•
DMX controlled mode, where you connect a controller such as the
Abstract CE controller or a standard DMX lighting desk to the VR and
control its movements yourself. This mode is best for live performance,
or if you want to have full control over the effects produced.
•
Light show mode, where the VR listens to the music and generates its
own complex lightshow. This mode is good when you want a quick and
impressive show, or if you don’t have time to program or operate the
light show. If you have more than one VR, or if you have some Abstract
CE-range products, you can connect the VRs together to give a
synchronised show.
•
Run mode, where you can program up to 8 positions for the VR to run
through automatically. No external equipment is required for this mode.
DMX controlled mode
DMX is a digital control system where all the control channels are sent to all
the units. Each VR picks out 4 channels and responds only to those channels.
You can tell each VR which channels to respond to by setting the DMX channel
using the display. (See Options section for how to set the DMX channel).
Connecting the VR up for DMX control
All VRs are connected to the controller in a daisy-chain, one after the other,
using standard XLR microphone cables (twisted 2 core screened). The output
of the controller is connected to the first VR. The spare DMX connector on the
first VR is connected to the second VR, and so on.
The last VR in the line should have a terminating plug fitted in its spare DMX
connector. (The terminating plug has a 220 ohm resistor connected between
pins 2 & 3, and prevents data corruption on the line).
If you want independent control of your VR’s, you should set the DMX channels
to different values on each unit. Set the first VR to 001, the second to 005, the
third to 009, the fourth to 013, and so on.
DMX values
Mirror Pan - Channel 1 Mirror Tilt - Channel 2
DMX Result DMX Result
0Left 0Top
128 Central 128 Central
255 Right 255 Bottom
Colour - Channel 3
Colour DMX (VR mode) DMX (CE mode)
White 0 10
Red 16 26
Blue 32 43
Green 48 59
Yellow 64 75
Cyan 80 91
Orange 96 108
Magenta 112 124
Neon Green 128 140
Pink 144 156
UV Blue 160 173
Aqua 176 189
Slow colour scroll 242 246
Colour scroll 2 248 254
Colour scroll 3 250 -
Fast colour scroll 254 -
NB: Intermediate values will give mixed colours if CSN (Colour snap) is set to OFF.