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BooBox FlexMax FI-216 Operating Manual - page 15
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DMX
About DMX
DMX is an industry standard control protocol used to control lights, strobes, fog machines, and many other
exciting stage and theatre products. The FlexMax can be programmed to output DMX data so you can control
any DMX device in sync with the rest of your show.
DMX uses a single cable to transmit up to 512 channels of control information to many DMX devices at once.
Think of the DMX cable as a TV cable, a single TV cable has many TV channels running down the wire at the
same time, it's up to your TV to tune into the one you want to watch and ignore the rest. Same with DMX, each
DMX device must be told which channels you want it to listen to.
Unlike TV’s, DMX devices may listen to more than one channel at the same time. A four output dimmer pack
will need four channels, one for each lighting channel. A colored LED spotlight might use five channels, one for
each color, one for a master dimmer, and one for a strobe rate. You’ll need to refer to the device’s manual for a
listing of its DMX channel assignments. In all cases, the channel setting on the device represents its starting
channel. So if we assign our dimmer pack to start at channel 5, that would mean it’s output 1 = channel 5,
output 2 = channel 6, output 3 = channel 7, and output 4 = channel 8.
If you have multiple DMX lights or devices and you want them to do the same thing, start them at the same
DMX channel. This way they’ll all be tuned into the same information and therefore do the same thing without
having to program each one separately. This can save a lot of programming time.
DMX Connection
You’ll need to connect your DMX devices to the DMX terminals on the BooBox. The easiest way to do this is to
cut the appropriate end off a DMX cable, strip it, and connect the wires into the DMX 1, 2, and 3 terminals.
Look carefully at the DMX connector on the cable, the pin numbers are marked on each pin, make sure the
wires from each pin connect to the appropriate terminals on the BooBox.