User Guide

Avolites Pearl 2000 Operators Manual - page 168
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K for those devices where the dmx channels used are not in
consecutive slots
For example a TYPE-LINE can look like:-
TYPE 1 8 M
Setting the device to:- 8 channels used patched from 512 downwards and
the next line sets a device for 10 channels and patched from 001 to 512
TYPE 1 10 D
26.6 Fixture switch settings
This allows the desk to display the exact switch settings required to
configure a fixture for a given DMX address and to ensure it is set in the
correct mode.
The display can be configured in virtually any way required.
The fixture switch detail MUST be declared before the DMX declaration.
A number of variables are provided for use within this function, these are:-
d = dmx number the instrument is assigned to
h = handle the instrument will be operated from
n = the device name, given earlier in the personality file
You should note that these variables must be in lower case
The keywords associated with the fixture switch settings are:
DEVICEADDRESS
DAEND
MINDMX
MAXDMX
DIVBY
The screen space allowed for displaying the fixture information is 10 lines by
21 characters.
The start and end of the fixture switch detail is marked by
DEVICEADDRESS and DAEND.
The formula to display this information is restricted to 10 lines by 79
characters.
The three other variables must be defined for the instrument are:-
MINDMX = lowest DMX number the instrument can be addressed
MAXDMX = highest DMX address number the instrument
DIVBY = The difference of two dmx addresses selected by changing the LS
bit of the address switch.
For example if the instrument address switch increments the DMX number
by 1 then the difference DIVBY will be 1, if, like on the Cyberlight it
increments by 20 then DIVBY would be 20.
DIVBY is used to ensure that an instrument can be addressed at the address
proposed by the user when patching.