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2004 software Manual

The Dimmer function

This function allows to modify easily the DMX level of some channels in a button in real-time. If the

library of your fixture has been made correctly you should have a DIMMER fader on Dimmer, Zoom,

Iris, Focus...channels. This helps you to modify the channels intensity without editing the buttons.

It can also be very useful to use this function for conventional lighting (PAR...), this make a button

allowing to modify the beam intensity in real-time.

Let us see now how to use this function on a dimmer channel. We will see how to create a switch

which allows to control the dimmer from 100 to 200 (DMX values) with the fader. This can be very

useful to know how to do that when the dimmer is located on the shutter channel (e.g. Blackout from

0 to 99, Dimmer from 100 to 200 and Strobe from 201 to 255%). First of all, we must create a new

switch ("Button" - "New Switch"), we can call it "Dimmer 100-200". Then we must edit this button by

clicking on "Edit" from the "Button" menu. Then, select the "Dimmer" function and link it to the

channels using the mouse right button to affect 2 levels (minimum and maximum). Once the 2 levels

have been programmed, the channel appears as below: