Specifications

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the DMX output monitor by right-clicking on the fixture icon and select DMX Output. Select a simple
effect such as intensity or color and write two scenes that moves this effect from one position to
another. Try experimenting with snap and fade settings and different scene and fade times.
Multiple function buttons
Mac 500 Gobo Control - multiple functions to one fade state button.
One fade state button may control more than just one effect - actually, a normally fade state button
controls the transition of one DMX channel, for certain multi channel functions it may control the fade
state of more than one channel.
A fixture may also have more than one function on the same DMX control channel. This means that
the same fade state button determines the transition for all of the effects on that channel. e.g. the
MAC 500-S fixed gobo has 3 functions allocated to the same channel: gobo selection, wheel scroll
and gobo shake. Since these are all controlled via the same control channel, It is not possible to
program transitions for these effects individually.
Multiple fade buttons for the same channel
Roboscan 518 - linked fade buttons
Sometimes when fixtures contain different types of functions on the same DMX channel, the functions
are split on to different fixture controls - however the corresponding fade state buttons on each of the
controls are linked (in fact programming the same DMX channel transition). In this case it is not
possible to use individual fade state on the different effects. Also, usually the functions themselves are
exclusive, for example on the Roboscan 518 it is not possible to program a strobe AND a lamp
command into the same scene, as they use the same DMX channel for the commands.
Fixture control elements
Drag bar controls
Drag bar control
The drag control is used to select one out of a range of values (for example to select intensity value).
To set a value left-click anywhere on the bar, and hold the mouse button to drag the value left and
right in the control. Left-click on either the two arrow buttons to modify the values in small steps, or
right-click the buttons to set min or max values respectively. Usually the control is organized so that
values that result in lower or slower effect are to the left (low values) and higher or faster values to the
right. Note that even though the bar may display the selected the value in percentages, it does not
necessarily mean that these values have the same physical effect across fixture types. For example
50% gobo rotation speed on a MAC 500 is NOT the same speed as 50% on a Roboscan 1220.