Specifications

10 2518 DMX Controller
section 4
OPERATION
The 2518 DMX Controller has 3 modes: manual mode, in which you set lights and program
scenes; execution mode, in which scenes are run; and blackout/standby mode, in which the
lights are blacked out.
Manual Control
About DMX Control
Devices are set by activating their DMX channels and sliding the faders.
Channels are activated and deactivated in groups of 6 by pressing the
channel buttons
. Each
channel button controls the 2 groups of channels listed beside the button. The
channel mas-
ter
is used to switch the channel buttons between these 2 groups.
The
channel button LEDs
indicate which channels are active, that is, under fader control. A
lit LED indicates channels from 1 to 36 are active; a flashing LED indicates channels from
37 to 72 are active. Status is indicated for 36 channels at a time: press the channel master to
see the status of the other channels. In the figure above, channels 1 - 6 are active.
The
faders
set the DMX values on active channels. They map to the channels from left to
right. The DMX value is 0 when a fader is at the bottom and 255 at the top.
The
DMX protocol
for a device describes how it responds to DMX values. To make a light
red, for example, you would look in the protocol for the channel that controls color and the
DMX value for red. Then you would slide the corresponding fader to the listed value.
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
DMX Channels
1-6
(37-42)
7-12
(43-48)
13-18
(49-54)
19-24
(55-60)
25-30
(61-66)
31-36
(67-72)
1-36
(37-72)
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Scenes
Blackout
(Standby)
Store
Auto
Music
Midi
Scene Bank
Channel Master
FaderChannel Button
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