User`s manual

VARI❋LITE® - VL2500™ SPOT LUMINAIRE USER’S MANUAL
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DMX Operation
VL2500 Spot Channel Mapping
These tables assume a DMX start address of 1. When a different starting address is used, this address
becomes channel 1 function and other functions follow in sequence.
Figure 3-6: VL2500 Spot Luminaire Channel Mapping
*Notes:
Use of Timing Channels: The default value setting in the profile should be 255 (proportional control) to allow smooth movement when using console
timing. The Timing channel data should change as a snap. A zero value will give the fastest move but without any smoothing, this can look steppy in
console timed moves.
To use a timing channel instead of console timing it is necessary to set the timing channel to the desired value and set cue and/or parameter time to zero. A
combination of time controls can produce unexpected results. Refer to "Luminaire Timing" on page 36 for more information.
Timing Channel Control: The luminaire uses the timing channel value to calculate a smooth continuous movement for a given time and transition
Console Timing: The Console calculates the time duration between the DMX increments to be sent for a given time and transition.
Timing Channel Mapping:
Focus timing: Pan and Tilt
Color timing: Cyan, Yellow, Magenta, and the Fixed Color Wheel.
Beam timing: Zoom, Edge, and Iris.
Gobo Timing: Gobo Wheels (Rotating and Fixed).
Note, Index/Rotation and wheel spins channels are not mapped to a Timing Channel.
DMX Channel Parameters Range
1 Intensity 0 (closed) - 255 (open)
2 Pan Hi Byte 0 - 65535
3 Pan Lo Byte
4 Tilt Hi Byte 0 - 65535
5 Tilt Lo Byte
6 Cyan Mixer 0 (open) - 255 (full saturation)
7 Yellow Mixer 0 (open) - 255 (full saturation)
8 Magenta Mixer 0 (open) - 255 (full saturation)
9 Fixed Color Wheel 0 - 216 (index) / 217 - 255 (spins)
10 Edge 0 - 255
11 Strobe 0 (open) - 255 (maximum)
12 Zoom 0 (small) - 255 (wide)
13 Fixed Gobo Wheel 0 - 216 (index) / 217 - 255 (spins)
14 Rotating Gobo Wheel 0 - 108 (index) / 109 - 216 (rotating) / 217 - 255 (spins)
15 Index Hi Byte 0 - 65535
16 Index Lo Byte
17 Iris 0 (closed) - 255 (open)
18 F Time* 0 (fast) - 255 (proportional)
19 C Time* 0 (fast) - 255 (proportional)
20 B Time* 0 (fast) - 255 (proportional)
21 G Time* 0 (fast) - 255 (proportional)
22 Control* See "Control Channel Functions" on page 43.