User`s manual
Table Of Contents
- Vari-Lite VL3500(TM) Series Luminaires
- How To Obtain Warranty Service
- Compliance Notice
- Safety Notice
- Sicherheitshinweise
- Notes de sécurité
- Aviso sobre Seguridad
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Description
- Installation
- Operation
- Menu System
- Troubleshooting and Maintenance
- Technical Specifications

VARI❋LITE® - VL3500™ SERIES LUMINAIRE USER’S MANUAL
18 31-July-2004 02.9678.0019 0
DMX Operation
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. (There is only one DMX mode for
this luminaire, which is Enhanced 16-bit Mode.)
Table 3-1: VL3500 Spot Luminaires Enhanced 16-Bit Mode
DMX Channel Parameter Range
1 Intensity 0 - 255
2 Hi Byte Pan 0 - 65535
3 Lo Byte Pan
4 Hi Byte Tilt 0 - 65535
5 Lo Byte Tilt
6 Edge 0 - 255
7 Zoom 0 (small) - 255 (big)
8 CTO Mixer 0 (open) - 255 (full saturation)
9 Cyan Mixer 0 (open) - 255 (full saturation)
10 Yellow Mixer 0 (open) - 255 (full saturation)
11 Magenta Mixer 0 (open) - 255 (full saturation)
12 Color Wheel 0 - 216 / 217 - 255 (spins)
13 Rotating Gobo Wheel (Gobo 1) 0 - 108 (index) / 109 - 216 (rotating) / 217 - 255(spins)
14 Hi Byte Gobo 1 Index/Rot 0 - 65535
15 Lo Byte Gobo 1 Index/Rot
16 Fixed Gobo Wheel (Gobo 2) 0 - 216 (index) / 217 - 255 (spins)
17 Strobe 0 (open) - 255 (max)
18 Shutter 1a 0 (open) - 255 (closed)
19 Shutter 1b 1 (open) - 255 (closed)
20 Shutter 2a 2 (open) - 255 (closed)
21 Shutter 2b 3 (open) - 255 (closed)
22 Shutter 3a 4 (open) - 255 (closed)
23 Shutter 3b 5 (open) - 255 (closed)
24 Shutter 4a 6 (open) - 255 (closed)
25 Shutter 4b 7 (open) - 255 (closed)
26 Rotation 0 - 255 (128 - center)
27 Focus Time 0 - 255
28 Color Time 0 - 255
29 Beam Time 0 - 255
30 Gobo Time 0 - 255
31 Control Channel (see next page) 0 - 255