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
OPERATION : DMX OPERATION
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Control Channel Functions
Control channel functions allow special actions such as reset, lamp on/off and partial recalibration.
These must be executed with zero time transition or with timing disabled. Discrete values must be
used; not manual controls such as faders or encoders (see chart below for values).
Reset - resets all luminaire mechanisms.
Lamp On or Lamp Off - switches lamp on or off.
Partial Recalibration - resets only the target mechanism (color, gobo, zoom, etc.) without affecting
others.
Pan/Tilt Fast Mode- reduces the reaction time to pan and tilt movement commands in the luminaire.
Pan/Tilt Normal Mode - processes luminaire pan and tilt commands at normal rate.
Note: When utilizing the control channel functionality for the Pan/Tilt Fast and Pan/Tilt Normal
Mode functions, the mode setting will change immediately following the input of DMX 40-45 (Pan/
Tilt Fast Mode) and DMX 50-55 (Pan/Tilt Normal Mode). No other values or actions within the
control channel will change the Mode setting. The action of the Mode is based on the last command
executed. Mode will not change until another DMX value of 40-45 or 50-55 is entered into the control
channel. Resetting the luminaire or cycling the power will not affect the Mode setting. The control
channel value will remain visible in all the cues unless another value is inputted. We recommend that
the control channel number not be changed to 0, so that the current Mode setting can be viewed in the
cue data without having to know the last value entered. This will prevent inconsistencies when
changing or substituting other luminaires that may have a different Mode setting.
Table 3-2: Control Channel Functions
Control
Channel
Function
Control Channel Value
% Value
DMX Value
For 3 Secs
or Greater
After
3 Secs
Pan/Tilt Fast 16-18 40-45 N/A
Pan/Tilt Normal 20-22 50-55 N/A
Luminaire Reset 32-33 81-87 0
Lamp Off 65-67 165-171 0
Lamp On 98-100 249-255 0
Partial Recalibration of:
- Color 40 100-104 0
- Gobos 45 112-116 0
- Edge/Zoom/Shutter 50 126-130 0
- Dimmer/Strobe 55 138-142 0