VARI-LITE VL6000 Beam - Manual (Page 56)

VARI ❋ LITE - VL6000 B EAM L UMINAIRE U SER ’ S M ANUAL
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DMX Operation
VL6000 Beam Luminaire 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.This section contains the DMX
channel map for the VL6000 Beam Luminaire.
•
“16-Bit Channel Mapping” (starting below)
• “Fixture Shutdown” on page 41 .
16-Bit Channel Mapping
Table 2 provides DMX channel mapping of the DMX512 control values when the VL6000 Beam
Luminaire is in 16-Bit DMX mode.
Table 2: VL6000 Beam Luminaire 16-Bit DMX Channel Mapping
DMX
Channel
Parameters
Range
(DMX)
Range
(%)
Default
Value*
Description / Operation
1 Intensity 0 - 255 0 - 100% 0 8-bit control of Fixture Intensity from 0 - 100%
2 Pan High Byte
0 - 65535 0 - 100% 32767 16-bit linear control of pan from 0° to 540°.
3 Pan Low Byte
4 Tilt High Byte
0 - 65535 0 - 100% 32767 16-bit linear control of tilt from 0° to 240°.
5 Tilt Low Byte
6 Edge 0 - 255 0 - 100% 0 8-bit linear control of edge functions.
7
Color Wheels
Macro / Presets
0 - 255 0 - 100% 0
8-bit linear control of all three Color Wheel Presets / Macros
See Channel 8 for options.
0 = Open or Uses Color Wheel 1-3 channels.
1 = TBD
2 = TBD
3 = TBD
4 = TBD
5 = TBD
8
Color Wheels
Transition
Control
0 - 255 0 - 100% 0
0 = Idle
1 - 255 = Cloak Transition Generator
Slow to Fast
1 = Fastest Time
255 = 10 Second
9 Color Wheel 1 0 - 255 0 - 100% 0
8-bit control of Color Wheel 1.
See Channel 10 for options.
0-18 = OPEN
19-54 = MAGENTA 100% (Center at DMX 36)
55-91 = DARK BLUE (Center at DMX 73)
92-128 = MAGENTA 60% (Center at DMX 109)
129-165 = FLESH PINK (Center at DMX 146)
166-202 = MAGENTA 30% (Center at DMX 182)
203-239 = GREEN (Center at DMX 218)
240-255 = OPEN
10
Color Wheel 1
Control
0 - 255 0 - 100% 0
Used as a control channel for different movement options of Color
Wheel 1
0-5 = Linear Movement using shortest (quickest) path.
6-10 = Linear Movement using normal (longest) path.
11-15 = Wheel Spin Forward (Fast to Slow)
16-20 = Wheel Spin STOP
21-25 = Wheel Spin Reverse (Slow to Fast)
26-56 = Color Shake Quickest Path (Slow to Fast)
57-87 = Color Shake Normal Path (Slow to Fast)
88-255 = Reserved Values.