LSC Lighting e24V3 - Manual (Page 23)

e24V3 Dimming System MENU SYSTEM
Operator Manual V3.0
LSC Lighting Systems (Aust) Pty. Ltd Page 19
Hint: When testing lamps locally from the
e24V3 control panel, the test sequencer is
especially useful if the lamps are in a
different location to the e24V3 dimmer. You
can start the sequencer then go and check
that each lamp is working as the e24V3
automatically sequences through the dimmer
channels.
6.3 DMX INPUT Menu
Selecting [Menu] [DMX Input] provides menus
for;
• Patching.
• Viewing DMX Levels.
• Dimmer reaction to connection and loss
of DMX signal.
• DMX alarm settings.
6.3.1 Patching
The patch allows you to patch (connect) DMX
slots (addresses) from your DMX lighting
controller to e24V3 dimmer channel numbers.
Each e24V3 dimmer numbers its dimmer
channels from channel 1 through to channel 24.
Patches are required when;
• A particular DMX slot number from the
lighting controller is to control an e24V3
dimmer with a different dimmer channel
number.
• A single DMX slot number is to control
multiple e24V3 dimmer channel numbers.
To patch e24V3 dimmers to DMX slots or to
examine the current patches, press;
[Menu] [DMX Input] [Patch].
In this example, “Dim Chans” 1 to 24 are
patched to “DMX Slots” 025 to 048 respectively.
6.3.2 1 to 1 Patch
Patches are often performed in contiguous
blocks of addresses. The 1 to 1 patch provides a
rapid method of patching all of the dimmers in
one e24V3 rack to sequential DMX slots,
starting from a DMX slot that you can select.
Press [Menu] [DMX Input] [Patch] [1:1 Patch].
Type in the DMX start slot number (0 to 512) for
dimmer channel 1 in this e24V3 rack then press
[Patch Series].
In this example, the starting DMX slot number is
61. Each e24V3 dimmer is automatically
patched to the next higher DMX slot number.
To save the patch, press [Save Patch] or, to
cancel the changes that you have made and
return to the previous patch, press [Cancel].
6.3.3 User Patch
The User Patch allows you to individually patch
each e24V3 dimmer channel to a DMX slot of
your choice.
Press [Menu] [DMX Input] [Patch] [User
Patch].
To select a channel, press that channel number.
You can add further channels to your selection
by pressing their channel numbers.
To deselect a channel, press it again.
To select a range of channels, press a channel,
then [Thru] then another channel.
To clear all selections, press [Clr].
In the example above, dimmer 1 is patched to
DMX slot 1 and dimmer 9 is patched to DMX slot