LightProcessor Q 12 Manual De Instrucciones página 9

•DMX AND THE Q12•
PREPARING THE Q12 FOR DMX MAPPING
If you wish to software patch the Q12 to DMX dimmers or intelligent luminaires capable of working with
DMX, it will first of all be necessary to clear any previous programming including the default DMX map.
There are three power-up options on the Q12 which are relevant here.
•Flash button no. 8 completely resets the Q12, resets the DMX map to the default setting and dis-
ables DMX programming.
•Flash button no. 7 functions as a toggle switch to enable/disable DMX programming.
•With DMX programming enabled hold down flash button no. 2 during power up to wipe any
previous DMX map.
It is therefore necessary to establish that DMX programming is enabled and then to wipe any existing DMX
mapping before starting to program a softpatch.
INTELLIGENT LIGHTING
With intelligent lighting it will be necessary to control some or all of the following features depending on
the model.
1. Mirror X axis
2. Mirror Y axis
3. Colour change
4. Gobo change
5. Strobe speed
6. Dimming level
7. Iris
The diagram below shows one way in which the 12 channels of the Q12 can control the 14 channels pre-
sented by two lighting fixtures like the above example. The two fixtures would use the DMX start address-
es 1 (for the first channel of fixture 1) and 8 (for the first channel of fixture 2).
Additional fixtures could be added to the example and would need to be given the start address 1 or 8, in
order to determine whether they would function exactly like fixture 1 or fixture 2. Note that channel 11
from the Q12 is controlling DMX channels 6 and 13; the Q12's channel 12 is controlling DMX channels
7 and 14.
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