Dmx mode, Lighting – Altman Lighting Spectra Series User Manual

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Lighting

BRINGING IMAGINATION TO LIGHT

Lighting

BRINGING IMAGINATION TO LIGHT

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O P E R A T I O N

Spectra Series

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DMX Mode:

DMX Mode is used for Setting DMX address, Personalities, and Stand-alone Eff ects. This is the default mode

for a new unit. (Also see Fixed Color Mode section on page 9.)

To Switch to DMX Mode from Fixed Color Mode (or vice versa ) :

Wait a few seconds until the display goes blank,

• press and hold the [ ONES ] button

• press and hold the [ TENS ] button

• release the [ ONES ] button

• release the [ TENS ] button.

PERSONALITIES:

There are 8 diff erent personalities.

Each personality is made up of 3 settings: RESOLUTION (8 Bit /16 Bit), MASTER (On /Off ), and SMOOTHING

(On/Off ) which are explained in greater detail below.

The current active Personality # is displayed for about 1 second during power up. The format is Pxx where xx

is replaced by the active personality #01-08.

To set the desired Personality, you must be in DMX mode (not Fixed Color mode).

To select the personality:

• Press the buttons until the desired personality address 601-608) appears in the display (see list below).

• Wait a few seconds, and a confi rmation display will appear that shows a question mark? on the left,

followed by the personality #. This gives you an opportunity to either accept or reject the new setting.

• To accept the new personality, press the [ ONES ] button.

• To reject the new personality, press the [HUNDREDS] button (below the ? ).

Once the new personality is accepted, it is entered into memory and retained even if power is disconnected.

Once personality is either accepted or rejected, the display will go back to the current DMX address. The

default personality for a new unit is #02.

EXAMPLE: Let's say that we want to select personality #05. We enter 605 on the display.

After a few seconds the display will show ?05 . Since we want this, we press the [ONES] button

(below the 5 ), and that enters personality #05 into memory.

To set, press the buttons repeatedly (or hold) to count up until the desired DMX address (1-512), appears on

the display. Wait a few seconds, the display will blink once quickly, and the address is set live and retained in

memory, even if you remove power.

(RDM addressing sent from a remote unit will overwrite local DMX setting.)

DMX ADDRESS