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NorthStar Quantum Pro Manual Rev. C

Control Panel Menu Structure (Continued)

Main Function

Sub Function

Selection

What It Does...

Edit Program

Program 1-8

=000 <-> 255

Sets the DMX address

Steps

Selects the number of individual steps to display

in the current program, from 0-48

Scenes

1-XXX

Selects the scene to edit using the parameters

below

Pan

Programs each parameter in the program step,

using a value between 000 - 255.

Tilt

Pan Fine

Tilt Fine

Move Speed

Strobe

Dimmer

Red

Green

Blue

White

VCW

Color Fading

R/G/B/W In

A/B/C/D/E/F

Mode of Channel

Mode Set

16Bit Mode

Sets the fixture to one of 3 available DMX

personalities. (See pages 14/15 for more

information)

8Bit Mode

Design Mode

Design Mode Set

Max Channel = XX

Allows the user to customize the DMX profile.

See “Design Mode,” below.

PAN, Etc. = 001

Version

N/A

vX.X

Displays the fixture’s software version

Custom DMX Personalities: About Design Mode

Design mode allows the user to customize their own DMX profile or “personality.” For

instance, the built-in 16-bit mode features the familiar Pan/Pan-Fine/Tilt/Tilt-Fine approach

for channels 1-4. However, with Design Mode, the user may specify the channel arrange-

ment in any way they choose. For instance, you might set Pan as channel 15, Tilt as chan-

nel 16, and elect not to use the Pan-Fine/Tilt-Fine channels at all. Or you may disable the

remote reset function to avoid accidental deployment.

Pretty cool, hey? And, it’s really easy to use. Just enter the “Design Mode Set” menu

function, and 1.) the total number of channels to assign to each fixture, and 2.) specify a

channel number for each function. If you do not wish to enable a function, simply leave its

channel value at “000.” Bam - your own custom built DMX personality!