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Control Panel Menu Structure (Continued)

Main Function

Sub Function

Selection

What It Does...

Edit Program

Program 1 - Program 8

Steps

000 <-> 048

Selects the number of active steps in the current

program (Auto or Program 1 - 8)

Scenes

000 <-> 048

Selects the scene for editing

PAN

Allows you to edit the pre-programmed “Auto

Program” which the fixture uses in Auto and

Sound active Modes using the DMX values for

each channel, or edit one of 8 built in programs

which are available using DMX channel #15.

For more information on DMX values available

for each channel, see pages 14-15.

PAN-Fine

TILT

TILT-Fine

Move Speed

Color Wheel

Gobo Wheel

Gobo Rotation

Gobo Wheel 2

Strobe

Dimmer

Prism

Iris

Scene Time

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

V1.0~V9.9

Displays the current 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!