Dimmer Operation 4-9
Revision 2 - 26 April, 2000 HP SERIES DIMMER TECHNICAL MANUAL
4.1.5 DMX CHannel menu
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Figure 4.2
The dimmer’s DMX start channel can be selected anywhere from channel 1 to channel
512. By selecting DMX start channel 1, the dimmer will respond to DMX channels 1
through 12 inclusive. When using racks of looped dimmers, the next dimmer should
start at channel 13, the next at channel 25, and so on.
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To select a DMX start channel press the DMX CH button on the keypad.
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The display will change to show the currently assigned DMX start channel.
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Using the FUNCTION encoder wheel, the DMX start channel may be
incremented or decremented to the desired DMX channel start number.
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To select the DMX start channel press the ENTER button on the keypad.
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The display will then show “OK” to indicate the dimmer is now in normal
operating mode.
4.1.5.1 Channel Softpatch (Software version 2.2 and later)
Dimmer channels may now be patched to the incoming DMX signal in any order. To
patch a channel:
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Press the “DMX Ch” button. The dimmer will respond with the normal DMX
start.
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Press the “Select” button of the channel to be non-sequentially patched. The
“Status” LED will flash and the display will indicate what DMX channel that
dimmer is currently patched to.
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Use the wheel to adjust display to desired channel, and press “Enter” to confirm.
Note that adjusting the DMX Bank or DMX Ch without pressing a channel select
button resets all channels to being sequential and clears any previous patch information.
4.1.6 DMX BANK menu
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Figure 4.2
To make DMX start channel selection easier, the HP dimmers can select a bank of
twelve channels [six channels] from the DMX input signal. There are a total of 42
sequential banks of twelve channels and one last bank of eight channels in the 512
channels available from the DMX-512 source. See section 8.2 for a list of banks and
their corresponding channels.
By selecting DMX start bank 2, the dimmer will respond to DMX channels 13 through
24 [13 – 18] inclusive.
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To select a DMX bank press the DMX BANK button on the keypad.
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The display will change to show the currently assigned DMX bank number.
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Using the FUNCTION encoder wheel, DMX bank numbers may be incremented
or decremented to the desired bank number.
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To select the DMX bank number press the ENTER button on the keypad.
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The display will then show “OK” to indicate the dimmer is now in normal
operating mode.
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