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4-10 Synchronizing Preset Playback Technobeam
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1. One fixture must be set as fixture number 1 or at DMX start channel 1
as described in Chapter 2.
Make sure no other fixture on the link is
configured as fixture number 1 or at DMX start channel 1.
2. The fixture in Step 1 should be physically the first fixture in the link,
as shown in Figure 4-3. The last fixture in the link must be terminated.
3. You can choose any fixture number or DMX start channel you want for
any of the other fixtures on the link. For example, fixture number 2
does not have to be directly connected to fixture number 1.
4. Make sure there are no controllers on the link.
5. Enable preset playback for all fixtures on the link.
Note
After you enable preset playback on the fixture you
configured as fixture 1 or DMX start channel 1, the
Transmit LED on that fixture will continue flickering
yellow until you disable preset playback.
6. The total delay time of all the scenes on the first fixture (fixture
number 1 or DMX start channel 1) should be
longer
than the total delay
time of all the scenes on any other fixture in the link. Otherwise, not
all scenes on all fixtures will finish playing before looping back to
scene 1.
Figure 4-3. When you set up fixtures for synchronized playback on a DMX
512 link, one and only one fixture
must be
fixture number 1 or DMX start
channel 1. The last fixture on the link must be terminated.
Data Out
Data In
Data Out
Data In
Data Out
Data In
Terminate the last fixture (the fixture at
the opposite end of the link from the
first fixture)
First fixture (fixture number 1
or DMX start channel 1)