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Centre d'aide Litepanels

[en] DMX Settings

[en] DMX Profiles

[en] The initial release of the Astra IP comes with two basic BiColor profiles:

[en] P01: BiColor 8 bit (DMX Footprint = 4) with optional DMX FAN control

[en] P02: BiColor 16 bit (DMX Footprint = 6) with optional DMX FAN control

[en] For information about DMX parameter layout and console profiles please see: [en] DMX and Console Profiles

[en] DMX Settings

[en] Located directly under the LCD Display, press the MENU encoder to enter the Menu System. Here you can access all settings for the fixture.

[en] Turn the MENU encoder to highlight DMX SETTINGS and press MENU to ENTER.

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[en] Turn the MENU encoder to scroll through all of the available options. Press the MENU encoder to select. When finished, scroll and select the [Back] option to exit to the previous menu screen.

[en] DMX Profiles: Scroll to your desired Profile and press ENTER to select.

[en] DMX Address: Highlight the DMX Address option and Press MENU to select. Use the MENU encoder to scroll through DMX addresses 1- 512. Press MENU to set the address.

[en] DMX Termination: When ENABLED this turns on a 120Ohm resistor as per the DMX512A specification. Use this feature when the light is at the end of a DMX daisy chain to help the integrity of the DMX signal. The default setting for Termination is DISABLED.

[en] DMX Hold Confg: Hold Last Look behavior. This is what the light will do when it loses the input signal or there is data loss to the input. The options are:

  • [en] HOLD = Hold Last Look. The fixture will hold the last state received until the input signal is resumed.

  • [en] Blackout = The light goes out when data is lost

  • [en] 2 Minute HOLD = Hold last look for 2 minutes then blackout

  • [en] No Data 2700* = When data is lost the light will glow 2700K @1% DIM

  • [en] No Data 6500* = When data is lost the light will glow 6500K @1% DIM

[en] Note:DMX FAN control is found in Settings → Fixture Settings → Fan Settings

[en] *The No Data options are useful if the lights are powered on without Data. You can use this as a visual cue to get the fixtures plugged into the network.