Meteor Elipscan Template

Hi Sarah,

you can easily make your own template in Congo for that device in some moments using the template editor:

DMX CHANNELS: 5
Channel 1 – PAN (170 degree axis)
Channel 2 – TILT (135 degree axis)
Channel 3 – MOTOR SPEED PAN
Channel 4 – MOTOR SPEED TILT
Channel 5 – RELAY

The full manual you can find here: theatre.uncg.edu/productres/Manuals/Elipscan%20Manual.pdf

Florian
 

Yes, however my problem is I can't get any of the templates I've tried to make work, so I was wondering if anyone already had one that had proven successful.

Afraid I don't have a template for this fixture, but looking at the fixture manual, there seem to be some slightly strange things about this fixture that might be causing your problem:

1. The speed channels (ch3 and ch4) default to the slowest speed, so in order to see any motion you probably want them set at maximum speed (DMX 249) as a default

2. When setting the DMX address on the fixture, you're actually setting the DMX address less one - so in order to set it to DMX 21, you actually set the DIP switches to DMX 20

3. It also sounds like the unit has a three pin DMX connector. If so, check your 3-5 pin DMX adapters are wired correctly and that the fixture is recieving DMX ok.

~Tom
 

I haven't tested this on a real Elipscan, but it is accurate to the manual.

Notes:

• The optional Relay is on the Strobe attribute, as it isn't really an intensity.
• The Pan and Tilt speeds are merged into a single Focus Speed attribute, as it is rare to programme these differently.
  

Thanks so much for this!  I think I see what I was doing wrong now.  I'll give it a try when I get back to work on Wed.

Thanks again.

Sarah 

Richard,

For some strange reason, the Pan did not work when the speeds were merged so I seperated them and now all is good.  I've attached the new template if anyone needs to use it.

Thanks again for your help.

Sarah 

Richard,

For some strange reason, the Pan did not work when the speeds were merged so I seperated them and now all is good.  I've attached the new template if anyone needs to use it.

Thanks again for your help.

Sarah