DMX Hookup

an ion has dmx ports that are labelled DMX 1 and DMX 2. they default to universes 1 and 2. to make sure this hasn't been changed, go to the shell (Displays > Browser > Exit) and there to Settings > Local I/O. at the top you should see the dmx starting addresses of both ports, by default those are 1 and 513.

when in patch, select a channel and then in the CIA you should see tiles with numbers starting at 1. those are the universes. click on 2. left of it you see tiny numbers 513 to 1024. do they have a black or grey background? each number that is black is empty.

have you made sure, that you have the correct personality and mode for your LED?

and last but not least: what do you mean with Cue on the wheel? and how do you want to get channels into cues without entering them?

ueli

Have rechecked the "Shell". All in order there.

 Universe1 has 1 - 84 used(House Dimmers), the rest is empty

 Universe 2 has 513 - 625 empty, the rest used. Why that would be We don't know.

 Perhaps a previous attempt to patch something( which has only been done a couple of times to get RBG on 4 or 5 simple  LED units.

 We did the test lamp to fire on a single channel, but white only. No individual stuff. It's an ETC Lustre in RBG +7 mode.

What is the fixture addressed to, and what address is the fixture patched to on the Ion?

What is the fixture addressed to, and what address is the fixture patched to on the Ion?

you can check what's on those addresses. go to patch, press Format. this will change the first two collumns to be Address and Channel instead of Channel and Address. the display is sorted by addresses now. you can page down or type 626 (the console will insert the word Address on its own) Enter. this brings you to the first address in your second universe that's supposedly occupied. you can now check on the screen what channel this is patched to.

Good morning. We have a much better understanding of what we have to do re our hookup & Patching. Able to work in both Universes & have LEDs functional.

 Our thanks to all for your assistence.

 Harry