Element DMX Addresses Not Responding...missing. I have an Element 60-500.

Element DMX Addresses Not Responding.  I have an Element 60-500.  I am running 26 Elation Opti Par QAs.  In the past each light had their own set of addresses and could be controlled individually.  Now, certain groups of addresses do not work.  Basically addresses 250-350 are not responding.  All lights are addresses and labeled as usually.  From the board in the second universe I have a show baby sending signal to another show baby on stage.  That runs into an opti-splitter that runs 4 lines out to each of the 4 electrics.  Currently only the lights addressed on the 1st and 4th electric work and respond.  I have verified the show baby work (1st and 4th electrics respond).  I also checked the dmx splitter.  I tried switching the 4 lines running out of the splitter to see if the dmx splitter is bad, but the same electrics work.  I have also set some lights on the 2nd electric to the same dmx addresses as ones that work on the 1st, and they now work.  This means the cables are fine, and the lights seem okay too.  This leads me to believe it is patched in the board incorrectly.  But, I can not for the life of me figure out what is different, or where I went wrong.  I have tried deleting old show data, restarting the board, and updated the software.  I tried starting a new show and repatching, but same problem.  Also, the power to the lights are parked on full (checked that).  Still no luck.  How did I lose the ability to use those addresses?  Currently I have them grouped so they all work in batches, but I would like to run them individually.  FYI, I work at a high school, so the majority of the people using the board are between 13-17 years old.  As you can imagine I find myself fixing loads of things, but this has me STUMPED!  Can anyone help!

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  • I should clarify. The addresses are there when I go to patch, and they look like every other light patched, but they don't work. Also the output says 255 so they are one, but nothing happens. At a lose. Thanks!
  • Have you confirmed that the lights are not parked at 0 or controlled by an inhibitive sub that may be down?

    Does the tombstone indicate a level when you try and bring up the channels that aren't outputting?

    Are there any other indicators in the tombstone?

    Are the fixtures set in the correct/same mode as the mode they are patched as?

  • Thanks for the help. I'm not at the board right now, but I'll be there tomorrow. Here is what I know: The channels I parked for power are at full. They can turn on if I use the addresses I know that work. When I use an address that doesn't they do not respond. Also i see they blue LED display on each light is on...just not responding. The tombstones do say they are full. When I compare a light that works to one not responding they look identical as far as I can tell in the LIVE screen on in the PATCH screen. I will check again to make sure there are no other indicators. They are all *'d under DMX in the PATCH screen. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by 'mode'. I'm sorry.
  • By Mode I mean on each light you can specify what mode it runs in, but I just re-read your original post and I see you said you changed the addresses of some of the non working lights to match some of the working lights and then they worked. If that's the case the mode should be correct. It still may be worth checking the mode of the actual lights that aren't working and be sure they match the mode that the patch says. It may help to post your show file here so it can be looked at to see if anything jumps out as being odd or wrong.

  • I will double check all lights are the same mode tomorrow (I have them set at DMX 8CH). And you're right, they do work when I use a friendly address. I am a super rookie here, so I will see if I can figure out how to get a show file from the board to this site for you to check out. Thanks again for taking the time to help! Trial by error, but learning a lot! Everytime I think the kids can't mess anything new up I haven't seen before, they prove me wrong! HA!
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  • I will double check all lights are the same mode tomorrow (I have them set at DMX 8CH). And you're right, they do work when I use a friendly address. I am a super rookie here, so I will see if I can figure out how to get a show file from the board to this site for you to check out. Thanks again for taking the time to help! Trial by error, but learning a lot! Everytime I think the kids can't mess anything new up I haven't seen before, they prove me wrong! HA!
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