RDM control by channels

Hello,

This is my first time posting so if there is an issue please let me know. On to my question. I have an etc element and then a set of QolorFlex lights that you can find here.

To control these lights I am using Qolorflex dimmers that you can find here. I found out that the dimmers are controlled by RDM. So I connected them to my board and went into patch and then device list. I scanned for the RDM devices and was able to find them. I am new to RDM as these are my first fixtures that use it. I was able to set the address on the board to match the address on the fixture but I do not know where to go from there. I have tried to find support documents on how to control the lights but I am unable to do so. Using the Qolorflex dimmers I am supposed to be able to control 4 sets of lights but the element wants to patch it all to one channel.

TBH I am completely lost on how to control these dimmers from the etc element. If anyone could please explain to me how to patch and control these lights that would be amazing. Any help is greatly appreciated. Also my console is version 2.10

0 saranow over 7 years ago

Hello,

Just to confirm here, after making changes in RDM you patched the fixtures but in live if you bring up channels you don't have any control over them?
Or you have control with that 1 channel but it's not the control you are looking for?

Thank you,
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0 HonakerM18 over 7 years ago in reply to saranow

Sorry for the confusion. I do not have any control over them in live. They are supposed to be 4 channel rgb lights but the one channel I patch them to does nothing. Do I patch them to multiple channels? Would a update to the fixture library help?
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0 saranow over 7 years ago in reply to HonakerM18

Hello,

I think perhaps these want to be patched as Generic LED RGBI 8b for control, since they appear to have Red, Green, and Blue and then Intensity.

Can we try patching them with this type?

Thank you,
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0 HonakerM18 over 7 years ago in reply to saranow

Okay thank you,

However, when looking at the light's page it says that they are quad chip lights meaning that they can be controlled like 4 light chasers. How would this work into the RDM?

I was able to control the colors of the light through directly addressing them in a normal patch; however, I was unable to control the chase part of the lights. Thanks for your help.
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0 RickR over 7 years ago in reply to HonakerM18

"Quad Chip" in this case means 4 colors in a single chip. There isn't a chase function as far as I can tell. In fact I haven't seen a classic chase function in LED tape at all.

These days "pixel" tape is fairly common. ( http://www.citytheatrical.com/products/-qolorpix-led-tape ) It does all that and far more. Pixel tape lets you control each LED individually. This way you could have a chase of any number on and any number off. To be honest, a single LED on a ribbon is barely noticeable over 10' away. You may also need some sort of intermediate controller. To patch all 48LEDs per meter on the above product would max out the addresses on an Element in just a few meters of tape. Fortunately the drivers (not dimmers) for this stuff is built to make it more practical. If you really need some sort of chase function then I suggest you call the good folks at City Theatrical for help. They don't all know the Element in particular but very much understand DMX and address/channel limits.
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