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Dimming Profile

In previous incarnations of ETC boards I have been able to set dimmers to different profiles (i.e. on full at 1%).  I am wondering if there is a similar function on the Ion/Eos?  I tried changing the type to a non-dim but that made the dimmer hot all the time. 

Here's what I am trying to do--I have a DF-50 hazer and I want to make it so my dimmer is off at 0% and on at full at 100% (acting like a non-dim).  But the non-dim type doesn't give me the option of off at 0%.

 

Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!

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  • in reply to Denzio
    the DMX protocol is fixed at 512 addresses. That is 1 universe. address 1 through to address 512.

    for control, it was always 1 address per dimmer. now it takes multiple addresses to control 1 LED fixture or Moving light.
    so a 3 colour RGB LED fixture is (often) controlled by 3 addresses (1 for each colour). An IQ can use 4 addresses (Pan and Tilt coarse, and Pan and tilt FINE). Large Moving lights can use up to 30 addresses for Pan/Tilt/ PF and TF, 7 LED colours, zoom, frost, 2 gobo wheels, . . ..

    An ion console has 2 DMX output ports. Typically they are assigned Universe 1 (addresses 1 - 512) and Universe 2 (address 513 - 1024). If you use the ethernet output on the Ion, you can go up to 4 distinct universes. (1025 - 1537, 1538 - 2050???)

    In my booth there is a Universe 1 wall port that talks direct to my 3 dimmer racks. THe wall port #2 (labelled Universe 2) goes to the dimmer room, (not the dimmers), and then to a splitter where it is broadcast to the different lighting positions. All positions receive data 513 - 1024.

    Where the console is patched so that channel 103 is a Mac Viper, and the Mac Viper is physically addressed as 1 (using xx number of addresses), the console needs to be patched as "103 @ 2/1" (universe 2 address 1) or 513.
    Mac Viper channel 104 would be patched @2/13 (525) (assuming the viper uses 12 addresses).

    Does that help?

    Andrew
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