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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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  • Profiles in Eos/Ion are called curves.  In patch curves are under attributes.  I believe the curve you are looking for is one of the defaults (900 series) already in the soft ware or you can create your own.  Check out chapter 22 in the manual.

  • in reply to Gregg
    Can I ask about the concept of universes I'm wondering how it works? thanks
  • 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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  • 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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