Lights come on after shutdown

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I know this has gone around and around. However I am some what knew to DMX. For along time we had not seen this issue come up. However on Monday I powered our Element 2 down and then one ETC ColorSource Par popped on. I turned the console back on, instrument goes out, power off device instrument comes back on.Power off console goes out. Not sure what to do, I go down and pull the power. 
 Next night same routine only this time two ColorSource Par's come on. These are daisy chained. Same process to go through console on, instrument goes out, turn console off , instrument goes on. Go to stage and pull power. 
 This morning I come in, put power back to instruments and all six in that chain come on while the console is still off. 
 If anyone has a clue as to why this is happening I could really use the assistance? 
 Thank you so much for your time.

charles71 · Accepted Answer

Corey, 
 Thank you for all your help. It is very much appreciated. A it turns out two of our ColorSource Pars were put into preset and somehow the ColorSource Spots followed days later. The Spots are used as high sides so pretty sure no one messed with them. But the Pars I think I touched it when I was moving the boom they are hung on. So up the ladder I go. 
 Thank you again!

corey cascio · Answer

Hi Charles, 
 
 sorry for the delay - life is so busy! 
 Firmwares seem all uptodate. 
 If this issue is affecting only lights on one dmx line out of the DMX Splitter, could 
 you swap that dmx cable to another output on the splitter and see if the failure follows? You could also try putting a DMX-Terminator on the last dmx fixture on the end of that line? 
 Another thing --> 
 Robert's response about Disco mode - got me thinking - some fixtures like our ColorSource Pars, 
 have Stand-Alone Modes - (S1-xx, P1-xx) = Sequences and Presets , and if the preset is left active on 
 display - and dmx comes on, then the local preset is ignored in the fixture, until DMX is lost(console turned off and whatever HOLD LAST LOOK settings in the Dmx splitter time out), then the Preset becomes active again. 
 Check on fixture if you unplug dmx if light goes on, if it does, check on display, a Preset (P1) or so is active. 
 Press Mode button to turn off the Preset and then you see just the DMX Address and you can replug dmx cable. 
 Good Luck!

corey cascio · Answer

HI Charles, I am glad you solved that issue. As a tip - since I know that if you mistakenly touch the mode button 
 during focus or going by the fixture, you can change settings. It is possible to lock and unlock the display to prevent from mistakenly changing modes: 
 
 Lock the User Interface After you have set up the fixture, you can lock the user interface to pre-vent additional changes. 1. Press and hold the Up button and Down button simultaneously for 3 seconds. The display will show Loc to indicate that the user interface is locked. 2. To unlock the user interface, press and hold the Up button and Down button simultaneously for 3 seconds. Have a good day!

Lights come on after shutdown

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