I need to patch 4 separate Supernight LED light strips to ETC Element light board.

I need to patch 4 separate Supernicht LED light strips to ETC Element light board. I do not see this in the fixture library. I read about how to patch LED lights but would appreciate someone leading me through the patch process for these lights. Thank you!

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  • when the installation side is done you will need to check your patch for 4 empty DMX addresses in a row. i guess addresses 1-4 are used. maybe 501-504 are empty, but maybe you want to use 4 other addresses. 289-292. they just need to be currently unused.

    decide which channel number you want to use. that's the number you will use to tell the console that you're controlling the LEDs now. that's just 1 number (not 4.) so channel is the number you'll use in everyday life to tell the console which light you want to control, the 4 addresses is what the console will use to talk to the LEDs.
    so choose a channel number, something you can easily remember. it depends on which channel numbers you already used. maybe 100, or 66, or something.

    when you decided on a channel number and know the addresses and know the order how the colors are hooked up to the decoder you have everything you need:

    On Element, press [Patch]
    then type: channel number [Enter]
    click the {Type} field in the bottom right quarter of your screen
    click the softkey {Search} on the bottom of your screen
    search for "Generic RGBW 8 4"
    double-click this light in the results box
    type: [At] first address number [Enter]

  • I cannot thank you enough. I am going in tomorrow to work on this - it is my hope that I don't have to bother you with further questions though I will if I must :)

    Have a great rest of your day!

  • Hello, I apologize but I do need help with a couple of things - I went in today to patch the lights and found that they were not yet hooked up. I helped with that all day and they are now hooked up to a decoder, power source, and dmx.  My first question:  there is a place on the decoder that seems to want us to input information. It is digital. Do I, as someone patching the lights have to provide whatever information this decoder may need. It is a 32 Channel 96A RGBW DMX 512 Decoder. It seems like there are 3 places to set information digitally on the decoder.

    My second question is to me even more important. I opened patch and scrolled through looking for free addresses. I found some, everything was fine and I went back to help assemble and hookup fixtures.  I know that someone opened a show from December to check something out but went back to the regular show that was on the screen - do not know if that has a bearing on what happened. when I returned to scroll through the patch window I was unable to scroll.  I can scroll in other views but not patch.

  • My guess is that the 3 digit display on the decoder wants to show the DMX start address of the decoder. So if you found a range of the addresses you need in your patch, you want to make the display show the lowest of those addresses. like 001 or 500 or whatever that lowest address is.

    regarding scrolling the Patch display. how did you try? you should be able to scroll with either a mouse wheel or the up and down arrow buttons, provided that the Patch display is the active tab. the active tab is the one that has a gold or blue border around it.
    to get the patch tab active you can either click its tab  or press the [Patch] button on your element.

  • Thank you for answering so quickly - I understand what you have explained regarding the decoder  - it makes sense thank you again.

    As for scrolling, I was in patch - I even closed patch and opened it again. I was unable to scroll through my patch list using the mouse wheel or up/down arrow buttons. I'm hoping it's a matter of shutting the light board down and starting it up again but I'm not sure since I was able to scroll in my other tabs.

  • I was able to set the decoder correctly and patch all the lights with your help. Thank you so much for your timely answers and your patience! Have a good day and thank you again.

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