I am having difficulty with an Express 24/48 console communicating with a Chauvet Q-Spot 260 moving light.
Here's what I have done so far:
1. I started with 48 Channels and 48 dimmers. Since the Q-Spot requires 14 DMX channels, I added 28 more dimmers and 28 more channels in Setup. I now have a total of 76 dimmers and channels on my console (less than the MAX of 96 control channels).
2. I verified that I am using Version 3.1 software.
3. Installed Personality Editor and created a personality file for the Q-Spot 260. I then copied the personality file onto the console via the 3-1/2" drive.
4. Using the Fixture Patch Menu, I patched the new fixtures into the newly created channels/dimmers using the Moving Lights Menu Item (15). I assigned Fixture 1 to channels/dimmers 49-62 (14 DMX channels) and Fixture 2 to channels/dimmers 63-76. I made sure that I selected the newly created Personality "Q-Spot-260" as the value under "Personality". I set the starting Channel to 49 on Fixture #1 and to 63 on Fixture #2. (I also made sure that the Q-Spot Fixtures were also set to DMX Address 049 and 063 respectively.) I set the DMX512 Start to 1/49 for Fixture #1 and 1/63 for Fixture #2. I set the Intensity Channel to 60 (which corresponds to DMX Attribute Channel 11 - which I verified correct in the manual and also in my personality file.) I set the Remote Dimmer to "n". Swap and Flip were both left alone.
5. When I select (F8) Fixture from the Menu while in "Stage
" I am able to "see" my fixtures as per the diagram above: (picture not from my console - just an example)
I am able to scroll Left and Right using the arrow keys and change parameter values.
The problem is, my moving lights are unresponsive to any signals being sent. I can not get them to do a thing!
6. I am using all DMX cabling - not XLR.
Can you help me with the next step? Is there a way to check continuity (communications) between the board and the fixture?
If I simply "go" "Dim" 60 @ Full shouldn't that bypass all my Personality Profile programming and basically communicate directly with channel 60 (which is Intensity). If I get response in this manner, it would point to a patching problem, or some setting somewhere, right?
Any Ideas?
[edited by: Dave_Williams at 12:11 PM (GMT -6) on Wed, Jan 11 2012]
