26 MAC Viper Performance User Guide
Control panel menus
Applicable when running MAC Viper Performance firmware version 1.0.0.
Menu level 1 Menu level 2 Menu level 3 Menu level 4 Notes (Default settings in bold print)
DMX ADDRESS 1 – XXX
DMX address (default address = 1). The
DMX address range is limited so that the
fixture will always have enough DMX
channels within the 512 available.
CONTROL MODE
BASIC
16-bit basic DMX mode with 2-channel
(coarse and fine) control of gobo indexing
and speed, pan and tilt
EXTENDED
16-bit extended DMX mode with basic
mode features plus fine control of dimmer,
zoom and focus. Five channels are also
reserved for future effects.
FIXTURE ID 0 – 9999 User-settable fixture ID number
0
PERSONALITY
PA N /T I LT
PAN INVERT ON/OFF Reverse DMX pan control: right → left
TILT INVERT ON/OFF Reverse DMX tilt control: down → up
SPEED
PA N /TI LT
NORMAL Normal speed pan and tilt
FAST Optimize pan/tilt movement for speed
SLOW
Optimize pan/tilt movement for
smoothness
EFFECT
FOLLOW P/T
Effects speed follows the speed setting
applied to pan and tilt via DMX or in
control menu
NORMAL Normal effects speed
FAST Optimize effects movement for speed
SLOW
Optimize effects movement for
smoothness
DIMMER CURVE
LINEAR Optically linear dimming curve
SQUARE LAW Square law dimming curve
INV SQ LAW Inverse square law dimming curve
S-CURVE
S-curve (fixture emulates incandescent
lamp voltage linear RMS dimming curve)
FOCUS
TRACKING
DISABLED Disables zoom focus linking
NEAR
Enables zoom focus linking, optimized for
short-throw projection (5 - 10 m)
MEDIUM
Enables zoom focus linking, optimized
for medium-throw projection (10 - 20 m)
FAR
Enables zoom focus linking, optimized for
long-throw projection (20+ m)
AUTO LAMP ON
OFF Automatic lamp striking disabled
ON
Lamp strikes automatically within 90
seconds of fixture being powered on
DMX
Lamp strikes automatically when the
fixture receives a DMX signal
DMX LAMP OFF
ON Lamp can be powered off via DMX
OFF
Lamp cannot be powered off via DMX (can
be overridden: see DMX protocol)
Table 2: Control menus