PixelRange PixelPar - Dimmer Curve Options (PERS > DIMR); Fuse Access; Using Master Mode to Drive Other Units

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Fuse type: 20mm 4A
(T4AH250VP) time delay,
ceramic body
Dimmer curve options (
PERS
>
DIMR
)
ThePixelParprovidesfourseparatedimmercurveoptionswhich
determineexactlyhowthedigitalvaluesreceivedviatheDMXlink
areconvertedintoemitterintensities.Toalterthedimmercurve,goto
the PERSmenuoption,choosetheDIMRoption,selecttherequired
setting and then press the buttontosave.
Note: Dimmer curve selection has no effect in 16bt mode, where a
single fixed high resolution curve is used.
Thefourdimmercurveoptionsareasfollows:
• FINECloselyresemblestheoriginalPixelPardimmercurvewith
improvedresponsestolowendvalues.
• TVUsesdimmingfrequenciesthatwilleradicateanyvisible
ickerwhenviewedbyvideocamerasandbroadcastsystems.
• TUNGAltersthedimmingresponsetocloselyemulatethevery
smoothactionofstandardtungstenbulbs.TheTUNG setting can
beusedwithalloperationmodes.
• LGCYProvidesfullcompatibilitywiththedimmercurvesof
previousPixelRangextures.Usethismodewhenmixing
PixelParxtureswithoriginalPixelRangextures.
Fuse access
ThesinglefuseislocatedattherearofthextureneartotheDMX
inputconnector.Useasmallatbladescrewdrivertotwistthefuse
holderanti-clockwiseuntilthecarriercanbeextractedtorevealthe
fuse.
Using master mode to drive other units
ThisunitcancontrolanynumberofotherPixelRangexturesvia
DMXlinks,withouttheneedforacontroldesk.
1 Setthisunitasmaster(PERS
>
DATA
>
MAST)andensureall
others are set to slave(PERS
>
DATA
>
SLAV).Connectall
xturesviaDMXdaisy-chain.
 Note:Don’t forget to terminate the devices at either end of the
chain - see the section ‘DMX links and termination’.
2 SeteachslavetoMode
>
DMX.
3 Setthemastertoeithercreatechasesorstaticcolours:
Chases:SelectMode
>
EF m and then use PROG
>
C1 and
C2tocreatetherequiredeffects(seethe‘Chaseeffects’table).
Static colours:SelectMode
>
MANU and then use MAN >
RED,GRN,BLUE and AMBR(orWHIT)tomixthecolour.
Note: The setting of PERS
>
RES determines how the DMX
channels are output when mixing static colours: PERS
>
RES
=
4
sends out separate red, green, blue and amber levels in repeat-
ed 4 channel blocks: i.e. 1 to 4, 5 to 8, etc. The RES
=
3 setting
retains the 4 channel blocks, but links the first and last channel of
each block to the MAN
>
Red setting so that other RGBA units at-
tached respond in the same way as the master when it combines
red and amber in 3 channel mode. The RES
=
1 setting links all
DMX output channels so that all emitters can be controlled by a
single setting (MAN
>
Red).
4 SeteachslaveDMXaddress(usingADDR
>
DMX)as
appropriate:
 •ForstaticcolourmixingyoucaneithersetallxturestoDMX
channel1orpositionthematthebeginningofanyfourchan-
nelcell:A001,A005,A009,A013,A017 or A021.No
channelsareusedabovechannel24.Theoutputswithineach
cellwillbethesame.
 •Forchases,sixseparatecellsareoutputingroupsof4DMX
channelstogiveRGBA(orRGBW)valuespercell(24chan-
nelsintotal).Settheaddressofeachslavextureaccording
towhichofthe6cellsyouwantthemtoappearwithin,orto
beginwith(formulti-cellxtures):(A001forcellA,A005for
cellB,A009forcellC,A013forcellD,A017forcellEor
A021forcellF).