Martin DMX Controller 2518 Specifications download pdf (Page 10)

7Address and Mode Setting

section 3

ADDRESS AND MODE SETTING

About Addresses and Modes

Devices connected to the serial link must have an address, also known as the start channel,

which is the first channel the controller uses to send instructions to the devices. The address

must be unique for each device. If independent control is not required, 2 or more devices

with the same DMX protocol may have the same address; they will receive the same

instructions and behave identically.

Before setting addresses, you must know how many control channels each device requires.

This depends on the number of effects the device has and possible options such as 8 or 16-

bit pan/tilt resolution and tracking or vector mode. These are described in the device’s user

manual.

If a device can be operated in tracking or vector mode, you should select vector mode. The

2518 DMX Controller does not have a dedicated speed control (fade time) and does not

support tracking mode. In vector mode, speed is programmed on 1 or 2 additional channels.

Devices may be controlled in tracking mode if there are not enough channels, but speed

control will not be possible.

Controlling a light is easiest if all its channels are assigned to one channel button. This give

the fastest access to the light’s features. The buttons are divided into 12 groups of 6 chan-

nels as shown below.

Button 1 Button 2 Button 3 Button 4 Button 5 Button 6

Ch Setting Ch Setting Ch Setting Ch Setting Ch Setting Ch Setting

1- 36

44 : 4/#5/#6 46 4/#6/#7 4< 4/#5/#8 58 4/#7/#8 64 4/#5/#6/#7/#8

; 7 47 5/#6/#7 53 6/#8 59 5/#7/#8 65 9

6 4/#5

< 4/#7 48 4/#5/#6/#7 54 4/#6/#8 5: 4/#5/#7/#8 66 4/#9

43 5/#7 49 8 55 5/#6/#8 5; 6/#7/#8 67 5/#9

8 4/#6

44 4/#5/#7 4: 4/#8 56 4/#5/#6/#8 5< 4/#6/#7/#8 68 4/#5/#9

9 5/#6

45 6/#7 4; 5/#8 57 7/#8 63 5/#6/#7/#8 69 6/#9#

37- 72

6: 4/#6/#9# 76 4/#5/#7/#9 7< 4/#8/#9 88 4/#5/#6/#8/#9 94 4/#6/#7/#8/#9 9: 4/#5/#:

6; 5/#6/#9 77 6/#7/#9 83 5/#8/#9 89 7/#8/#9 95 5/#6/#7/#8/#9 9; 6/#:

6< 4/#5/#6/#9 78 4/#6/#7/#9 84 4/#5/#8/#9 8: 4/#7/#8/#9 96 4/#5/#6/#7/#8/#9 9< 4/#6/#:

73 7/#9 79 5/#6/#7/#9 85 6/#8/#9 8; 5/#7/#8/#9 97 : :3 5/#6/#:

74 4/#7/#9 7: 4/#5/#6/#7/#9 86 4/#6/#8/#9 8< 4/#5/#7/#8/#9 98 4/#: :4 4/#5/#6/#:

75 5/#7/#9 7; 8/#9 87 5/#6/#8/#9 93 6/#7/#8/#9 99 5/#: :5 7/#:

Table 4: Channel Groups and Settings (DIP-Switch Pins ON)

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