Martin DMX Controller 2518 Specifications download pdf (Page 14)

11Operation

Getting Started

Set up the controller and lights as described in sections 2 and 3.

Slide the faders to 0.

Apply power to the lights. Some fixtures must be turned on before the

controller is turned on in order to automatically detect the control proto-

col. After a short reset procedure, the lights will be ready to respond to

the controller.

Apply power to the 2518 DMX Controller.

Setting Lights

1. Activate fader control of channels between 1 and

36:

Press a channel button to activate control.

2. Control the effects:

Slide the faders up and

down to control the effects. If there is no light from

the fixture, set all effects to the open position and

turn on the lamp, if applicable, using the fixture’s

DMX protocol as your guide.

You may activate fader control on more than one

button if you want to control several fixtures with

the same protocol. This only works if their start

channels map to the same fader.

4. Deactivate fader control:

Press the button again

to turn off fader control. The LED goes out to indi-

cate manual control is turned off.

5. Activate fader control of channels between 37

and 72:

Press the channel master to switch con-

trol between channels 1 - 36 and 37 - 72. Press a

channel button to activate control of the second

group of channels.

Programming Scenes

A light show is made up of

scenes

. A scene is a complete set of DMX values for each fix-

ture. It contains control instructions for all programmable effects for each device. In addi-

tion, a scene may contain speed information. For example, some lights have dimmers that

may be set to fade slowly or snap instantly.

Scenes are programmed by setting the lights as described above and then saving the settings

in memory.

Six scenes can be stored in

each

bank

. The 2518 DMX Controller has 30 banks; up to 180

scenes may be programmed and saved in its memory.

1-6

(37-42)

13-18

(49-54)

19-24

(55-60)

1-6

(37-42)

1-6

(37-42)

1-36

(37-72)

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