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Hello and welcome to The DMX Wiki, | Hello and welcome to The DMX Wiki, | ||
- | As you may have of seen or heard many times or perhaps even not [[dmx_definitions: | + | As you may have of seen or heard many times or perhaps even not [[:dmx_definitions: |
- | This ' | + | This ' |
Well imagine in front of you 512 milk bottles in a row... | Well imagine in front of you 512 milk bottles in a row... | ||
Each one can contain some milk but only so much and that limit is ' | Each one can contain some milk but only so much and that limit is ' | ||
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Well this is what we call Addressing in DMX every channel is fixed so imagine 512 milk bottles lined up in a row every single one has a number on it in order 1 to 512, rather like a street with houses that all have an address. | Well this is what we call Addressing in DMX every channel is fixed so imagine 512 milk bottles lined up in a row every single one has a number on it in order 1 to 512, rather like a street with houses that all have an address. | ||
- | Your light needs an [[dmx_basics: | + | Your light needs an [[:dmx_basics: |
Your light will say in the manual it needs a certain amount of channels to operate for example let's say 6 but how does your light know which 6 channels out of the 512 it needs? | Your light will say in the manual it needs a certain amount of channels to operate for example let's say 6 but how does your light know which 6 channels out of the 512 it needs? | ||
- | It needs to know where its main address is within the 512 that's what you set on the light either with the display or using [[dmx_definitions: | + | It needs to know where its main address is within the 512 that's what you set on the light either with the display or using [[:dmx_definitions: |
So again to Summarise : | So again to Summarise : | ||
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* When you set the address your light will automatically know the next amount of channels are for it so that's in our example 1 (The adddress) and 5 more channels making 6 Channels altogether! | * When you set the address your light will automatically know the next amount of channels are for it so that's in our example 1 (The adddress) and 5 more channels making 6 Channels altogether! | ||
- | So if it's that simple then what's all this creating fixtures and profiles for say [[dmx_control_software: | + | So if it's that simple then what's all this creating fixtures and profiles for say [[:dmx_control_software: |
- | Basically adjusting the values manually on older [[dmx_hardware:|DMX hardware]] involved a simple slider you tell that slider what channel it is then as you raise the slider up its raising the value of that channel up to 255 (or filling that milk bottle!) it's that simple but you needed to know what value did what to make it faster to program, [[dmx_control_software: | + | Basically adjusting the values manually on older [[:dmx_hardware|DMX hardware]] involved a simple slider you tell that slider what channel it is then as you raise the slider up its raising the value of that channel up to 255 (or filling that milk bottle!) it's that simple but you needed to know what value did what to make it faster to program, [[:dmx_control_software: |
Your Software is simply raising values up and down on different channels simple! | Your Software is simply raising values up and down on different channels simple! |
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