fixture file for Acme Dynamo?

[robknight]

Hi all,

I have just started to use DMX and I am having trouble creating a fixture file for my Acme Dynamos.

I have attached the fixture file that i have so far - but I think it's pretty wrong and incomplete.

dynamo manual.jpg

If you could help in any way, I would be much appreciated as I am tearing my hair out and I have a gig tomorrow!

Thanks so much!

Rob.

[robknight]

Sorry - here is the exported fixture file.

Thanks,
Rob.

[LJ_krede.dk]

hey

I opend the file but no channels are set? only the number of total channels are set.

as fa as i can see at the poor picture, it is a pretty simple fixture to make.

as you can see pan is written under channel 1 and tilt under channel 2. when nothing else is specified ("8 bit pan" and "16 bit pan " for example, same thing for tilt) for the fixture, it is only using 8 bit for pan and tilt. therefore you write 1 at 8 bit pan and 2 at 8 bit tilt in the fixture creator. It is that simple

for channel 3 it is specified it is the shutter channel, so you write 3 for the shutter in the creator. now you can specify the dmx value for open and closed/blackout. for the strobe effect i will recomend you to write 3 for the shutter, and write the values for slow and fast.. you can calculate the medium value ( (131-16)/2+16= 73,5--> 74 )
for the shake values i would use the macro feature

for the goboch 1 you write channel 4 and 14 for n gobos. at last, you go to the gobowheel fan and write the dmx vlues for the gobos. again i recomend you that the first three you set to 255, 192 and 128 for fast med and slow rotation of the gobo wheel. you can find a proper picture for each gobo at the right.


i hope this wil give you insight of how you make your own fixture... give it a go and write again if you have problems.

[robknight]

Thank you so much! I think I am getting somewhere.

I can do everything except the gobo stuff. I keep getting the error message "Please sort Gobo values 0 to 255. Do not mix values: 0, 10, 6, 20..."

What does that error message mean?

THANKS!!

Rob.

[LJ_krede.dk]

Thank you so much! I think I am getting somewhere.

I can do everything except the gobo stuff. I keep getting the error message "Please sort Gobo values 0 to 255. Do not mix values: 0, 10, 6, 20..."

What does that error message mean?

THANKS!!

Rob.

the values have to be sorted in numerical order, with the the lowest number at the top in the table and the biggest at the bottom.

EXAMPLE:

in stead of:
20
6
10
0

you have to write:

0
6
10
20

[robknight]

Thank you so much! I think I have got it now! Very grateful! Thanks again!

[LJ_krede.dk]

Hey

I had mistakenly told you some worng things

for the strobe effect i will recomend you to write 3 for the shutter, and write the values for slow and fast.. you can calculate the medium value ( (131-16)/2+16= 73,5--> 74 )

you set both the shutter and stobe channel to 3 in the fixture creator, not only the shutter as i wrote

for channel 3 it is specified it is the shutter channel, so you write 3 for the shutter in the creator. now you can specify the dmx value for open and closed/blackout. for the strobe effect i will recomend you also to write 3 for the strobe, and write the values for slow and fast.. you can calculate the medium value ( (131-16)/2+16= 73,5--> 74 ). now you control the channel 3 both with the shutter and strobe function. I would thing it is the same behavior in almost all fixtures

[Kings]

In FS, when adding the Dynamo as a fixture, it can be found under 'JB systems'. In Easy View its Acme Dynamo

Kings.