How to dissect a scan light's functions?
Posted: 20 Aug 2016, 18:18
Hi all - sorry for the complete n00b post, but here's the situation: I recently acquired some old Omniscan HQI 150 moving lights. I have searched high & low for manuals etc. but they just don't seem to be out there. All I can find are some listings with very basic technical specs:
http://stageandtheaterlighting.com/inde ... cts_id=298
http://www.stagelightingstore.com/OmniS ... istem-W345
I see that one other user posted here looking for a device, but didn't apparently get any response:
viewtopic.php?t=3128
Last night I pulled down a generic 6-channel fixture & started tinkering - I was able to get responses on 5 channels so far:
ch.1 - nothing
ch.2 - low seems to send it into a moving, color-change mode; higher settings seem to just select a color.
ch.3 - switches gobo settings, there are 18
ch.4 - controls mirror pan
ch.5 - controls mirror tilt
I started filling in stuff in Fixture Creator, but I really need to read up a bit more on how that works. Still, I managed to fill in a lot of stuff.
What I'm looking for, at this point, are any tips on dissecting control for a light that you know little or nothing about? Is there any sort of standard (
) for programming lights like these? Do the channels sometimes share functions (thinking of ch.2, for instance, which seems to do double duty)? Would it make sense to throw a bigger generic device at it & see if there's anything I'm missing? (Still don't understand why ch.1 just doesn't seem to do anything...)
Thanks! Hopefully this isn't too vague to be useful, and if I actually get a reasonable device out of this I'll be sure to share.
http://stageandtheaterlighting.com/inde ... cts_id=298
http://www.stagelightingstore.com/OmniS ... istem-W345
I see that one other user posted here looking for a device, but didn't apparently get any response:
viewtopic.php?t=3128
Last night I pulled down a generic 6-channel fixture & started tinkering - I was able to get responses on 5 channels so far:
ch.1 - nothing
ch.2 - low seems to send it into a moving, color-change mode; higher settings seem to just select a color.
ch.3 - switches gobo settings, there are 18
ch.4 - controls mirror pan
ch.5 - controls mirror tilt
I started filling in stuff in Fixture Creator, but I really need to read up a bit more on how that works. Still, I managed to fill in a lot of stuff.
What I'm looking for, at this point, are any tips on dissecting control for a light that you know little or nothing about? Is there any sort of standard (
) for programming lights like these? Do the channels sometimes share functions (thinking of ch.2, for instance, which seems to do double duty)? Would it make sense to throw a bigger generic device at it & see if there's anything I'm missing? (Still don't understand why ch.1 just doesn't seem to do anything...)Thanks! Hopefully this isn't too vague to be useful, and if I actually get a reasonable device out of this I'll be sure to share.