Some Hideously Boring DMX Code for LEDs and Lasers

There are two hundred and fifty six possible channels for DMX but they are organized into twelve groups on the Elation controller.  When the fixtures (i.e. LEDs, etc) are organized into groups as well via dip switch settings on each fixture, all groups can be managed independently and this is what permits creating various scenes.  Maybe one scene has only the red lasers running and maybe another has everything lit.

The channels are

1) LEDs - group
2) LED - solo fill light

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7) Green lasers
8) Purple lasers
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10) Blue/Violet laser
11) Red dual beam lasers
12) Moonflowers


Using various combinations of those channels I can make different scenes and there are eight that can be relatively easy to use while playing in that I only need to swat a button.  It's too computerish to use more than eight for live (i.e. more buttons to push).

The steps completed today were to get all fixtures on the DMX chain and to get all fixtures properly identified for the channel that will be used to send commands.  Everything now is software as in finalizing the scenes from one to eight.  That's not hard, it's just a hassle, and this will be ready to show you soon.


There is still the open question of controlling the lights via MIDI orders from the guitar or the synth but there are various complexities to this that make doing it, for now, more hassle than it's worth.