russchallis1 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Hi, We purchased a Beamz Ice 1800 a few weeks back and have discovered that the DMX DIP switch on the rear of the unit does not function correctly. (Whatever the DMX address I set it only works on channel 1). I have contacted the seller and they are conducting a technical investigation with some of their test units. I was just wondering if anyone else has this problem as they are saying that it is only a 1 channel unit which I don't believe else why would the DIP switch even be there. Thanks in advanced, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrV Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Are you saying that it only ever responds to DMX channel one or that it only responds to one channel? According to the manual it is only a single channel unit; 0 -100% output. Theres nothing else to control! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russchallis1 Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Are you saying that it only ever responds to DMX channel one or that it only responds to one channel? According to the manual it is only a single channel unit; 0 -100% output. Theres nothing else to control! I mean that it only responds to DMX channel 1 ... So the DIP switch has no effect on the starting address Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrV Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Have you tried setting ALL of the switches on to see whether it moves off channel one? If it still stays on one then it might be the connector for the switch panel, although the puzzle then is that DIP 10 must be connected to get it out of standalone mode. If it does move off one then at least one or more of the switches is working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russchallis1 Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Have you tried setting ALL of the switches on to see whether it moves off channel one? If it still stays on one then it might be the connector for the switch panel, although the puzzle then is that DIP 10 must be connected to get it out of standalone mode. If it does move off one then at least one or more of the switches is working. Yep I have tried every combination I could think of. I think I tried switch 10 as well and that did stop the DMX working completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomolding Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 This is interesting as I have had issues with mine too, dip 10 and 1 are the wrong way wrong on mineHave you tried setting ALL of the switches on to see whether it moves off channel one? If it still stays on one then it might be the connector for the switch panel, although the puzzle then is that DIP 10 must be connected to get it out of standalone mode. If it does move off one then at least one or more of the switches is working. Yep I have tried every combination I could think of. I think I tried switch 10 as well and that did stop the DMX working completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russchallis1 Posted April 18, 2016 Author Share Posted April 18, 2016 This is interesting as I have had issues with mine too, dip 10 and 1 are the wrong way wrong on mineHave you tried setting ALL of the switches on to see whether it moves off channel one? If it still stays on one then it might be the connector for the switch panel, although the puzzle then is that DIP 10 must be connected to get it out of standalone mode. If it does move off one then at least one or more of the switches is working. Yep I have tried every combination I could think of. I think I tried switch 10 as well and that did stop the DMX working completely. I've tried all switches on and all switches off but no success :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Allen Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 It is interesting to look in the Beamz Ice 1800 manual on page 3 at the example of "Startades Dipswitch setting". All of the examples are offset by 1, so for a DMX address of 1 they have 0 selected, for a DMX address of 5 they have 4 selected. The normal weighting or numbering of DMX select dip switches are from left to right 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 etc. Try subtracting 1 from the DMX address you want. As an example if you want 25 as your DMX address, select dip switch 10 for DMX operation, switch 5 for 16, switch 4 for an extra 8, takes you to 24 so far, but do not select switch 1 to take you to 25, as I select it needs to be off to provide the extra 1 for the address. Perhaps someone made the assumption that if you have selected switch 10 for DMX operation, they would save you the trouble of selecting switch 1 for a default starting address of 001. Interested to hear the outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrV Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 The problem is the 'converse' of that - the OP was unable to stop it responding to channel 1 so almost any switch setting would have done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russchallis1 Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 Yes, the device only functions on DMX Channel1 . I have now tried to contact Beamz (tronios) directly and they do not seem to be replying to my emails so I am a bit stuck.. I'm beginning to think that it isnt faulty and that the units were just made with a non-functional DIP switch which seems quite silly. In which case does anyone know a way for which I could build / buy a device which will allow me to control the unit via DMX with another channel I suppose what im looking for is a device which can decode DMX and then re-encode the DMX value on channel 1? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrV Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 I think you should have returned it for a refund or replacement long ago but if you're insistent on keeping it then it's a fairly simple matter to program an arduino or a PIC to do the job! Good luck!Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsabre Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Meter for continuity across the dip switch - it will be a lot easier to swap the switch if that is all it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russchallis1 Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 I think you should have returned it for a refund or replacement long ago but if you're insistent on keeping it then it's a fairly simple matter to program an arduino or a PIC to do the job! Good luck!Dave I'm not too insistent on keeping it and I do wish I had got it returned sooner :) I'm a bit frustrated about the bad marketing which had gone on here. I have been looking into doing it with an arduino but I'm not having much success ideally I'd still have a DIP switch to set the address have you got experience with this type of programming. I have used Arduinos for basic stuff but I'm trying to learn C++ as electronics is the industry I'd like to move into. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrV Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I think you should have returned it for a refund or replacement long ago but if you're insistent on keeping it then it's a fairly simple matter to program an arduino or a PIC to do the job! Good luck!Dave I'm not too insistent on keeping it and I do wish I had got it returned sooner :) I'm a bit frustrated about the bad marketing which had gone on here. I have been looking into doing it with an arduino but I'm not having much success ideally I'd still have a DIP switch to set the address have you got experience with this type of programming. I have used Arduinos for basic stuff but I'm trying to learn C++ as electronics is the industry I'd like to move into. ThanksI've got some code which is 90% of what you want to do but that's for a PIC. I might have a similar Arduino version. I'll have a look in the next few days and let you have a copy if I have anything suitable. It's not commercially viable to do something like this, of course, but if you are learning it's always great to have a project to work on.Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peza2010 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Would it not be easier to just USE it on channel one if its for your own use than messing about with decoding and recoding the DMX stream? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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