grandMA_the_2nd Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Buy cheap buy twice.... try this... http://www.prg.com/product/v676%E2%84%A2-control-console/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossmck Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Buy cheap buy twice.... try this... http://www.prg.com/p...ontrol-console/ Hmm, I think that might be a tad overkill for the OPs requirement ; ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandMA_the_2nd Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 yup my mistake... try this... http://www.malighting.com/43.0.html?id=43&&L=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenalien Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Just up the DMX address of the LED fixture by 1 - should just be a matter if flipping the dip switches that set the address - then it will start listening to the desk's channel 2 first, and miss out channel 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandMA_the_2nd Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Negative... that will not work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulDF Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I'm thinking that is the wrong way around for the OP, i.e. the desk will only output on DMX channels 1,2&3. The lamps need to respond to DMX channels 2,3&4. The pulse ones from CPC will work as others have said, had a similar issue with the Thomann ones myself and their limited DMX range, iirc 128. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianW Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I was looking into one of those but came to the same problem as you! If someone knew how to reprogram the PIC inside to be only three channels we would be onto a winner and would be cheaper than a extra box! Oh I wish it was that easy...... PICs tend to be one-time-programmable devices on production runs. Also, I'm willing to bet the the manufacturer has 'blown' the security bit so its not possible to read the content of the PIC (ie. copy protection). A nice idea, Jiggles, but not really a flyer. Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musht Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Shuffling DMX value may be non trivial intsead Showtec LED Commander? http://www.highlite.nl/silver.econtent/catalog/highlite/entertainment_products/showtec/lightcontrollers/dmx_lightcontrollers/led_commander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik10_4 Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 Shuffling DMX value may be non trivial intsead Showtec LED Commander? http://www.highlite....s/led_commander Thanks. I was really just exploring whether there was a way of making the neat little Obey 3 work with the 5 channel fixtures I happen to have. I can already control these via Magic Q PC so I wasn't particularly in the market for a desk (though I agree this one is a low priced, not over-specified option should I decide to get one in the future). I'm getting the impression that the Obey 3 will need to go in my 'unused bits' store...pity...but thanks for everyone's ideas/thoughts/wind-ups :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callumb Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I was looking into one of those but came to the same problem as you! If someone knew how to reprogram the PIC inside to be only three channels we would be onto a winner and would be cheaper than a extra box! Oh I wish it was that easy...... PICs tend to be one-time-programmable devices on production runs. Also, I'm willing to bet the the manufacturer has 'blown' the security bit so its not possible to read the content of the PIC (ie. copy protection). A nice idea, Jiggles, but not really a flyer. Adrian Failing that knowing what PICs are inside and programming your own. There will be people that can do that im sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norty303 Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 I've got some Thomann/Stairville LED Par56 (24x1W) and they have a variety of different modes, including 3 and 5 channel. The manual supplied seems to cover a lot of different variants, including the 5mm and 10mm versions. Are you double sure they can't be addressed to function differently? Mine have a main 10 dip block, and a further 4 switch block for mode setting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik10_4 Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 I've got some Thomann/Stairville LED Par56 (24x1W) and they have a variety of different modes, including 3 and 5 channel. The manual supplied seems to cover a lot of different variants, including the 5mm and 10mm versions. Are you double sure they can't be addressed to function differently? Mine have a main 10 dip block, and a further 4 switch block for mode setting Afraid not...mine only have one block...eight DIPS :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnord Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 So...the challenge is still on.... are there any electronics gurus out ther who can figure out how (cheaply B-) ) to reassign DMX output signals addressed to channels 1,2 & 3 to be received on channels 2,3 & 4 of a device (guess you would have to read the whole topic to understand my drift!) ?Yeah, err how cheaply? And check all that apply:[ ] - Cheap as in cost[ ] - Cheap as in looks[ ] - Cheap as in behavior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Surely, all this messing around to make such a simple task work is out of kilter with the cost? Does this control do something special? Would it not be just simpler to spend a few quid and get a control that can do what you want? If you have the skills to construct a DMX to DMX converter, the cost of the components, the housings and buttons can easily cost more than a new control - and all it will do, is whatever the original control can do, which is what......? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
back_ache Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I have acquired a quite neat little DMX RGB controller (chauvet obey 3). It's small and has about 9 preset colours. This would be great for controlling a few LED Par 56s (all doing the same thing) I have been through the pain of trying to set one of these up, in my case I was brought in to make a system made of led's bought by the customer from ebay to work together :blink: The problem LED stuff is they don't all comply do the three colour RGB thing, in the case of the junk I was trying to get working, some were (intensity,r,g,b) some where (r,g,b,intensity) and some were an obsure 7 channel mode that made me want to bang my head. I came to the opion by the end of it that there is a need for low-cost console with a simple physical interface, that can be initially programed with a pc to deal with this comlexity. Time for an for a open-source ardunio project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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