Stairville LED par 56

[PaulDF]

Hi,

can anyone remember off the top of their heads what range of DMX start addresses these units can be set to? I have left the instruction books in the box at the theatre and it is cold outside!

 

I can't see an instruction manual on the web which looks like the correct one for the unit:

http://www.thomann.de/gb/stairville_led_par_56_black_floor.htm?gclid=CKDnkvCVjrQCFSbMtAodWC8A1Q

Maybe I'm being thick but I can't see any links to the instructions on the thomann site either!

I seem to remember some cheap units only going up to a start address of low number i.e. 127, not the full 512.

 

Cheers

 

Paul

[dosxuk]

The ones with only 8 DIP switches for address only use the first 7 switches for the DMX address (DIP 8 is mode), so they can be used up to 127. ( Switches are [1] [2] [4] [8] [16] [32] [64] [Mode] )

 

I can't remember off the top of my head if DIP 8 needs to be on or off for DMX mode.

[timsabre]

The ones with 4+10 dip switches require 1+3 on on the 4 way block to select 3 channel RGB DMX mode, but you can have the full 512 channels on the 10 way switch.

[IRW]

Hi,

can anyone remember off the top of their heads what range of DMX start addresses these units can be set to? I have left the instruction books in the box at the theatre and it is cold outside!

 

I can't see an instruction manual on the web which looks like the correct one for the unit:

http://www.thomann.d...CFSbMtAodWC8A1Q

Maybe I'm being thick but I can't see any links to the instructions on the thomann site either!

I seem to remember some cheap units only going up to a start address of low number i.e. 127, not the full 512.

 

Cheers

 

Paul

 

They use dipswitches 1-7 for addressing, ergo the highest address for a 5-channel unit is 127

 

As I've currently got the datasheet in front of me, here's a summary of the rest of the information for anyone who searches in the future:

 

Auto Change

Set all dip switches to 'off'. For sound-to-light control, set the little black switch to 'Music'. For variable speed control, set it to 'Auto'

 

Manual Mode

For Manual mode, set dips 7 and 8 to 'On', and the following will apply:

 

Dip 1- Red 25%

Dip 2- Red 50%

Dip 1 & 2- Red 100%

 

Dip 3- Green 25%

Dip 4- Green 50%

Dip 3 & 4- Green 100%

 

Dip 5- Blue 25%

Dip 6- Blue 50%

Dip 5 & 6- Blue 100%

 

AutoFade

For Autofade mode, set dip switch 7 to 'off', and 8 to 'on'.

 

Fade time can now be selected using a combination of the following (fade time will be a sum of the values):

Dip 1- 2.5s

Dip 2- 5s

Dip 3- 10s

Dip 4- 20s

Dip 5- 40s

Dip 6- 80s

 

Apparently, "If Dip switch 1 to 6 are set to OFF, the fade time for one pattern is 10:30 minutes", although I've never tried this!

 

DMX Mode

For DMX mode, Dip switch 8 must be off, and at least one of the other 7 should be on.

Setting dip switches 1-7 set the address via binary as normal. The highest address these units can be set to is 127

 

Function of DMX Channels

Channel 1

0-63 RGB Control, CH2 = Red, Ch3 = Green, Ch4 = Blue

64-127 7 Color Fade, Ch5=Speed Control

128-191 7 Color Change, Ch5=Speed Control

192-255 3 Color Change, Ch5=Speed Control

 

Channel 2

0-255 Red, 0-100%

 

Channel 3

0-255 Green, 0-100%

 

Channel 4

0-255 Blue, 0-100%

 

Channel 5

0-10 No Function (No speed)

11-100 Fast Speed to Slow Speed

101-150 No Function (No speed)

151-255 Speed Control set by unit, either using Music or VAR (the black switch on the unit)

 

Hope this becomes helpful to someone!

 

Ian

[PaulDF]

Cheers

[phil dB]

Here's a copy of the manual if you need nay more info: Linky

 

Thomann do have most of the manuals on their site but only on the German language pages (even though the manual is usually in English) the easiest way to find them is to change the "gb" in the address to "de", then scroll down to the bottom of the page. They also have user feedback on the German language page too - just stick the German page address in Google translate.

[PaulDF]

Handy info, thanks