Bytecraft Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 I was just wondering how you you address a strobe eg Atomic with dip switches I all ways get confessed on how it works. could some one please tell me there easy way to do it.Thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRG Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 I must confess that I find using my fingers, or similar pointy object to move the switches between the up and down positions the best way to address a strobe.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.elsbury Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 If you look in the manual for the device you wish to address you should find a table that shows the dip switches and the binary address. DMX is addressed in binary (base 2). Hence a typical dipswitch would look like:Switch # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Binary | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 128 | 256| So if you wanted to address the strobe to DMX 2, you would switch switch 2 ON and all others off.Switch # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Binary | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 128 | 256| ON? | | Y | | | | | | | | Result: Address 2 Switch # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Binary | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 128 | 256| ON? | Y| | |Y | | | Y | | | Result: Address 73 And so on. Do a :) to find more info on binary addressing, and there may even be stuff on the forum.Look at the manual for an Atomic to find more info about that particular fixture.And remember that DMX starts at "0", not 1.Oh, and I find that a small pointy object works well :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bytecraft Posted April 17, 2005 Author Share Posted April 17, 2005 Thanks You were a Grate help!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spantax Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 And remember that DMX starts at "0", not 1.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Could you please elaborate a bit on this? I know that older LWR equipment uses all dip switches off, as start address 1. But that seem to be the exeption. And I know for sure that the Atomic in question don't! If you are talking about the DMX values then I follow you, because they start at 0 and range upwards to 255, giving you a total of 256 different values. SpantaxLampettGeneralen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam.henderson Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 Have a look on the Martin Website there is a free dipswitch canculator. Whenever I have to do it I use a handy little table where you choose what DMX address you wanted then you read hoizontaly and verticaly to find the values of different switches. If any one wants a copy let me know and I can email it to you. Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spantax Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 Have a look on the Martin Website there is a free dipswitch canculator. Whenever I have to do it I use a handy little table where you choose what DMX address you wanted then you read hoizontaly and verticaly to find the values of different switches. If any one wants a copy let me know and I can email it to you. Sam<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi Sam, If you have it in a small size that can be laminated and hung from my lanyard, then I would love to have it! Please email it to: spantax at sensewave dot com Thanks SpantaxLampettGeneralen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinny baby Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 What happened to working them out in your head? I can pick any DMX address and work out the dips in my head quicker than it takes to get a chart out your pocket! I love the digital displays for easy operation and pressing up and down to select an address. But the amount of technicians I have come across that dont now how to work out standed binary dip addressing, because of the LCD displays, is daft! How to address using binary was the first thing I learned! I supose its a bit like mobile phones, since they started putting phone books in them, people just search for the persons number, rather than remembering it. Because of this I can no longer remember long phone numbers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.elsbury Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 And remember that DMX starts at "0", not 1.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>If you are talking about the DMX values then I follow you, because they start at 0 and range upwards to 255, giving you a total of 256 different values. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>That was the one. But I obviously didn't put it clearly enough. Thanks for clearing that up.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 There are 10 types of people in this world............those that can count in binary and those that can't. Bruce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
730 doors Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 I've found ld calculator really useful for addressing stuff with dip switches. If you do your fixure address sheets with it, it generates a list of which swithes need to be on for the relevant address, excellent for the binarily lazy lampy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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