R45glasses
Member
Hi folks,
I'm attempting to control a string of LED pixel lights via DMX and an ETC console. The decoder we purchased is the Alitove SP201E, which should be compatible with both the WS2811 chips in the lights and regular ol' DMX. The manual leaves much to be desired. Reviewers on Amazon say they've gotten it to respond to DMX, but unhelpfully neglect to mention what settings they did or didn't change.
On the console end, I have my test patch set up Channel (1) at Address (1-3) with each channel as a generic RGB profile, since each light on the string should just have the three color parameters. I'm currently testing on an Element, but will run on an Ion eventually. Currently, when I plug in the power supply, the string lights up white, with some occasional variation in the first pixel, but when I plug in DMX the only change is that the pre-programmed functions on the decoder no longer work. I assume that means it's at least recognizing something...
Has anyone used this particular decoder successfully? Any thoughts on what I might need to change in my setup?
Many thanks!
I'm attempting to control a string of LED pixel lights via DMX and an ETC console. The decoder we purchased is the Alitove SP201E, which should be compatible with both the WS2811 chips in the lights and regular ol' DMX. The manual leaves much to be desired. Reviewers on Amazon say they've gotten it to respond to DMX, but unhelpfully neglect to mention what settings they did or didn't change.
On the console end, I have my test patch set up Channel (1) at Address (1-3) with each channel as a generic RGB profile, since each light on the string should just have the three color parameters. I'm currently testing on an Element, but will run on an Ion eventually. Currently, when I plug in the power supply, the string lights up white, with some occasional variation in the first pixel, but when I plug in DMX the only change is that the pre-programmed functions on the decoder no longer work. I assume that means it's at least recognizing something...
Has anyone used this particular decoder successfully? Any thoughts on what I might need to change in my setup?
Many thanks!