You have seen one of the very common problems with setting up addresses for
DMX DEVICES, namely that you need to make sure that your account for all the channels, as far as
DMX is concerned you have 3 devices.
When you have a
dmx control
channel that requires a specific value to achieve a specific
effect, being able to type it in is more precise than attempting to get it with a
fader.
The reason for using DMX2 was that the person helping you then did not have to worry about any other devices sharing the same
address. To make the device work in the same
universe as your other devices you would need to find an open
address space and then set the
DMX address to that starting value, increment based on the number of channels, and set the second device... for example say 200 plus was available, so you would then set the
address wheels to 200 and then on the second units 204
etc, then you would enter the values that you need for the effects to that
address. Starting on dmx2 allowed them to help you set it up with out worrying about other devices. Of course you had to then connect these devices into a different wiring connection back to dmx2
Sharyn