theatre4jc
Active Member
Okay here's my situation. I purchased a few cheap Chauvet Color Strip LEDs to light a few panels. Higher end gear was beyond my budget for this project and even if I could afford it quality units were overkill. I am using a Jands Vista S3 and when I load the profile for the light I get this random flashing. Not the typical flicker associated with dimming. The unit actually flashes other colors randomly. I have full dimming control, DMX is good and clean. This is happening with all 12 of my fixtures. I'm thinking the issue is in the fixture profile so this is what I'm thinking of trying.
The fixture uses 4 channels of DMX, Channel 1 for "Fixture Mode" (with a range that sets it in RGB mode), Channels 2-4 for RGB respectively. The vista profile adds a master control for intensity. I want to bypass this so here is my thought. I'll use a generic RGB LED profile that does not include intensity. But since that is only a 3 channel profile I'll use a generic dimmer for the fixture mode (channel 1). On the patch I'll make the generic dimmer channel 1 and then the generic LED for channels 2-4. This would by pass the intensity control that I think is my problem. Do you guys think this might work. Am I correct in assuming the LED will read the DMX like normal even though the profile is for a dimmer? I asked for help on the Jands Vista forum but so far have not gotten a reply.
The fixture uses 4 channels of DMX, Channel 1 for "Fixture Mode" (with a range that sets it in RGB mode), Channels 2-4 for RGB respectively. The vista profile adds a master control for intensity. I want to bypass this so here is my thought. I'll use a generic RGB LED profile that does not include intensity. But since that is only a 3 channel profile I'll use a generic dimmer for the fixture mode (channel 1). On the patch I'll make the generic dimmer channel 1 and then the generic LED for channels 2-4. This would by pass the intensity control that I think is my problem. Do you guys think this might work. Am I correct in assuming the LED will read the DMX like normal even though the profile is for a dimmer? I asked for help on the Jands Vista forum but so far have not gotten a reply.