Assuming that you are outputting DMX directly from the ports on the back of the Ion and not through a node or gateway via the network:
Thanks you for the help. I'll try that out once I get back into the theatre but I also wonder if that might fix the problem with our moving lights. When we turn the ion off the lights move and turn on randomly through the night. If that dosent help our moving lights then it's probably the dimmer rack not shutting the light off properly but I honestly don't know. Anyway, thank you for the help!
If the Ion is off then it is not sending RDM or DMX anywhere. Something else is sending a signal that the lights are acting upon. It may be one or more of the fixtures themselves if they have a master/slave mode that kicks in on loss of DMX, for instance.
We can't power the lights off because they are hanging below our catwalk and we would have to hang off of the catwalk to power them off and it's only a high school. When we get the lamps replaced do you think there would be something in the menu on the light to change what it does in the event of loss of dmx? These are just problems that I have had for a while and we can live with it if it can't be fixed but it would just make shutting down easier. Thanks for your help again, this forum is quite great on how fast people respond.
@Jrmuffun Can you not find and access the circuit breaker(s) powering the receptacles in use on your catwalk(s) , clearly label them and turn them off when the lights are not required? Not all (most) circuit breakers are not rated for switching duty: a; Would this solve your overnight problem? b; Even with labor, replacing a circuit breaker or two is likely more affordable than replacing your lights.
I haven't plugged the led fixtures into the stage pin, there is a dmx port on the side and I plugged the dmx into there. I'm getting power from an Edison plug on the front of the raceway that has constant power. Turning off RDM didn't work. I went through the manual and realized that two of the 4 channels had an rdm error. Now that rdm is off there is less flicker but it's still there when the lights are at 0% intensity. Would you have any other ideas on what I can do?
@Jrmuffun If you have the cable to try this, try connecting a DMX output directly from your console to one of your flickering lights and plug a terminating resistor into the light's DMX pass-through connector. Test extensively. If you're good at this point, unplug the terminator and extend the first fixture's pass-through to another light and plug your terminator into this second light's DMX pass-through connector. Test extensively. If still good; repeat as necessary. If not; pray.
Another update for you too. When we put the lights in a mode that on the screen starts with an r, the on electric we had it plugged into started freaking out and flashing but if they are in normal DMX mode then the conventional lights don't flash or anything, sense I last posted we plugged them into a dmx port on the wall and that didn't make them stop flashing but we were able to unplug them when we didn't need them. We do have another look lighting control system but it dosent usually ever interfere with other LED lights. Also, no matter the address, they always flash. Depending on some of the things we did it changed the flashsing intensity, I'm pretty sure when I turned off RDM it made them flash lighter but I don't know past that.
