My theater rented a couple
Mac 700s for our upcoming show. We thought we'd patched them right, they turn on and cycle through, but nothing on the board will make the actual light turn on. Its on the basic setting and we have channels 400-422 set up for one, and 450-472 for the other, all other settings are on the default. We've scoured the
mac's
manual and can't find anything pertaining to our problem. (No error messages are displayed on the light and we know the lights aren't burned out) any ideas? We need them running by Wednesday (the 30th) as the show is may 1st 2nd and 3rd
On a "Attribute"
channel desk like the
Ion, you only assign one
channel per
fixture, thus can do 401 and 402. I typically assign my fixtures starting at a 1, so
fixture 1 becomes 301, 401, 501,
etc...
Then go into patch, type "401, +, 402, Enter", then navigate to the "Type" box, select the "Manfctr"
button on the lower left, scroll to
Martin, then
MAC 700
Profile, then select Basic.
You will also need to patch the channels to the
DMX addresses you've selected, so Ch., 401 & 402, @, XXX, Enter,
etc... Should you be using the 2nd
DMX port on the
Ion for this, it's in Patch as "401 & 402, @, 2/1, enter" puts the fixtures on
Universe 2,
address 1-23 (Fix 1) and 24-46 (Fix 2).
Now go back to Live and to the Live
Channel screen. If you press Format , you will see Live Table. Select Ch 401 & 402, Enter, you should see all the attributes listed - Pan, Tilt, Color, Beam,
etc.... You can now manipulate the
fixture, assuming you've set the selected
DMX addresses on the fixtures.
