Hiya,
What is your
console? Is there a soft patch computer
screen, or an older hard patch assign board? Do you know what your
Dimmer pack address is? FWIW, soft patching is just a matter of telling the
console which
DMX channels you want in which control channels of the
console... i.e.
Channel 1 on the
console can be
DMX dimmer 1 and
channel 2 can be
DMX dimmer channel 2 as in a 1:1 patch...or
channel 1 can
DMX dimmers 1-6 in a non 1:1 patch if you assign them that way. Given you have movers--I would presume you have a soft patch...don't forget to consider that most movers use up several channels of
DMX per address--some can take up as much as 20 channels of
DMX to control their various features--and each of these features if you are not using a moving light
console should be assigned to its own
channel for individual control--and then you have varying percentages per
channel that will control various attributes and functions. So make sure you check your patch numbers so you don't have overlaps or conflicts.
Also--while you are looping movers out of your
dimmer racks--I may suggest that if possible you either use a second
universe of
DMX for your movers and the first
universe of
DMX for your dimmers--provided your
console is capable of multiple universes. OR use an opti-iso splitter to
send DMX split and isolated to two different things and terminate at each
line, and not run your
DMX from your
console,
thru your packs, and into your movers--there is the possibility of signal interference or loss between the dimmers and the movers, for example as the movers can sometimes use talk-back functions, or just cause grounding interferences that can degrade or cause problems in the signal and control. Just an FYI---cause it is a possibility...
-wolf
