Showtec Sunstrip Help - How to set up DMX control

[uriahdemon]

Hi All,

I have just bought one of these lights -

http://www.lichtpunt.nl/upload/documenten/showtec sunstrip active.pdf

I was wondering if there is anyone else who has them and what was your approach is setting up a fixture control/personality file for it. On looking at the manual it does not cover the normal DMX protocol information you would expect to see. I am using Freestyler control software however there is no control file for it. I am happy to set a file up but just dont know the best way to approach it.

Any help much appreciated.

 

[AhClem]

I took a look at the manual and while I agree it's not in the most easy-to-read format, on page 8 it does explain the different modes and how they function.
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CH:01 in the display, all channels controlled by one DMX Channel.
CH:02 in the display, Channel 1/2 controlled by one DMX Channel, Channel 3/4 controlled by one DMX Channel, ….., Channel 9/10 controlled by one DMX Channel. You have a total of 5 DMX Channels available.
CH:05 in the display, Channel 1-5 controlled by one DMX Channel and Channel 6-10 controlled by the other DMX Channel.
CH:10 in the display, each channel will be controlled by one DMX Channel.
Note : Default is CH:10; this means 10 DMX Channels, so every light is individually controllable.
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Once you've selected and set the mode, you'll just neede to set the starting DMX address.

While I'm not familiar with the Freestyler, I took a look at their website and I would think you could use either generic templates (1, 2, 5, or 10 channel faders - depending on which mode you choose) or they apprarently offer a "Fixture Creator" to make your own custom template.

Personally, if I have the DMX channels available to use, I always try to set my fixtures to the most versatile mode, usually the mode that uses the most channels, in this case the 10 channel mode.

Hope that helped.