DiyLightAnimation
Software => Vixen => Topic started by: mmais68569 on March 02, 2011,
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I just purchased a Rainbow Brain http://seasonalentertainmentllc.com/store/product.php?id_product=21 2 Rainbow Spot Lights http://seasonalentertainmentllc.com/store/product.php?id_product=38 & 1 Rainbow Flood Light http://seasonalentertainmentllc.com/store/product.php?id_product=14. I am going to use these as Landscape lights programing them with Vixen. They are going to go through a cycle of color changes over about 10-15 Min. At that time they will repeat the program.
What I need to know is how to program them with vixen, Do I assign channel 1 to a spot & then Channel 2 to another spot or do I assign second spot to Channel 4. Because to get the RGB they need 3 channels. Then Flood 1 would be Channel 7. This is the first time using Vixen so this probably will not be my last questions.
Thanks Mike
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If all lights are to be controlled separately then you will need 3 channels "RGB" for each light. If they are all to light the same then only 3 channels total.
Ron
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From the User Guide for the rainbow brain.
Rainbow Light Connections
The 5 jacks located between the power jacks are there to power your Rainbow lighting devices. A connection can be made between the lights and the board with a standard Cat-5 cable. It is important to understand that each jack has a limit to the amount of lights that it can power. *At no time should more than 3 Rainbow Wall Runners or 2 Rainbow Flood Lights be connected together on one jack!*
DMX Addressing
The Rainbow Brain uses a standard DIP switch for setting its DMX address. The technique for setting the address is not difficult to understand, but if you have never set a device like this, you will need to read the following section carefully.
it is a 15 channel DMX controller
each port would have 3 channels R, G, and B then the next port would have 3... 5 ports times 3 rgb = 15
if you set the device as channel1, then 1 through 15 would be the channel numbers that it would use.