Frustrating, yes. Beating me? NO !!!
First MR16 took the start channel just like all the instructions said. Put jumper on program. Set DMX channel 1 to the Intensity you want (81). Power ON, Power OFF. Done. That simple.
The next one was seriously trying my patience. Just in case it was the controller, I moved the PIC to the above board that was so easy. No such luck.
Tried and tried.
Here's what worked for me.
First, I had the DMX signal set to Channel 1, Intensity 97. I just left it plugged in.
With power applied, I pulled the jumper and moved it to Program, pulled it, put it on, pulled it, put it on - probably 15 times. I was ticked off and I was going to show it who was boss!!
I killed power, moved the jumper to operate, and Success!
Somewhere in there, it took.
The third and final board was 113. I tried the easy way. Again, no luck
I tried the "ticked off" way and it worked. Don't know whether it was the 3rd time or the 15th time, but somewhere in there, cycling the jumper with power applied the whole time did the trick.
p.s., I was using the Bobcat DMX Tester as my source since the start channels were all less than 255.
So convenient. Be sure to get one next Coop.