Elation Professional Compu Live Laptop PC - Manual (Page 218)

Compu Live VI Appendix
0-10 White
11-20 Red
21-30 Purple
…
241-255 “whatever color”
So, if the lighting fixture receives a DMX value of 25 for Channel 3, it will display the Purple color. If that
DMX value changes to 15, it will automatically change to Red, and so on.
Luckily for us, the Compu Live software (and most controllers) includes profiles for these lighting
fixtures. These profiles contain all the DMX values and channel information required to have full control
of the lighting fixture. Typically, all you will need to do is set the DMX addresses right, and the controller
will make everything else easy (some controllers are easier to use and learn than others, but that is the
overall idea).
When a lighting fixture is manufactured, a DMX chart is provided in the user’s manual. This DMX chart
contains all the information that controller manufacturers need to create these profiles. Most controllers
include only the most popular fixtures in their particular market. We can proudly say that Compu Live
(and our OEM partners) are the only controllers with over 2,000 different profiles from manufacturers
from all around the world, so no matter where you purchased your lighting equipment, chances are we
will have profiles for it, which will allow you to control them without a problem.
4. Compu Live Importance
Summarizing, most lighting fixtures and their controllers communicate using a protocol called
DMX-512 (for a very detailed description of DMX history and technical specs, please visit
www.dmx512-online.com).
Important about DMX and lighting fixtures:
1. Lighting fixtures use 1 separate channel to control every function they can perform (one channel to
control colors, another for gobos, another for dimmer, another for shutter, etc)
2. You can use a maximum of 512 channels for every DMX line
3. There is a value from 0 to 255 assigned to every DMX channel
Important about Compu Live and lighting fixtures:
1. When you tell your Compu Live controller what kind of lighting fixtures you are using, Compu Live will
know exactly how your fixtures work and what DMX distribution they have.
2. This allows Compu Live to show preprogrammed buttons on the screen corresponding to every
function that the lighting fixture can perform (1 button for white color, a different button for red, 1 button
for every gobo, for every macro, etc).
3. To begin programming lighting effects using Compu Live, all you need to do is click on
preprogrammed buttons!
4. Because of its visual interface and simplicity to program, thousands of users worldwide have chosen
Compu Live as their preferred lighting controller
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