How to set up lighting fixtures in Simply Worship.
Using the pdf manual to help set up lighting fixtures.
Graham Bennett
Last Update 9 months ago
- Find the manual for the DMX Lighting Fixture - this will usually be a pdf file or a printed paper manual.
- Check which choices of channel mode are available for the fixture and choose the simplest that gives you enough control. For a simple LED floodlight this may be 3 or 4 channels such as Red, Green, Blue, Brightness but for a more complex fixture like a Moving Head there may 13 or even 21 control channels needed.
- Check or set the DMX Address for the DMX Lighting Fixture - this is the Dmx address for the first control channel. Subsequent control channels will be allocated the Dmx addresses immediately following the base Dmx Address just defined.
- Find the DMX Universe number of the ArtNet Interface that this fixture is connected to and set the value in the 'Add Fixture dialog' - typically this will be 0 or 1 for a small setup.
- Define the channel names for the Dmx control channels in the 'Add Fixture dialog' .
- Set the default values for any control channels that need defaults - so that the fixture gets set to a known state when the system starts up.
- Set the group names that this Fixture should be part of in the 'Add Fixture dialog'
- Add the fixture to Simply Worship set up using the 'Add Fixture dialog' .
- Find the Lighting Group that now includes this new fixture and change some key values like colour and brightness - check that the Lighting Fixture responds to the change (i.e. the colour and brightness change).
- Start with simple fixtures such as LED flood lights and make sure they work before setting up more complex fixtures such as Moving Heads or Hazer/Fog Machines.
- Request technical support from the Simply Worship team if you need any help or advice.