DDF for Moonlight LED Moving Head Mini Beam

Mni82 · September 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM

Hi,

I recently got a moving head light and I was hoping if someone could help me.
I tried to create one myself, but i dont get any light..
I can move the head around.

When i'm in Sound mode the light works so it is not broken.
I wrote down all instruction so maybe someone else recognize this and use it as wel if needed.

Manual Front:
Led Moving Head
Mini Beam
User Manual
Please read the instructions carefully before use

Specification:
Voltage: C110V-240V, 50/60hz
Light source: White Luminus LED
Power consumption: 150W
Control mode: DMX512, Auto, Master/slave, Sound control
Pan Rotation 1: 540 degrees; Tilt rotation: 270 degrees;
Color wheel: 7 colors + white color
Gobo wheel: Fixed 7 gobos + white
Prism: 8 facet Prism, Forward and reverse rotation
Electric strobe light:
Manual focus

Disply MENU Instruction:

Display	Display	DMX 512 Addres setting
Addr	Addr	A001-a512
Chnd	Chnd	12 Channel
Slnd	Slnd	Fast speed mode, Sound Slow
PAn	PAn	Pan Forward rotation
tiL	tiL	Tilt Forward rotation
Scene	Scene	Forward display
LED	LED	Reverse display
rEST	rEST	DISP
LoAd	LoAd	TEMP
Ver	Ver	Tempature display
Faet	Faet	No, Yes, Reset

DMX Channel & Function
12 Channel mode

Channel	Function	Introduction
1	Pan Running	0-255
2	Pan Fine	0-255
3	Tilt Running	0-255
4	Tilt Fine	0-255
5	Motor speed	0-255 Pan/Tilt running speed
6	Dimming	0-255 Dimmer dark to bright
7	Strobe	0-255 Strobe slow to fast
8	Color
	Choose color	0-127 colors selection
	Change color automattically	128-255 Speed from slow to fast
9	Gobo
	Choose gobo	1-127 8 gobos selection
	Change gobo automatically	128-255 Speed from slow to fast
10	8 facet Prism rotating	0-99 close
	Prism open	100-127 Color & gobo with 8 facet prism effect
	Prism rotating	128-255 Prism rotating, from slow to fast
11	Auto mode
	Function of Other Channel	0-50
	Auto Mode	51-100
	Sound Mode	101-255
12	Reset	250-255

I came up with the xml below, but the light is not working.
Can someone please help me out?

Thanks

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<device image="IMG-000896.png" type="DMXDevice" dmxaddresscount="12" DefaultDisplayStyle="IMAGE" dmxcversion="3.2.3" ddfversion="1.0.0">
<information>
<ddf-library-id>2524</ddf-library-id>
<model>Moving Head 150w</model>
<vendor>Moonlight</vendor>
<author>Mni</author>
<comment>Modell: Led moving head mini beam</comment>
<mode>12 Channel</mode>
</information>
<functions>
<position>
<pan dmxchannel="1" finedmxchannel="2">
<range range="540"/>
</pan>
<tilt dmxchannel="3" finedmxchannel="4">
<range range="270"/>
</tilt>
</position>
<ptspeed dmxchannel="5">
<range type="linear" mindmx="255" maxdmx="0" minval="0" maxval="100"/>
</ptspeed>
<dimmer dmxchannel="6">
<range type="linear" mindmx="" maxdmx=""/>
</dimmer>
<strobe dmxchannel="7">
<step type="open" mindmx="0" maxdmx="0"/>
<range type="linear" mindmx="1" maxdmx="255" minval="0.1" maxval="30"/>
</strobe>
<colorwheel dmxchannel="8">
<step type="color" val="#ffffff" mindmx="0" maxdmx="15" caption="White"/>
<step type="color" val="#ff0000" mindmx="16" maxdmx="31" caption="Red"/>
<step type="color" val="#fffc00" mindmx="32" maxdmx="47" caption="Yellow"/>
<step type="color" val="#00ff00" mindmx="48" maxdmx="63" caption="Green"/>
<step type="color" val="#ff7e00" mindmx="64" maxdmx="79" caption="Orange"/>
<step type="color" val="#0000ff" mindmx="80" maxdmx="95" caption="Blue"/>
<step type="color" val="#fc02ff" mindmx="96" maxdmx="111" caption="Magenta"/>
<step type="color" val="#00fffc" mindmx="112" maxdmx="127" caption="Turquoise"/>
<wheelrotation>
<range type="cw" mindmx="128" maxdmx="191" minval="0.1" maxval="8"/>
<range type="ccw" mindmx="192" maxdmx="255" minval="0.1" maxval="8"/>
</wheelrotation>
</colorwheel>
<gobowheel dmxchannel="9">
<goboshake/>
<step type="open" mindmx="0" maxdmx="7" caption="Open"/>
<step type="gobo" mindmx="8" maxdmx="15" val="ICON-002101.png" caption="Gobo 1">
<range handler="goboshake" mindmx="119" maxdmx="127" minval="0.4" maxval="5"/>
</step>
<step type="gobo" mindmx="16" maxdmx="23" val="ICON-002102.png" caption="Gobo 2">
<range handler="goboshake" mindmx="110" maxdmx="118" minval="0.4" maxval="5"/>
</step>
<step type="gobo" mindmx="24" maxdmx="31" val="ICON-002103.png" caption="Gobo 3">
<range handler="goboshake" mindmx="101" maxdmx="109" minval="0.4" maxval="5"/>
</step>
<step type="gobo" mindmx="32" maxdmx="39" val="ICON-002104.png" caption="Gobo 4">
<range handler="goboshake" mindmx="92" maxdmx="100" minval="0.4" maxval="5"/>
</step>
<step type="gobo" mindmx="40" maxdmx="47" val="ICON-002105.png" caption="Gobo 5">
<range handler="goboshake" mindmx="83" maxdmx="91" minval="0.4" maxval="5"/>
</step>
<step type="gobo" mindmx="48" maxdmx="55" val="ICON-002106.png" caption="Gobo 6">
<range handler="goboshake" mindmx="74" maxdmx="82" minval="0.4" maxval="5"/>
</step>
<step type="gobo" mindmx="56" maxdmx="63" val="ICON-002107.png" caption="Gobo 7">
<range handler="goboshake" mindmx="64" maxdmx="73" minval="0.4" maxval="5"/>
</step>
<wheelrotation>
<range type="cw" mindmx="128" maxdmx="191" minval="0.1" maxval="8"/>
<range type="ccw" mindmx="192" maxdmx="255" minval="0.1" maxval="8"/>
</wheelrotation>
</gobowheel>
<prism dmxchannel="10">
<prismrotation dmxchannel="9">
<range type="cw" mindmx="128" maxdmx="255" minval="0.1" maxval="4"/>
</prismrotation>
<step type="open" mindmx="0" maxdmx="99" caption="Prism close"/>
<step type="prism" mindmx="100" maxdmx="127" caption="Color an gobo with 8 facet prism effect"/>
<step type="prism" mindmx="128" maxdmx="255" caption="Prism rotating, from slow to fast"/>
</prism>
<rawstep dmxchannel="11" name="Auto Mode">
<step caption="Function other channel" mindmx="0" maxdmx="50"/>
<step caption="Auto Slow" mindmx="51" maxdmx="100"/>
<step caption="Sound" mindmx="101" maxdmx="255"/>
</rawstep>
<rawstep dmxchannel="12" name="Reset">
<step caption="No Function" mindmx="0" maxdmx="249"/>
<step caption="Reset" mindmx="250" maxdmx="255"/>
</rawstep>
</functions>
<functions/>
<procedures/>
</device>

KaHe10 · September 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM

From what I can see at a glance, you have to start with channel "0" in the DDF. So, 1 from the instructions is 0 in the DDF, and so on.

Mni82 · September 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM

Do you mean that dmxchannel should start at 0?
Im confused. For me the manual starts at channel 1.

Could you Explain?

my xml and manual…
<pan dmxchannel="1" finedmxchannel="2">

Channel	Function	Introduction
1	Pan Running	0-255
2	Pan Fine	0-255

***JPK*** · September 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM

Quote from Mni82

Do you mean that dmxchannel should start at 0?
Im confused. For me the manual starts at channel 1.

In DMXControl 3 the first channel in the DDF/XML is channel 0 and not channel 1. See this as an offset for the start address. DMXControl 3 needs to calculate the channel, where to send the device values. Because every device has a start address, DMXControl 3 simply adds those offsets to the start address and has the resulting channel. So for example your device has the Pan function on the first channel. If the start address of this device is e.g. 11, DMXControl 3 has to add 0 to this start address to get the resulting channel 11. This is why the channel numbers differ between the manual of the device and what you have to define in the DDF/XML.

I hope that this is now a bit clearer, why you have to shift the channel numbers by 1.

JP

P.S.: In computer science and programming it is totally common to start counting at 0 and not at 1 Reason for that is (besides others) such offseting.

Steff · September 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM

Hello Mni82,
How can this be explained?
This is a peculiarity of the programme.
But mathematically more correct.

If you set an address on the device, this is the start address, in the operating instructions it says 1.
However, this should mathematically be 0.
1 channel = start address + 0
2 channel = start address + 1
3 channel = start address + 2
4 channel = start address + 3
And so on
And so on

So you do not count as in the
Operating instructions from 1, 2, 3, 4..........an,
but 0, 1, 2, 0...........

I hope I have expressed this clearly.

Greetings Steff

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Mni82 · September 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM

Thanks i've got it working

DDF for Moonlight LED Moving Head Mini Beam

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