Posts by pastasauce

Thanks Stefan!

The link to the German docs will work fine. Not sure why I couldn't find that myself earlier.

I implemented the strobe function as you suggested. It works great. I've updated to make the "real world" rate match the min/max value. This works for the "linear" type (0 to 20hz as you mentioned) but the other types have a different max hz. I tried to implement it as shown below but either I still don't have the XML correct or DMXControl3 just ignores it and always uses 0-20 in the GUI. Honestly, it doesn't really matter for my use, I'm happy with the way it is working, but if there is a better way to implement just let me know.

    <strobe  dmxchannel="10">
      <step   type="open"              mindmx="20"   maxdmx="24"/>
      <range  type="linear"            mindmx="64"   maxdmx= "25"   minval= "0"   maxval= "20" />
      <range  type= "fade out"         mindmx="84"   maxdmx= "70"   minval= "0"   maxval= "2"/>
      <range  type= "fade in"          mindmx="104"  maxdmx= "90"   minval= "0"   maxval= "2"/>
      <range  type= "random"           mindmx="124"  maxdmx= "110"  minval= "0"   maxval= "2"/>
      <range  type= "random fade out"  mindmx="144"  maxdmx= "130"  minval= "0"   maxval= "2"/>
      <range  type= "random fade in"   mindmx="164"  maxdmx= "150"  minval= "0"   maxval= "2"/>
      <range  type= "pulse 1"          mindmx="184"  maxdmx= "170"  minval= "0"   maxval= "1"/>
      <range  type= "pulse 2"          mindmx="204"  maxdmx= "190"  minval= "0"   maxval= "1"/>
      <range  type= "gradual on off"   mindmx="224"  maxdmx= "210"  minval= "0"   maxval= "1"/>
      <range  type= "pulse 3"          mindmx="244"  maxdmx= "230"  minval= "0"   maxval= "1"/>
    </strobe>

The rotation continuous rotation (channel 14) is working perfectly, however the indexing is not. From looking at the "Channel Overview" tab, DMXControl3 has a value of 04 on channel 14 at initialization and then and ignores the "Index" slider.

I have a couple other Chauvet lights (simpler than the Intimidator Trio) that I'm going to switch to and write DDFs. Once I've uploaded those I'll come back to the Intimidator Trio.

Thanks again for taking the time to look at the XML and providing feedback. From looking at the other posts on the forum, I can tell you guys are very busy so I appreciate your help.

Andy

Hello,

I'm new to DMXControl3, so forgive me if I'm missing something obvious or overlooked documentation that already exsists.

I've created a DDF for a Chauvet Intimidator Trio light. It works in DMXControl3 and can control the functions that I need. I haven't found much documentation other than the "Lesson 20 Tut 3" page on the wiki so most of this I've done just by reading that page and poking around at the DDF XML files that come with DMXControl3. I'm not sure how 'correct' it is and I'd like to fix it before I upload.

If anyone wants to look at the attached file, feedback would be welcome. Or point me to documentation I've missed, that would be great too.

In particular I'm thinking that the "Rotation" feature (Ch 15) of the Chauvet Intimidator Trio isn't implemented properly. I'd love to get it to work just like "strobe" XML element where the is a pulldown that lets you select the type of Rotation you want and then use the slider to choose the speed. However I was unable to make something like that happen. So I've implemented it as five "raw" elements.

Thanks

Andy

Chauvet_Indimidator_Trio_15ch.xml