Hello.
My Moving Heads work great on their own and respond to all inputs.
But if I combine them with my Led Strips (24 led 3w wall washer), the Strobe and various effects don't go.
They still react to changes in Color.
But also limiting the illuminated area is not possible.
All devices are from u-king.
Can someone help me?
Firmware is up do date.
Thanks Tom
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the same problem with the combination of moving heads with RGB spotlights.
everything works fine on its own.
only when I use everything together do different functions not work.
Can you show us an example video?
Hello.
what do you want to see on the video
Haven't done anything like this before.
Show us a clear example of a function not working.
I'll try it tomorrow.
Those moving heads are running some sort of auto program, while they are doing that, what channels are on if you go and look at the fixtures area.
Also be sure that those movers are in the same channel mode as what they are patched as, i know those small RGBW movers have like a 9 or 7ch or 14ch mode, and if you patched them as say 9ch, but they are actually in 7ch, there's a lot that wont match up right. Make sense?
the moving heads are both set up on 14 channels in the device itself and in the program.
the led strip has 24 channels.
As I said, the moving heads do exactly what they're supposed to do on their own.
hmmmm ok so maybe it is data line issue....... are you going from GO to one of the moving head fixtures first or the LED bar first?
Try going from GO to each fixture one by one adding a cable each time and see if the issue stays or follows.
Also are you using DMX cable or mic cable? There IS a major difference, DMX should be DMX cable.. Also try a terminator in the last fixture.
I have already swapped all the cables (in my opinion DMX), swapped all the positions of the devices with each other and, of course, built in a terminal resistor.
if I combine the moving heads with my simple RGB spotlights, the moving heads work perfectly, but the spotlights then do not react to the programs and color settings.
somehow the worm is in there?
maybe I'll buy better cables again?
it's worth a try.
Try picking up a few short Accu Cable DMX cables and see if they don't help.
https://www.adj.com/ac3pdmx3
This brand^
I'll buy some good DMX cables to test.
I get those of the linked cables badly in Germany, or only for a lot of money.
but of course there are alternatives.
Thank you very much for now.
so, today brand new dmx cable tested without success.
As soon as I combine different types of headlights, only one of these reacts to commands from the app.
All the headlights alone, no matter how many of them, work great.
I also swapped the positions and disconnected the DMX cables during operation, to no avail.
Damn...
Follow up question to this, on ALL of the fixtures, NONE of them are set to any sort of master/slave mode right? Those types of modes should be off. We've seen issues where if a setting is left on it makes fixtures down the line unresponsive.
all devices are on channel d001
maybe it's my tablet? it's a Huawei mediapad m5
Does it matter which order you have them connected? If the Wash lights are connected first then the moving heads do they respond differently?
it doesn't matter in which order I connect all the headlights.
as soon as another type comes in, either the motion control or the light control does not work.
You said all the lights are set at address 001, would that be only the wash lights or also the moving heads? If the moving heads are set to address 001 what happens if you set them to address 25?
I would have to try that once.
that will probably not be the case today
I'll let you know
hi Erik.
it didn't leave me in peace and so I quickly tested it again
I put both moving heads on channel 25 make them what they should ... hurray
only the strobe light of the LED bar does not work together with the MovingHeads.
Thank you very much up to here.
the next observation I made.
In the settings, the app only ever adopts the number of channels that the spotlight with the fewest channels has. In other words, I can only select 7 channels, for example, even if the MovingHead has 14.
the automatic channel assignment still shows me the originally selected channels in the menu on the left. for example moving head from 1 to 14, from 15 to 29.
Well, if I set the channels on the headlights that the app has automatically assigned, almost everything works.
more is probably not possible at the moment.
many thanks to those who tried to help me anyway.
If there are multiple modes available you should def. be able to access them via the Mode area BUT you have to do it BEFORE you patch the fixture, if not then you need to delete it and re-patch it.
Likewise patching a fixture into the wrong mode while the actual fixture is patched to a different mode will most certainly seem like some functions are not working properly.
I put on all spotlights with the maximum number of channels.
this number is automatically reduced as soon as I add a new headlight with fewer channels.
I start with the Led strip 24 channels. these decrease to 14 when I add the moving heads.
Finally, the RGB spotlights come with only 7 channels and I can only select 7 channels in the mode selection on all types.
it doesn't change anything if I add and update all headlight groups individually. Finally, there are only 7 channels left in the mode selection for all headlights.
but ... everything works except for the strobing effect on the led bar.
so perhaps there is an issue with the strobe fader in the profile? Or does it work when others are not plugged in?
if I connect the led strip alone, the strobe function also works.
if everything is connected together, a very minimal flicker can be seen in the LED bar. however, the LEDs light up permanently.
hmmm ya, still sounds like an issue with either the bar itself or the cables or something...... it's def. data line related...... or problem with the strobe controller part of that fixture when too much data is going through it?
I'd keep the same set up and try one other light instead of the strobe to see if its cables or what. But if you don't own anymore fixtures, you prob can't test that...
I have a second led strip that I could try out when I get the chance.
It is probably not due to the cables, as neither the good nor the simple cables change.
I also connected RGB lights. the strobe effect works wonderfully there too.
but also with the RGB lights I had to set the channels manually. there still seems to be an error in the app?
but I now know how to change that.
What do you mean by set the channels manually? To color mix? or to address?
I have to manually assign the start address to all spotlights on the device.
Yes, the fixtures themselves do not auto address, you have to manually do that part. DMX doesn't communicate that way.
If you mean in the app, yes sometimes you may need to change it but that's as easy as tapping the address numbers on the left and changing them.
Many thanks for the help.
I will try the other led strip. if the strobe effect doesn't work there either, then that's the way it is and I'll have to live with it
