LED PAR 64 PRO + LED OPERATOR

Well, I had a wonderful post going when my wireless took a doo-doo crash-dive on me so I'm forced to do this again.

I am assuming the LED Operator is a really basic DMX controller.

Now, this goes back to stuff that I've said before in great detail and have had to address many times today. But I understand. People come here to ask questions, not read history and educate. It's often faster to just ask.

In short:
You can't use Master/Slave mode and DMX at the same time. It's either/or. Not both. No discussion, that's how it is. Ta-da!

Without downloading manuals:
I am assuming that the LED Operator is a very basic DMX controller. As such, you will need to match your ADJ 64 LED's to channels that match with the LED Operator. Yes, you can duplicate addresses.

Your issues may be that your 64 LED's are not in the right mode for DMX and not on the right channels.

Read your manuals, cross-reference, and you will find your answers.

Forgive me for not downloading and reading manuals. Between my internet crapping out, my wireless up and down like a cheap hooker on crack(is that redundant?) and two pug dogs constantly refusing to get comfortable on my lap and are jealous of this laptop at 1AM, you gotta cut me SOME slack.

Might I be so bold as to suggest consolidating all these various controllers into a single DMX controller or perhaps MyDMX? Might make things go easier.

First things first....the LED Operator has some drawbacks as it isnt designed to work instantly with all LED effects....you have to configure the fixture your wanting to control first.

ADJ (in some respects) have given the user too many options. It isnt a bad thing, but it can be a pain at times when you want to go down the "simple route".

In order to control your Pro LED 64 Cans with an LED Operator, you NEED to set the cans into a 3 channel mode. Anything over that means you wont be able to have full control.

The LED Operator is also designed to allow you to take complete contol over your LED fixtures and to have them sync together doing same colouring etc. Products such as the Mega Bar, Punch, Par 64, Panel, & Mega pixel can all run on the LED Operator. But they NEED to be set to a specific mode. Sometimes you will have to play around with the fixture to.

ADJ offer different DMX channel modes that the user can switch between depending on what they feel comfortable with using. By simply switching from a standard DMX controller to an operator may require a change of DMX channel mode.

The other negative points with the LED Operator - all the fixtures on the controller will ONLY do the one colour. No variation (i.e head 1 on blue, head 2 pink, head 3 blue, head 4 pink etc). Plus the inbuilt programmes dont all respond to the fade speed fader. I found i had to re-input the Chases and then it would respond. Whether this was a dodgy product i dont know, but here in the UK, the LED Operator hasnt been too well received by production or event companies as its "too much faffing around". Maybe thats because they want the quick and easy route...but on the flip side, maybe thats how things should be??????

Overall though Dave, considering what you already use and own, i would opt for a MYDMX dmx route, as it will allow you to take complete control over everything simply, easily and more professionally.

Spend 20 minutes on the programme, and you'll have lighting pre-sets for your band work stored and ready to rock!