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Hello all,

I'm in a comedy band called the Consortium of Genius, which puts on a very theatrical show with sequenced lights and video. My DMX system is controlled by an American DJ 'Scene Setter' board.

I just bought a Scan Tron 250 to see whether it would complement my old DJ Scan RG's. (Almost bought some Dynasties, but I didn't like their gobo patterns or the fact that the bulb never switched off.) Anyway, with the Scan Tron I have the opposite problem - under DMX control, the bulb will not switch on! I know the bulb is good because the fixture WILL do sound activated or automatic patterns, and under DMX control the fixture will do its strobe effect properly if channel 5 is pushed up - but for some reason it will not light the bulb and keep it lit otherwise for, say, a spotlight effect.

All other DMX functionality seems good - pan, tilt, color, gobo control and as I mentioned, strobe.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

-Lewis
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Thanks for writing back! Interestingly, things have somehow changed with my Scan Tron. It was used at a gig on Friday, set on 'sound activated' mode, and in this mode it worked fine, as it had before.

But when I got it home to the studio, I tried hooking it up again to the light board, and now it opens the shutter full on when ch. 5 is at 255. So it somehow fixed itself! My other Scan Tron came in as well, and when I hooked them both up, they both performed correctly.

Thanks again for trying to help. I guess I'll be back on the forum if things go haywire!

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