i just bought 2 Accu Scan 250 & a DMX operator 192, where do i start? i plugged in all the XLR cables from 2 fixtures to the operator. should i turn on the lights first or the operator? do i have to set up anything on the 2 Accu scan before i do anything with the operator? please can someone show me the step by step how to do it? what is dip switch? where is dip switch on the operator? i even follow the step by step on the operator 192 video bit still doesn't work.lights are on but when i try to move them with the joy stick nothing happen, they are not responding? can somebody please help me? thanks!

try reading your manual. first off Welcome to the forums. also there are no dip switches on the operator 192. there are also no dip switches on the accu scans either. also it doesnt matter wither you turn on lights or controller first once both are on they should kinda synch together. like u will be able to use the controller and the lights will be in DMX mode. but u have to address the lights too. do you know how to do that? also u have to assign the joystick in order for it to work on the fixtures aswell. let me know how much of this helps. and whats left to do etc etc. peace! jingles!

thanks for responding quickly and yes i did address the lights but im not sure if i did it correctly, here's how i did it(fixture 1 is address to 1 & fixture 2 is address to 2) makes sense? did i do it right? and yes i did assign the joy stick as well, i even watch the video on how to do it but when i try to move the stick there's no respond? what am i doing wrong? thanks again!

does the operator 192 comes with a instruction video? and as i reading the manual it says all units must be on 4 or 2 different addresses to individually set the DMX addresses for each unit, can somebody specificaly explain that to me? sorry for being dumb with this. and also about the master/slave sound active mode? should i set the 2 fixtures to 'master' to use this mode? or 1 fixture is set to 'Master' and the 2nd fixture is set to 'Alone' sorry im not sure how do this.

ok on the operator 192 the channels are blocked in 16's ok? so fixture one is on a001 and fixture 2 is on a017. undertand? and maybe the reason the joystick isn;t working is cause the fixturesarent addressed right. if u want an instructional DVD of the operator 192 e mail me your info. e mail me at james k @ elation lighting.com (i seperated it due to spam bots) and also for master/slave mode u can have either or be a master and then the next one a slave. therefore master/slave mode. read your manual for the lights aswell it is all covered in there. best regards, james. if u have any more question feel free to keep posting. sincerely,

ok, so fixture one is on a001 and fixture 2 is on a017, got it! i will give it a try thanks again!

no problem. let me know if u need any more help. ok and i got ur e-mail and i forwarded it to the person that mails out the DVDS.

thanks again Jingles, i spin records not a lighting tech and i have never use intelligent controller/lights before so please bare with me.

no problem at all man! im used to helping out dj's and i have quite a few dj buddies on here and another forum. and thisis the americ DJ forum no? lol peace! sincerely,

yo Jingles, i got the joy stick working now thanks to you! but i have another question though, on the instructional video it said something about fine channel? does Accu Scan have fine channel? & what is fine channel? and also the audio input on the operator, where do you connect it to? it seems like the lights is not responding to sound. i set up the fixtures to master/slave sound active then connect the audio input to my mixer output, is that right?

oh yeah , is it 'Find Channel'? or 'Fine' channel? i told you dummie here!

ok the accu scns do not have fine pan and tilt but u can still asign those channels to the fine mode and it will just run the values slower so u can get more presice positioning. there is a sound button on the controller. if u hook up the audio from ur rig inti the console it will get kinda jumpy as running them in sound active during a live DJ event will just make the lights go crazy due to the volume! this is why u bought a DMX controller right? so you could control the movements. actually u could just set em up master and slave and then just have em run like that. my two watts on it.

Got it! bare with me man, Gobos,colors,strobe etc.,how do you assign them to channels?

is it the same procedure as assigning pan & tilt?

those functions flow with in the channels u allowed per fixture as u assigned the lights. so 8 chanels 1&2 being pan and tilt and the rest is color gobo shutter etc. so if u have 1 light on a001 and light 2 on a017 then u have enough channels to use your lights as long as you don;t overlap your channels. understand?

and also about the accusrx2 road case? i'm concern about one fixture is sitting on his head, will that give too much presure on it's body and eventually will break? is this the only road case available on the market for accu scan 250? thanks!

there are arriba cases. but i woudln't worry about the road case if it is made for the accu series heads then shouldn't have any stress on the head at all.

You've been a great help Jingles, thanks for the patience and for all the help!

No problem at all! is what im here for. everything working ok? post some pics up when ya can. sincerely,

YUP everything is working fine, i'm just working on how to assign these GObos,colors etc on each channels. thanks!