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

Lewis sorry for the delay in response. let me try to get someone from service to answer your post. But im looking at the manual now for the scan tron and i see that on ch 5 strobing is 7-29 and shutter open is 31-255. at what values is the fixture on when it shuts off the lamp?
sincerely,

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!