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11 SpecialFxIt 18*12W IP65 RGBWAU Par Light [060]

The SpecialFx 18*12W IP65 RGBWAU Par Light fixtures, Standard Fixture Id 060, are battery powered, RGBW + Amber + UV up-lights with standard features.

 

Figure 1 – SpecialFx 18*12W IP65 RGBWAU Par Light

 

The fixtures have a 6-channel and 10-channel DMX personalities.  Finale 3D‘s effect libraries support only the 10-channel personality.

 

Table 1 – DMX personality choices

DMX personality (“DMX Channel Mode”) Supported in Finale 3D
6CH NO
10CH YES

 

Instructions

To design a show for these fixtures, please follow the steps in DMX basic instructions and Light fixtures basic instructions.  If you don’t already have a compatible firing system or controller capable exporting a DMX script, please refer to Supported firing systems and controllers (DMX) for the list of available hardware options.

 

Choosing the DMX channel ranges for fixtures

Each fixture requires multiple channels, so if you are putting multiple fixtures in the same DMX Universe, you need to set the Start Address on the fixture in the real world and the corresponding DMX Channel Base on the fixture in Finale 3D to a range of channels that doesn’t overlap with others.  A DMX universe has channels 1-512.  If you want to pack as many fixtures into the 512 channels of a DMX universe as you can, back-to-back ranges are the most efficient.  Table 2 shows an example for 10-channel fixtures.  Some DMX firing systems and controllers only support 50 or 100 channels, so you may not have all 512 channels to work with.

 

Table 2 – Example channel ranges for 10-channel fixtures in a DMX universe

Fixture DMX Channel Base Channels Used
1 1 1-10
2 11 11-20
3 21 21-30
4 31 31-40
5 41 41-50
6 51 51-60
7 61 61-70
8 71 71-80
9 81 81-90
10 91 91-100
51 501 501-510

 

Technical details

The following tables show the technical specifications of the fixtures, as tested by the Finale support team.

 

Table 3 – DMX channels for 10CH personality

DMX Channel Meaning
Channel 1 (DMX Channel Base + 0) Dimmer
Channel 2 (DMX Channel Base + 1) Red
Channel 3 (DMX Channel Base + 2) Green
Channel 4 (DMX Channel Base + 3) Blue
Channel 5 (DMX Channel Base + 4) White
Channel 6 (DMX Channel Base + 5) Amber
Channel 7 (DMX Channel Base + 6) UV
Channel 8 (DMX Channel Base + 7) Strobe (0-2 = no strobe; 3-255 = slow to fast)
Channel 9 (DMX Channel Base + 8) Fading
Channel 10 (DMX Channel Base + 9) Macro effects

 

 

Table 4 – Example files and downloads

Download link Explanation
user manual 18x12W waterproof 6in1 led par light.pdf SpecialFx 18*12W IP65 RGBWAU Par Light User Manual