The Chauvet Scorpion Dual fixtures are consumer level scanning lasers offering some degree of control over their patterns and movement.
Figure 1 – Chauvet Scorpion Dual
The fixtures have a 10-channel DMX personality.
Table 1 – DMX personality choices
| DMX personality (“DMX Channel Mode”) | Supported in Finale 3D |
| 10CH | YES |
Instructions
To design a show for Chauvet 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 15CH personality
| DMX Channel | Meaning |
| Channel 1 (DMX Channel Base + 0) | Control (0-85 = DMX; 86-255 = do not use) |
| Channel 2 (DMX Channel Base + 1) | Strobe and ON/OFF (0-9 = OFF; 10-249 = slow to fast; 250-255 = ON) |
| Channel 3 (DMX Channel Base + 2) | Pattern selection (see user manual for table) |
| Channel 4 (DMX Channel Base + 3) | Zoom (0 = 100%; 127 = 5%; 128-255 = do not use) |
| Channel 5 (DMX Channel Base + 4) | Y-axis rotation (0-127 = 0-359 degrees; 128-255 = do not use) |
| Channel 6 (DMX Channel Base + 5) | X-axis rotation (0-127 = 0-359 degrees; 128-255 = do not use) |
| Channel 7 (DMX Channel Base + 6) | Z-axis rotation (0-127 = 0-359 degrees; 128-255 = do not use) |
| Channel 8 (DMX Channel Base + 7) | Pan (0-127 = fixed horizontal position; 128-255 = do not use) |
| Channel 9 (DMX Channel Base + 8) | Tilt (0-127 = fixed vertical position; 128-255 = do not use) |
| Channel 10 (DMX Channel Base + 9) | Scan speed (0 = works; 1-255 works worse) |
Table 4 – Example files and downloads
| Download link | Explanation |
| scorpion-manual.pdf | Chauvet Scorpion Dual User Manual |