A comprehensive catalog of special effects fixtures is a long way out, but Finale 3D does keep track of the fixtures it knows about, to facilitate conversion between fixtures and to avoid conflicts. Users can define their own fixtures by creating their own effects that contain within them the fixture definition, and DMX patch, and visualization instructions in the VDL. User-defined fixtures can use fixture IDs in the range 1000000 and up to avoid conflicting with known fixtures listed in Table 1, as it grows.
If a safety channel is separate from and not at an offset within the DMX personality of a fixture, then it is not counted in the number of DMX channels of the fixture. For example, a flame fixture requiring one ON/OFF channel at its DMX Channel Base and one safety channel at some other channel number configured separately has a number of channels of 1, not 2. For this kind of fixture, the user must configure an additional position to hold the DMX safety channel for that fixture. The additional position’s DMX Channel Base becomes the channel address of the safety channel. While the requirement of adding an entire position in the user interface to hold the safety channel effect is inconvenient, it does have the benefit that the safety channel can be shared by multiple non-slave fixtures, which is not possible if the safety channel is within the DMX personality of the fixture.
The DMX safety channel “fixture type” is listed separately in Table 1, and it always has a number of channels of 1.
Table 1 – Supported flame and spark fixtures
| ID | Name | Number of DMX channels | Requires safety channel (or pilot or pre-heat) | Safety channel on separate position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Explo [001] X2 Wave Flamer | 6 | Yes | No |
| 002 | Galaxis [002] G-Flame | 1 | Yes (016) | Yes |
| 003 | MagicFX [003] Mode 1 Flamaniac | 5 | Yes (017) | Yes |
| 004 | MagicFX [004] Mode 2 Flamaniac | 1 | Yes (017) | Yes |
| 006 | Spray The Fire [006] Flamer | 2 | No | N/A |
| 007 | Generic [007] DMX Relay Flamer | 1 | No | Yes |
| 008 | Generic [008] DMX Dimmer Flamer | 1 | No | Yes |
| 009 | Showven [009] Circle Flamer | 6 | Yes | No |
| 010 | Spark Fabrica [010] SF-180 Moving Head Flamer 6CH | 6 | Yes | No |
| 011 | Showven [011] uFlamer 2CH-P | 2 | Yes | No |
| 012 | Showven [012] uFlamer 6CH | 6 | Yes | No |
| 013 | Showven [013] uFlamer 2CH-N | 2 | Yes | No |
| 014 | Showven [014] Sparkular | 2 | Yes | No |
| 015 | Showven [015] Sparkular Cyclone | 2 | Yes | No |
| 016 | Galaxis [016] Safety Channel | 1 | N/A | N/A |
| 017 | MagicFX [017] Safety Channel | 1 | N/A | N/A |
| 018 | Generic [018] DMX Safety Channel | 1 | N/A | N/A |
| 019 | MagicFX [019] Sparxtar | 2 | Yes (017) | Yes |
| 021 | MagicFX [021] Aerosol Stage Flame | 1 | Yes (017) | Yes |
| 022 | MagicFX [022] Propane Stage Flame | 1 | Yes (017) | Yes |
| 023 | MagicFX [023] Big Flame Stage Flame | 2 | Yes (017) | Yes |
| 025 | MagicFX [025] Flameblazer | 1 | Yes (017) | Yes |
| 032 | Explo [032] GX2 Flamer 1CH | 1 | No | N/A |
| 033 | Explo [033] GX2 Flamer 2CH | 2 | No | N/A |
| 034 | Explo [034] GX3 Power Flamer | 4 | Yes | No |
| 035 | Auvi [035] Spark | 3 | Yes | No |
| 036 | Anonymous [036] 5 Head Flamer 7CH | 7 | No | N/A |
| 037 | Sigma Services [037] 4-Head FireFly | 8 | Yes | No |
| 038 | Sigma Services [038] 8-Head FireFly | 16 | Yes | No |
| 039 | Le Maitre [039] Salamander | 1 | Yes (040) | Yes |
| 040 | Le Maitre [040] Safety Channel | 1 | N/A | N/A |
| 043 | Moka [043] H-E03 Triple Way Flame Machine | 6 | Yes | No |
| 044 | Moka [044] H-E01 Genius Flame Machine | 2 | Yes | No |
| 045 | ADJ [045] Fog Fury Jett Fog Jet | 7 | No | N/A |
| 047 | Showven [047] uFlamer Volcano Pro Mode | 6 | Yes | No |
| 053 | Hansol [053] Volcano | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 054 | Hansol [054] Pilot Light / Safety Channel | 1 | N/A | N/A |
| 055 | Hansol [055] Sunshine Fixture: 5 Head w/ Safety And Pilot | 5 | Yes (056) | Yes |
| 056 | Hansol [056] Sunshine Safety And Pilot: Safety At +0 And Pilot At +1 | 2 | N/A | N/A |
| 057 | Hansol [057] Sunshine Fixture: 5 Head w/ Pilot Only | 5 | Yes (058) | Yes |
| 058 | Hansol [058] Sunshine Pilot Only: Pilot At +0 (No Safety) | 1 | N/A | N/A |
| 061 | SpecialFX.it [061] ML-CS01 Cold Sparks Machine | 2 | Yes | No |
| 062 | Showven [062] SonicBoom Plus SmokeJet Fog Jet | 14 | No | N/A |
| 063 | AtmosFEAR [063] Hex Jet Fog Jet | 10 | No | N/A |
| 064 | Froggy’s Fog [064] Hyperion D6 Fog Jet | 17 | No | N/A |
| 066 | Tengchang [066] Party Fog Jet | 6 | No | N/A |
| 070 | Showven [070] SonicBoom X SmokeJet Fog Jet | 11 | No | N/A |
| 072 | Anonymous [072] RGB Fog Jet | 7 | No | N/A |
| 076 | Moka [076] H-E04 Hi Flame Flame Machine | 7 | Yes | No |
| 078 | Chauvet [078] Geyser RGB Fog Jet 8CH | 8 | No | N/A |
| 083 | Hansol [083] Hurricane-AW Wave Flamer 19CH | 19 | Yes | No |
| 084 | Moka [084] E11 Cold Sparks Machine 2CH | 2 | Yes | No |
| 086 | Showven [086] Sparkular Jet 2CH | 2 | Yes | No |
| 096 | Spark Fabrica [096] SF-05 Spark Jet Pro 2CH | 2 | Yes | No |
| 097 | Spark Fabrica [097] SF-F5 Formula Flamer 6CH-B | 6-B | Yes | No |
| 098 | Spark Fabrica [098] SF-90 I Flamer Plus 2CH | 2 | Yes | No |
| 099 | Spark Fabrica [099] SF-KP KUNGFUPAO 2CH | 2 | Yes | No |