The YF Beam 230 Moving Head Spotlight fixtures, Standard Fixture ID 081, are available from www.yf-light.com. The capabilities include gobos in addition to the moving head with a color wheel.
Figure 1 – YF Beam 230 Moving Head Spotlight
The fixtures have 16 channel and 20 channel options, which you can select from the fixture’s DMX panel. Effects in Finale 3D are compatible only with the 16 channel variation.
Table 1 – DMX personality choices
| DMX personality (“DMX Channel Mode”) | Supported in Finale 3D |
| 16CH | YES |
| 20CH | NO |
Instructions
To design a show for YF Beam 230 Moving Head Spotlight 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 16-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 16-channel fixtures in a DMX universe
| Fixture | DMX Channel Base | Channels Used |
| 1 | 1 | 1-16 |
| 2 | 17 | 17-32 |
| 3 | 33 | 33-48 |
| 4 | 49 | 49-64 |
| 5 | 65 | 65-80 |
| 6 | 81 | 81-96 |
| … | ||
| 32 | 497 | 497-512 |
Technical details
The following tables show the technical specifications of the fixtures, as tested by the Finale support team.
Table 3 – DMX channels for 16CH personality
| DMX Channel | Meaning |
| Channel 1 (DMX Channel Base + 0) | Color Wheel (see below) |
| Channel 2 (DMX Channel Base + 1) | Blackout/Strobe (see below) |
| Channel 3 (DMX Channel Base + 2) | Dimmer (0-255 = DARK TO LIGHT) |
| Channel 4 (DMX Channel Base + 3) | Gobo Wheel (see below) |
| Channel 5 (DMX Channel Base + 4) | Prism (0-127 = OFF; 128-255 = ON) |
| Channel 6 (DMX Channel Base + 5) | Prism Rotation (0-10 = Stop; 11-120 = FORWARD; 121-255 = BACKWARD) |
| Channel 7 (DMX Channel Base + 6) | Macro (Write zero) |
| Channel 8 (DMX Channel Base + 7) | Frost (0-255 = linear variation) |
| Channel 9 (DMX Channel Base + 8) | Focus (0-255 = linear adjustment) |
| Channel 10 (DMX Channel Base + 9) | Pan |
| Channel 11 (DMX Channel Base + 10) | Pan Fine |
| Channel 12 (DMX Channel Base + 11) | Tilt |
| Channel 13 (DMX Channel Base + 12) | Tilt Fine |
| Channel 14 (DMX Channel Base + 13) | Motor Speed (0-11 = unused range; 12-24 = FAST; 25-37 = NORMAL; 38-50 = CONVENTIONAL; 51-62 = LINEAR; 63-255 = unused range) |
| Channel 15 (DMX Channel Base + 14) | Reset (Write zero) |
| Channel 16 (DMX Channel Base + 15) | Lamp (0-25 = no function; 26-100 = OFF; 101-255 = ON) |
In Finale 3D, angle sweeps for moving head fixtures are implemented by setting the motor speed, since most pyro/DMX controllers do not have ramp features. According to its documentation, the Beam 230 fixture only has several pre-defined motor speed settings, which is insufficient for implementing arbitrary angle sweep speeds. For this fixture, Finale 3D always uses the fastest available angle speed setting.
Table 4 – Blackout/Strobe values
| DMX Value | Shutter/Strobe |
| 0-5 | Closed, beam not visible |
| 6-11 | Open, beam visible |
| 12-107 | Strobe slow to fast |
| 108-251 | Other effects |
| 251-255 | Open, beam visible |
Table 5 – Color wheel values
| DMX Value | Color |
| 0-4 | White |
| 5-9 | White + Red |
| 10-14 | Red |
| 15-19 | Red + Orange |
| 20-24 | Orange |
| 25-29 | Orange + Aquamarine |
| 30-34 | Aquamarine |
| 35-39 | Aquamarine + Green |
| 40-44 | Green |
| 45-49 | Green + Light Green |
| 50-54 | Light Green |
| 55-59 | Light Green + Lavender |
| 60-64 | Lavender |
| 65-69 | Lavender + Pink |
| 70-74 | Pink |
| 75-79 | Pink + Yellow |
| 80-84 | Yellow |
| 85-89 | Yellow + Magenta |
| 90-94 | Magenta |
| 95-99 | Magenta + Cyan |
| 100-104 | Cyan |
| 105-139 | Other |
| 140-144 | Blue |
| 145-255 | Other |
Table 6 – Gobo wheel values
| DMX Value | Color |
| 0-2 | White |
| 3-5 | Gobo 1 |
| 6-8 | Gobo 2 |
| 9-11 | Gobo 3 |
| 12-14 | Gobo 4 |
| 15-17 | Gobo 5 |
| 18-20 | Gobo 6 |
| 21-23 | Gobo 7 |
| 24-26 | Gobo 8 |
| 27-29 | Gobo 9 |
| 30-32 | Gobo 10 |
| 33-35 | Gobo 11 |
| 36-38 | Gobo 12 |
| 39-41 | Gobo 13 |
| 42-44 | Gobo 14 |
| 45-47 | Gobo 15 |
| 48-50 | Gobo 16 |
| 51-53 | Gobo 17 |
| 54-255 | Other |
Table 7 – Example files and downloads
| Download link | Explanation |
| beam230-manual | YF Beam 230 User Manual |
| detail1-9.jpg | Channel 1-9 detail |
| detail1-14.jpg | Channel 1-14 detail |
| detail10-16.jpg | Channel 10-16 detail |
