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unit’s indicator light
. You should see all of the colours from the start-up cycle illuminate on any
connected LED strip and/or DMX light, otherwise there is an issue that requires troubleshooting.
2.3 Colour Combinations
You can create an array of different colours within the RGB colour spectrum by illuminating various
combinations of green, red and blue. For example, if the green and red LEDs are simultaneously
illuminated, the resultant colour will be yellow. MIDI velocity can be adjusted to change the overall
brightness/intensity of the colour designated to the corresponding MIDI note. MIDI velocity changes
can also be used to create additional colours and shades, particularly when the MIDI velocity value
of multiple notes are unequal.
The following table shows the available fundamental colours and their corresponding RGB colour
combinations.
COLOUR
RGB FORMULA
RED
R
GREEN
G
BLUE
B
YELLOW
R + G
MAGENTA
R + B
CYAN
G + B
WHITE
R + G + B
2.4 DMX Output
While conventional DMX consoles and software allow for individual control of daisy-chained DMX
lights, configuring a DMX set-up and programming light shows via DMX is notoriously complicated
and frustrating. To streamline and simplify this process, the LC-1X controls all daisy-chained DMX
lights with the same signal output. For example, if you have several of the same DMX PAR lights
daisy-chained together and you trigger the first light in the chain to illuminate red, all additional
lights in the chain will receive the exact same signal and illuminate red as well. A single DMX signal
chain is referred to as a
“universe”.
A single DMX universe can output 512 channels in which each channel can be set to a value between
0 and 255. Most DMX lights take up anywhere between 10 and 20 channels. You can find the specific
channel designations for a particular DMX light within its user manual.
Each channel on any given RGB DMX light controls various parameters such as colour, strobe speed
and brightness.
To adhere to the same conventions as Boomlights’ RGB LED MIDI control protocol,
the only DMX channels the LC-1X will utilize will be the colours red, green and blue as well as the
overall brightness. This allows for each colour of an RGB DMX light to be designated to and
controlled by the corresponding MIDI note within a 3 MIDI note group.
Setting the address of a DMX light effectively sets the first address of the DMX universe signal it will
respond to. For example, if you are using a 10 channel DMX light and set its address to
“
20
”
, that
