CRGBLight
A very common DMX controlled light is one with four channels that does Red, Green and Blue colors. Show Director Control has provided a TYPE for this light. The Control for the light is in the PIN (or CUSTOM1) column and is light specific as to how values control the light. Typically 0 turns the light off and 255 will use the values of Red, Green and Blue to set color and intensity. Your lamp may have other features that are controlled using the PIN column. Consult your manual. To specify a color, you need to have the start of the Effect Description have a '#RRGGBB' hexadecimal value. These values are two hex characters each for red, green and blue. So, for example, #FF0000 would be full red. #00FF00 would be full Blue, etc. #7F0000 would be half intensity red. #00FFFF would be bright cyan. If you provide a duration, the light will turn on for than amount of time and then turn itself off.
SD Column Name |
DMX |
Note |
TYPE |
Must be "CRGBLight" |
|
CONTROL |
Controller |
One DMX controller universe per serial USB connection |
MODULE |
Channel |
Values 1 to 512 are allowed. Each CRGBLight uses 4 contiguous channels. Next device must be 4 higher than the value used here. |
DUR |
The duration that this channel will have this value before returning to zero |
If duration is zero (00:00) then the channel is set to value permanently, otherwise max duration is 99 seconds |
PIN or CUSTOM1 |
Control value to place on the Channel |
Values 0 to 255 are allowed. Typically 0 is off and 255 uses the color and intensity provided. Other values are light specific features like blinking and fade. |
Effect Description |
Color and Intensity of the light |
Values #000000 to #FFFFFF are allowed |
Here is an example of what a SD script might look like using CRGBLight commands:
CUE |
HH MM SS FF |
TYPE |
CONTROL |
MODULE |
DUR |
PIN |
Event Description |
1 |
00 00 00 00 |
CRGBLight |
C1 |
1 |
01:15 |
255 |
#FFFFFF bright white for 1.5 seconds |
2 |
00 00 05 00 |
CRGBLight |
C1 |
1 |
00:00 |
255 |
#FF0000 full red on |
3 |
00 00 10 15 |
CRGBLight |
C1 |
1 |
00:00 |
255 |
#A5184C switch to custom color |
4 |
00 00 12 15 |
CRGBLight |
C1 |
1 |
00:00 |
0 |
Turn light off |