Procedures functions (DDF-Syntax) DMXC3

Procedures functions (DDF-Syntax) DMXC3

Article describes DMXControl 3.1.2

Examples Table of Contents Part 1: Basics General introduction Basic structure Basic rules Part 2: Functions Intensity Position Color Matrix Radix Gobo Lens Blade Shifter Effect wheel Stage effects Free Functions Part 3: Procedures Functions Examples Part 4: Examples LED Spotlight 4-Light Bar Moving Head

With the help of Procedures, functions are called that are usually not needed during live operation. Saving these functions in Cues is also not usually necessary. These include, for example, the complete reset of a device or individual motors, the activation or deactivation of pan and tilt inversion, or turning the light source on and off.

These functions are accessed not through Device Control, but in the Stage View via the context menu of the respective device, through the Procedures submenu.

Structure

Procedures in DDFs for DMXControl 3 all have the same structure, which usually consists of four elements:

• Name of the function for the associated Procedure
• set: Specifies the DMX channel and the DMX value
• hold: Hold time for the DMX value
• restore: Restoration of the initial state

If the restore element is omitted in a Procedure, the DMX value entered under set remains set.

Available Procedures

Currently, the following Procedures are already predefined in DMXControl 3, but Procedures with custom names can also be created. For the most common functions, unique symbols are automatically assigned to the names. The naming can be freely chosen since Procedures directly address DMX channels with DMX values. It is therefore possible to start a complete device reset with the Procedure for turning on the lamp. However, this approach is not recommended.

Procedure Name	Description	Note
lamp_on	Turns on the lamp of the corresponding device.
lamp_off	Turns off the lamp of the corresponding device.
reset	Triggers a reset on the corresponding device.
reset_pan_tilt	Triggers a reset of the pan & tilt motors on the corresponding device.	The device moves to its reference points for pan & tilt.
reset_pan	Triggers a reset of the pan motor on the corresponding device.	The device moves to its reference points for pan.
reset_tilt	Triggers a reset of the tilt motor on the corresponding device.	The device moves to its reference points for tilt.
reset_gobo reset_gobowheel	Triggers a reset of the gobo motor on the corresponding device.	The gobo wheel moves to its reference points.
reset_gobo2 reset_gobowheel2	Triggers a reset of the gobo 2 motor on the corresponding device.	Gobo wheel 2 moves to its reference points.
reset_color reset_colorwheel	Triggers a reset of the color motor on the corresponding device.	The color wheel moves to its reference points.
reset_color2 reset_colorwheel2	Triggers a reset of the color 2 motor on the corresponding device.	Color wheel 2 moves to its reference points.
reset_effects	Triggers a reset of the built-in effects on the corresponding device.
reset_zoom	Triggers a reset of the zoom function on the corresponding device.
reset_shutter	Triggers a reset of the shutter on the corresponding device.
reset_iris	Triggers a reset of the iris on the corresponding device.
reset_focus	Triggers a reset of the focus function on the corresponding device.
reset_prism	Triggers a reset of the prism wheel on the corresponding device.
pan_invert_on	Inverts the pan channel on the corresponding device.
pan_invert_off	Disables the inversion of the pan channel on the corresponding device.
tilt_invert_on	Inverts the tilt channel on the corresponding device.
tilt_invert_off	Disables the inversion of the tilt channel on the corresponding device.
pan_tilt_swap_on	Swaps pan and tilt on the corresponding device.
pan_tilt_swap_off	Disables the swapping of pan and tilt on the corresponding device.
display_on	Activates the display of the corresponding device.
display_off	Deactivates the display of the corresponding device.