Need help with fixture file

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When asking for help with fixture profiles, make sure to always attach your own fixture profile attempts along with the information below.

You can create fixture profiles using the Beam Fixture Editor - https://fixture-editor.showsync.com/. If you’re new to creating fixtures, check out the manual - https://support.showsync.com/beam-fixture-editor/introduction.


  • Manufacturer and model:
  • Fixture profile file:
  • Link to the DMX channel list:
  • Edition (Beam for Live / Beam for Max) and version:
  • DMX channel mode(s) you’ve tested:

sorry about the confusing post layout, i deleted my message and tried to spend another day making the fixture profile. now i have read the manual, tried making my own profiles but they havent worked succesfully. iv experimented with various other profiles and some of them have bizare interactions with the lights. i am working on a profile for some Datewink 30W RGBW LED Beam Pinspot Lights i got online. hear is what i have been working on any assistance would be very much apreciated thankyou

Joel Thurner temu light.sbf (1.1 KB)

Hey Joel!

The first channel is what we call a “slot-based parameter”. The channel has four slots, where different ranges within the channel have different kinds of effects on the output.
The sixth channel is also a slot-based parameter, having 15 slots.
For these channels you can choose one of the “Automatic Programs”:

As this is a “Premapped Channel”, this also creates the accompanying Modulation automatically, which will enable you to select and control this parameter in Beam’s devices:

Recommended in this section of the Fixture Editor manual, we’ll use the htp Merge Mode for this Modulation (which is the default for Automatic Programs).

Next, we’ll need to add the RGBW channels, which we can also easily select from the + menu:

This also automatically fills in the Mappings section for these channels, setting the Colorspace Type and configuring the channels for each color component automatically:

Now we just need to add the 6th channel, which we can take a different Automatic Program for. I chose the Color Program in this case, as this channel specifically seems to control color effects (as opposed to the first channel). In the end it doesn’t really matter which of the Automatic Programs you choose, but it helps to pick one that describes the channel’s function the best way:

This again adds the accompanying Modulation automatically:

And that’s it! Just save/download the profile and load it into Beam. Instructions can be found here.

In Generic, after adding the fixture to the patch and assigning a tag to it you can select and control the Program and Color Program parameters like this:

You can download the finished profile here: Datewink 30W RGBW LED.sbf (1.3 KB), but I recommend creating it yourself, just so you’ll get the hang of it :wink:

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OMG thankyou so much! i will definitely try creating it myself, i want to be able to put this together for future lights. thaaanks :blush: