Urgent Fixture Profile Request

Beam for Live
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Hello everyone, I’d really appreciate it if anyone has fixture profiles to share for the following:

  • Chauvet Color Strike M
  • Chauvet COLORado PXL Bar 16

Thankyou so much!!!

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Hi @ethermachines,

Both of these fixtures have many DMX modes, so I picked two that I thought were good universal options, but let me know if you wanted to use some other modes.

Chauvet Color STRIKE M

See DMX Chart / manual for reference.

74-ch mode

Files

Setup

  1. Configure the fixture to use the 74-channel mode and choose the desired starting DMX address on the unit itself.

  2. Add the files to the Fixture Profiles/User folder, which you can find by going to Beam > Fixture Profiles… and restart Beam.

  3. Add the Chauvet Professional COLOR STRIKE M - 74ch to your patch at the starting address matching the one set on the unit, without adding any tags to it just yet.

  4. Double-click on the added fixture to expand it and add a Strike Master tag to the Master (tilt, dim, shutterstrobe) sub-fixture:

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  5. Add a Strike Plate tag to control the Plate pixel 1-14 sub-fixtures.

  6. Add a Strike Beam tag to control the Beam pixel 1-28 sub-fixtures.

(go to Live)

  1. Add a Generic device, select Strike Master, set Intensity to 100% and select tilt, tiltspeed, shutterstrobe in the middle panel. Use this to control master parameters of the fixture.

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  2. Add a Par device, select Strike Plate. Use this to control intensity and color of the Plate segments.

  3. Add a Par device, select Strike Beam. Use this to control intensity of the Beam segments.

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Chauvet COLORado PXL Bar 16

See DMX Chart / manual for reference.

Dual Control: 8-ch Movement Mode & 64-ch Pixels Mode (RGBW)

In the Dual Control mode the fixture is split into two parts - Movement and Pixels. You need to select the (sub)mode and set address for each part separately.

Files

Setup

  1. Configure the fixture to use the Dual Control mode, select the 8-ch Movement mode and set the starting DMX address for this, select the 64-ch Pixels Mode and set the starting DMX address for this.
  2. Add the files to the Fixture Profiles/User folder, which you can find by going to Beam > Fixture Profiles… and restart Beam.
  3. Add the Chauvet Professional COLORado PXL Bar 16 - Dual Control Movement - 8ch to your patch at the address matching the starting address of the Movement part set on the unit. Assign a PXL Move tag to it.
  4. Add the Chauvet Professional COLORado PXL Bar 16 - Dual Control Pixels - 64ch to your patch at the address matching the starting address of the Pixels part set on the unit. Assign a PXL Pixels tag to it.

(go to Live)

  1. Add a Generic device, select PXL Move, set Intensity to 100% and select tilt, tiltspeed, shutterstrobe, zoom1, zoom2 in the middle panel. Use this to control the Movement/master parameters of the fixture.

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    Keep in mind that the shutterstrobe needs to be at On (e.g. 100% = DMX value 255) in order for the fixture to turn on:

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  2. Add a Par device, select PXL Pixels. Use this to control the Pixels.

Example setup files

Also check out this video for some ideas on working with pixel bars in Beam / Live.

Let me know if this works for you or need any further help!

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Thankyou SO MUCH Luka. Much appreciated for all the extra detail too- really :pray::pray::pray:

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