Configure Controller Unit IDs in the SuperStar Sequencer |
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After setting the unit ID for each of your Cosmic Color Ribbons with the Light-O-Rama Hardware Utility, you then must let the Light-O-Rama SuperStar Sequencer know which unit IDs you assigned.
Note that a Light-O-Rama unit ID is a hexadecimal number from 01 to F0. If they were decimal numbers, the ID would be from 1 to 240, but since they are hexidecimal, the IDs are 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 0A, 0B, 0C, 0D, 0E, 0F, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F, 20, and so on.
•Launch the Configuration dialog box •Set the unit ID of the star controller •Set the unit ID of the first ribbon controller •Do I need more hardware to use more than one network? •Setting more than one network in the Light-O-Rama Sequence Editor
Launch the Configuration dialog box
Launch the SuperStar Sequencer, click on the Tools menu, and select Configuration.
Set the unit ID of the star controller
If you are not using a star, select "No" underneath "Star in Use". The Unit ID field will be dimmed, indicating that no unit ID for a star controller will be used.
If you are using a star, select "Yes" underneath "Star in Use". Set the unit ID of the Light-O-Rama controller for the star using the dropdown list.
The typical Light-O-Rama controller has 16 channels. Note that if you use the star, you must use the first 6 channels of the controller for it. The remaining 10 channels will not be used by the SuperStar Sequencer, which means you can use them in your main sequence if you choose to do so.
Set the unit ID of the first ribbon controller
Set the unit ID of the first ribbon controller using the dropdown list. The remaining ribbon controllers must be assigned unit IDs that are in successive numeric order, keeping in mind that they are hexidecimal numbers. For example, if you have four ribbons, and the first ribbon has unit ID 18, then the next three ribbons must have unit IDs 19, 1A, and 1B.
Network settings
Generally speaking, Light-O-Rama supports up to 16 Light-O-Rama networks, but the SuperStar Sequencer currently only supports up to four of them. The default setting for the SuperStar Sequencer is to use one network (the Standard network), with the other three networks (Auxiliary Networks A, B, and C) disabled. When using one network (the Standard network), you must set the first and last unit IDs that are controlled by the network.
If using more than one network, enable the auxiliary networks you are using and set the first and last unit IDs controlled by each auxiliary network.
Examples
•Setting up one network for the star and 12 ribbons •Setting up one network for the star, 8 ribbons, and other lights •Setting up four networks with no star, 24 ribbons, and other lights
Setting up one network for the star and 12 ribbons
Let's say we have a star, 12 ribbons, and no other lights. We are controlling the star with a standard 16 channel Light-O-Rama controller that has unit ID 01, and the twelve ribbons are controlled by their respective controllers with unit IDs 02 through 0D. Then we would use the following settings:
•Star in Use: Yes •Unit ID of Star Controller: "01" •Unit ID of First Ribbon Controller: "02" •Standard Network: Enabled •Standard Network, Unit ID of First and Last Controller: "01" "0D" •Auxilliary Networks: Disabled
Setting up one network for the star, 8 ribbons, and other lights
Let's say we have a star and 8 ribbons, and will be running them alongside other lights. We are controlling the star with a standard 16 channel Light-O-Rama controller that has unit ID 01. We also have three other 16 channel Light-O-Rama controllers, with unit IDs 02, 03, and 04. The eight ribbons are controlled by their respective controllers with unit IDs 05 through 0C. Then we would use the following settings:
•Star in Use: Yes •Unit ID of Star Controller: "01" •Unit ID of First Ribbon Controller: "05" •Standard Network: Enabled •Standard Network, Unit ID of First and Last Controller: "01" "0C" •Auxiliary Networks: Disabled
Setting up four networks with no star, 24 ribbons, and other lights
Let's say we have no star, but 24 ribbons, and will be running them alongside other lights. We have 256 channels for other lights, which are controlled by 16 standard 16 channel Light-O-Rama controllers with unit IDs 01 through 10. We have 24 ribbons controlled by their respective controllers, with unit IDs 11 through 28. We want to run the various ribbons on four different networks. Then we could use the following settings:
•Star in Use: No •Unit ID of Star Controller: Disabled •Unit ID of First Ribbon Controller: "11" •Standard Network: Enabled •Standard Network, Unit ID of First and Last Controller: "01" "10" •Auxiliary Network A: Enabled •Auxiliary Network A, Unit ID of First and Last Controller: "11" "18" •Auxiliary Network B: Enabled •Auxiliary Network B, Unit ID of First and Last Controller: "19" "20" •Auxiliary Network C: Enabled •Auxiliary Network C, Unit ID of First and Last Controller: "21" "28"
Do I need more hardware to use more than one network?
If you have one USB485 connector plugged into one USB port of your computer, then you are using one network. To use more than one network, you must first purchase other USB485 connectors (one for each additional network). Plug in each USB485 connector to a different USB port on your computer. Then plug in the Cat 5 cable coming from each USB485 connector into the first controller of the network group you are going to control with that network.
Setting more than one network in the Light-O-Rama Sequence Editor
•Launch the Light-O-Rama Sequence Editor. •Click on the Edit menu. •Move the mouse down to Preferences at the bottom of the Edit menu; a flyout menu appears. •Select Network Preferences from the flyout menu; the Network Preferences dialog appears. •Select a comm port for each network that you plan to use. •Important: For all networks you are using, select "Short Range (Faster)" |