In addition to LEDs and tungsten light, the RC4 dimmers can also easily control servos (from model making), e.g. animated props, via DMX.
This type of servo is often used in animated puppets to control blinking eyes, wiggling ears and mouth movements. Large servo motors move the head elements of Scar in Disney’s ‘The Lion King’.
Servos from the modelling sector are available at very low cost (< €9) and can perform animated actions with RC4 wireless dimmers – via DMX.
The setup is very simple, no additional external components are required.
Configuration is also simple. Either use Enhanced One Touch to configure the dimmer output as a ‘servo’ at the touch of a button or use RDM with the DMXCat.
Configuration
By Enhanced One Touch Method
Connect a DMX tester or lighting console to the transmitter, link the dimmer to the transmitter.
Decimal value (not %!) :: Dimmer curve
26 :: Servo CW Pulse 8 bit
27 :: Servo CCW Pulse 8 bit
28 :: Servo CW Pulse 16 bit
29 :: Servo CCW Pulse 16 bit
The first selected DMX channel above zero sets the function of this DMX channel, which is assigned in the table together with the corresponding DMX level (decimal value, NOT %) > press the corresponding channel button ‘Set A’ ….
By RDM wirelessly with DMXCat
The DMXCat is recommended for the configuration of RC4 dimmers.
In conjunction with the LumenDimIO-100, for example, RC4 dimmers can be configured wirelessly via RDM.
DMXCat multi-test tool
DMXCat RDM configuration tool
Plug Dongle into DMX-IN of the LumenDimIO-100 transmitter.
