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It may be useful for the DMX engine to auto-load a stored scene immediately after a power cycle. ...

Example: An RGB Stage Light

Every lighting equipment manufacturer sets up their equipment in a slightly different way. For t...

Step 4: Exit ‘MIDI Monitor’ and Drive the Lighting Equipment

The DecaBox responds to Note, Program / Patch Change (PC) and Continuous Controller (CC) messages...

Step 3: Use MIDI Monitor Mode to Confirm Valid Data

The MIDI monitor screen is several functions deep from the main run screen. It can be accessed b...

Step 2: Set the DMX Equipment to a Known Start Address

When we do telephone support, we often suggest setting the first lighting fixture to DMX channel ...

Step 1: Set the DecaBox to the Correct MIDI Channel

In the MIDI world, there are 16 channels available. Between 1 and 16 channels can be transmitted...

Quick Start

How to Easily and Accurately Control DMX Lighting Gear From Your Existing MIDI Equipment Kick t...

Basic System Information

This firmware personality for the DecaBox receives MIDI note and CC information on a user-speci...

Jog a Channel

Individual DMX channels may be jogged up and down. In this mode, it is not required to know the c...

Recall a Scene

Recalling a Stored Scene SXXX:TTT[cr] S is a capital S...

Store a Scene

Up to 63 DMX scenes may be saved in memory. A scene is a copy of the current DMX output buffer. T...

Build A Scene (A)

The A command allows new channel:value combinations to be stacked on the existing DMX output univ...

Build a New Scene (F)

Building a New Scene This command is useful but tricky. ANY CHANNEL not specifically called out ...

Overview

In the following pages, the text [cr] is used to represent a single data byte, the carriage retur...

DecaBox Protocol Conversion

This 10-connector system has become a world-standard for bridging between different communication...

Purchasing

If you've landed here via a web search, don't already own one of these systems, but would like to...

Command Formatting & Syntax

Build MIDI Messages One Byte at a Time‌ Most MIDI messages are sequences of ...

Connections

Required connections are: DC 9V, 300 mA, center positive. This adapter is supplied with...

Overview

This useful firmware revision was first commissioned by the production crew of a long-running (...

System Overview

RS-232 DMX Engine

The RS-232 DMX Engine is a self-contained DMX controller. It accepts simple, human-readable com...

Command Syntax

RS-232 DMX Engine

Here's how to talk with the box.

DecaBox - DMX to MIDI Conversion

Lighting consoles can easily control nearly any type of MIDI gear.

DecaBox - Field Programmable DMX to RS-232

Getting started & field troubleshooting.

DecaBox - RS232 to DMX and MIDI Simultaneously

Record & play back DMX data, transmit MIDI, and more, all with a simple RS-232 syntax.

DecaBox - Field Firmware Updating

Easier and faster than FedEx, usually.

DecaBox MIDI to DMX Converter

Simple, straightforward bridging between MIDI and lighting control.

DecaBox RS-232 MIDI Bidirectional Conversion

Dead simple interfacing between control systems and MIDI gear.

RS-232 DMX Engine

The Engineering Solutions RS-232 Driven Double DMX Engine

The Internal Dimming Engine