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<font face="Arial">That's about the long and short of the waveform.
From the "intelligence" I've seen in dimmer designs, I bet the
show on it. <br>
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Suggestion: Borrow a generator from someone that won't get TOO
pissed if you mess with the throttle and turn it down to 50Hz,
then you can test your dimmers.<br>
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Don't forget to re-time the generator before returning it!<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/28/2018 03:17 PM, Mt. Angel
Performing Arts Center via Stagecraft wrote:<br>
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The answer is 'probably', based on my experiments with building
DMX controlled whizbangs. Jerry probably has much more info than
I.
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IME a well-designed pack will determine the zero-crossing time of
the power source and phase lock its internal clock so that
zero-crossing interval is 256 magic units. Then the DMX sends a
0-255 number and (after maybe doing some cosine adjustment) the
controller PWMs (pulse width modulates) the output when the two
match.
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If the dimmer pack isn't quite so smart and is designed for 60HZ
only then either you won't get full brightness at 100% or fully
'out' at 0% depending on how the controller logic works.
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Carla
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<br>
I saw a woman wearing a sweat shirt with "Guess" on it. So I said
"Implants?" She hit me.
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc.
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.interstellar.com">www.interstellar.com</a>
tel: +1 408 356-3886
@DurandInterstel
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