Looking for help with Eurolite EDX 4 Channel Dimmer fixture

[Rinske]

Hello people who know more about QLC+ than I do,

I'm quite new to QLC+, but I'm very interested in learning a lot about it.

My first goal is to connect two lightbulbs to my computer and make sure I can dim them.
I have an Enttec Open DMX USB interface, an Eurolight EDX4 4 channel dimmer, two lightbulbs, and the cables to connect everything.

QLC+ does recognize the Enttec interface and I marked it as the place where the output should go.

Then I tried to make a fixture for the EDX4 dimmer following the tutorial of Massimo Callegari. I also tried to use some other fixtures for other 4 channel dimmers. And I did check the DMX adress (in QLC+ I put the adress on 1-4, and on the EDX4 device I put the adress on 1).
But the lightbulbs stay off when I go to the simple view in QLC+ and move the sliders up.

Does anyone have an idea what I did wrong? I probably made a mistake when I tried to create the fixture, but I don't know what to improve exactly.

Thanks in advance for any ideas/reactions!

Rinske

[jef m]

How about if you load QLC with no fixtures, just your output Enttec, and move the channels 1-4 in Simple Desk? Make sure you don't have Blackout clicked :}

[Rinske]

Thanks for your reply! I tried loading QLC+ with no fixtures, and the blackout function is off. But the lightbulbs stay off too when I move the channels in Simple Desk. Any other suggestions?

[Jano Svitok]

Once more:

1. go to input tab, mark enttec open dmx usb as output for Universe 1
2. (you may delete other universes)
3. Set DIP switch on the EDX4: 1 on, all other off
4. raise channels 1-4 in the Simple Desk (make sure Universe 1 is selected).

- if the connection is OK, the LED on the dimmer should blink (if I recall correctly).

- if it doesn't work - can you plug a hw controller instead of the enttec dongle to check the cables/dimmer?

- please post your operating system (windows/linux/osx) and version.

- if possible, use simple DMX tester to check signal (http://www.bigclive.com/dmxtest.htm)

- swap DMX cable with another.

- add generic dimmer fixture (fixtures tab) - set channels count to 4.

[david garyga]

- Do you lightbulbs work ?
- Is your XLR cable OK ? (may be reversed)
- Is the EDX4 powered up ?
- Is the EDX4 fuse OK ?

- Do you have access to another fixture to test your QLC+ + Open DMX setup ?
- Do you have access to another DMX Controller to test your EDX4 + lightbulbs setup ?

[Boxy]

I noticed as well that the DIP switches are weird:

1) Bit 1 is on the left.
2) On is down.

So, left one down, all others up (I couldn't get a laser working this way. RTFM and remember zero isn't used!).

[Rinske]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll to answer your questions the best I can.

- (1) I marked the enttec device as output for Universe 1
- (3) I set the DIP switch on the EDX4 on 1
- (4) I raised the channels 1-4 in Simple Desk in Universe 1
- (5) There are 5 LED's on the dimmer. One for each channel, they're off. There's also one with the text "DMX signal POWER", this one is on.
- (6) I don't have another controller, but I'll try to borrow that from someone
- (7) My operating system is OS X 10.9.3
- (8) I don't have the materials and tools to make a DMX tester. Thanks for the link though.
- (9) I just have one cable with a 5p male and a 3p female end to connect the EDX and Enttec devices.
- (10) I added the generic dimmer fixture (with 4 channels) in Universe 1

- My lightbulbs work
- My XLR cable is brand new, so I guess it should be fine. About the reverse thing, you are talking about the way the 2nd and 3rd pin are connected, right? The label of the (5p male - 3p female) cable says: "3=+ 2=- 1=GND 4/5=N". On the EDX device is written: "1:GND 2:DATA"-" 3:DATA"+" ".
- The EDX4 is powered up
- The fuse for every channel is OK
- I don't have acces to another fixture right now, but I'll try to arrange that
- I don't have acces to another DMX controller too, but I'll try to borrow that from someone too.

.... the lightbulbs stay off.

[Jano Svitok]

(7) My operating system is OS X 10.9.3:
Have you disabled Apple's FTDI driver? See Questions and answers in the online help, or check here: http://www.qlcplus.org/docs/questionsan ... -mavericks

[Rinske]

Yes, I made sure the left one was down and the others up

[Rinske]

That solved it! Thanks a lot!

[Massimo Callegari]

That Mavericks thing is the eleventh of the ten plagues of Egypt...

I should add a big-bold-black message to the DMX USB plugin info box, warning everybody that Apple sucks.