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In addition to Light-O-Rama controllers and various other types of controllers, Light-O-Rama can control native DMX devices, either directly through a USB adapter or over Ethernet via E1.31 or Art-Net.

 

When you add a DMX device to your display, you add the controller's channels as props in your preview using the Preview Design window.

 

Several DMX universes can be used, each having a unique universe number from 1 to 999.  You assign universes to DMX USB adapters, E1.31 controllers, and Art-Net controllers in the Networks section of the Control Panel.

 

Note that you do not have to use the "DMX Intensity" effect on DMX channels.  You can, but you can also use any other effect (such as Fade Up or Twinkle).  If you use a DMX Intensity effect, it will have a natural DMX intensity range of 0 to 255.  If you use any other effect, it will have a range of 0 to 100, but Light-O-Rama will automatically scale it to DMX's 0 to 255 range immediately before sending it out to the actual DMX device.