MAC III Profile Firmware v1.1.0

Note: this is an old version. The current version is: MAC III Profile Firmware v1.8.0. ×

Last Updated: May 19, 2018

NOTE: Do not attempt to roll back to version 1.0.0. It might leave your fixture unusable.

 New features:

  • DMX firmware upload feature added
  • Jog-wheel LED status indication added
  • Shortcut menu added (hold escape to show)
  • Escape button auto repeats when held in a sub-menu
  • Forced USB upload feature added
  • Missing gobos will be indicated as warnings
  • Shutter adjust added
  • Firmware upload auto resets the fixture
  • All pan/tilt limit parameters settable via DMX
  • Pan/tilt speed decreases while adjusting DMX setup

Improvements / Bug fixes:

  • Periodical lamp error bug fixed
  • Tracking performance improved
  • Color wheel periodical reset bug fixed
  • Dimming curves improved
  • Shortcut always enabled for gobo rotation, gobo animation rotation and beam shaper rotation
  • Motor performance improved over wider temperature range
  • Zoom/beamshaper collision bug fixed lille b i beamshaper
  • Error/warning indication improved lille w i warning
  • Display backlight auto off and display illumination bug fixed
  • Display backlight intensity range adjustable in the range AUTO, 1% to 100%
  • Unintended disabling of reset (when receiving reset during startup) bug fixed
  • Pan/tilt limit out of bounds bug fixed
  • Unintended battery startup at mains power off bug fixed
  • Battery mode auto power off bug fixed
  • DMX and RDM are now on port 1 (pins 2 and 3 in XLR connectors)
  • Internal DMX termination feature removed
  • DMX last address not working bug fixed
  • Setting of pan/tilt limits via DMX improved

DMX Protocol changes:

  • Ch. 15/16 - Change: 0-5 Open
  • Ch. 15/16 - Change: 6-10 Horizontal position - Indexing
  • Ch. 15/16 - Change: 11-15 Vertical position - Indexing
  • Ch. 15/16 - Change: 16-20 Horizontal position - cont. rotation
  • Ch. 15/16 - Change: 21-25 Vertical position - cont- rotation
  • Ch. 15/16 - Change: 26-110 Wheel scroll (vertical -> horizontal)
  • Ch. 15/16 - Change:111-195 Wheel scroll (horizontal -> vertical)
  • Ch. 15/16 - Change:196-255 Fade in/out - Index
  • Ch. 26/29 - Made default : 65-69 Square law dimmer curve
  • Ch. 26/29 - Made default : 145-149 Parameter shortcut = ON
  • Ch. 26/29 - Made default : 165-169 Zoom/focus linking at "Medium distance"
  • Ch. 27/30 - Added: 40-44 Enable pan/tilt limitation
  • Ch. 27/30 - Added: 50-54 Disable pan/tilt limitation
  • Ch. 27/30 - Added: 60-64 Set pan/tilt limit to Inside area
  • Ch. 27/30 - Added: 70-74 Set pan/tilt limit to Outside area

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