Df-50 Hazer

Are you using the Non-Dim fixture profile? Or a Desk Channel profile?

I do this quite often with no issues using the Non-Dim profile under Generic.

Hope this helps :)

I tested non dim under fixture profile and I cant turn the intensity to 100% it just sits at 0, am I doing something wrong?

You might just need to spin the encoder a bit more.

Or try holing down the "+" while you move the encoder clockwise.

Hope this helps. :)

Or...silly question...is the Grand Master down?

The intensity has to be above 50%, and then it will snap to 100%.

I just used the the Non-Dim fixture to control a DF-50 last week, and it works as you would expect.

Instead of spinning the encoder, press FULL?

can you put a DF50 on a dimmer anyways? call me a newb, but i've been taught not to put anything not made to dim on a dimmer. Something about even at 100% the curve isn't completely full.

Please do correct me if i'm wrong here, but I'm trying to recall what I was taught in my college theatre. I'm doing a show this week with a DF50...with no Nondim circuits available...so this thread might even solve a problem for me.

We put DF-50's on dimmers all the time without issue. We set dimmer 48 on out sensor touring racks to the switched mode. you can then run it as a desk channel or a non-dim. I have done it both ways.

so then, is there a setting on the dimmer I need to change to make it a non dim? the space has a 96 sensor dimmer rack, I would love to have control over the hazer for this show.

you can go into the CEM of the rack and enter dimmer setup. from there you can select the dimmer you need to be set to switched. then toggle the dimmer mode from [normal] to [switched]. hope this helps.

> i've been taught not to put anything not made
> to dim on a dimmer. Something about even at
> 100% the curve isn't completely full.

See this thread, it covers the issue rather well:
forums.highend.com/showthread.php?t=5155

In general, it's a bad idea to put anything other than an incandescent lamp on a dimmer. Fluorescent lamps can be OK provided you're using a dimmable fluorescent ballast and dimmers rated for fluorescent loads.

Anything else is a risk. How big a risk depends on a specific gear.

A fogger is probably less of a risk than something like a plasma TV or moving light. Many foggers are little more than a heater with a fan and pump. To a dimmer, the heater coil looks exactly like a light bulb. The catch is that the fan and pump motors can be burned out by the non-sinewave dimmer output. Just get a DMX remote or DMX relay; You'll sleep more soundly.

i would have to agree with Eric as relays are the only whay to go, although a DF50 is no more that a small motor you still can do damage to it, if you dont beleave me try it a 50%. becuse who's to say that you have set up the dimmers and that you are controlling the rig the whole time. FIY: to slow down a motor you change the hz not the Votes.