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	==== DMX values ====		==== DMX values ====
	* 0~~: Main:~~ OFF~~, Aux:~~ OFF ~~(typically the case when DMX software is not running)~~		{\| class="wikitable"
	* 1~~: Main:~~ AUTO~~, Aux:~~ ON		\|+
	* 2~~: Main:~~ AUTO~~, Aux:~~ OFF		!DMX Value
	* 4~~: Main:~~ AUTO~~, Aux:~~ AUTO (DMX system ready for use)		!Main
	* 8 or more: Smoke machine outputs progressively more smoke		!Aux
			\|-
			\|0
			\|OFF
			\|OFF
			\|-
			\|1
			\|AUTO
			\|ON
			\|-
			\|2
			\|AUTO
			\|OFF
			\|-
			\|4
			\|AUTO
			\|AUTO (DMX system ready for use)
			\|-
			\|8 or more
			\| colspan="2" \|Smoke machine outputs progressively more smoke
			\|}
	When the Main output is set to AUTO, it is turned on for four hours, and that four hours is reset every time smoke is triggered. In other words, it will typically remain on when AUTO, unless the smoke machine isn't being used at all.		When the Main output is set to AUTO, it is turned on for four hours, and that four hours is reset every time smoke is triggered. In other words, it will typically remain on when AUTO, unless the smoke machine isn't being used at all.

Nardus at 09:37, 8 February 2026

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	DMXPower is a box that takes as input a DMX control signal to provide power, or cut power, to the devices that it controls.		DMXPower is a box that takes as input a DMX control signal to provide power, or cut power, to the devices that it controls.

	<pic src="/images/d/d7/DMXPower.Top.jpeg" align=~~text~~ caption="DMXPower: Top panel" />		<pic src="/images/d/d7/DMXPower.Top.jpeg" width=50% align=center caption="DMXPower: Top panel" />

	In the context of Brooklyn, DMXPower's control signal is in-band on the smoke machine's DMX channel. DMXPower is configured with a Main power channel (controlling the smoke machine) and an Aux power channel (controlling power to the fan that blows the smoke). Each of these power channels can be OFF, AUTO or ON.		In the context of Brooklyn, DMXPower's control signal is in-band on the smoke machine's DMX channel. DMXPower is configured with a Main power channel (controlling the smoke machine) and an Aux power channel (controlling power to the fan that blows the smoke). Each of these power channels can be OFF, AUTO or ON.

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== DMXPower ==

DMXPower is a box that takes as input a DMX control signal to provide power, or cut power, to the devices that it controls.

<pic src="/images/d/d7/DMXPower.Top.jpeg" align=text caption="DMXPower: Top panel" />

In the context of Brooklyn, DMXPower's control signal is in-band on the smoke machine's DMX channel. DMXPower is configured with a Main power channel (controlling the smoke machine) and an Aux power channel (controlling power to the fan that blows the smoke). Each of these power channels can be OFF, AUTO or ON.

==== DMX values ====
* 0: Main: OFF, Aux: OFF (typically the case when DMX software is not running)
* 1: Main: AUTO, Aux: ON
* 2: Main: AUTO, Aux: OFF
* 4: Main: AUTO, Aux: AUTO (DMX system ready for use)
* 8 or more: Smoke machine outputs progressively more smoke

When the Main output is set to AUTO, it is turned on for four hours, and that four hours is reset every time smoke is triggered. In other words, it will typically remain on when AUTO, unless the smoke machine isn't being used at all.

When the Aux output is set to AUTO, it will turn on for five minutes if:
* Previously ON, or
* Smoke triggered, which restarts the five minutes

==== Design considerations ====

* The smoke machine must just work™, without having to be separately switched or off, as this is typically often forgotten.
* The smoke machine is power hungry, so it must not be powered via UPS—it would reduce the 20 minute stage battery capacity to just 5 minutes! The primary purpose of DMXPower is to automatically control power to the smoke machine from the DMX system, while not using the same power source as the DMX system.
* In-band control makes sense since the smoke machine doesn't react to the first 8 or so values, and the unit monitors when the smoke machine is triggered, on the same channel.