Controller numbering

[GS]

I need to configure 20 controllers in S2 adv.

When numbering controllers I see it goes -

01, 02.....09, 0A, 0B.......0F, 10, 11, 12, 13

Can I skip 0A - 0F and go 09, 10, 11.... or will that cause problems now or later ?

Thanks,

Glenn

[Darryl Lambert]

I've skipped 0A,0B and no problems or issues. I just number from 1 thru ?? I find it's easier to keep them grouped. My mega tree is 11-14.

Darryl

[jimswinder]

GS wrote:

I need to configure 20 controllers in S2 adv.

When numbering controllers I see it goes -

01, 02.....09, 0A, 0B.......0F, 10, 11, 12, 13

Can I skip 0A - 0F and go 09, 10, 11.... or will that cause problems now or later ?

Thanks,

Glenn

Yes, you can skip them. I believe those 0A and 0B settings are for the controllers that have the dials on the boards to set the Unit ID's.

[Don]

GS wrote:

I need to configure 20 controllers in S2 adv.

When numbering controllers I see it goes -

01, 02.....09, 0A, 0B.......0F, 10, 11, 12, 13

Can I skip 0A - 0F and go 09, 10, 11.... or will that cause problems now or later ?

Thanks,

Glenn

The reason that happens is because the LOR controllers (and software) work is Hex, while most humans work in decimal. While you're not going to cause any problems in the operation of the controllers, be sure to make note that you numbered them by decimal. Otherwise, you run the (slight) risk of issues coming up when troubleshooting.

[Don]

jimswinder wrote:

Yes, you can skip them. I believe those 0A and 0B settings are for the controllers that have the dials on the boards to set the Unit ID's.

Check your Hardware Utility again, Jim. The PC boards are assigned controller numbers the same way ... in Hex.

The 0A - 0F options are available and valid in this situation.

[GS]

Thanks all for the quick response.

I'll skip the 0A... to avoid numbering confusion in my head.

Glenn

[Dave Batzdorf]

I too have skipped the hex numbers and when right to 11, 12, etc....

[Brian Mitchell]

The only thing you have to be carefull of is in the HW utility. If you have 12 controllers numbered 1 -12 and you set the HWU to only look for 12 controller to save time, it will not find 10 11 or 12 because they are technically numbers 16 17 and 18.

Make sure you set the utility to search for more controller than you have.

[George Simmons]

Brian Mitchell wrote:

The only thing you have to be carefull of is in the HW utility. If you have 12 controllers numbered 1 -12 and you set the HWU to only look for 12 controller to save time, it will not find 10 11 or 12 because they are technically numbers 16 17 and 18.

Excellent point. In 2008 I reduced the number of units for the HU to look for so as to speed up searches. When I added controllers last year I completely forgot this little detail and subsequently spent a couple of hours inventing words you wouldn't speak in church trying to figure out why my newer controllers were found numbered #1 but not found at their assigned number in the display setup.

[DaveK]

Not to be confusing but there are two more things to think about when numbering:

Both iDMX-1000 and the Cosmic Color Ribbon have two modes: Normal and Legacy modes. The iDMX can have 512 channels and the CCR has 157 channels. They can be set to have all channels under one unit ID (Normal mode) or divided under separate consecutive unit IDs (Legacy mode) of 16 channels each. Their respective manuals have explanations on how to set them up.

If you use either of these items you may want to assign them a higher hex numbes to keep them separate from your standard LOR controllers.

[Steven]

Brian Mitchell wrote:

If you have 12 controllers numbered 1 -12 and you set the HWU to only look for 12 controller to save time, it will not find 10 11 or 12 because they are technically numbers 16 17 and 18.

That is no longer true as of LOR version 2.1.2. As of that version, the HWU does not have "Max Units." Instead it has "Max Unit ID", which is now in hexadecimal.