2.1 How to Hook Up and Address Your Lighting

Click here to download the basic setup diagram here (right click - "save link as")

Are the lights that you have not in the standard DMXis Library? Here is where to install downloaded fixtures: https://www.learnstagelighting.com/how-do-i-create-and-install-my-own-fixture-library-for-dmxis-d-pro-or-showbuddy-active/

2.2 How to Organize and Label Your Lights and Cables

2.3 How to Focus Your Lights

2.4 DMXIS Setup and Patching

Click here to download the DMXIS Showfile with just the 4Bar Lights patched.Instructions to import the show file to your system:

Windows: Unzip the file you just downloaded – the output should be a folder with some sub-folders and files inside.

Go to “This PC”, and find your way to “C/Users/Public/Public Documents/DMXIS/Shows” Drop the unzipped folder in there, and launch DMXIS. You will now see the showfile in the menu “Show” then “Manage Shows”. Click the showfile that matches the name of the file you just downloaded, and press the “Load Show” button.

Then, exit out of the “Manage Shows” window and have fun!

Mac: Unzip the file you just downloaded – the output should be a folder with some sub-folders and files inside.

Go to “Macintosh HD”(Or whatever you have named your primary hard drive), and find your way to “/Library/Application Support/ENTTEC/DMXIS/Shows” Drop the unzipped folder in there, and launch DMXIS.

You will now see the showfile in the menu “Show” then “Manage Shows”. Click the showfile that matches the name of the file you just downloaded, and press the “Load Show” button. Then, exit out of the “Manage Shows” window and have fun!

2.5 – How To Program DMXIS

*Update - the latest versions of DMXIS now allow sorting of Banks without using letters in front of your names to sort. They now sort just like the presets.

Click here to download the DMXIS showfile with these example looks programmed. (See above for importing instructions)

2.6 – How to Build FX in DMXIS

Click here to download the DMXIS showfile with the example looks + FX programmed. (See above for importing instructions)

Want to Setup Your DMXIS to integrate with House Rigs?

Since launching this course, one of the biggest questions I’ve received is this: How do I setup DMXIS to integrate with a house lighting rig?

If this is a situation that you run into a lot, keep reading. What we need to do is re-arrange our showfile a little bit in order to accommodate for this. Integrating a house rig with DMXIS can get a little confusing because DMXIS only offers 1 universe of DMX output – or 512 channels. Therefore, you cannot have your lights set to the same DMX addresses as the house’s lighting rig. Because of this, we’re going to re-arrange our DMX patch so that your lights are at the end of the universe, because any house rig you visit will have their lights at the beginning of the universe.

Your 4Bar addresses will now be 481 and 497 once you patch them into DMXIS. This will allow you to setup your lighting rig as normal, and then just take the output of your last fixture and run a DMX cable from it to the house rig. Make sense? When it comes time to patch their rig into DMXIS, make extra-sure to duplicate a fresh version of your show for this venue.

The venue should be able to look the patch up in their console so you can just write it down and copy it. That way you don’t have to delete the fixtures out of your show later – you can simply use your original showfile again, keeping your venue-specific showfile in case you’re back there again, of course. Once it’s all patched and you verify that it works, you can go through each scene and add in your new fixtures – enjoy!

The Lighting Basics Blueprint

Course Structure

Lesson 0: Welcome!

Lesson 1: What Gear Do I Need to Begin Lighting?

Lesson 2: A Basic Lighting Rig and How to Hook it Up

Lesson 3: Inside Your Show

Lesson 4: How to Make a Set List for a Guest Lighting Designer

Lesson 5: Bonus: Rockin’ Light Shows You Can Learn From