Now on Apple Watch with a complication, phone-to-watch sync, saved fixture profiles and patch lists you can share as a PDF
Set a DMX address on a dip-switch block without doing binary in your head, in the dark, up a ladder.
Type the address, read the switches. DipSwitch draws the block the way it looks on the back of the fixture, so you can hold your phone next to the real thing and compare it switch for switch.
It has been doing this job since 2008.
ON THE FIXTURE
• Enter an address and see the switch pattern immediately
• The block is drawn to match real hardware, with the ON marking and channel weights
• Set the number of switches to match your fixture, from 1 to 16
• Swap and mirror for blocks that are printed the other way round
PLANNING A RIG
• Set the offset to your fixture's channel footprint and step the whole rig one button at a time
• See how many fixtures fit a 512-channel universe, and the last address you can use
• Save fixtures you use often as profiles, so the channel count is one tap away
• Know two addresses and need the rest? Enter both and the spacing does the work
• Tick off fixtures as you patch them, and share the finished list as a PDF
ON APPLE WATCH
• The whole calculator on your wrist, for when one hand is holding the fixture
• Turn the Digital Crown to step the address by your offset
• A complication puts the current address on your watch face
• Address, offset and fixture profiles stay in sync with your iPhone
English, German and French. Free, no in-app purchases.
Built in Luxembourg by a lighting technician who got tired of counting bits.
I've used this several times in the week since I bought it. I'm really glad I saw this one before the ones that cost money, or I would've probably bought those. This works great enough for me though! In fact, I don't think the ones that cost money have anything this one doesn't have... It has incremental counting, and it remembers where you were. It also has the plus of working as a flashlight if you're like me and bring it to the top of a ladder with you to flip the switches... :)
Great App. due to simplicity
Kyle (St.Louis)
This is a great app because we are only using one DMX universe in my small, black box theater. We strike al lights after each show and the dip switches on every light get reset back to zero. This gives me a quick reference of how to set dipvswitches when I am hanging. FOR ALL YOU IDIOTS OUT THERE, this app is not a game, it helps lighting designers working in environments where DMX lights are used!!
Incredible if you are a lighting engineer!
c.briley
This is so useful if you are a lighting engineer! It's now so easy to address LED fixtures properly and it's interface makes it super quick and easy! Thanks Tom for making it free too! FYI...you can type in the address number too. The slider and + & - signs are nice but typing in the value is perfect!
Added bonus:
Kixwy
Just downloaded this app and it works perfectly! One thing not mentioned in the product description is the ability to add your channel offset, which is incredibly handy, as well as the program's calculation of remaining dmx channels in the universe selected.Very classy, very well done!
Apple Watch
• Turning the Digital Crown now steps the address by your offset, one click at a time — the same jump as the +/- buttons
• Fixed the address stepping forward and back while you turn
• Tap the switch block once to hand the crown the address. Until you do, the crown scrolls the screen, so you can read the block against the fixture in your hand
• A hint on the first launch explains it
Version 1.6
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Information
Seller
Bazinga sarl
Size
3.1 MB
Category
Utilities
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.5 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.5 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.5 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
