Not so long ago I saw a setup with a lot of Martin Atomic fixtures … and by a lot I mean a lot (anybody heard of Tiësto? 
) This remembered me of the good old days and my beginnings in showbiz and the lighting industry. Actually one of the first things I was taught when I started was calculating in binary to address a lot of Martin RS812 Scanners. And it was so confusing in the beginning. Lighttechs were running around mumbling numbers, an there was not a single production without addressing mistakes. (I still can hear the sentence “Could someone hand me a small screwdriver? I can’t switch this %&ç*ç dip” ) Those were the days.
I wonder if newbies nowadays still know how to use the dip-switches? If not, here’s the “maboo guide to binary dip-switch addressing”.
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