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Clay Paky AlphaSpot 800 QWO DMX Chart

This chart sets out the DMX channels of the Clay Paky AlphaSpot 800 QWO for each mode side by side, with the values and functions from the manufacturer's documentation. The PDF is the same chart, laid out to print for the desk.

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DMX channels

Standard and Vector modes

Standard	Vector	Value	Function
1	1	000-255	CyanColour mixing (000 colour inserted → 255 colour excluded under RGB option; reversed under CMY option)
2	2	000-255	MagentaColour mixing (000 colour inserted → 255 colour excluded under RGB option; reversed under CMY option)
3	3	000-255	YellowColour mixing (000 colour inserted → 255 colour excluded under RGB option; reversed under CMY option)
4	4	000-255	CTO(000 excluded → 255 inserted)
5	5		Colour wheel
		000-007	White
		008-014	White + red
		015-021	Red
		022-029	Red + CTO 2600
		030-036	CTO 2600
		037-044	CTO 2600 + green
		045-051	Green
		052-059	Green + light green
		060-066	Light green
		067-074	Light green + lavender
		075-081	Lavender
		082-089	Lavender + aquamarine
		090-096	Aquamarine
		097-104	Aquamarine + orange
		105-111	Orange
		112-119	Orange + blue
		120-126	Blue
		127	Blue + white
		128-255	Slow rotation (0,2 rpm) → fast rotation (160 rpm)
6	6		Macro colors
		000	Unused range
		001	Random macro color (only for macro effects)
		002-003	Med Bastard Amber
		004-005	Med Yellow
		006-007	Bright Red
		008-009	Lavender
		010-011	Pale Blue
		012-013	Sky Blue
		014-015	Tokyo Blue
		016-017	Just Blue
		018-019	Lime Green
		020-021	Dark Yellow Green
		022-023	Spring Yellow
		024-025	Yellow
		026-027	Light Amber
		028-029	Straw
		030-031	Deep Amber
		032-033	Orange
		034-035	Primary Red
		036-037	Light Rose
		038-039	English Rose
		040-041	Light Salmon
		042-043	Dark Pink
		044-045	Peacock Blue
		046-047	Medium Blue Green
		048-049	Steel Blue
		050-051	Light Blue
		052-053	Dark Blue
		054-055	Deep Blue
		056-057	Leaf Green
		058-059	Fern Green
		060-061	Mauve
		062-063	Bright Pink
		064-065	Marine Blue
		066-067	Medium Blue
		068-069	Golden Amber
		070-071	Deep Golden Amber
		072-073	Pale Lavender
		074-075	Special Lavender
		076-077	Pale Green
		078-079	Light Green
		080-081	Primary Green
		082-083	Bright Blue
		084-085	Apricot
		086-087	Bright Rose
		088-089	Pale Gold
		090-091	Pale Rose
		092-093	Pink
		094-095	Deep Orange
		096-097	Bastard Amber
		098-099	Flame Red
		100-101	Daylight Blue
		102-103	Lilac Tint
		104-105	Deep Lavender
		106-107	Lagoon Blue
		108-109	Chrome Orange
		110-111	Dark Lavender
		112-113	Congo Blue
		114-115	Alice Blue
		116-117	Full CTB
		118-119	1/2 CTB
		120-121	1/4 CTB
		122-123	Full CT Orange
		124-125	1/2 CTO
		126-127	1/4 CTO
		128-129	Minus Green
		130-131	Half Minus Green
		132-133	3/4 CTB
		134-135	3/4 CT Orange
		136-137	Jade
		138-139	Mallard Green
		140-141	Fuschia Pink
		142-143	Glacier Blue
		144-145	Lighter Blue
		146-147	Half CT Straw
		148-255	Unused range
7	7		Stop / Strobe
		000-003	Closed
		004-103	Strobe, slow to fast (1 → 12 flash/sec)
		104-107	Open
		108-207	Pulsation, slow to fast
		208-212	Open
		213-225	Random slow strobe
		226-238	Random medium strobe
		239-251	Random fast strobe
		252-255	Open
8	8	000-255	DimmerThe lamp is linearly dimmed from full power to half power electronically and mechanically from half power to off
9	9	000-255	Dimmer fineadjustment
10	10		Iris
		000-127	Minimum aperture → maximum aperture
		128-131	Maximum aperture
		132-170	Slow pulsation
		171	Fast pulsation
		172-210	Slow pulsation, fast opening
		211	Fast pulsation, fast opening
		212-250	Slow pulsation, fast closing
		251	Fast pulsation, fast closing
		252-255	Maximum aperture
11	11		Static gobo change
		000-007	White
		008-015	Gobo 1
		016-023	Gobo 2
		024-031	Gobo 3
		032-039	Gobo 4
		040-047	Gobo 5
		048-055	Gobo 6
		056-063	Gobo 7
		064-071	Gobo 8
		072-113	Fast rotation (100 rpm) → slow rotation (5 rpm)
		114-117	Stop
		118-159	Slow rotation (5 rpm) → fast rotation (100 rpm)
		160-171	Gobo 1 shake, slow to fast speed
		172-183	Gobo 2 shake, slow to fast speed
		184-195	Gobo 3 shake, slow to fast speed
		196-207	Gobo 4 shake, slow to fast speed
		208-219	Gobo 5 shake, slow to fast speed
		220-231	Gobo 6 shake, slow to fast speed
		232-243	Gobo 7 shake, slow to fast speed
		244-255	Gobo 8 shake, slow to fast speed
12	12		Rotating gobo change
		000-016	White
		017-032	Gobo 1
		033-048	Gobo 2
		049-064	Gobo 3
		065-081	Gobo 4
		082-097	Gobo 5
		098-113	Gobo 6
		114-129	Gobo 7
		130-147	Gobo 1 shake, slow to fast speed
		148-165	Gobo 2 shake, slow to fast speed
		166-183	Gobo 3 shake, slow to fast speed
		184-201	Gobo 4 shake, slow to fast speed
		202-219	Gobo 5 shake, slow to fast speed
		220-237	Gobo 6 shake, slow to fast speed
		238-255	Gobo 7 shake, slow to fast speed
13	13		Gobo rotation
		000-020	0° position
		021-041	90° position
		042-062	180° position
		063-083	270° position
		084-104	360° position
		105-126	450° position
		127	540° position
		128-190	Fast rotation (180 rpm) → slow rotation (2,2 rph)
		191-192	Stop
		193-255	Slow rotation (2,2 rph) → fast rotation (180 rpm)
14	14	000-255	Gobo finerotation adjustment
15	15		Prism insertion
		000-127	Prism excluded
		128-255	Prism inserted
16	16		Prism rotation
		000-020	Position 0°
		021-041	Position 90°
		042-062	Position 180°
		063-083	Position 270°
		084-104	Position 360°
		105-126	Position 450°
		127	Position 540°
		128-190	Fast rotation (120 rpm) → slow rotation (3 rph)
		191-192	Stop
		193-255	Slow rotation (3 rph) → fast rotation (120 rpm)
17	17	000-255	Frost(000 excluded → 255 inserted)
18	18	000-255	Animation disk insertionAnimation disk (000 excluded → 255 inserted)
19	19		Animation disk rotation
		000-124	Fast rotation (120 rpm) → slow rotation (4,4 rph)
		125-130	Stop
		131-255	Slow rotation (4,4 rph) → fast rotation (120 rpm)
20	20	000-255	Focus(000 distant → 255 near)
21	21	000-255	Focus fine(000 distant → 255 near)
22	22	000-255	Zoom(000 wide beam → 255 narrow beam)
23	23		Autofocus distance
		000-006	Autofocus off
		007-009	3 metres
		010-012	4 metres
		013-014	5 metres
		015-017	6 metres
		018-019	7 metres
		020-022	8 metres
		023-025	9 metres
		026-255	10 metres → 100 metres
24	24	000-255	Autofocus adjustmentFocus fine adjustment (centre at 128)
25	25		Macro effects
		000-007	Macro off
		008-011	Stand by
		012-015	Stand by black
		016-027	Macro 1
		028-039	Macro 2
		040-051	Macro 3
		052-063	Macro 4
		064-075	Macro 5
		076-087	Macro 6
		088-099	Macro 7
		100-111	Macro 8
		112-135	Stand by black
		136-147	Random macro 1
		148-159	Random macro 2
		160-171	Random macro 3
		172-183	Random macro 4
		184-195	Random macro 5
		196-207	Random macro 6
		208-219	Random macro 7
		220-231	Random macro 8
		232-255	Stand by black
26	26	000-255	Panmovement (000 → 255; InvertPan option reverses direction)
27	27	000-255	Pan finemovement (InvertPan option reverses direction)
28	28	000-255	Tiltmovement (000 → 255; Invert Tilt option reverses direction)
29	29	000-255	Tilt finemovement (Invert Tilt option reverses direction)
30	30		Function
		000-011	Unused range
		012-024	Pan-Tilt function: Fast (default)
		025-037	Pan-Tilt function: Normal
		038-050	Dimmer curve function: Conventional
		051-062	Dimmer curve function: Linear (default)
		063-255	Unused range
31	31		Reset
		000-025	Unused range
		026-076	Effects reset
		077-127	Pan/Tilt reset
		128-255	Complete reset
32	32		Lamp control (with option "Lamp DMX" ON)
		000-025	Unused range
		026-100	Lamp off (lamp switch off passing through the unused range and staying 5 s in lamp-off levels)
		101-179	Lamp on (half power)
		180-255	Lamp on (full power); lamp ignition after 5 s in full-power levels
·	33	000-255	Pan tilt timePan - Tilt - (Pan fine - Tilt fine); see Time Table (000 full → 255 follow cue data)
·	34	000-255	Colour timeCMY - Colour wheel - CTO; see Time Table (000 full → 255 follow cue data)
·	35	000-255	Beam timeDimmer - Frost - Iris - Focus - Zoom - Prism - Animation Disk; see Time Table (000 full → 255 follow cue data)
·	36	000-255	Gobo timeStatic Gobo - Rotating Gobo Change; see Time Table (000 full → 255 follow cue data)

Notes on this chart5

• One table, two channel modes: STANDARD (32 channels) and VECTOR (36 channels). VECTOR adds the four timing channels 33–36 (Pan tilt time / Colour time / Beam time / Gobo time), which STANDARD does not use; all other channels are identical between modes.
• On conclusion of resetting, in case of absence of DMX signal, Pan & Tilt move to the "Home" position (Pan 50%, Tilt 50%) and all other channels stay at 0%.
• Channel 6 Macro colors: only the BIT range + COLOR NAME are listed. The source's Rosco/LEE filter codes and per-component CYAN/MAGENTA/YELLOW/CTO/WHEEL calibration-bit columns are factory data and are omitted.
• VECTOR timing channels 33–36 use the shared Time Table (BIT → seconds): 0 = Full; 1 = 0.2 s; increasing in ~0.2 s steps up to BIT 100 = 30 s, then coarser steps up to BIT 254 = 310 s; BIT 255 = Follow cue data. Channel 33 times Pan/Tilt, 34 times CMY/Colour wheel/CTO, 35 times Dimmer/Frost/Iris/Focus/Zoom/Prism/Animation Disk, 36 times Static & Rotating Gobo.
• Alpha Spot QWO 800 is not provided with hot restrike igniter (lamp ignition not allowed in half power; immediate transitions between full and half power as printed on the Lamp control chart).

Source: Alpha Spot QWO 800 DMX Channels Rev. 0, claypaky.it, retrieved 5 June 2026. Manufacturer model: Alpha Spot QWO 800. Personalities can change between firmware versions, so if you are patching one of our units, ask which version it runs when you book.

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