DipSwitch1.6 - App Store

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.

Version History 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 1.6 Aug 19 Apple Watch
• The Digital Crown now steps the address by your offset — and it actually responds the moment the screen appears, without tapping first
• Fixed the address jumping back and forth while turning the crown
• A complication shows the current address on your watch face
• Address, offset and fixture profiles now sync between iPhone and Apple Watch
• The switch block sits centred, and the address title no longer eats the screen

Patching
• Save fixtures you use often as profiles and reuse the channel count
• The fixture you pick in Offset carries into Sequence
• Share a finished patch list as a PDF instead of plain text
• Offset readouts now report what can actually be dialled in on your switch block
• Fixture counts are measured against the 512-channel universe, not the switch block — a ten-switch block does not fit 170 six-channel fixtures

Also
• Now available in German and French
• The switch block is a proper read-only reference, with VoiceOver support on the controls
• Fixed a launch crash, an overflow crash when adding switches, and several keyboard problems 1.5 Aug 16 - Added support for Apple Watch
- Sequence view on iPad wrongly opened in Split View
- UI tweaks 1.4 08/27/2024 Rewrite to work on all recent Versions 1.3 08/26/2024 Works again in iOS 10, and, by the way, updated to 2016 :) Hope there are still some DipSwitches around - enjoy 1.2 10/12/2016 Application State is saved, so You will continue where You stopped last time.
You can define the offset Value of the Increase/Decrease Buttons.
The Offset Window allows You to see, based on the Offset Value, how many devices You can put on a DMX Universe 1.1 09/12/2008 1.0 08/05/2008