Desisti Muses of Light ERATO User manual

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ERATO
300W Vari-White from 2.700 to 6.500 °K - Enhanced CRI > 95
White light, with Adjustable Correlated Colour Temperature
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
MANUFACTURER
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Via Cancelliera # 10a, 00041 Albano Laziale (Rome- Italy).
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1.
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of ERATO Vari White lighting fixture.
ERATO is a high power, highly efficient spotlight using DE SISTI modular PCB boards system with a total of 360 LEDs
combined with 90 Medium Flood lenses. The Lighting Fixture is DMX Controlled and includes a number of parameters
that can be set locally, it is equipped with DSE-300 a detachable power supply for AC universal feed 90/240V 50/60Hz
that can be remoted up to 50m and feature variable CCT from Tungsten to Daylight with high power and high CRI.
2. POWER AND DMX DAISY CHAIN
THE MUSES OF LIGHT - ERATO permits both POWER and DMX DAISY CHAIN.
Each Fixture is respectively equipped with:
For DMX:
XLR5 pin Panel Mount Male (DMX IN)
1 XLR5 pin Panel Mount Female (DMX OUT)
For Mains Supply:
1 20A Powercon TRUE 1 TOP (POWER IN)
1 20A Powercon TRUE 1 TOP (POWER OUT)
It is recommended to Daisy Chain a Max of 10 fixtures, even if the limitations imposed by DMX Standards are for an
higher q.ty of units and even if the Powercon Connections are rated for 20A max.

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3. CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE DATA
DESCRIPTION
VALUE
DESCRIPTION
VALUE
LED Power
300 W
Protection Type
IP23 – rain protected
Power Consumption
320W @ 230V | 320W @120V
Max Housing tempera-
ture
70° C
DMX Data Link
USITT DMX512-A
This product uses a 5-pin XLR for
DMX input and output. Use a
shielded data cables. Do not over-
load the daisy chain. Up to a maxi-
mum of 32 devices can be used on
a single DMX chain.
Weight of Fixture
Head
Driver
16 Kg
2,5 Kg
DMX Channels
DMX Chan-
nels:
Dimmer / Light
Intensity 8 BIT
2 channels
Base:
Dimmer
Base +1:
CCT Control
DMX Channels:
Dimmer / Light
Intensity 16 BIT
3 channels
Base:
Dimmer Gross
Base +1:
Dimmer Fine
Base+2:
CCT Control
Protection class
Class 1– ground connection requi-
red
Emitting Surface diame-
ter
650 mm x 560 mm = 0,26 mq
Specifications subject to change without notice.
4. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Professional use: This luminaire has been designed for professional use and must be operated by qualified personnel
only. Not for residential use.
Grounding:
WARNING: THIS LUMINAIRE MUST BE GROUNDED
WARNING:
Disconnect Power CORDS before
any maintenance work or opening the FUSE HOLDER.
RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY.

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Electrical connections: IMPORTANT The cores in this mains lead are colored in accordance with the following code:
Europe
America
Ground
Green & yellow
Green or green & yellow
Neutral
Blue
White
Live
Brown
Black
In case the colors of the cores do not correspond to the colors of the connection points on your plug, please proceed
as follows:
- the green or green and yellow core must be connected to the connection point marked with the letter E or with the
symbol or colored in green or in green - yellow;
- the blue (or white) core must be connected to the connection point marked with the letter N or colored in black;
- the brown (or black) core must be connected to the connection point marked with the letter L or colored in red.
Working conditions
Working Position
Lighting fixture: max. tilting ±90° from horizontal
Ambient temperature, ta at the place of installation and
storage
Minimum 10°C, maximum +40°C
Humidity at the place of installation and storage
25-80% (not condensing)
Minimum distances from inflammable surfaces
Top
Back
Sides
Front
0,4 m.
0,3 m.
0,3 m.
1,5 m.
The luminaire should never be OPERATED close to inflammable materials. The ones indicated in the above table are the
minimum distances recommended. Other requirements for safe use are:
A. Do not cover the apertures of the detachable driver housing. They are essential for correct ventilation
B. Use only original accessories and spares from De Sisti Lighting.
C. Before hanging the luminaire ensure that the suspension point (or the stand) is properly rated to accept the lumi-
naire weight.
D. A suitable secondary safety suspension device (safety cable, chain or equivalent) must be fitted between the sus-
pension point and the eyelet at the front of the body.

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WARNING :
- DO NOT MOUNT THE LUMINAIRE ON A NORMALLY FLAMMABLE SURFACE.
- USE OF SANDBAGS AND TIE-ROD/PUSH-ROD IS MANDATORY (EXTERNAL USE).
- EXPOSED DATA ARE INTENDED WITH A COSTANT WIND FLOW. PLEASE CONSIDER SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND AND USE FURTHER PRECAU-
TIONS.
5. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
The following procedure should be adopted:
Before connecting the luminaire to the electrical mains ensure that:
A. Earth line is present on the power socket.
B. The mains voltage is within the rated range of the luminaire (see technical data on the rating la-
bel)
C. The front safety shield is present and in good condition. It consists of a Fresnel lens made by boro-
silicate un-toughened glass, with a Diameter = 150 mm , thickness = 5 mm type ( 3 min )
WARNINGS :
• Do not operate the product if the ambient temperature exceeds 40° C
• Provide a minimum clearance of 0,1m (4 in.) around driver fans and head heatsink.
• Shields, lenses safety or dichroic glasses shall be changed if they have become visibly damaged
to such an extent that their effectiveness is impaired, for example by cracks or deep scratches.
• The luminaire shall only be used complete with its protective shield
D. Applying power: never connect to dimmer power. Install a power plug on the power cable using the
following pin assigment:
1 : Neutral
2 : Live Green/Yellow : Ground - This fixture must be connected to ground.
Make sure the local power voltage is within the range specified. If so; connect the power cable and
turn the power on.

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E. Stand Alone operation:
Using the navigation buttons and display readout ( refer to the “Local Menu” chapter )navigate to
Manual and set the desired intensity (for additional operations see “Local Menu” chapter)
DMX operation:
Connect DMX cable.
Navigate to Address mode (Addr) and set the desired address, (refer to the “Local Menu”
chapter). Connect to DMX controller (refer to the “Channel Setting” in the “Local Menu”
chapter) and Use it.
IMPORTANT: Utilize only the safety PIN provided with the unit!
6. LOCAL MENU
THE MUSES OF LIGHT – ERATO has a GRAPHIC DISPLAY backlit, with a local knob, having a push/click function in
addition to the rotation, and 7 control buttons:
Display
It is a Graphic, backlit LCD Display.
It contains all the relevant infor-
mation for the product setup and
performances, such as CCT, DMX Address, DMX Level, LED Temperature and local dimming. When the local knobs are
not used for more than 10 seconds the display back illumination will go OFF and the display itself will go in STAND BY
Mode. It will go ON again anytime the KNOB is activated or a button is pushed.

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Knob
It allow to regulate both DIMMING
and CCT Variation. Pushing it the
display will switch from DIMMING to
CCT CONTROL By rotating it clockwise the DIMMING increase from 0% to 100% while the CCT Changes from 2.750°K
up to 6.900 °K. Knob recognizes the speed rotation so to increase the operation speed accordingly.
Button 1
It is the MENU button. When pushed
it will allow to enter into the device
MENU. If pushed from inside a
MENU Voice will exit from that. If
pressed into the menu will exit to
the info menu and when pushed again come back to Home display.
Button 2
It is the SWITCH MODE button and
MENU CONFIRMATION. If pushed
from the Home Display it will
switch from latest DMX values memory to Manual DIMMING and manual CCT. If pushed from inside a MENU Voice will
CONFIRM THE SELECTION.
Button 3
It is the RF (LUMENRADIO) MODE
ON/OFF button and MENU UP AR-
ROW. With a LONG PRESS (3sec)
from the Home Display it will
TURNS ON/OFF the W-DMX LUMENRADIO MODULE. If pushed from inside THE MENU AND MENU VOICE will work as
UP ARROW.
Button 4
It is the RF (LUMENRADIO) UNLINK
button and MENU DOWN ARROW.
With a LONG PRESS (3sec) from
the Home Display it will UNLINK the W-DMX LUMENRADIO MODULE from the SENDER. If pushed from inside THE
MENU AND MENU VOICE will work as DOWN ARROW.

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Button SET 1
When in Storaro Mode it will set the
CCT to 5600K. In De Sisti mode with
long press it will memorize the cur-
rent DIMMING and CCT values in SET
1 and once pushed it will recall the setting
Button SET 2
When in Storaro Mode it will set the
CCT to 4300K. In De Sisti mode with
long press it will memorize the cur-
rent DIMMING and CCT values in SET 2 and once pushed it will recall the setting
Button SET 3
When in Storaro Mode it will set the
CCT to 3200K. In De Sisti mode with
long press it will memorize the cur-
rent DIMMING and CCT values in SET
3 and once pushed it will recall it
Micro USB Port
Connected to a Windows PC with the
proper De Sisti software installed it
will allow Firmware upgrades once
released.

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The following are the BASIC FUNCTIONS and COMMANDS that are provided on the LOCAL MENU of
the LED DEVICE. The unit is provided with a USER MENU accessible instantly on the product.

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Basic functions:
Menu and settings
Enter, Navigate and Exit the Menu
To enter the Menu push the Button 1
then push the Button 2 to activate the
navigation.
To move into the menu voices push Button
3 and 4 as Up & Down
To enter a Menu Voice push the Button 2
and then move into the settings with But-
tons 3 and 4.
To confirm the desired setting push the But-
ton 2.
To cancel and not save the setting into the
menu voice push Button 1.
To exit the Menu push button 1, at first
press the unit it will show an Info Screen
showing FW version, Fan speed and LED and
Driver(s) temperature.
DMX CHART
The unit occupies 2 channels in 8bit
mode an 3 channels in 16bit mode
.

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Change DMX address
Activate Storaro mode or De Sisti mode
To change the unit DMX address
navigate into the menu until you
reach the voice “DMX Address”
Push Button 2 to enter the menu
voice and Button 3 and 4 to reach
the desired address. To confirm
push button 2.
To change the unit Mode navi-
gate into the menu until you
reach the voice “Mode Sel.”
Push Button 2 to enter the menu
voice and Button 3 and 4 to se-
lect the desired mode.
To confirm push button 2.

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Storaro Mode:
In this mode you can work as the
Master prefers to work on the set.
DMX channels will be only for dim-
ming while CCT tuning it will be al-
lowed only manually on the driver.
The 3 “SET” buttons will be acti-
vated with 3 preset color tempera-
tures:
SET 1: 5600K
SET 2: 4300K
SET 3: 3200K
De Sisti Mode:
In this mode the unit will work with
Dimming and CCT active on DMX. The 3 set buttons will allow to save a dimming and CCT configuration to recall it later.
Backlight
To change the display backlight
settings navigate into the menu
until you reach the voice “Back-
light”
Push Button 2 to enter the
menu voice and Button 3 and 4
to reach the desired value. To
confirm push button 2.

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Change the DMX Dimming resolution
Change the Dimming Curve mode
Change the Dimming Curve
To change the DMX dimming
from 8bit to 16 bit navigate into
the menu until you reach the
voice “DMX Bit”.
Push Button 2 to enter the menu
voice and Button 3 and 4 to reach
the desired value. To confirm
push button 2.
To change the Dimming Curve
between HR Dim (over 40.000
dimming points, super smooth)
and Linear, navigate into the
menu until you reach the voice
“Dim Curve”.
Push Button 2 to enter the menu
voice and Button 3 and 4 to
reach the desired value. To con-
firm push button 2.
Backlight=On:
The display light will be al-
ways ON
Backlight= Off:
The display light will switch
OFF after 10 seconds without
any user command.

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Change the Dimming Speed
Activate Bridge Mode
To change the Dimming Speed
to change the device reaction
while dimming with the possibil-
ity to choose between Fast and
Slow (factory setting: slow) re-
action, navigate into the menu
until you reach the voice “Dim
Speed”.
Push Button 2 to enter the menu
voice and Button 3 and 4 to
reach the desired value. To con-
firm push button 2.
To activate the Bridge Mode, nav-
igate into the menu until you
reach the voice “Bridge Mode”.
Push Button 2 to enter the menu
voice and Button 3 and 4 to reach
the desired value. To confirm push
button 2.
Bridge Mode allow to utilize the
unit to spread to other devices the
DMX signal received with the
wireless module through the DMX
OUT cable plus.

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Activate the wireless DMX module
Local Manual Mode
When no Wired (WR DMX in the unit display) or Wireless connection (RF DMX in the unit display) is active the unit can
be controlled in Manual mode.
Dimming
Enter the Menu
To set the dimming value rotate
the encoder knob until you
reach the desired dimming level.
If the display is showing the CCT
value you’ll need to push the
Knob to switch to the dimming
(the display will write
“Man.
Dimming”
and will show a per-
centage value ).
To switch on or off the Wire-
less Module, navigate into the
menu until you reach the voice
“Wireless”.
(The module can be activated
also from the Main screen: look
at the following related sec-
tion).
Push Button 2 to enter the
menu voice and Button 3 and 4
to reach the desired value. To
confirm push button 2.

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CCT Tuning from 2700°K to 6500°K
Switch from Manual to DMX Mode (If no connection is present the unit will
recall the latest DMX setting)
Turn on RF Module (Wireless DMX)
To set the dimming value rotate
the encoder knob until you
reach the desired CCT level.
If the display is showing the Dim-
ming value you’ll need to push the
Knob to switch to the dimming
(the display will write “Man. CCT”
and will show a percentage value).
To switch from latest DMX
value to Manual settings push
the Button 2 .
To turn on the RF Module to con-
nect to a Wireless DMX Sender
keep pushed the Button 3
for 3 seconds.

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The RF ON Green LED indicator will
turn on and after few seconds also the
LINK LED indicator will turn on.
The unit will automatically pair with
the nearest sender active.
PLEASE NOTE: the RF module must be unpaired from the previous sender once need to change the DMX sender device.
Unpairing the RF Module (Wireless DMX)
Recall preset CCTs in Storaro mode or save and recall customized CCT and
dimming in De Sisti mode
When the unit is in “Storaro mode”
pushing the button SET 1, SET2 and
SET 3 will recall 3 preset color tem-
peratures:
To unpair the RF Module from the
previous connected Wireless DMX
Sender keep pushed the Button 4
for 3 seconds.
The LINK Green LED indicator will
turn off.
After this pushing the pairing but-
ton from a sender the unit will au-
tomatically reconnect to a new
DMX sender.

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SET 1: 5600K
SET 2: 4300K
SET 3: 3200K
The user then will be allowed to tune the CCT from the “preset value” and the related indicator LED will turn off once the CCT
value will change from the preset.
Important: in Storaro mode the CCT can
be changed only manually, no DMX chan-
nel is activated for CCT tuning.
When in “De Sisti mode” the same buttons can be used to save the current dimming and CCT level to recall it later. To save
the desired values push the related SET 1, SET 2 or SET 3 button for 3 seconds. To recall it simply push the related button.
FIRMWARE UPGRADE
To upgrade the Firmware connect the unit
MICRO USB port to a Microsoft Win-
dows PC with the De Sisti upgrade soft-
ware installed.
To install the software:
Unpack the ZIP file provided by your local reseller or the De Sisti website.
You will unpack:
- DRIVER USB
- BOOTLOADER

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Install the USB drivers en-
tering the proper folder and
launching the .exe inside it.
Then enter the BOOT-
LOADER folder and launch
the exe Bootloader De Sisti
Vx.x.
Then follow these STEPS:
1) With unit con-
nected through
USB push Find
Device.
2) The software will show the USB connected COM Port.
3) Push “Connect CPU”.
4) The unit and the
display will enter
into boot mode.
5) Push “Load Hex
file.
6) Enter the folder where you have previously saved the CPU Firmware file and open it. WARNING: The file name
MUST Start with “CPU_xxxxx”.
7) Software will
show the log “Hex
file loaded suc-
cessfully.

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8) Push the button
“Erase-Program-
Verify.
9) Software will start
to erase the old
firmware and up-
load the new one,
then will check the
FW integrity.
10) Once done push
Run Application.
11) The software will
disconnect the
unit that will turn
to operative mode
with the new FW
installed.
IMPORTANT:
Don’t push the But-
tons “Connect DRV1 DRV2 DRV3
and DRV4”. These are needed
when De Sisti releases also new
DRV FWs for massive changes. The
procedure to upload the FW is the
same than the CPU one but, as it’s
possible to DAMAGE the unit
DRIVER it must be done by or with
the support of a qualified DE SISTI
assistant person.