Equinox Systems MaxiPar Tri User manual

Order code: EQLED111
MaxiPar Tri
User Manual

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Safety advice
WARNING
FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, PLEASE READ THIS USER MANUAL
CAREFULLY BEFORE YOUR INITIAL START-UP!
• Beforeyourinitialstart-up,pleasemakesurethatthereisnodamagecausedduringtransportation.
• Shouldtherebeanydamage,consultyourdealeranddonotusetheequipment.
• Tomaintaintheequipmentingoodworkingconditionandtoensuresafeoperation,itisnecessary
fortheusertofollowthesafetyinstructionsandwarningnoteswritteninthismanual.
• Pleasenotethatdamagescausedbyusermodicationstothisequipmentarenotsubjecttowarranty.
IMPORTANT:
The manufacturer will not accept liability for any resulting damages caused by the non-observance
of this manual or any unauthorised modication to the equipment.
OPERATING DETERMINATIONS
Ifthisequipmentisoperatedinanyotherway,thanthosedescribedinthismanual,theproductmaysufferdamageand
thewarrantybecomesvoid.Incorrectoperationmayleadtodangere.g:short-circuit,burnsandelectricshocksetc.
Donotendangeryourownsafetyandthesafetyofothers!
Incorrectinstallationorusecancauseseriousdamagetopeopleand/orproperty.
• Neverletthepowercablecomeintocontactwithother
cables.Handlethepowercableandallmainsvoltage
connectionswithparticularcaution!
• Neverremovewarningorinformativelabelsfromtheunit.
• Donotopentheequipmentanddonotmodifytheunit.
• Donotconnectthisequipmenttoadimmerpack.
• Donotswitchtheequipmentonandoffinshortintervals,
asthiswillreducethesystem’slife.
• Onlyusetheequipmentindoors.
• Donotexposetoammablesources,liquidsorgases.
• Alwaysdisconnectthepowerfromthemainswhen
equipmentisnotinuseorbeforecleaning!Onlyhandle
thepower-cablebytheplug.Neverpullouttheplugby
pullingthepower-cable.
• Makesurethattheavailablevoltageisbetween
100~240V,50/60Hz.
• Makesurethatthepowercableisnevercrimpedor
damaged.Checktheequipmentandthepowercable
periodically.
• Iftheequipmentisdroppedordamaged,disconnectthe
mainspowersupplyimmediatelyandhaveaqualied
engineerinspecttheequipmentbeforeoperatingagain.
• Iftheequipmenthasbeenexposedtodrastic
temperatureuctuation(e.g.aftertransportation),
donotconnectpowerorswitchitonimmediately.
Thearisingcondensationmightdamagetheequipment.
Leavetheequipmentswitchedoffuntilithasreached
roomtemperature.
• Ifyourproductfailstofunctioncorrectly,stopuse
immediately.Packtheunitsecurely(preferablyinthe
originalpackingmaterial),andreturnittoyourProLight
dealerforservice.
• Onlyusefusesofsametypeandrating.
• Repairs,servicingandpowerconnectionmustonlybe
carriedoutbyaqualiedtechnician.THISUNITCONTAINS
NOUSERSERVICEABLEPARTS.
• WARRANTY:Oneyearfromdateofpurchase.
CAUTION!
KEEP THIS EQUIPMENT
AWAY FROM RAIN,
MOISTURE AND LIQUIDS
CAUTION!
TAKE CARE USING
THIS EQUIPMENT!
HIGH VOLTAGE-RISK
OF ELECTRIC SHOCK!!

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Product overview & technical specications
Thiscompact,slimproleparisdesignedforuplightingaswellasstagelighting,andwillbringdeep,
richcolourstoanyeventorvenue.Itfeatures12x3Wtri-colourRGBLEDswhichoffersmoothcolourmixing.
OperationalmodesincludingDMX,auto,soundactiveandmaster/slavemodes.
•12x3Wtri-colourLEDs(RGB)
•Beamangle:25°
•1100Lux@2m(fullon)
•DMXchannels:6
•Auto,soundactiveand
master/slavemodes
•0-100%dimmingand
variablestrobe
•4pushbuttonmenu
withLEDdisplay
•Bracketallowsformultiplerigging
oroorstandingapplications
•Rubberfeetallowthepanel
tositatontheoorforuplighting
•SideentryXLRand
powerconnections
•IECpowerinput/output
•3-PinXLRinput/output
•Fancooled
MaxiPar Tri
Specications
Powerconsumption 40W
Powersupply 100~240V,50/60Hz
Fuse F1A250V
Dimensions 205x225x115mm
Weight 0.85kg
Ordercode EQLED111
205mm
225mm 115mm
0m 1m 2m 3m 4m 5m
25° - Lux
FULL ON
R
G
B
4400
836
3220
480
1100
209
804
120
489
93
357
53
25°
275
52
201
30
176
33
129
19
MAXIPAR
TRI
DMX OUTPUT
MIC
MODE DOWN UP ENTER
POWER OUTPUT
DMX INPUT
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POWER INPUT:
100-240V~50/60Hz
FUSE: F1A
08
10
09
07
06
MAXIPAR
TRI
DMX OUTPUT
MIC
MODE DOWN UP ENTER
POWER OUTPUT
DMX INPUT
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POWER INPUT:
100-240V~50/60Hz
FUSE: F1A
02 02
01 01
04
0503
01-Bracket
02-Brackettighteningknobs
03-LEDdisplay
04-Functionbuttons
05-Microphone
06-DMXinputsocket
07-DMXoutputsocket
08-IECpowerinputsocket
09-IECpoweroutputsocket
10-FuseF1A250V
Inthebox:1 x xture,
1 x power cable &
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Operating instructions
DMX mode:
OperatinginaDMXcontrolmodeenvironmentgivestheuserthegreatestexibilitywhenitcomes
tocustomisingorcreatingashow.Inthismodeyouwillbeabletocontroleachindividualtraitofthe
xtureandeachxtureindependently.
ToaccesstheDMXaddressmode,pressthe“MODE”buttononthefrontoftheunittoshowA001
ontheLEDdisplay.Nowpressthe“ENTER”buttonandusethe“UP”and“DOWN”buttonstosetthe
requiredDMXaddress.Pressthe“ENTER”buttontoconrmthesetting.
Toexitoutofanyoftheaboveoptions,pressthe“MODE”button.
RGB colour mix mode:
Inthismodeyoucansetthexturetoanycolourandanybrightness.
Toaccessthecolourmixmodepress“MODE”untilthedisplayshowsPr--ontheLEDdisplay.
Pressthe“ENTER”buttonandusethe“UP”and“DOWN”buttonstoselectPr00.
Pressthe“ENTER”buttontoshow r---with3digitsafterontheLEDdisplay.
Pressthe“ENTER”buttontoconrm.
Therrepresentsred,G=greenandb=blue.
The3digitsafterarethebrightnesssettingfrom000~255.
For example:
Ifyousetr,G,balltozero,yourunitwillhavenoLEDslitup(blackout).
Ifyousetr000tor255andGandbtozero,yourunitwillshowonlyredLEDs.
Pressthe“ENTER”buttontoconrmthesettingandmovetothenextcolour.
Toexitoutofanyoftheaboveoptions,pressthe“MODE”button.
6 channel mode:
Channel Value Function
CH1 000-255 Reddimmer(0-100%)
CH2 000-255 Greendimmer(0-100%)
CH3 000-255 Bluedimmer(0-100%)
CH4
000-027 Nofunction
028-055 Strobe(useCH6forspeed)
056-083 Strobewithcolourchange
(useCH6forspeed)
084-111 Red
112-139 Green
140-167 Blue
168-195 Yellow
196-223 Purple
224-251 Cyan
252-255 White
CH5
000 Nofunction
001-012 Redfadein/out
(useCH6
forspeed)
013-025 Greenfadein/out
026-038 Bluefadein/out
039-051 Yellowfadein/out
052-064 Purplefadein/out
065-077 Cyanfadein/out
078-090 Whitefadein/out
091-116 Autocolourfadein/out
117-142 Colourfade
143-168 Colourchange
169-181 Colourchangewithstrobe
182-207 Allautoshows
208-255 Soundactiveash(whenCH6is000)
208-255 Soundactive(whenCH6is001-255)
CH6 000-255 Speed(slow-fast)/Sensitivity(low-high)

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Built-in program mode:
Toaccessbuilt-inprogrammodepress“MODE”untilthedisplayshowsPr--ontheLEDdisplay.
Pressthe“ENTER”buttonandusethe“UP”and“DOWN”buttonstoselectbetweenPr00~Pr13.
Pressthe“ENTER”buttonandusethe“UP”and“DOWN”buttonstoselectthespeedbetween
SP00~Sp20.Pressthe“ENTER”buttontoconrm.
Toexitoutofanyoftheaboveoptions,pressthe“MODE”button.
Sound active mode:
Toaccessthesoundactivemode,pressthe“MODE”buttononthefrontoftheunittoshowSoudon
theLEDdisplay.Nowpressthe“ENTER”buttonandthedisplaywillshowSens.Pressthe“ENTER”
buttonagainandusethe“UP”and“DOWN”buttonstoselectthesensitivitylevelfrom000-100.
Pressthe“ENTER”buttontoconrmthesetting.
Value: 000 - 100 (000 = low,100 = high)
Toexitoutofanyoftheaboveoptions,pressthe“MODE”button.
Master/slave mode:
Tosetthemasterunit,pressthe“MODE”buttonontherearofthemasterunittoselectyour
desiredprogram(soundactiveorRGBcolourmix).
Tosettheotherunitsinslavemode,pressthe“MODE”buttonontherearoftheunittoshowSLav
ontheLEDdisplayandpressthe“ENTER”buttontoconrmthesetting.Theunitswillnowrunin
sequencewiththemasterunit.
Toexitoutofanyoftheaboveoptions,pressthe“MODE”button.
Built-inprogrammode
Pr00-Pr13
Pr00-RGBcolourmixmode
Pr01-R
Pr02-G
Pr03-B
pr04-RG
Pr05-RB
Pr06-GB
Pr07-RGB
Pr08-Colourfadein-out(3colours)
Pr09-Colourfadein-out(7colours)
Pr10-Colourfade
Pr11-Colourfadein-out(7colours)&colourfade
Pr12-Colourchange(3colours)
Pr13-Colourchange(7colours)
Staticcolourmode r000~r255R
G000~G255G
b000~b255B
Slavemode SLAV
Soundactivemode SOUd
Sens
000~100
DMXmode 6CH
Addresssetting A001~A512
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Setting the DMX address:
TheDMXmodeenablestheuseofauniversalDMXcontroller.Eachxturerequiresa“startaddress”
from1-512.Axturerequiringoneormorechannelsforcontrolbeginstoreadthedataonthechannel
indicatedbythestartaddress.Forexample,axturethatoccupiesoruses7channelsofDMXandwas
addressedtostartonDMXchannel100,wouldreaddatafromchannels:100,101,102,103,104,105
and106.Chooseastartaddresssothatthechannelsuseddonotoverlap.E.g.thenextunitinthe
chainstartsat107.
DMX 512:
DMX(DigitalMultiplex)isauniversalprotocolusedasaformofcommunicationbetweenintelligent
xturesandcontrollers.ADMXcontrollersendsDMXdatainstructionsformthecontrollertothexture.
DMXdataissentasserialdatathattravelsfromxturetoxtureviatheDATA“IN”andDATA“OUT”
XLRterminalslocatedonallDMXxtures(mostcontrollersonlyhaveadata“out”terminal).
DMX linking:
DMXisalanguageallowingallmakesandmodelsofdifferentmanufacturestobelinkedtogether
andoperatefromasinglecontroller,aslongasallxturesandthecontrollerareDMXcompliant.
ToensureproperDMXdatatransmission,whenusingseveralDMXxturestrytousetheshortest
cablepathpossible.TheorderinwhichxturesareconnectedinaDMXlinedoesnotinuencethe
DMXaddressing.Forexample;axtureassignedtoaDMXaddressof1maybeplacedanywherein
aDMXline,atthebeginning,attheend,oranywhereinthemiddle.Whenaxtureisassigneda
DMXaddressof1,theDMXcontrollerknowstosendDATAassignedtoaddress1tothatunit,
nomatterwhereitislocatedintheDMXchain.
DATA cable (DMX cable) requirements (for DMX operation):
ThisxturecanbecontrolledviaDMX-512protocol.TheDMXaddressissetonthebackoftheunit.
YourunitandyourDMXcontrollerrequireastandard3-pinXLRconnectorfordatainput/output,
seeimagebelow.
Also remember that DMX cable must be daisy chained and cannot be split.
DMX setup
FurtherDMXcablescanbe
purchasedfromallgoodsound
andlightingsuppliersor
ProLightConceptsdealers.
Pleasequote:
CABL10 – 2m
CABL11 – 5m
CABL12 – 10m

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Notice:
Besuretofollowthediagramsbelowwhenmakingyourowncables.Donotconnectthecables
shieldconductortothegroundlugorallowtheshieldconductortocomeincontactwiththeXLRs
outercasing.Groundingtheshieldcouldcauseashortcircuitanderraticbehaviour.
Special note:
Line termination:
Whenlongerrunsofcableareused,
youmayneedtouseaterminatoron
thelastunittoavoiderraticbehaviour.
Using a cable terminator will decrease
the possibilities of erratic behaviour.
(3-pin - Order ref: CABL9O, 5-pin - Order ref: CABL89)
5-pin XLR DMX connectors:
Somemanufacturesuse5-pinXLRconnectorsfordatatransmissioninplaceof3-pin.5-pinXLRxtures
maybeimplementedina3-pinXLRDMXline.Wheninsertingstandard5-pinXLRconnectorsintoa
3-pinlineacableadaptormustbeused.Thediagrambelowdetailsthecorrectcableconversion.
Terminationreducessignaltransmission
problemsandinterferance.itisalways
advisabletoconnectaDMXterminal,
(resistance120Ohm1/4W)betweenpin2
(DMX-)andpin3(DMX+)ofthelastxture.
5-pin XLR (socket)
Pin 1: GND (screen)
Pin 2: Signal (-)
Pin 3: Signal (+)
Pin 4: N/C
Pin 5: N/C
3-pin XLR (socket)
Pin 1: GND (screen)
Pin 2: Signal (-)
Pin 3: Signal (+)
3-pin XLR (socket)
Pin 1: GND (screen)
Pin 2: Signal (-)
Pin 3: Signal (+)
5-pin XLR (socket)
Pin 1: GND (screen)
Pin 2: Signal (-)
Pin 3: Signal (+)
Pin 4: N/C
Pin 5: N/C
DMX setup

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