Explo X2 Series User manual

X2-Series
Manual 2.0
As of November 2016
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PREAMBLE
Dear Explo Customer,
Please read through these sets of nstruct ons carefully, before us ng your dev ces. It conta ns many
Informat ons wh ch are to help you gett ng to know your system.
We ask you to follow the safety and usage notes carefully.
Should you have any quest ons, or any confus ons ar se dur ng the usage of the dev ces, wh ch cannot
be answered by th s manual, please do not hes tate to contact us e ther by phone or ma l.
A lot of fun w th your new gn t on system w shes you,
Your Explo Team

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INDEX OVERVIEW
The follow ng manual descr bes the b d rect onal transm tters TX2-70K and TX2-Stage, as well as the
rece vers RX2-70K and RX2-30K, and s spl t nto these chapters.
General Overview of the Explo X2-Series
Funct on of the Explo- gn t on system.
Description of transmitters and receivers of the X2-Series
Bu lt of compnents and hardware
Menu structure and sett ngs
Usage of transmitters and receivers of the X2-Series
Setup of dev ces for a show
Test ng rece vers and the show
F r ng a show (manual gn t on s gnals)
F r ng a show (fully automat c gn t on s gnals)
F r ng a show (sem automat c gn t on s gnals)
F r ng a show (Us ng a T me Code)
Other
Safety h nts
T pps & Tr cks
Techn cal Data

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INDEX
1 General overv ew of the Explo- gn t on system .................................................................................... 7
1.1 Funct on of the gn t on system ...................................................................................................... 7
1.1.1 Systemaddress ........................................................................................................................ 7
1.1.2 Secur ty Key / Frequency ........................................................................................................ 7
1.1.3 Boxnumber .............................................................................................................................. 8
1.1.4 channelnumber ........................................................................................................................ 8
1.2 d fference of Dev cenumber / BoxnumbeR .................................................................................... 8
2 transm tter TX2-70K and TX2-stage ..................................................................................................... 9
2.1 components of transm tters............................................................................................................ 9
2.1.1 overv ew TX2-70K Front panel ................................................................................................ 9
2.1.2 Overv ew TX2-70K s de panel ............................................................................................... 10
2.1.3 Overv ew of theTX2-Stage .................................................................................................... 11
2.1.4 descr pt on of components .................................................................................................... 12
2.2 transm ttermenu ........................................................................................................................... 14
2.2.1 ma n menu ............................................................................................................................. 14
2.2.2 submenu Rece vers............................................................................................................... 15
2.2.3 submenu Auto Mode ............................................................................................................. 21
2.2.4 submenuTX Sett ngs ............................................................................................................. 31
2.2.5 submenu Rece ver-Mode ...................................................................................................... 37
3 rece vers RX2-70K and RX2-30K ....................................................................................................... 39
3.1 components of the rece vers ........................................................................................................ 39
3.1.1 overv ew RX2-70K Front panel ............................................................................................. 39
3.1.2 Overv ew RX2-70K S de panel .............................................................................................. 40
3.1.3 overv ew RX2-30K Front panel ............................................................................................. 41
3.1.4 overv ew RX2-30K s de panel ............................................................................................... 42
3.1.5 Descr pt on of components .................................................................................................... 43
3.2 rece ver menu .............................................................................................................................. 46
3.2.1 Ma n menu ............................................................................................................................. 46
3.2.2 submenu V ew AUTOSHOW l st ........................................................................................... 48

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3.2.3 submenu V ew Stepper Sequenz .......................................................................................... 49
3.2.4 submenu Ed t RECEIVER sett ngs ....................................................................................... 52
3.3 Errorcodes of the rece vers .......................................................................................................... 54
3.4 Usage of spl tboxes ...................................................................................................................... 55
3.5 Spec al symbols rece verd splay .................................................................................................. 56
4 gu del ne to usage of the dev ces ....................................................................................................... 57
4.1 conept creat on ............................................................................................................................ 58
4.2 Programm ng the Show ............................................................................................................... 58
4.3 Load ng the show onto the transm tter ......................................................................................... 59
4.4 send ng the show to the rece vers ............................................................................................... 60
4.5 Test ng the show and rece vers ................................................................................................... 61
4.6 Transport ng the dev ces.............................................................................................................. 62
4.7 setup of dev ces at the f r ng s te ................................................................................................. 62
4.8 Test ng before the show ............................................................................................................... 62
4.8.1 descr pt on of gn t on dev ces deat l screen 1 ....................................................................... 63
4.8.2 descr pt on of gn t on dev ces screen 2 ................................................................................ 64
4.8.3 elaborate tests ....................................................................................................................... 65
4.9 Start ng the Show ......................................................................................................................... 68
4.9.1 Test ng n Armed-Mode ......................................................................................................... 68
4.9.2 Ign t ng a show manually ....................................................................................................... 69
4.9.3 gn t ng a fully automated show ............................................................................................. 69
4.9.4 gn t ng a sem automat c show .............................................................................................. 71
4.9.5 gn t ng an automat c show (us ng T me Code) ..................................................................... 72
4.9.6 Us ng the spare buttons ........................................................................................................ 73
4.9.7 Manual gn t on us ng Easy-Mode (only TX2-70K) ................................................................ 74
5 other .................................................................................................................................................... 75
5.1 Safety notes ................................................................................................................................. 75
5.2 h nts & Tr cks ............................................................................................................................... 75
5.2.1 rad o connect v ty:.................................................................................................................. 75
5.2.2 care and storage of dev ces .................................................................................................. 76
5.3 Techn cal data .............................................................................................................................. 78

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1 GENE AL OVE VIEW OF THE EXPLO-IGNITION SYSTEM
Th s part of the manual s meant to teach you some bas c words of the Explo X2-ser es, and g ve you
a better understand ng nto the funct on and usage of the gn t on system.
1.1 FUNCTION OF THE IGNITION SYSTEM
To prov de the user of the system w th the max mum secur ty and p npo nt every gn t on channel
exactly, the X2 system features mult ple sett ngs that encode the address of every dev ce.
Generally you can mag ne the address ng of an gn t on channel the same way as w th a house, wh ch
s why below you can f nd the compar son of both:
1.1.1 SYSTEMADDRESS
The systemaddress s the bas c encrypt on and s nd v dual for every customer. Generally, rece vers
can only be controlled by transm tter wh ch feature the same systemaddress.
The systemaddress s be ng ass gned by the manufacturer and cannot be changed on the transm tter
by the customer, however t s poss ble to learn a rece ver onto a transm tter, allow ng you to use
rece vers w th that transm tter. Th s has the benef t that no other Explo user can access your
systemaddress, but t st ll allows you to borrow rece vers from eachother.
1.1.2 SECURITY KEY / FREQUENCY
The second stage of the encrypt on are the Secur ty Key and the Frequency. The secur ty key s a
three-d g t number, wh ch s used n add t on to the systemaddress to encrypt the system. Just l ke w th
the systemaddress, only transm tters and rece vers featur ng the same secur ty key can commun cate
w th eachother. A subsystem should always be created f the same gn t on system s used at two
d fferent locat ons, that aren't more than 20km apart.
Contrary to the systemaddress, the secur ty key can be freely changed by the customer. Th s allows
the customer to break up h s system nto subsystems, and f re two shows close to eachother w thout
nterfer ng w th oneanother.
The frequency of the gn t on system can be sl ghtly altered at the X2-ser es. Th s has the same
benef ts as the secur ty key (creat ng subsystems), but can also be used to avo d certa n frequenc es,
should the ma n frequency be used by other dev ces. Please note that also here only dev ces w th the
Systemaddress (Country)
Secur ty Key / Frequency (C ty)
Boxnumber (Street)
Channelnumber (Doornumber)

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same frequency can commun cate w th eachother. Important: When chang ng the frequency, a new
secur ty key s be ng used automat cally.
1.1.3 BOXNUMBER
The boxnumber s pr mar ly used next to the channelnumber to address a spec f c gn t on channel.
Every rece ver can be set to a boxnumber of 1-99, w th wh ch he can be d rectly controlled.
Boxnumbers can be ass gned mutl ple t mes, should mult ple rece vers need to gn te at the same t me.
1.1.4 CHANNELNUMBER
The last part of address ng an gn t on s made v a the channelnumber. It def nes the exact gn t on
channel on a rece ver and an effect on effectdev ces. Every gn t on channel of a rece ver features ts
own, nd v dual channelnumber.
Summed up: By us ng box-and channelnumber the actual gn t on s be ng made, be t n automated
shows, or manual gn t ons. However, systemaddress, secur ty key and frequency of the transm tter
and rece ver must be the same.
1.2 DIFFERENCE OF DEVICENUMBER / BOXNUMBER
Next to the boxnumber decr bed above, the X2-ser es also uses a so called Dev cenumber, to dent fy
a rece ver. After sav ng a rece ver onto your transm tter, t s ass gned an nd v dual dev cenumber. It s
g ven once n the dev cel st, and s used to dent fy every rece ver dur ng tests and when load ng
AutoShow gn t ons.
The boxnumber however s used to transm t gn t ons. Th s means mult ple rece vers can have the
same boxnumber, but not the same dev cenumber.

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2 T ANSMITTE TX2-70K AND TX2-STAGE
2.1 COMPONENTS OF TRANSMITTERS
2.1.1 OVERVIEW TX2-70K FRONT PANEL
Components of the TX2-70K Front panel
1
Connector for the goose neck lamp
2
D splay
3
Fuse holder and key sw tch
4
Spare buttons
5
Usage buttons
6
New bu lt of the TX2-70K
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3
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2.1.2 OVERVIEW TX2-70K SIDE PANEL
Components of the TX2-70K side panel
1
Program ng- and charg ng socket
2
FSK-T me Code-Interface
3
BNC-Antenna socket
4
RS232-Interface
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