GLP KNV Cube User manual

User Manual
Software Version 14

GLP® KNV Cube and Arc User Manual – Revision A
This manual covers fixture software version 14
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Table of Contents
1. Safety .............................................................................................................4
Key to symbols.........................................................................................4
GLP Service and Support.......................................................................5
2. KNV Cube overview ....................................................................................6
3. KNV Arc overview ........................................................................................ 7
4. Features ......................................................................................................... 8
White LEDs ................................................................................................8
Color LEDs................................................................................................. 8
Pixel mapping..........................................................................................9
Pixel mirror ................................................................................................9
Pixel orientation.....................................................................................10
Dimming .................................................................................................10
Flare effect.............................................................................................10
Hyperspeed ...........................................................................................10
FX .............................................................................................................10
RGB color generator ............................................................................13
Extra shutter ...........................................................................................13
Behavior when the fixture is not receiving a DMX signal................13
Dimmer Flash mode..............................................................................13
Display ....................................................................................................14
Fan modes .............................................................................................14
Fixture information ................................................................................15
Test pattern ............................................................................................15
Custom settings and factory defaults ...............................................15
5. Control menus and LCD display..............................................................17
6. Fixture control setup ..................................................................................18
7. Control menu layout..................................................................................19
8. DMX control modes ................................................................................... 22
Special notes on the DMX tables .......................................................23
Control channel layout........................................................................24
DMX Mode 1: RGBW 16-bit..................................................................24
DMX Mode 2: White strobe with FX, RGB with FX.............................26
DMX Mode 3: RGB strobe with FX, White 25-pixel............................32
DMX Mode 4: White strobe with FX, RGB 25-pixel............................37
DMX Mode 5: Multi-layer RGBW with FX............................................42
DMX Mode 6: RGBW 25-pixel, 8-bit ....................................................49
DMX Mode 7: RGBW 25-pixel, 16-bit ..................................................52

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1. Safety
Key to symbols
The following symbols are used in the product’s user documentation:
Warning! Read the KNV Quick Start and Safety Manual supplied with the
product and available for download from www.glp.de before installing,
using or servicing the product. The Quick Start and Safety Manual contains
important information for the safe use of KNV fixtures. If you fail to read that
information you may create a safety hazard with a risk of injury, death or
damage.
If you have any doubts or questions about how to use the product safely, contact your
GLP supplier for assistance. Your GLP supplier will be happy to help.
The user documentation for GLP® KNV lighting fixtures consists of three documents:
•The KNV Quick Start and Safety Manual, supplied with KNV fixtures and available for
download from www.glp.de. The Quick Start and Safety Manual contains important
safety information and installation instructions that the installer and user must read. It
also contains dimensions drawings and technical specifications for the product.
•The KNV User Manual, available for download from www.glp.de. The User Manual
explains features and control of KNV fixtures.
•The KNV DMX Channel Index, available for download from www.glp.de. The
Channel Index is a separate document containing the DMX control channel layout
and DMX commands available in the fixture. This information is also available in the
product’s user manual.
The KNV is intended for use by experienced professionals with the knowledge and skills
to set up, operate, and maintain high-powered, remotely controlled lighting
equipment safely and efficiently. These operations require expertise that may not be
provided in this manual.
Warning! Safety hazard.
Risk of injury or death.
Warning! Hazardous voltage.
Risk of lethal or severe
electric shock.
Warning! See user
documentation for
important safety
information.
Warning! Fire hazard.
Warning! Risk of eye
injury.

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•Respect all warnings and directions given in the product’s user documentation and
on the product. Read the product’s Quick Start and Safety Manual and familiarize
yourself with the safety precautions it contains before installing, using or servicing the
product. GLP and affiliated companies will take no responsibility for damage or
injury resulting from disregard for the information in the user documentation.
•Check the GLP website at www.glp.de and make sure that you have the latest
versions of the product’s Quick Start and Safety Manual and this user manual.
•Check the fixture software version indicated on page 2 of this user manual and then
use the fixture’s control panel to check the version installed in the fixture. If the
versions are not the same, the user manual may still cover the fixture, because
software updates do not always affect the way you use the fixture. However, it is
possible that the manual does not match the fixture perfectly. Software release
notes can help clarify this question. You can consult software release notes and
download the correct version of this user manual on the GLP website if necessary.
•Make both the Quick Start and Safety Manual and this user manual available to all
persons who will install, operate or service the product. Save both documents for
future reference.
•If you have any questions about the safe operation of the fixture, please contact an
authorized GLP distributor (see list of distributors at www.glp.de).
GLP Service and Support
Contact information for the nearest GLP Service and Support is available online at
www.glp.de/en/service, by email at [e-mail], or by telephone at the following
numbers:
•GLP Germany: [phone]
•GLP N. America: [phone]
•GLP UK: [phone]
•GLP Asia: [phone]
•GLP Nordic: [phone]

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2. KNV Cube overview
Figure 1. Cube overview
A – White LED
B – RGB LEDs
C – Mounting points for optical accessories
D – Mechanical connector attachment points
E – Safety cable attachment point
F – AC mains power IN (Neutrik powerCON TRUE1)
G – AC mains power OUT / THRU (Neutrik powerCON TRUE1)
H – Neutrik EtherCON port for control data (DMX/Art-Net/sACN in/out)
I – Neutrik EtherCON port for control data (DMX/Art-Net/sACN in/out)
J – Control panel with backlit LCD display
A
B
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3. KNV Arc overview
Figure 2. Arc overview
A – White LED
B – RGB LEDs
C – Mounting points for optical accessories
D – Mechanical connector attachment points
E – Safety cable attachment point
F – AC mains power IN (Neutrik powerCON TRUE1)
G – AC mains power OUT / THRU (Neutrik powerCON TRUE1)
H – Neutrik EtherCON port for control data (DMX/Art-Net/sACN in/out)
I – Neutrik EtherCON port for control data (DMX/Art-Net/sACN in/out)
J – Control panel with backlit LCD display
C
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4. Features
The KNV from GLP is a powerful strobe/color effect lighting fixture. It is available in
modular Cube and Arc variants that can be interlocked and combined to form lines
and curves, giving enormous creative possibilities.
The fixture combines powerful white light output from a 5x5 matrix of 30-watt cool
white LEDs with bright color output from a color wash panel that uses 400 high-quality
RGB LEDs in circles around the white LEDs. Total luminous flux can exceed 50 000
lumens per module.
The LED array can be pixel-mapped through any standard controller. White and color
output can be controlled separately or combined for stunning strobe, continuous
output and wash effects. Using the powerful internal multilayer FX engine, complex
dynamic effects can be created quickly with no need for a separate pixel-mapping
media server.
The KNV can be used indoors in permanent and temporary installations. Its rugged
construction and IP54 rating mean that it can also be used outdoors in temporary
installations if precautions are taken to prevent immersion in water and damage from
direct sunlight. It can be placed upright on a level surface or suspended from a
suitable structure as described in the product’s Quick Start and Installation Manual.
Four mounting points with M3 threaded holes are provided on the front of KNV fixtures
for mounting optical accessories from GLP.
Power and data can be daisy-chained and products can be interlocked for ease of
installation.
The KNV is not suitable for household use, for use in any location where unattended
children have access to it, or for use in permanent outdoor installations.
White LEDs
The KNV features a 5x5 matrix of cool white LEDs that produce powerful white light at
5000 K. The white LEDs can be controlled together or individually depending on the
DMX control mode selected.
The white LEDs offer shutter and dimming effects including a powerful strobe, flashing
at up to 16.67 Hz, or operate continuously to give high-output wash effects with a 120°
beam angle.
You can also select from a wide range of pre-programmed dynamic FX patterns to run
on the white LEDs.
Color LEDs
The KNV’s 400 RGB LEDs are arranged into circles of 16 LEDs that surround each white
LED. The RGB LEDs can be controlled together or individually depending on the DMX
control mode selected.
You can run a wide range of color effects (including strobe effects and dynamic FX
patterns) on the RGB LEDs, or you can operate them continuously using RGB color
mixing to provide a color wash with a 120° beam angle.
You can also use the RGB LEDs to add blue or red to the powerful white LEDs and
adjust their color temperature.

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Pixel mapping
If you control the KNV’s 5 x 5 matrix of LED blocks individually, pixels are numbered as
shown below as seen from the front of the fixture:
Figure 3. Pixel layout, Cube and Arc fixtures
Pixel mirror
The Pixel mirror setting flips the numbering of the KNV’s pixels right to left. This lets you
set up symmetrical effects in multiple fixtures quickly without the need to reprogram
cues.
Figure 3 above shows the default pixel orientation when Pixel mirror is set to OFF
(Normal). Figure 4 below shows the pixel orientation when Pixel mirror is set to ON.
You can apply Pixel mirror using the Control / Settings DMX channel or in the control
panel.
Figure 4. Pixel Mirror = ON
If you want to check a fixture’s Pixel mirror status from the control desk, apply a Test
pattern (see Figure 6 on page 15) on the Control / Settings DMX channel.
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Pixel orientation
In addition to the Pixel mirror setting described above, you can rotate the pixels in 90°
steps using the Control / Settings DMX channel or the fixture’s control panel.
Dimming
See Figure 5. You can select from two dimming
curves using the control panel or the Control /
Settings DMX channel – Linear and Soft:
•Light output using the Linear curve will appear to
increase and decrease evenly throughout the
dimming range.
•The Soft curve gives finer control at low light
levels (where the eye is more sensitive to
changes in light level) and coarser control at
high levels.
The default setting is Soft.
Flare effect
A feature which we call the Flare effect can be applied to flashes when they are
activated on strobe channels. The Flare effect is an interference effect that you can
superimpose onto a flash. This effect is particularly impressive when combined with
increased flash length.
Random pixel sparkle
The KNV’s Flare effect channels include a Random pixel setting. This setting applies the
flare effect to individual pixels at random, giving an impressive sparkling effect. Again,
we recommend that you try combining this effect with increased flash length.
Hyperspeed
Hyperspeed is a very fast flash rate on the Shutter effects channels that gives a very
powerful effect.
FX
The KNV’s pre-programmed dynamic FX give you quick access to a wide range of
dynamic patterns and movement options.
When FX are active, you can control them using six DMX channels:
•Five dedicated channels let you select an FX, set a crossfading speed, set pattern
orientation, adjust FX length in pixels and set offsets.
•In addition to these channels, if an FX is active the third strobe channel becomes a
sixth FX control channel and lets you adjust FX speed (see details below).
Figure 5. Dimming curves