GLP Impression X5 IP Bar 1000 User manual

X5 IP Bar 1000
User Manual
Document revision: 20230928-01
Fixture software version 1.1.3

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Released
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First public release version
Covers software version 1.1.3
October 2023
GLP® impression X5 IP Bar 1000 User Manual
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Table of Contents
1. Safety........................................................................................................... 5
Key to symbols....................................................................................... 5
GLP Service and Support..................................................................... 6
Avoiding damage to the fixture ......................................................... 6
2. impression X5 IP Bar 1000 overview.......................................................... 7
3. Features....................................................................................................... 8
Control options...................................................................................... 8
Powering on .......................................................................................... 8
Tilt ............................................................................................................ 8
Fixture performance and speed options ........................................... 9
Zoom....................................................................................................... 9
Main and Sub modules ........................................................................ 9
Individual Segment or Pixel Control.................................................... 9
Color mixing......................................................................................... 10
iQ.Gamut ............................................................................................. 10
Mix Priority ............................................................................................ 10
White Point........................................................................................... 11
Color temperature control (CTC) ..................................................... 11
Color Quality Control (CQC)............................................................. 12
Magenta/Green Shift (M/G Shift) ..................................................... 12
Color wheel ......................................................................................... 12
Tungsten simulation ............................................................................ 13
Shutter .................................................................................................. 13
Dimmer................................................................................................. 14
Pattern control .................................................................................... 14
Special/Control DMX channel .......................................................... 15
4. Fixture Settings .......................................................................................... 16
Color Mix modes ................................................................................. 16
White point .......................................................................................... 18
iQ.Gamut ............................................................................................. 18
Dimming curves .................................................................................. 19
Fan modes ........................................................................................... 19
Sub module mode / Sub fixture mode............................................. 20
Performance modes .......................................................................... 20
PWM frequency .................................................................................. 21
Pixel mirror ............................................................................................ 21
No signal .............................................................................................. 21
Tilt invert................................................................................................ 22
Position feedback............................................................................... 22
Tilt disable............................................................................................. 22
Display Mode ...................................................................................... 22
Display Orientation ............................................................................. 23

Hibernation .......................................................................................... 23
Load User Settings............................................................................... 23
Information .......................................................................................... 23
Manual Control ................................................................................... 23
Manual DMX........................................................................................ 24
Service.................................................................................................. 24
Advanced Service.............................................................................. 24
Load Factory Defaults ........................................................................ 25
Factory Menu ...................................................................................... 25
5. Control panel ........................................................................................... 27
Default information screen................................................................ 27
Using the control panel...................................................................... 29
Control button shortcuts .................................................................... 29
Live Diagnostics................................................................................... 30
Toggle Display Orientation ................................................................ 30
Error Messages..................................................................................... 30
Loss of DMX signal............................................................................... 30
Service and maintenance................................................................. 30
6. Setting up the control protocol.............................................................. 31
7. Control menus .......................................................................................... 32
Quick menu ......................................................................................... 32
Main menu........................................................................................... 33
8. Error messages.......................................................................................... 38
9. Pixel layout................................................................................................ 38
10. DMX control modes overview ................................................................ 39
11. DMX control channel layout................................................................... 45
DMX Mode 1: Basic............................................................................. 46
DMX Mode 2: Normal (default DMX mode).................................... 49
DMX Mode 3: Segments .................................................................... 57
DMX Mode 4: MultiPix Advanced..................................................... 66
DMX Mode 5: MultiPix Compressed RGB ......................................... 75
DMX Mode 6: MultiPix Compressed RGBL ....................................... 77
12. Key to conversion of x and y coordinates............................................ 81
13. Color wheel specifications ..................................................................... 82

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1. Safety
Key to symbols
The following symbols are used in the product’s user documentation:
Warning! Read the impression X5 IP Bar 1000 Quick Start and Safety Manual
supplied with the fixture and available for download from www.glp.de
before installing, operating or servicing the fixture. The Quick Start and
Safety Manual contains important information for the safe use of impression
X5 IP Bar 1000 fixtures. If you fail to read that information you may create a
safety hazard with a risk of serious or lethal injury or damage.
If you have any doubts or questions about how to use the GLP® impression X5 IP Bar
1000 lighting fixture safely, contact your GLP supplier for assistance. Your GLP supplier
will be happy to help.
The user documentation for impression X5 IP Bar 1000 fixtures consists of three
documents:
•The impression X5 IP Bar 1000 Quick Start and Safety Manual, supplied with 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 fixture.
•The impression X5 IP Bar 1000 User Manual, available for download from
www.glp.de. The User Manual explains features and control of impression X5 IP Bar
1000 fixtures.
•The impression X5 IP Bar 1000 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 included in the User Manual.
Warning! Safety hazard.
Risk of severe 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.
Warning! Hot surface. Risk of
burn injury.

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The impression X5 IP Bar 1000 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.
•Respect all warnings and directions given in the fixture’s user documentation and
on the fixture. Read the fixture’s Quick Start and Safety Manual and familiarize
yourself with the safety precautions that it contains. 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 fixture’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 use of the fixture. However, it is possible
that this 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 fixture. 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).
●Use the fixture only as directed in this manual. Observe all markings in this manual
and on the fixture.
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 i[email protected], or by telephone at the following
numbers:
•GLP Germany: [phone]
•GLP N. America: [phone]
•GLP UK: [phone]
•GLP Asia: [phone]
•GLP Nordic: [phone]
Avoiding damage to the fixture
The Quick Start and Safety Manual contains important information that is intended to
help you avoid possible damage to the fixture from other light sources, during
transportation, etc. Read that information before storing, transporting or using the
fixture.

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2. impression X5 IP Bar 1000 overview
A –Head
B –Air vent (x 4)
C –Alignment pins button
D –AC mains power IN (Neutrik powerCON TRUE1 TOP)
E –Neutrik etherCON port A for future control options, fail-safe*
F –DMX IN (5-pin XLR)
G –Safety cable attachment points (retractable)
H –Control panel with backlit display
I –NFC Sensor
J –AC mains power THRU (Neutrik powerCON TRUE1 TOP)
K –Neutrik etherCON port B for future control options, fail-safe*
L –DMX THRU (5-pin XLR)
M - Tilt lock
*Additional control options are in preparation for a future firmware release
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G
H
B
D
J
M
A
K
L
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Figure 1. impression X5 Bar IP 1000 overview

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3. Features
The impression X5 IP Bar 1000 is a powerful IP65-rated LED-based linear format lighting
fixture from GLP. It features a tilting head with GLP’s patented fast tilt movement
system.
The fixture contains 18 x 40 Watt RGBL LED sources. Each source features smooth, full
range color mixing with a homogenized Fresnel lens. The fixture also has motorized fast-
action zoom.
The fixture offers a powerful multi-layer color and zoom effects engine.
Fixtures feature an alignment system that lets you build unbroken lines of pixels, and
power and data can be daisy-chained for ease of installation. The impression X5 IP Bar
1000 can be placed upright on a level surface or suspended from a suitable structure
as described in the fixture’s Quick Start and Safety Manual.
A filter slide-in system with mounting channels on the front of the head allows optical
accessories from GLP (such as an asymmetric beamshaper filter) to be installed in
seconds without the use of tools.
Control options
The impression X5 IP Bar 1000 is compatible with DMX 512 and RDM control protocols.
Other control options via Ethernet are currently in preparation for inclusion in a future
firmware release.
The fixture also features GLP iQ.Mesh and GLP’s FPO (Flexible Protocol Option) Port with
a LumenRadio CRMX module supplied installed in the fixture as standard. The GLP
iQ.Mesh Module allows easy configuration, control, service and maintenance via the
GLP iQ.Service App. Other FPO modules can be supplied on request –GLP Service can
give details.
Powering on
When power is applied to the fixture and no valid DMX signal is present, the head
moves automatically to its home position (tilt center).
Tilt
The impression X5 IP Bar 1000 has motorized tilt movement with coarse and fine control
channels.
Direction of tilt movement
With the fixture standing on the ground, increasing the tilt DMX value moves the head
towards the front from its home position. Tilt direction can be reversed using the Fixture
Settings →Tilt Invert setting (see ‘Tilt invert’ on page 22) or via DMX on the
Special/Control channel. This can be useful when setting up symmetrical movement in
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Tilt position feedback and self-correction
The fixture has a tilt position feedback and self-correction system that brings the head
back to its correct position if it was unintentionally moved. When correcting tilt, the
fixture at first tries twice to move to the correct position. If it cannot move to this
position, it waits for a short period and then tries again. Position feedback is
automatically disabled for a short time if you press one of the control panel buttons.
This feature lets an operator move the head manually. Tilt remains disabled while you
are using the fixture’s control panel.
Position feedback can also be set to constantly disabled using the Fixture Settings
options. See ’Tilt disable’ on page 22.
Fixture performance and speed options
You can adjust the speed (and noise level) of tilt and zoom movement by selecting
from three different performance options (see ‘Performance modes’ on page 20).
Zoom
The impression X5 IP Bar 1000 has motorized zoom control that lets you vary the beam
angle from spot to flood as the DMX value increases.
You can adjust the speed (and noise level) of zoom movement, as well as the speed
of all other mechanical effects, by selecting from three different performance options
(see ‘Performance modes’ on page 20).
Main and Sub modules
Some control modes divide the fixture into two or more modules (Main module and
Sub modules). For example, Control Modes 2-4 divide the fixture into:
●Main module (Layer 1 = one RGB(L) Wash fixture)
●Sub module (Layer 2 = pattern engine with segment or individual pixel control).
The Sub module has its own intensity and shutter channels. Professional controllers will
handle this setup in a smart multi-fixture profile.
The Sub module mode setting lets you decide whether the Sub module should be
subordinate to or independent of the Main module (see ‘Sub module mode / Sub
fixture mode’ on page 20).
Individual Segment or Pixel Control
The impression X5 IP Bar 1000 provides eighteen individually controllable pixels. Each
pixel cell houses a 40 W RGBL LED that can be controlled individually in intensity and
color to create dynamic effects and pixel mapping.
The fixture’s different DMX control modes offer different options for working with the
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In nearly all DMX modes, the Main module gives color mixing control of all eighteen
pixels together as one segment.
●Mode 1 (Basic) provides a Main module with color mixing control of all pixels
together as one segment.
●Mode 2 (Normal) adds a Sub module as a second layer with pattern effects and
color mixing of all pixels as one segment.
●Mode 3 (Segment) adds Sub modules as a second layer with pattern effects and
color mixing of three segments: the inner, middle and outer rings.
●Mode 4 (Multipix Advanced) adds Sub modules as a second layer with pattern
effects and RGB color mixing of each individual pixel.
●Mode 5 (Multipix Compressed RGB) is a pixel mapping mode which offers the main
overall control options plus RGB color mixing of each individual pixel.
●Mode 6 (Multipix Compressed RGBL) is a pixel mapping mode which offers the
main overall control options plus RGBL color mixing of each individual pixel.
Color mixing
The fixture’s Main module features 16-bit color mixing with RGB, RGBL or x;y (CIE 1931)
Color Mix control options. See ‘Color Mix modes’ on page 16.
Note: The Color Mix mode of the Sub module(s) is always RGB. For more details, see
‘Color Mix modes’ on page 16.
iQ.Gamut
iQ.Gamut is a new LED calibration technology from GLP that defines the color gamut
for the color mix channels. You can select one of a range of calibrated iQ.Gamuts for
the fixture to work within. This feature can be useful if you want to reproduce correct
colors or avoid TV camera clipping. See ‘iQ.Gamut’on page 18.
Mix Priority
The Mix Priority channel defines how the color mixing output of the Main module (Layer
1) and the color mixing output of the Sub module(s) (Layer 2) are merged together –or
which value has higher priority. This lets you switch between the layers or create
special effects using both layers.
The Mix Priority channel gives the following options:
●Main + Sub (HTP) –The fixture takes whichever color value of the Main module or
Sub module is highest and uses that value to determine the output color (Highest
Takes Priority).
●Main Only –The Sub module color value is ignored. The fixture uses the color value
of the Main module.
●Sub Only –The Main module color value is ignored. The fixture uses the color value
of the Sub module.

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●Main + Sub additive –The Sub module color value is added to the Main module
color value. The fixture uses the sum of both values.
●Main - Sub subtractive –The Sub module color value is subtracted from the Main
module color value.
●Sub - Main subtractive –The Main module color value is subtracted from the Sub
module color value.
●TrueColor Main over Sub Snap –Sub module color stays in the background. Main
module color has higher priority and will not mix with Sub module color. As soon the
Main module color value is greater than zero, Sub module color blacks out and the
fixture uses the Main module color.
●TrueColor Sub over Main Snap –Main module color stays in the background. Sub
module color has higher priority and will not mix with the Main module color. As
soon as Sub module color value is greater than zero, Main module color blacks out
and the fixture uses Sub module color.
●TrueColor Main over Sub Crossfade –Sub module color stays in the background.
Main module color has higher priority.If you fade in a Main module color, Sub
module color will crossfade to the Main module color.
●TrueColor Sub over Main Crossfade –Main module color stays in the background.
Sub module color has higher priority. If you fade in a Main module color, Sub
module color will crossfade to the Main module color.
●Main to Sub Crossfade –Manually crossfading from Main module color only →Main
and Sub module color (HTP) →Sub module color only.
White Point
The white point is the default white that is obtained when the shutter is opened. The
impression X5 IP Bar 1000 offers a choice of fixed white points in RGB Color Mix Mode,
allowing convenient use in different environments. For details of setting the white point,
see ‘White Point’on page 18.
Color temperature control (CTC)
In addition to the choice of default fixed white point,the fixture offers Color
Temperature Correction (CTC) in all three color mixing control modes (RGB, RGBL and
x;y). The CTC Channel allows atemporary change of white point and offers a smooth
shift between whites from 10.000 K to 2500 K following the black body line.
Depending on the selected Color Mix Mode (RGB, RGBL or x;y), if you select a color
temperature on the CTC channel, the fixture will no longer use the specific open color
and will instead use the selected color temperature.
If you select a color temperature on the CTC channel, it is still possible to manipulate
the color temperature using the RGB and RGBL channels.
Note: To obtain the desired color temperature on the CTC channel, you must set all
Color Mix channels to 100%. If they are not at 100%, the system will mix color relative to
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The CTC channel affects all the fixture’s modules. Setting the CTC channel to a specific
color temperature will affect the open white of the Main module and Sub modules.
Color Quality Control (CQC)
The CQC channel lets you modify the spectral mix of the white output in order to
achieve a balance between better color rendering or higher output intensity. The
following options are available:
●High Quality (HQ)deploys multiple LEDs to create a richer light spectrum that gives
improved color rendering but also slightly lower output. Color is mixed with priority
given to the best white color rendering quality. Saturated colors will have maximum
saturation at DMX 000 and will smoothly become unsaturated until they reach 0%
saturation (= white) at DMX value 127.
●High Output (HO)gives higher output intensity but reduced color rendering
performance. Color is mixed with priority given to the highest output in white.
Saturated colors will have maximum saturation at DMX 255 and will smoothly
become unsaturated until they reach 0% saturation (= white) at DMX value 128.
While using white light, the CQC channel lets you change between white with priority
on high-quality color rendering and white with priority on highest output. Additionally,
the CQC channel lets you smoothly desaturate colors. If you have set a saturated
color in the color mix, the CQC channel lets you smoothly desaturate the color from
saturated to fully unsaturated (i.e. white).
Note: The CQC channel affects all the fixture’s modules. Setting the CQC channel to a
specific value will affect the colors of the Main module and Sub modules.
Note: The HO and HQ CQC options only affect the color mix if the fixture is in RGB or x;y
Color Mix mode. In all other Color Mix modes this setting has no effect.
Magenta/Green Shift (M/G Shift)
The Magenta/Green Shift channel lets you move the color coordinate of a white point,
a mixed color or a selected CTC color along a vertical line on the color temperature
curve in all three Color Mix modes. The corresponding white point is either shifted
towards Green or Magenta.
If M/G Shift is enabled, it immediately affects all mixed colors as well as the color
temperature that is selected on the CTC channel. It has no effect on the colors of the
virtual color wheel.
Note: The M/G Shift channel affects the entire fixture. Setting the M/G Shift channel to
a specific value will affect the output of the Main module and Sub modules.
Color wheel
The impression X5 IP Bar 1000 features a virtual color wheel channel that gives quick
access to a wide range of LEE-referenced colors in all three Color Mix modes. Color
wheel color presets are always mixed with the best available spectrum. Color filter
color coordinates are based on a Source C (daylight) light source.

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Besides static color presets, the color wheel channel also offers continuous color
scrolling through HSI colors. When set to HSI Scroll, the fixture runs through saturated HSI
colors with variable speed from slow to fast.
The crossfade time of a color change is relative to the speed: at slow speeds colors
crossfade smoothly and at fast speeds colors snap.
If a color coordinate is outside the possible color gamut of the light source, the fixture
tries to match the target color as closely as possible.
Note: Color wheel color presets have higher priority than the Color Mix, CTO and M/G
Shift channels.
The virtual color wheel channel must be set to DMX 000 in order to use normal RGB,
RGBL or x:y color mixing.
Tungsten simulation
When a tungsten lamp is dimmed, there is a small delay in intensity changes and there
is a color shift along the black body line. The tungsten simulation channel allows the
user to select between different tungsten options in all three Color Mix modes.
The first part of the Tungsten channel offers standard tungsten features with fixed color
temperature, red shift and delayed intensity changes. The color temperature as well as
the color shift and inertia of the selected light source are fully simulated. Tungsten
mode has higher priority than the color wheel or CTC.
The second part of the Tungsten channel lets you apply one of the corresponding
tungsten effects (inertia and intensity) to the currently set mixed color or currently
selected color temperature on the CTC channel.
Note: The Tungsten simulation channel affects the entire fixture. Setting the Tungsten
channel to a specific value will affect the output of the Main module and Sub module.
Shutter
The fixture’s shutter channel offers continuous blackout, continuous open and a range
of intensity effects.
Depending on the selected Sub Module Mode, the shutter channel of the Main
module channel group acts as either a master shutter or as the shutter channel of the
Main module independently of the Sub module.
The following shutter effects are available:
●Single flash performs exactly one single flash with each value change within this
DMX value slot.
●Pulse dims up and down smoothly with the same fade-in and fade-out times.
Speed can be adjusted from slow to fast.
●Pulse open fades in and then snaps to blackout. Speed can be adjusted from slow
to fast.
●Pulse close fades out and then snaps to full. Speed can be adjusted from slow to
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●Strobe double flash provides a quick double flash. Speed can be adjusted from
slow to fast.
●Strobe pixel random (only available when the fixture is set to a DMX mode with
individual pixel control) strobes individual pixels at random to give a kind of
sparkling effect. Speed can be adjusted from slow to fast.
●Strobe random strobes all of one fixture’s pixels together at random intervals,
allowing a random strobe between multiple fixtures. Speed can be adjusted from
slow to fast. Note that the random effect across multiple fixtures really is random!
●Strobe strobes all of one fixture’s pixels together and also perfectly synchronizes the
strobe in multiple fixtures so that all the fixtures flash at exactly the same time.
Speed can be adjusted from slow to fast.
Note: Depending on the selected Sub Module Mode, the dimmer and shutter
channels of the Sub modules can operate independently of or subordinately to the
dimmer and shutter channels of the Main module.
Dimmer
The electronic dimming effect provides smooth 16-bit dimming of the Main module
and Sub module. Three dimming curves with different dimming characteristics are
available. See ‘Dimming curves’ on page 19.
Pattern control
The impression X5 IP Bar 1000 offers a wide range of static and dynamic pre-
programmed FX patterns on the Sub modules. The Sub module color control channels
define the color of the pattern effects.
A static pattern is a fixed pattern with only one pattern step. This allows you a very
quick selection of a non-dynamic effect. It has active and inactive pixels. Each active
pixel shows the selected pattern color while each inactive pixel is fully transparent.
A dynamic pattern is a sequence of multiple pattern steps and has active and inactive
pixels. Each active pixel shows the selected pattern color while each inactive pixel is
fully transparent. You can set pattern steps to automatically change continuously
(Pattern Speed) or you can directly select pattern steps (Pattern Index).
Note: The Mix Priority channel lets you decide how the output of the Main module and
the Sub module (pattern or pixel mapping) should be merged.
Pattern selection
The pattern selection channel offers a choice of 59 static patterns, 50 dynamic
patterns and 11 special patterns. The dynamic patterns offer multiple pattern steps for
individual step selection or continuous pattern step chasers.
Pattern 0 (DMX 000) is the idle pattern and just sets all pixels to active.
The Random Pixel FX pattern at the end of the Pattern Select channel randomly selects
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Pattern speed/index
As a dynamic pattern is a sequence of multiple pattern steps, you can select either:
●an automatic clockwise or counterclockwise continuous run-through of the pattern
steps with different speeds (dynamic speed control = DMX values 002 … 127), or
●one of the available specific pattern steps (static indexing = DMX values 128 …
255).
Note: Bear in mind that different patterns can have a different number of pattern
steps. This can affect synchronization between fixtures, for example, if you run different
patterns in multiple fixtures.
Pattern step crossfading
The Pattern Step Crossfading channel lets you choose how one step in a pattern
should change into the next step. This change can be a snap, a normal crossfade or a
fade with tail (quick fade in and variable long fade out).
Pattern transition
The Pattern Transition channel lets you choose how Pattern A should change into
Pattern B. This change can be a snap, a soft crossfade, a Fade Over Blackout (FOB) or
Fade Over Full (FOF).
Fixture total number and fixture position
The Fixture Total Number (or Fixture Quantity) and Fixture Position channels let you set
up FX pattern chases and synchronized pattern action in multiple fixtures when you
activate dynamic FX. The impression X5 IP Bar 1000 can manage patterns in fixture
groups containing up to 255 fixtures.
The Fixture Total Number channel lets you define the total number of fixtures in the
fixture group that the pattern should run on.
The Fixture Position channel lets you define the fixture’s position in the fixture group.
Special/Control DMX channel
The Special/Control DMX channel lets you change fixture settings and perform a fixture
reset from the control desk (a possibility that can be very useful during a show or for a
specific scene). To apply a command on the Special/Control channel, you must hold
the command for the time indicated in the DMX channel index section at the end of
this user manual.
To trigger a reset using the Special/Control channel, you must send the DMX value for
this function for 3 seconds. If you want to trigger an additional reset using the
Special/Control channel, you must first move away from the Reset DMX value and
then return to this value. This requirement to change DMX values eliminates the risk of
the fixture entering an unwanted Reset loop if it is patched wrongly.
Note: Most of the fixture settings available in the fixture’s control menus or on the
Special/Control DMX channel are also available via RDM.

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4. Fixture Settings
The settings described in this chapter let you customize the impression X5 IP Bar 1000.
Settings can be available in the control panel, via DMX and/or via RDM.
Color Mix modes
The Color Mix Mode setting offers three different options for color mixing:
RGB Mode
RGB Mode mixes color of the main and sub module(s) using Red, Green and Blue
channels. The Lime LED is mixed automatically using the fixture’s internal GLP iQ.Gamut
algorithm.
RGB Mode offers a clean default white light at open which is considered to be the
white point (RGB at 100%).
When the Color Mix Mode is set to RGB, the different DMX Modes have the following
functionality:
●Mode 1 –Basic
- Main Layer: RGB control of all pixels as one group with Lime mixed
automatically. Lime Channel has no function.
●Mode 2 –Normal
- Main Layer: RGB control of all pixels as one group with Lime mixed
automatically. Lime Channel has no function.
- Sub Layer: RGB control of all pixels as one group with Lime mixed automatically.
●Mode 3 –Segment
- Main Layer: RGB control of all pixels as one group with Lime mixed
automatically. Lime Channel has no function.
- Sub Layer: RGB control of each segment with Lime mixed automatically.
●Mode 4 –Multipix
- Main Layer: RGB control of all pixels as one group with Lime mixed
automatically. Lime Channel is dead.
- Sub Layer: RGB control of each pixel with Lime mixed automatically.
●Mode 5 –Multipix Compressed RGB
- RGB control of each pixel with Lime mixed automatically.
●Mode 6 –Multipix Compressed RGBL
- RGBL control of each pixel.
RGBL Mode
RGBL Mode mixes color of the main module using Red, Green, Blue and Lime
channels. The colors of the Sub module(s) are mixed with RGB only - always without
Lime. The color gamut is still calibrated to the impression X5 range, but the white point
(open) is not adjusted to the black body line and will show a white that is mixed using
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Note: The HO and HQ CQC options are not available in RGBL Mode.
When the Color Mix Mode is set to RGBL, the different DMX Modes have the following
functionality:
●Mode 1 –Basic
- Main Layer: RGBL control of all pixels as one group with individual Lime control.
●Mode 2 –Normal
- Main Layer: RGBL control of all pixels as one group with individual Lime control.
- Sub Layer: RGB control of all pixels as one group without automatically mixed
Lime. Lime is always 0%.
●Mode 3 –Segment
- Main Layer: RGBL control of all pixels as one group with individual Lime control.
- Sub Layer: RGB control of each segment without automatically mixed Lime.
Lime is always 0%.
●Mode 4 –Multipix
- Main Layer: RGBL control of all pixels as one group with individual Lime control.
- Sub Layer: RGB control of each pixel without automatically mixed Lime. Lime is
always 0%.
●Mode 5 –Multipix Compressed RGB
- RGB control of each pixel with Lime mixed automatically.
●Mode 6 –Multipix Compressed RGBL
- RGBL control of each pixel.
x:y Mode
x;y Mode lets you send x;y color coordinates to the fixture via DMX. The internal color
algorithm mixes the four LED colors perfectly to match the x:y color coordinates.
In x:y Mode, white point setting is disabled. CTC channel values overwrite x;y values.
When the Color Mix Mode is set to x:y, the different DMX Modes have the following
functionality:
●Mode 1 –Basic
- Main Layer: x;y control of all pixels as one group
●Mode 2 –Normal
- Main Layer: x;y control of all pixels as one group.
- Sub Layer: RGB control of all pixels as one group with automatically mixed Lime.
●Mode 3 –Segment
- Main Layer: x;y control of all pixels as one group.
- Sub Layer: RGB control of each segment with automatically mixed Lime.
●Mode 4 –Multipix
- Main Layer: x;y control of all pixels as one group
- Sub Layer: RGB control of each pixel with automatically mixed Lime.

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●Mode 5 –Multipix Compressed RGB
- RGB control of each pixel with automatically mixed Lime.
●Mode 6 –Multipix Compressed RGBL
- RGBL control of each pixel.
White point
The white point is the default white that is obtained when the shutter is opened. The
impression X5 IP Bar 1000 offers a choice of fixed white points in RGB Color Mix Mode,
allowing convenient use in different environments. The following fixed white points
(color temperatures) are available:
●8000 K (effect light)
●6500 K (daylight –default)
●5600 K (TV and studio)
●4200 K (CDM)
●3200 K (tungsten)
If a fixed white point is enabled, the fixture mixes colors with reference to it. GLP
iQ.Gamut navigates through the color space using the preferred Color Mode color
mixing method.
Note: Fixed white point settings are only valid for RGB mode using the iQ.Gamut FULL. If
any of the other defined color gamuts is selected, the defined white point of the
selected color gamut is applied.
iQ.Gamut
iQ.Gamut is a new LED calibration technology from GLP that defines the color gamut
for the color mixing channels. You can select one of a range of calibrated iQ.Gamuts
for the fixture to work within. This feature can be useful if you want to reproduce
correct colors or avoid TV camera clipping. The iQ.Gamut setting will only affect the
color mix if the fixture is in RGB Color Mix Mode. In all other Color Mix modes this setting
has no effect.
The following iQ.Gamut settings are available:
•FULL (default) –Color mixing is calibrated to the impression X5 color gamut and
referenced to the selected fixed white point. This setting gives the best results with
applications where deep saturated colors are needed.
•Rec.2020 –Color mixing is matched to the defined Rec.2020 gamut including its
white point. This setting gives best results for UHD TV applications and avoids color
clipping.
•Rec.709 –Color mixing is matched to the defined Rec.709 gamut including its white
point. This setting gives best results for HD TV applications and avoids color clipping.
•DCI P3.6 –Color mixing is matched to the defined DCI P3.6 gamut including its
white point.

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Dimming curves
The electronic dimming effect provides smooth 16-bit dimming of the Main module
and Sub modules. The following three dimming curves are available:
●The Linear setting gives a dimming curve that the eye perceives as linear.
●The S-Curve setting gives finer control at lower light levels and at higher light levels,
with coarser control at medium light levels.
●The Soft setting gives finer control at lower light levels, where the eye is most
sensitive to changes in light intensity, and coarser control at higher light levels.
Note: Depending on the selected Subfixture Mode, the dimmer and shutter channels
of the Sub modules can operate independently of or subordinately to the dimmer and
shutter channels of the Main module.
Fan modes
Five cooling fan modes let you give priority to lowest fan noise or most powerful
cooling:
●Regulated mode gives priority to light output and only operates fans as necessary. If
the fixture is blacked out, fans switch off after some seconds. Only the fans that are
necessary operate, and they run at minimum speed. When light output intensity is
increased, temperature regulation increases fan speed to the level necessary to
keep the fixture at optimum temperature.
If light output is set to maximum intensity but the fans can keep the fixture at
optimum temperature, there is no regulation of light intensity. If the fixture begins to
exceed optimum temperature and the fans are running at maximum speed, light
intensity is limited until optimum temperature can be maintained.
●High mode sets the fixture to give maximum light output and suits operation in high
ambient temperatures. Fans are set to constant operation at high speed. Light
output intensity is limited smoothly if it becomes necessary in order to keep fixture
temperature at optimum level.
You can also use High mode to cool down a fixture quickly after a period of
operation or to help remove dust from cooling fans.
●Medium mode sets fans to constant operation at medium speed. Light output
intensity is reduced to a level where it will normally remain constant at ambient
temperatures of up to 45° C (113° F). Intensity is smoothly limited further if it
becomes necessary in order to keep fixture temperature at optimum level.
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●Low mode sets fans to constant operation at low speed and is optimized for
minimum noise. Light output intensity is reduced to a level where it will normally
remain constant at ambient temperatures of up to 30° C (86° F). Intensity is
smoothly limited further if it becomes necessary in order to keep fixture temperature
at optimum level.
●Minimum mode operates as follows:
- If the fixture is at blackout, all unnecessary fans are shut down completely and
only fans that are absolutely necessary remain active. These fans operate at low
speed.
- As soon as the fixture emits light, other necessary fans may start but will stay at
minimum speed. Light output is limited.
Note: In all fan modes, if fixture temperature reaches a dangerous level, the LEDs are
shut down for a period until the fans have brought the temperature down to a safe
level.
Sub module mode / Sub fixture mode
The impression X5 IP Bar 1000 offers two options for controlling the Main module and
Sub modules:
●Normal –In this mode, all Sub module channels are subordinate to the Main
module channel group. This means that the intensity and shutter of the Main
module act as master intensity and master shutter for the whole fixture.
●Independent –In this mode, the Sub module channel group can be controlled
independently of the Main module channel group and acts as an independent
fixture.
Note that no matter which Sub module mode setting you select:
•The Mix Priority channel is still active and will affect how the two dependent or
independent fixtures are mixed.
•Some of the general color management channels of the Main module such as
CTC, CQC, M/G-Shift and Tungsten simulation will still affect the Sub module.
Performance modes
You can select between three different settings for the movement speed of the
fixture’s tilt movement and zoom effect:
●Normal sets movement to give an optimum balance between speed, quietness and
smoothness. Normal is the default setting.
●Fast sets movement to maximum speed. This setting gives very fast movement but
can result in higher noise levels.
●Smooth optimizes the smoothness of the effects and gives lowest-noise
performance. This setting gives extremely low noise and smooth performance, but
movement will be slower than in Normal mode.