Konuo CROCODILE 2024 User manual

DMX 512 CONTROLLER SERIES
DMX ControllerDMX Controller
This product manual contains important information about the safe installation and
use of this projector. Please read and follow these instructions carefully and keep this
manual in a safe place for future reference.
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Table of contentsTable of contents
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parameters 2
safety use cautions 2
contents in the package
communication cable 3
DMX 512 address distribution 4
Diagram of the communication cable link and scanner address set .5
Diagram of the panel and functional areas .5
Explanation of functional area of the panel .6
Explanation of the duplex key area .8
Explanation of the display information on the LCD . 9
The editing of scanner chase 10
Running of scanner chases 10
Special scene presentation 11
How to set and cancel the joystick potentiometer 11
Conventional dimmer control 12
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Thanks for using scanner console! The console has
internationally standard DMX512 signal output Before operation,
please refer to the use's manual carefully
crocodile series
1 parameters
Total number of channels
504 channels
Number of scanners
scanner
Max.number of channels for the
scanner
24 channels
12 chase
Maximal number of chase
steps(scene)
20 steps
Total number of chase
steps(scene)
240 steps
Scene pause time 0.1-25.5 second/step
Scene cross speed 0-25.5 seconds
Dimmer channel channels
Display screen
DMX 512 outputs
interface
Memory capacity
Input voltage
AC100-240V 50/60Hz 9V/1000mA
Volume
Weight
485mmX250mmX91mm
5Kg
2.
The console must be connected to the safety earth line.
Never pulling out or inserting the communication cable with electricity.
Start order please turn on all the controlled scanner power supplies first,and then
turn on the controller power,otherwise the controller is easy to be destoryed.
prevent it from damp, water,dust,static, and maintain and clean it regularly.
Safety use cautions
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Output signal specifications
DMX 512/1990 internationally standard
Number of chases(scenes)
LCD display,16*2 characters
3-core XLR pin socket and socket
128K high capacity memory card
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3Contents in the package
console 1
user's manual 1
Power adapter 1
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Crocodile series
Crocodile series
4Communication cable
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it adopts the twisted screened wire with the specified impedance of 120 ohms, and if
the cable exceeds 200 meters long or there are too many scanners a signal amplifier
should be added, and a terminal resistor should be added to the last scanner(120 /1W).
the pin 1 of the communication cable is the grounding GND pin 2 is negatives
and pin3 is positive signal; they should not be inversely connected and should not be
coldly welded.
the communication cable should not be screened by single-terminal earthing.
the communication cable should not be wired together with strong electricity.
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Console uses 1 to 504 channels of dmx512 so it can control the scanners.
With no more than 24 channels. The address is distributed as follows
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481-504
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457
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241
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1 ,5,6 ON
1 ,4,7 ON
1 ,6,7 ON
1,4, 5,6,7 ON
1 ,5,8 ON
1 ,4,6,8 ON
1,7,8 ON
1,4,5,7,8 ON
1,5,6,7,8 ON
1,4,9 ON
1,6,9 ON
1,4,5,6,9 ON
1,5,7,9 ON
1,4,6,7,9 ON
1,8,9 ON
1,4,5,8,9 ON
1,5,6,8,9 ON
1,4,7,8,9 ON
Scanner serial number Scanner dmx starting address
Decimal system
Scanner address switch location
Dimmer channel 1-24
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5DMX512 address distribution
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P13 P14 P15 P16 P17 P18 P19 P20 P21 P22 P23 P24 SB SC
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Ch1
Ch9
CH17
Ch2
Ch10
Ch18
Ch3
Ch11
Ch19
Ch4
Ch12
Ch20
Ch5
Ch13
Ch21
Ch6
Ch14
Ch22
Ch7
Ch15
Ch23
Ch8
Ch16
Ch24
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PCH11
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PCH12
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PCH14
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PCH15
P7
PCH16
P8
EDIT
SETX/YSET X /Y
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DELETE
EDIT
SUB
LIGHT
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1#Scanner 2#Scanner 12#Scanner
6Diagram of the panel and functional areas
7Diagram of the panel and functional areas
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DMX Address : 001
DMX : 025Address
DMX : 265Address

P13 P14 P15 P16 P17 P18 P19 P20 P21 P22 P23 P24 SB SC
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Ch9
CH17
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Ch10
Ch18
Ch3
Ch11
Ch19
Ch4
Ch12
Ch20
Ch5
Ch13
Ch21
Ch6
Ch14
Ch22
Ch7
Ch15
Ch23
Ch8
Ch16
Ch24
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P1
PCH10
P2
PCH11
P3
PCH12
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PCH13
P5
PCH14
P6
PCH15
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PCH16
P8
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8Explanation of functional area of the panel
Serial number
Name description Function explanation
Change the light converting and operation state
* LED is on light converting all the output DMX signals are 0
* LED is off normal signal output state.
BLACK
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POWER
Controller internal mains switch; if the power supply of
the whole machine needs to be turned off please pull out
the external power adaptor.
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EDIT/RUN
Change edit/running state
* LED is on editing program state. it can edit 12
chases, (Controller
* LED is off running the chase.
have 20 steps for Each chase)
Scanner dimmer
selection key
When the indicating light is off it indicates the data
corresponding to the channel slider area scanner
When the indicating light is on, it indicates the data
corresponding to the channel slider area scanner.
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Distributed control/
centralized Control
selection key
* When the indicating light is off,it indicates distributed
control
* When the indicating light is on,it indicates centralized
control
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Number key area
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Controller in the program state,it is used to the number of
the contr olled scanner.
Duplex button area
When applied in the program state and the running
program state,it has different function definitions.
Please refer to the explanation of the duplex key
for details
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Page turning 1
Page turning 2
Page turning 3
Press this key when the indicating light is on, the
slider areas is corresponded to ch1-ch8
Press this key when the indicating light is on, the
slider areas is corresponded to ch9-ch16
Press this key when the indicating light is on, the
slider areas is corresponded to ch17-ch24
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Rocker (Fine Key)
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Used to control the X,Y scanning channel of the scanner
SPEED CROSS
Program time control
SPEED potentiometer adjust the chase pause time in
running program, for use in program and running.
CROSS potentiometer adjust the chase cross time in
running program, for use in program and running.
The AUTO area in the bottom part of the potentiometer:
used to automatically implement the programmed chase
pause time and running speed, the upper part is used to
manually and randomly change the program running
speed and chase pause time.
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LCD 16*2
The state indicates the indicating data; see to the lcd
information for details
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CH1-CH24
(channel Data slider area)
Adjust and select the dmx values corresponding to the
channels of the scanner and dimmer ; use to adjust and
select the different functions of the scanner.
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P1-P12
Number key area
* In the program state,it is used to select the number of the
chase and to select the number of the controlled scanner.
In the program state,press this key area once, and the
chase number to be edited is selected; press this key
area again, and the scanner to be controlled is selected.
* When running the program, it is used to call out the edited
chase number.
When it is used in coordination with the functional key, it
is used to change the selection state of the corresponding
channel, or select corresponding scanner number, and call
out the 12 independent scenes in No.1 chase.
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[CROSS MODE]
[SCENE]
When running the chase, press this key, and then immediately select P1-P12,
to call out the first 12 scenes in No.1 chase ,which are independently
presented to be used as special scenes. In order to quit the scene presentation
state,please press the [EDIT/RUN] key.
[RELEASE
CHANNELS]
Press this channel release key, in coordination with P1-P8 keys or
[ ] keys, will change the data of channels CH1-CH24, in
running the program, whether to randomly read the state data
corresponding to the potentiometer or to read the state data that the
program has already set. Press the [ ] key once
again, to store the set state and quit.
O indicates the CH1-24 channel data is controlled by the manual slider,
and F indicates that the channel data automatically runs this program.
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SA/SB/SC
RELEASE CHANNELS
[MANUAL]
When running the chase, press [ ], and then press any key of
(P1-P20), to select the scanner number to be in the manual state, and
then slide the manual channel, and then the dimmer effect can be
controlled both manually or automatically.
MANUAL
RUN
area
MODE1 When running the program, all the channel data are
running with the chase cross time potentiometer control.
MODE2 When running the program, the set X and Y channel data is
controlled by the chase cross time potentiometer, and all the other
channel data are in the jumping state, so as to prevent the colors and
patterns that have not edited or memorized from playing in slow scanning.
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[SET X/Y]
[CLEAR]
In any number key selection state in the running mode,
press [DELETE],and then immediately clear the indication;
it can be repeatedly selected.
In the running mode, all channel function data are cleared
to zero after pressing this key
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When just entering the edit state, immediately press[SET X/Y]
and according to the prompt on the LCD, select two scanning
channels corresponding to the Scanner X,Y direction fromch1-ch24,
and transfer to control the Yellow indicating light with the rocker
potentiometer, and then immediately press the [SET X/Y] key
again to memorize it and quit.
9Explanation of the duplex key area
EDIT
area
[DELETE]
In program state, it is used to delete the chase or chase step
Instantly press down; Delete the current chase step.
Press down for 3 seconds Delete the current chase step,
and make it an empty program.
In the state of [SET X/Y]setting pressing the [DELETE]
key will cancel the X-Y direction channel transfer.
[-]
[]+
In program state, it is used to turn to the previous page,to view the last chase
In program state, it is used to turn to the next page to memorize
the current chase (adding a chase step) or to view the edited chase
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10 Explanation of the display information on the LCD
Display Specific information
XXXXXX XXXX Model and version number
S/N:0020-02-2727****
TEST OK
Sequence Number and test condition
RUN Chase[??]
[01][00.0][00.0]
Press [EDIT/RUN] the corresponding indicating light will
be off, indicating the console is in the running standby.
The [??] in Chase [??] indicates the chase number to be input,
[01] [00.0] [00.0] are repectively the chase step numbers, the
chase pause time, and chase cross speed.
RUN Chase[??]
CH[** [***]
[***] [***]
The upper line indicates the running chase, and
bottom line indicates the modified channel number
and channel data.
RUN SCENE
SELECT P1--P12
Press the number keys of P1 to P12 to select the first 12
scenes that represent the NO.1 chase.
EDIT Chase[??]
CH[01] [**]
Press [EDIT/RUN] to have the corresponding indicating
light on ,indicating the console is in the edit state.
The [??] in Chase [??] indicates the chase number to be edited.
STEP[01] is the serial number of the chase step, which can
change with operation of [ -] or [+ ]. When the final [ ]
shows ** in it, it indicates that chase step is the last step in this
chase.When[]isempty,itindicates that there have been
already chase data.
EDIT Chase[??]
CH[** [***]
or [***] [***]
The upper line represents the chase number to be edited,
and the bottom line represents the modified channel
number and channel data.
EDIT Chase[??]
SPEE [***]
or CROS [***]
The upper line represents the chase number to be edited,
and the bottom line represents the chase pause time or
chase cross time.
EDIT Chase[??]
STEP [01] [**]
12345678
OOOOOOOOA
orOOOOOOOOB
orOOOOOOOOC
Press [CHANNELS] to show the left interface. The bottom line number indicates the
state of the 8 corresponding basic control channels (Channels 1 to 8 are identified
with the suffix A, and channels 9 to 16 are identified with the suffix B,
), and the bottom line O or F respectively
indicates whether the channel of the corresponding row is or , i,e.
Whether it is released. Here, F indicates which can be changed by
pressing the corresponding P1 to P8, or pressing [SA/SB/SC].
and channels
17 to 24 are identified with the suffix C
manual automatic
automatic,
Press [EDIT/RUN] to have the corresponding indicating light on ,
indicating the console is in the edit state. The [??] in Chase [??] Indicates
the chase number to be run STEP[01] is the serial number of the chase step,
which can change with operation of [ -] or [+ ]. When the final [ ]shows
** in it, it indicates that chase step is the last step in this chase.
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12 Running of scanner chases
1 Press[EDIT/RUN], to have the corresponding LED on.
2 Press number keys P1-P12 to select the chase number, and make it run; if that chase has
not been edited, then the corresponding LED will not be on When that key number is pressed.
3 Ajust [SPEED] and [CROSS] potentiometers, to change the inter-chase pause time and chase
cross speed. If the [SPEED] or [CROSS] potentiometer is in the bottom AUTO area, then the
chase pause time and chase cross time that had already been edited will be run.
Press[+ ] to memorize this chase effect, and enter the next step of editing. Press[ -],can
view the last chase, repeat modification in steps 4,5,6 and 7, and press[+ ] again to store it).
Repeat steps 4 to 8, to edit other chases(chase steps).
Press [EDIT/RUN] to have the corresponding indicating light on; memorize it and then
quit the editing state, to enter the running state.
Repeat steps 2 to 10, to edit other chases.
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1 Press [BLACK] to turn off the LED.
2 Press [EDIT/RUN] to turn on the LED, and enter the program state.
3 Press any one of the number keys P1-P12 once, to select the chase number to be edited,
whichisshowninChase[]ontheLCD.
4 Then press numbers (P1-P20 , to select the controlled scanner, and its corresponding LED
will be on. If the corresponding indicating light is not on, then that scanner has been selected,
so it will not be affect by step 5.
5 Slide (CH1-CH8 to adjust the corresponding channel data of the scanner, or press [SA/SB/SC]
and slide (CH9-CH24) to call out the corresponding scanner effect(if you have set X and Y
direction scanning channel transfer, then two direct sliding potentiometer sliders will not
function. You can control the bottom right rocker potentiometer to get the data).
6 Repeat steps 4, and 5 to adjust other scanners, so that the needed scanner chase can reach the
predefined effect.
7 Slide[SPEED] and [CROSS] potentiometers to adjust the chase pause time and chase cross time.
MANUAL [??]
OOOOOOOOA
orOOOOOOOOB
orOO OOOOOOC
Set X-Y
X[]Y[]
When just entering the editing state, press[SET X/Y] will show the prompt
on the left.X:[ ] Y:[ ] In the space, the channel number to be transferred to the
rocker control can be input by pressing P1-P8 or pressing [SHIFT]+(PCH9-
PCH16), and you can also press[DELETE], to cancel the set transfer chananel
In the state of running the chase, pressing [MANUAL] will show the
prompt on the left.The [??] in the upper line shows the chase number
that is running, and the bottom lines shows whether the 1-24 channels
(channels 1-8 are identified with suffix A, and channels 9-16 are
identified with suffix B, )
are released. Here, F indicates the corresponding channel is ,
and O indicates it is manual. Press P1-P20 again with select
one or more scanners to conduct the manual operation of the manual
channels.Press [MANUAL] again, will quit the mixed control of manual
+ automatic,and then carry out the automatic program.
and channels 17-24 are identified with suffix C
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Cancel rocker potentiometer settings:
1) In the state of [SET X/Y ], press [DELETE] to clear the input data, and the yellow indicating
light turns off immediately.
2) press [SET X/Y] again to memorize it and quit.
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13 Special scene presentation
In the state of running chase (i, e., the indicating light corresponding to [RUN/EDIT] is off),
Press [RUN SCENE], and press any key of P1-P12, will call out the first 12 scenes in the
programmed No.1 chase. Therefore , we suggest that in program state , the first 12 scenes in
No.1 chase should be specially defined, which can make some special effects.
14 How to set and cancel the rocker potentiometer
Set the rocker potentiometer settings:
1)Press [RUN/EDIT], to light the indicating light.
2)Press [SET X/Y] immediately.
3) According to the prompt on the LCD, select two scanning channels corresponding to the
scanner X and Y direction from(ch1-ch24 by pressing [SA/SB/SC] or [P1-P8] ,shift to use
the rocker potentiometer to control the yellow indicating light, and the light is on immediately.
In case of wrong input, press[DELETE] to cancel the input, and input the correct
corresponding channel
4) press[SET X/Y] again to memorize it and quit.
5 If you want to carry out the mixed running program of manual and automatic, you can set the
running according to the following steps.
a) First, set the manual channel:
1) Press [RELEASE CHANNELS].
2) Press(P1-P8 to set the corresponding channel,
and F will be changed to O; F indicates that the corresponding channel will not take
manual data in chase running, and is controlled by a programmed chase. O: indicates the
corresponding channel is not controlled by the chase in chase running, and it will take
manual slider data .
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b) .Select the scanner that will run the manual channel:
1) Press [MANUAL].
2)Press(P1-P20)
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6 Press [BLACK] can make pause/start selections for the running chase. When LED corresponding
to the key on, then output is paused, and when the the LED is off, then the output is run normally.
press [SA / SB/SC] to select page A,B,C.
at last, press [RELEASE CHANNELS] to memorize it and quit.
In the state of non-programming,
to select the scanner light to be manually controlled. Randomly push the
corresponding manual potentiometer slider to carry out mixed running program of
manual+automatic
3)Press [MANUAL] to quit the manual option.
4 Press [CROSS MODE], to change the running mode; see 9. explanation of the duplex key
area for details.

Distributed control In the state of non-programming, press SCAN/LIGHT to make
the indicating light turn on. Enter the dimmer state, select the channel page of dimmer
control by pressing SA/SB/SC, and push the different sliders in the slider area to adjust
the dimmer output.
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