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PROGRAMMABLE DMX CONTROLLER
USER’S MANUAL
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Sets of the equipment
1.1 Unpacking of the equipment
1.2 Acessories issued with the equipment and relative documentation
Description of the rear panel and installation
2.1 Description of the rear panel
2.2 DMX 512 output connection
2.3 Input connection for power supply
2.4 Connection of the ballast to the electric system
Use of the equipment - modes of operation
3.1 PROGRAM mode
3.2 SCENE mode
3.3 MAN + PROGRAM mode
3.4 MAN + SCENE mode
Description of the front panel
4.1 Description of the front panel
Use of the equipment - main functions
5.1 Adjustment of the RATE speed
5.2 Adjustment of the SPEED speed
5.3 Adjustment of the Xand Y channels through the Joystick
5.4 Adjustment of the IRIS - COLOUR - GOBO - SHUTTER channels
5.5 MUSIC function
5.6 BLK function
Use of the equipment - secondary functions
6.1 MEM function
6.2 COPY function
6.3 LENGTH function
6.4 REPEAT function
Exemple of working - creation of a program
7.1 Creation of a program
We congratulate you on your purchase of NAVIGATOR 612. Before
proceeding of the use of this product it should be necessary to read
carefully the following user’s manual to install it correctly and to make the
most of its potentialities.
INDEX

Verify the contens of the packing.
If one of the following parts of the packing is missing or damaged, please,
contact your dealer immediately.
A) User’s manual
B) AN-612 Ballast
Open the box; take the ballast and the documentation out.
Take the equipment out of the box as shown in the picture below.
1.1 UNPACKING OF THE EQUIPMENT
1.2 ACCESSORIES ISSUED WITH THE EQUIPMENT AND RELATIVE DOCUMENTATION
AB

AUDIO IN
(0 dB)
POWER INPUT
12 VDC - 2 W
DMX 512
OUTPUT
+VDC COMMON
12
3
1
1 = COMMON
2 =DATA -
3 =DATA +
4 = n.c.
5 = n.c.
5
3
42
15
3
42
PUSH
3
2.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE REAR PANEL AND INSTALLATION
1Standard DMX 512 signal OUTPUT with a 5-pin cannon connector.
20 dB audio signal INPUT with a mono/stereo jack connector.
312 Vdc power INPUT with a 3-pin cannon connector.
2.2 DMX 512 OUTPUT CONNECTION
Make sure you are using a shielded twisted cables suitable for the
transmission of the DMX 512 signal with connectors of good quality and
connection as shown on the side of the connector.
Plug the 5-pin cannon connector coming from the projectors completly in the
DMX 512 output
Use the “push” safety hook to disconnect it and than extract it gently.
ATTENTION: the shielded part of the cable must never be connected to the
ground of the electrical system as this could cause faults during the
working of the controller.
The “start” channel of the controller is channel n°1, for other DMX address
you can follow the tabel below.
SCANNER N° 1
SCANNER N° 2
SCANNER N° 3
SCANNER N° 4
SCANNER N° 5
SCANNER N° 6
DMX address: 1
DMX address: 7
DMX address: 13
DMX address: 19
DMX address: 25
DMX address: 31
SCANNER N° 7
SCANNER N° 8
SCANNER N° 9
SCANNER N° 10
SCANNER N° 11
SCANNER N° 12
DMX address: 37
DMX address: 43
DMX address: 49
DMX address: 55
DMX address: 61
DMX address: 67
1
1
2

2.3 INPUT CONNECTION FOR POWER SUPPLY
2.4 CONNECTION OF THE BALLAST TO THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM
Plug the 3-pin cannon connector of the ballast completly in the power
input
Use the “push” safety hook to disconnect it and extract it gently.
ATTENTION: do not use ballast different from the one supplied, it could
cause serious damages at the internal circuitation.
Do not connect the 3-pin cannon connector in other appliances, it has been
studied to be used only in this controller.
3
MAKE SURE THAT VOLTAGE AND POWER FREQUENCY CORRESPOND TO
WHAT IS REPORTED ON THE BALLAST PLATE.
The supplied ballast has a plug, therefore you should only plug it in the socket.
Press POW key to verify the correct installation.
If pressing the POW key no one led light up, please check if there is tension in
the electric socket or check the connection between ballast-controller and
ballast-electric socket.
If the problem persist, please consult your dealer.

Pressing PROG key the PROGRAM function is activated
(Fig.1)
The red led of PROG key will light up to indicate the activation
of this function.
This function allows to activate a program or a range of programs
Press 1÷12 keys to activate/deactivate the programs which will be performed
in succession.
All selected programs have a lighted up led, while the active program has a
flashing led.
N.B. Each program is repeated for a number of times established through the
REPEAT function (see par. 6.4)
The speed of change between the scenes can be controlled by RATE ▲ and
RATE ▼ keys (see par. 5.1).
The relation between the movement of the scanners and the pause between
scenes is controlled by SPEED ▲and SPEED ▼keys (see par. 5.2).
When the maximum or minimum speed is reached the led of the SHIFT key flashes.
Fig. 1
3.1 PROGRAM MODE
PROG
Pressing SCENE key the SCENE function is activated (Fig.2)
The red led of SCENE key will light up to indicate the
activation of this function.
When you pass from PROGRAM mode to SCENE mode, the
scene active in that moment is selected.
Press any 1÷12 keys to activate/deactivate the scene.
This function allows to see one of the 12 scenes of the program in action.
N.B. If no programs are selected the SCENE function is not active.
The speed of change between the scenes can be controlled by RATE ▲ and
RATE ▼ (see par. 5.1).
When the maximum or minimum speed is reached the led of the SHIFT key flashes.
N.B. In this function SPEED ▲and SPEED ▼ keys are not activated
Fig. 2
3.2 SCENE MODE
SCENE

When PROGRAM function is working, pressing MAN (Fig.3)
key the MAN+PROGRAM function is activated.
The red led on PROG and MAN keys will light up to indicate
the activation of this function.
Pressing MAN key once more you come back in PROG mode.
This function allows to activate manually one or more scanners while the
not selected ones go on performing the PROGRAM function.
Press 1÷12 keys to activate/deactivate the scanners manually controlled.
The selected scanners (with ligthed up led) do not follow anymore the
program, but are manually controlled through the joystick, the selection of the
channel and the slider.
Once it has been deactivated, the scanner performs again the working
program.
Fig. 3
3.3 MAN+PROGRAM MODE
MAN
When SCENE function is working, pressing MAN key
(fig. 4) the MAN+SCENE function is activated.
The red led of SCENE and MAN keys will light up to indicate
the activation of this function.
Pressing MAN key once more you can come back to the
SCENE mode.
This function allows to activate manually one or more scanners to create or
to modify a scene.
Pressing one of the 1÷12 keys the scanner manually controlled is activated.
To select more scanners press in sequence 1÷12 keys very quickly. The
selected scanners (with lighted up led) can be manually controlled using the
joystick, the channel selection and the slider.
Once another scanner has been selected, the previous one keeps all made
sets.
Fig. 4
3.4 MAN+SCENE MODE
MAN

4.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE FRONT PANEL
SHIFT
POWER
RATESPEED
1
MEM
5
COP
9
F1
F2
MUSIC
MAN
PROG
SCENE
1
1
5 6
7 8
2
3
4
To activate /deactivate the controller storing all the data.
2To activate the PROGRAM mode.
3To activate the SCENE mode.
4To activate the PROG+MAN / SCENE+MAN function.
5
To activate the MUSIC function for the change of the scene to the beat of the music.
6
To activate the SHIFT function and select the second function of 1/12 keys.
7To increase / reduce the SPEED value.
8To increase / reduce the RATE value.
9
To select a program / scene / scanner depending on the working function.

CH.
SEL. 0
255
CHANNEL
IRIS
COLOUR
GOBO
SHUTTER
2
6
3
LENGTH
7
4
8
011
F3
12
F4
➠
➠
➠
➠
➠
➠
➠
➠
REPEAT
10 12 1311
9
9
10 To select the channel on which the slider should operate.
11 It shows the channel on which the slider is operating.
12 Slider: it changes the value from 0 to 255 of the selected channel.
13 Joystick: it allows an easy positioning of the scanners.

RATE
The adjustment of the RATE is activated only in PROG and SCENE function.
The two settings of the value are indipendent as passing from one mode to
the other you find the same previous set value.
The RATE value is simply the time that the scene takes to
arrive at the end, therefore it is also the speed of the change
between the scenes.
Using the RATE ▲ key (Fig.5) the speed increases, i.e. the
scene takes less time to arrive at the end position, while
using the RATE ▼key (Fig.5) the speed reduces up to a value
of 30 seconds to end the scene.
When the maximum and minimum speed is reached the led
on the SHIFT key flashes.
The SPEED value is the ratio between the time of the
scanner’s movement and the total length of the scene.
The SPEED value are 10: from 10% to100%.
Using the SPEED ▲ key (Fig.6) the speed increases and the
time of pause, too, while using the SPEED ▼key (Fig.6) the
speed reduces and the movement becomes continuous,
without pauses.
For instance, if you set a RATE of 30 seconds and the SPEED
has the minimum value, the scene has a length of 30
seconds and the movement of the mirror has a length of 30
seconds,too. If you set the previous RATE value but you
increase the SPEED value up to 50%, the length of the scene
is always 30 seconds instead the movement of the mirror has
a lenght of 15 seconds (as the speed is doubled in
comparison with the previous one) and a pause of 15
seconds.
When the maximum and minimum speed are reached the led
on the SHIFT key flashes.
Fig. 5
5.1 ADJUSTMENT OF THE RATE SPEED
SPEED
The SPEED adjustment is activated only in PROG function, while it is
deactivated in SCENE and MUSIC function.
Fig. 6
5.2 ADJUSTMENT OF THE SPEED