NJD Electronics SPECTRE User manual

SPECTRE
FeaturesoftheSpectre
•1500Wdichroicfloodlight
•Temperaturecontrolledfancooling.
•Extrudedaluminiumcase
•Fittedwithbarndoorsasstandard
•Three500Whalogenlamps
•65536colours
•Builtindimmer
•ControlfromDMX,Midior0-10Vanalogue.
•2yearwarranty

IMPORTANT
InstallerandUserspleasenote:
Theseinstructionsshouldbereadcarefullyandleftwith
theuseroftheproductforfuturereference.
Installation
TheSpectremustbeinstalledbyacompetentelectricianin
accordancewiththecurrentIEEwiringregulations.
FixtheSpectrewiththehangingbracketprovided.IftheSpectre
istobemountedwiththebracketbelowtheproduct,thenremove
thehandle,andre-assemblebeneaththeproduct.TheSpectre
mustbeinstalledthecorrectwayup.InstallingtheSpectreupside
downwillseriouslyaffectlamplife.
TocomplywithHealthandSafetylegislation,asafetychainmust
beemployed.Aloopisprovidedatthetopoftherearpanelfor
fixingthesafetychain.
ThissymbolmeansthattheSpectreshouldbe
mountedatleast0.8mfromanyobjectthatitis
illuminating.
Ensurethattherearenoobstructionstotheventilation,theair
intakesarearoundtheedgesofthecolour-filterframe,andhotair
isexhaustedthroughthefan.Alsoensurethatthereareno
readilyflammableitemsincontactwiththecase.
TheSpectreisonlyintendedforuseindoors.
ConnecttheSpectretothemainssupplyusingtheleadprovided.
•Brown=live
•Blue=neutral
•Green/yellow=earth.
•TheSpectremustbeearthed
Thesupplymustbefittedwithanisolatingswitch,orplugand
socket,andprotectedbyfuseorcircuitbreakerratedateither
10Aand16A.IftheSpectrecircuitisconnectedviaanMCBthen
itisrecommendedthatatime-delayMCBisused(Type3orType
CtoBS3871).Thiswillreducethepossibilityof"nuisancetripping"
duetothelargeinrushcurrentofthehalogenlamps.
ItisnotrecommendedthattheSpectreisconnectedtoa
switchingpack.
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TheSpectremustnotbeconnectedtotheoutputofaDimming
pack.Thisisnotnecessary,astheSpectrecontainsitsown
dimmingcircuitry.
IfyouwishtousemorethanoneSpectre,wherethereisa
possibilityofallthreelampsbeingswitchedonatthesame
time(i.e.ifselecting"white"),thenmakesurethatyouhave
amainssupplyandconnectorscapableofhandlingthis
amountofcurrent.(6.5AforONESpectre,13AforTWO
Spectres)
Replacingthelamps
Inordertoreplacealamp,disconnectfromthemainssupply,and
unscrewthetwofixingknobsateithersideofthecolourfilter
plate.Thenremovethecolourfilterplateandreflectorassembly
bypullingforwards(thismaybequiteatightfit).Thelampsare
nowaccessible,andthefaultylampmaybereplacedbyanew
lamptypeA1/244.ThistypeoflamphasaGY9.5base,withone
largeandonesmallpin.Thisistoensurethatitisinsertedthe
correctwayround.Donottouchtheglassbulb.Holdthelampby
itsceramicbase,orwiththepaperpacketinwhichitissupplied.
Ifthebulbisaccidentallytouched,cleanitbeforeusewith
methylatedspirit,otherwiselamplifemaybereducedorthelamp
couldshatterduethedepositsofgreasefromtheskinreacting
withthequartzathightemperature.
Replacethecolourfilterandreflectorassembly.
Lamplife
Lamplifecanbeextendedbythefollowingtechniques:
1)Usethehighbrightness/extendedlifeswitch.Thisextendsthe
lamplifebyreducingthepowertothelamps.Thisslightlyreduces
thebrightness,butextendsthelifebyupto10times.
2)Operateatlessthanfullbrightness.
3)Ifflashingorchasingthelamps,useasoft-fadetypechase.
4)IfflashingorchasingtheSpectre,leavethefilamentslightly
illuminatedsothatitjustglowsred-hotsimilarinappearance
appearancetotheelementofanelectricfirewhentheSpectreis
off,bysettingthe"Brightness"slidertoabout3%insteadof
completelyoff.
(Whenchangingcolourrapidly,settingthesaturationsliderto
about3%willhavethesameeffect.Itwillhavenegligibleeffecton
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thecolour,butwillkeepallthelampsslightlyilluminated.
4)LeavetheSpectretocoolbeforemovingit.Filamentlampsare
mostvulnerabletofailurejustafterswitchingoff.
Theexpectedlamplifeatvarioussettingsofthedimmerare
shownbelow.
SettingPowerBrightnessLampLife
0%0W0%* *
25%62.5W1.5%* *
50%150W12.5%204000*
75%320W42%150011000
100%500W100%50350
*Atpowersettingsthislow,thelamplifewillbedeterminedby
otherfactorsthanthepowerconsumedbythelamp,suchas
switchingonandoffrepeatedly,ormechanicaldamage.The
settingsshownabovehavebeenchosenafterextensiveresearch
andtestingtoproduceacontrolthatappearslineartotheeye.
Replacingthefuse
Thereisasmallpossibilitythatthefusemayblowwhenalamp
fails.(Thisiscausedbythefilamentofthefailinglampproducinga
shortcircuitasitfallsapart)Thefuseislocatedinadrawer
beneaththemainsinputconnector.Replacewithanotherfuse
typeF10AHBC.(10AQuick-blow,highbreakingcapacity
5x20mm)Ifthenewfusefailsconsultadealer.
Cleaning
TheSpectreshouldbecleanedperiodicallyasdustwilltendto
obstructthefan,andimpairtheventilationsystem.Cleanthe
dichroicfilterswithasoftlint-freeclothusingalcoholorhi-fi
cleaningfluid
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Operation
TheSpectreisafloodlight,anddoesnotproduceafocusedbeam
oflight.Aimthelanterninordertogetthebestillumination.The
barndoorsmaybeusedtocontrollightspillattheedgesofthe
areatobeilluminated,butshouldbeusedwithcare,asmultiple-
colouredshadowswillresultwhenmorethanonelampis
illuminated.
TheSpectremustnotbeoperatedwiththebarndoorscompletely
closed,asthiswillresultinanobstructiontotheventilation
system,andwilloverheatthebarndoors.
DonotplacecolouredgelsinfrontoftheSpectre.Thedichroic
filtersmustnotbereplacedbycolourgels.
Itisrecommendedthatallfourbarn-doorsareclosedwhenthe
productistobetransported,inordertoprotectthedichroic
filters,whichareexpensivetoreplace.
Thefanisoperatedbyatemperaturesensingcircuit,and
switchesonwhenthetemperatureexceeds50°Candoffwhenit
fallsbelow40°C
Control
ForDMXoperationseepage6
ForoperationfromtheSFC1DMXremotecontrollersee
page9
ForChromaHXemulationseepage13
(UseChromaHXemulationifrunningfromanIQ-MX80orIQ-
MX60controller)
ForMIDIoperationseepage9
For0-10Vanalogueoperationseepage12
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DMXoperation
Connectingthedataleads.
Thespectreisprovidedwith5-pinXLRconnectorsfortheDMX.
Data+isonpin3andData-onpin2.Pin1isearth.Connecta
leadfromtheDMXcontrollertoDMXinonthefirstlantern.
ConnectaDMXleadfromDMXoutonthefirstlanterntoDMXin
onthesecond,fromDMXoutonthesecondtoDMXinonthe
third,andsoon.
IftheSpectreistheLASTlanterninthechain,thenitis
necessaryto"terminate"theDMXline.Thisisdonebyplugginga
"terminator"intothe(otherwiseunused)DMXoutsocketofthe
lastlantern.A"terminator"isaXLRplugwitha120Wresistor
betweenpins2and3.
TheLEDlightsredwhentheSpectreisswitchedonandchanges
toyellowwhenitreceivesavalidDMXsignal.
SettingtheDILswitches
TherearetwoDMXmodesavailable:
MX90modeand3-channelmode
MX90mode.
Thisreferstothenew8-channelprotocolwhichwillbe
incorporatedintoallnewNJDluminairesandcontrollers.Select
MX90modeifyouareusinganMX90-compatiblecontroller,or
theSFC1DMXremotecontroller,orifyouareusingaMerlinor
otherDMXlightingcontroldeskandwishtoaccessfeaturessuch
asflashingorcolourscrolling.Setboth"mode"switchesOFF.
NJD'sMX90protocoluses8DMXchannelsforeveryproduct.
Theallocationofthechannelsisconsistentthroughoutall
productscomplyingwiththeprotocol.Thisprotocolwillbeusedon
allfutureproductsandcontrollers.
Thechannelsare:
Channel1:x-position(pan)ordishrotation
Channel2:y-position(tilt)
Channel3:colour(pluscolourscrolling)
Channel4:goboorcoloursaturation
Channel5:speed
Channel6:strobe/blackout
Channel7:goborotation
Channel8:brightness.
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MODE
MODE
2
4
8
16
32
64
128
256
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OntheSpectreonlythechannelsmarkedinboldareused(the
third,fourth,sixthandeighthabovetheDMXaddresssetonthe
DILswitches)
ThismodecanbeusedfromacontrollersuchastheMerlin,in
ordertoaccesstheautomaticcolourscrollingandflashing.
Alternatively,theDMX3-channelmode(seepage8)usesfewer
channels,andifflashingorcolourscrollingwererequired,itcould
bewrittenasaprogramintheMerlin.
Thecolouriscontinuouslyvariable:forexample,orangewillbe
foundmid-waybetweenredandyellow,andpurplebetweenblue
andmagenta.
Thesaturationcontrolallowseverypastelshadebetweenthe
deepestpossiblecolour("fullysaturated")andwhitetobe
selected.
TosetuptheSpectre,setthesaturationcontroltozero,thenset
thebrightnesstothelevelrequired,andthensetthecolour.Ifa
palershadeofthecolourisrequired,increasethesaturation
controlasrequired.
Ifoperatingfromacontroller,refertotheinstructionssupplied
withthecontrollerregardinghowtosettheaddressswitches.
Thefollowinginformationmaybeuseful.
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BrightnessColour Saturation
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yellow
green
cyan
blue
magenta
scroll
pink
white
OFF
ON
10Hz
0.5Hz
1Hz
2Hz
3Hz
5Hz
7Hz
Strobe

Lanternnumbersare8DMXaddressesapart.
LanternDMXSwitcheson
numberaddress(allotherswitchesoff)
1 1 none
2 9 8
3 1716
4 258,16
5 3332
6 4132,8
7 4932,16
8 5732,16,8
9 6564
107364,8
118164,16
128964,16,8
139764,32
1410564,32,8
1511364,32,16
1612164,32,16,8
DMX3-channelmode
DMXmodeallowstheSpectretobe
controlledfromageneral-purposeDMX
controllersuchastheMerlinusingthe
leastnumberofchannels.Setthemode
switchesOFF-ONforDMXmode.
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16
32
64
128
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yellow
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TosetaDMXaddress,addupthenumbersofalltheswitches
thatareONandadd1togivetheDMXaddress.Forinstanceto
setDMXaddress41,setswitch32onandswitch8on,andall
otherswitchesoff:32+8+1=41.
TheBrightnesswillthenbecontrolledbyDMXChannel42
TheColourwillthenbecontrolledbyDMXChannel43
TheSaturationwillthenbecontrolledbyDMXChannel44
In3-channelmode,theslidersoperatetheSpectreasfollows:
Thecolouriscontinuouslyvariable:forexample,orangewillbe
foundmid-waybetweenredandyellow,andpurplebetweenblue
andmagenta.
Thesaturationcontrolallowseverypastelshadebetweenthe
deepestpossiblecolour("fullysaturated")andwhitetobe
selected.
TosetuptheSpectre,setthesaturationcontroltozero,thenset
thebrightnesstothelevelrequired,andthensetthecolour.Ifa
palershadeofthecolourisrequired,increasethesaturation
controlasrequired.
DMXremotecontrol(SFC2).
ConnecttheDMXremotecontrolunittotheSpectreusingan
RJ11lead.IfcontrollingmorethanoneSpectre,then
connectusing5-pinXLRconnectors:ConnectaDMXleadfrom
DMXoutonthefirstlantern(theonewiththeremotecontrol
connected)toDMXinonthesecond,fromDMXoutonthe
secondtoDMXinonthethird,andsoon.Aterminatorisnot
necessary,butmaybefitted.
SettheDILswitchesasfollows:(SetbothMODEswitchesoff)
LanternDMXSwitcheson
numberaddress(allotherswitchesoff)
1 1 none
2 9 8
3 1716
4 258,16
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MIDI
TheSpectreisprovidedwithMidiinandMidithroughconnectors.
ItcanbeconnectedtoothermidiequipmentusingstandardMidi
leads.WhentheSpectreisswitchedontheledwilllightred,and
whenitreceivesavalidmidicommanditwillflashyellow.
MIDI
WhenchangingfromDMXoperationto
Midioperation,aftersettingtheMODE
switches,turnthemainspoweroff,wait
tenseconds,andturnthepowerbackon
again.BothmodeswitchesshouldbeONforMidioperation.
Tosetthechannelandcontrollernumber,thefunctionoftheDMX
addressswitchesischanged,andareusedasshown.The
spectremaybeusedonanyMidichannelfrom9to16,andon
anygroupoffourcontrollers.SettheMidichannelasfollows:
MidiChannelChannelSwitcheson
(allotherchannelswitchesoff)
9 None
101
112
122,1
134
144,1
154,2
164,2,1
(Addupthenumbersoftheswitches,andaddninetogettheMidi
Channel)
SettheMidicontrollernumberasfollows
ControllernumberControllerSwitcheson
(allothercontrollerswitchesoff)
0-3None
4-74
8-118
12-158,4
16-1916
20-2316,4
24-2716,8
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MODE
MODE
1 2 4 6432168 4
Channel Controller
Number Number

28-3116,8,4
32-3532
36-3932,4
40-4332,8
44-4732,8,4
48-5132,16
52-5532,16,4
56-5932,16,8
60-6332,16,8,4
64-6764
68-7164,4
72-7564,8
76-7964,8,4
80-8364,16
85-8764,16,4
88-9164,16,8
92-9564,16,8,4
96-9964,32,
100-10364,32,4
104-10764,32,8
108-11164,32,8,4
112-11564,32,16
116-11964,32,16,4
120-12364,32,16,8
124-12764,32,16,8,4
(Addupthenumbersoftheswitchesthatareon,andaddoneto
getthefirstcontrollernumber)
BecausetheswitchesrequiredifferentfunctionstosettheMidi
channelandcontrollernumber,alwaysrefertothedrawingabove,
notthedrawingontheproductlabel.
TheSpectrecanbecontrolleddirectlyfromMIDIusingfourMidi-
controllers.TheMidichannelusedandthecontrollernumbersare
setontheDILswitches.
Thefourcontrollersoperateasfollows;
Controller48:Faderate
Controller49:Brightness
Controller50:Colour
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Controller51:Saturation.
Faderate
SettingController48to0selectsaninstantaneouschangewhen
eitherthebrightness,colourorsaturationarealtered.Setting
controller48to127willinstructtheSpectretofadegradually
fromitspresentsettingstothenewsettingswhenbrightness,
colourorsaturationarealtered.
Intermediatevaluessetfaderatesoflessthan30seconds.
Theoperationoftheotherthreecontrollersisshownbelow.
ItisassumedfortheprecedingexamplesthattheSpectreisset
toMidiChannel16andcontrollernumber48.
0-10Vanalogueoperation
Threechannelsfroma0-10Vanaloguecontrollermaybe
connectedtothe7-pinDINsocket.Anunregulated+15Vsupplyis
providedonpins6and7toruncontrollerssuchastheNJD
Fade-4.(Connecttoeitherpin6orpin7)Forashortcablerun
(lessthan5m),use6-corecablesuchastelephoneorburglar-
alarmcable.Forlongercables,useoverall-screenedcable.
Whenusinganaloguecontrol,itispossibletocontrolmorethan
oneSpectre,bylinkingtheSpectrestogetherusingDMX.Ifthisis
required,connectaDMXleadfromtheDMXoutsocketonthe
firstSpectre(theonewhichhastheanalogueinputsconnected)to
theDMXinsocketonthesecond,andfromtheDMXoutsocket
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onthesecondSpectretotheDMXinsocketonthethird,andso
on.Theunitwiththeanalogueinputsconnectediscalledthe
MASTER,andtheotherunitsarecalledSLAVES.
SettingtheDILswitches
Forsingleoperation,settheMODEswitchesOFFandallother
switchesONasshownontherearlabel.
IfcontrollinganumberofSpectresfromoneanalogueinput
byconnectingthemtogetherusingaDMXleadasdescribed
above,settheDILswitchesontheMASTERasshownonthelabel
(bothmodeswitchesOFF,alladdressswitchesON,andsetthe
DILswitchesontheSLAVESasfollows:
ModeswitchesAddressswitches
MasterOFF-OFFAllON
Slave#1OFF-ON8on(allothersOFF)
Slave#2OFF-ON16on(allothersOFF)
Slave#3OFF-ON16,8on(allothersOFF)
The0-10VinputsoperatetheSpectreasfollows:
Thecolouriscontinuouslyvariable:forexample,orangewillbe
foundmid-waybetweenredandyellow,andpurplebetweenblue
andmagenta.
Thesaturationcontrolallowseverypastelshadebetweenthe
deepestpossiblecolour("fullysaturated")andwhitetobe
selected.
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TosetuptheSpectre,setthesaturationcontroltozero,thenset
thebrightnesstothelevelrequired,andthensetthecolour.Ifa
palershadeofthecolourisrequired,increasethesaturation
controlasrequired.
ChromaHXEmulationmode.
InthismodetheSpectrewillemulatetheChromaHX,allowingit
tobemixedwiththeChromaHXinaninstallation,providinga
floodlightingeffectinidenticalcolourwhentheChromaHX
producesaspotlighteffect.(Splitcoloursarenotavailableonthe
Spectre).Chromamodeisthemostsuitablewhenusingwiththe
IQ-MX60andIQ-MX80controllers.SetthemodeswitchesON-
OFFforChromamode.
Settingtheaddressswitches.
LanternDMXSwitcheson
numberaddress(allotherswitchesoff)
1 1 none
2 9 8
3 1716
4 258,16
5 3332
6 4132,8
7 4932,16
8 5732,16,8
9 6564
107364,8
118164,16
128964,16,8
139764,32
1410564,32,8
1511364,32,16
1612164,32,16,8
OperationfromtheIQ-MX80(orIQ-MX60)
IfoperatingfromtheIQ-MX80controller,usetheChromamode.
Thecolourpadswilloperate,andtheverticalmovementofthe
JoystickwillcontroltheBrightness.(Itisalsopossibletousethe
DMX3-channelmode,althoughthecolourswillnotmatchthose
printedonthepanel.Inthismode,thegoboselectionscanbe
usedtosetthesaturationofthecolour)
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TechnicalSpecification.
Dimensions:250mmx250mmx245mm
Weight:5.2kg
Lamps:3xA1/244(230V500W)
LampLife:50hoursat240VAC
100hoursat230VAC
Colours:Red:(0.700,0.296)
Green:(0.246,0.686)
Blue:(0.128,0.153)
andallintermediateshades
PowerSupply:230VAC50Hz
Power:1500W(alllampsilluminated)
Current:6.5Arms.(alllampsilluminated)
Powerfactor:cosf=1.000
(TheSpectreisaresistiveload)
Switch-onSurge:30Ampsfor60ms
(allthreelampsswitchedatthesame
time,0.4Wmainssourceimpedance)
Beamspread:56°(to50%brightness).
(1mwideat1mdistance)
Beamintensity:2200candelaperchannel.
DMXinput/output:complieswith
DMX512(1990)4µsecprotocol
Connectors:5-pinXLR
Data+:Pin3
Data-:Pin2
Earth:Pin1
+12Vsupply:Pin5
Analogueinputvoltage:0-10V
Analogueinputimpedance:44kW
Analogueconnector:7-pinDIN
Channel1:pin3
Channel2:pin5
Channel3:pin4
Channel4:pin1
0V(ground):pin2
Standards
TheSpectrecomplieswithElectricalSafetyStandardEN60598
Parts1and2-17(1997),andElectromagneticCompatibility
StandardEN55015.
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Guarantee
Thisproductisguaranteedforaperiodof24monthsagainst
faultycomponentsormanufacture(excludingfusesand
lamps)fromthedateofmanufacture.Uponproofof
purchase,NJDshall,atitsownoption,repairorreplacethe
defectiveitematnocosttothepurchaser.
Thisguaranteeiscontingentupontheproperuseofthe
productintheapplicationforwhichitisintendedanddoes
notcoverproductsthathavebeenmodified,subjectedto
unusualphysicalconditions,orelectricalconditionsoutside
itsspecification,ordamagedinanyway.
Thisguaranteeislimitedtotheproductonlyanddoesnot
covercarriagecosts,installationcostsortravelexpenses.
Yourstatutoryrightsarenotaffected.
Intheeventofanyproblemswiththisproductcontactthe
retailerfromwhichitwaspurchasedfortechnical
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