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Using the menu
• Whennotinthemenu,thefourdigitdisplayscrollsthe
currentDMXaddressandmode.Thedisplay’srighthand
decimal point (data dot) is used to indicate status (see below).
•Press to enter the menu. The four digit display will show ADDR.
•Use and to move between menu options (or to change a
value within an option).
•Press to enter an option (or to fix a changed value within an
option and return to the previous option level). Note: If you do
not press to fix a value, operation will revert to the
previously set mode at the next power on.
•Press to exit from a menu option (and eventually
exit the menu completely).
General notes
• EnsurethatonlyoneDMX
device in the chain is set
as master (e.g. the lighting
desk). This fixture is usually
set to slave mode.
•Thisxtureisshippedwith
theDMXaddresssetto
001.
•Thefourdigitdisplaycan
be set to switch off when
notinuse.Torestore,press
. To alter this mode use:
PERS >DISP.
MENU ENTER
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Chase effects
This section describes each of the internal chase effects
that are selectable either via the control menu (PROG
> C1/C2 > EFEC)orusingDMXvaluessentfrom
anexternalsource.Tousetheinternaleffects,setthe
MODE option either to EF M (for internal menu control)
or 4+E,5+E or 61+E(forexternalDMXcontrol).
DMX EFEC Chase effect description
value value
0-3 00 Off
4-7 01 Rainbowforwardchase(6cell)
8-11 02 Rainbowreversechase(6cell)
12-15 03 Coolwhiteforwardchase(6cell)
16-19 04 Coolwhitereversechase(6)
20-23 05 Cool white outer/inner/outer chase
24-27 06 50/50 duty cycle cool white strobe
28-31 07 50/50 duty cycle red strobe
32-35 08 50/50 duty cycle purple strobe
36-39 09 50/50 duty cycle yellow strobe
40-43 10 50/50 duty cycle green strobe
44-47 11 Pulse white strobe
48-51 12 Pulse light blue strobe
52-55 13 Pulse rainbow strobe
56-59 14 Pulse red/green/blue strobe
60-63 15 Rainbowforwardstrobe(cellstogether)
64-67 16 Rainbowreversestrobe(cellstogether)
68-71 17 Yellow/blue strobe (cells together)
72-75 18 Horizontal split rainbow chase
76-79 19 6cellyellow/bluechase
80-83 20 6cellred/bluechase
84-87 21 3cellred/yellowchase
88-91 22 3cellRGBforwardchase
92-95 23 3cellrainbowforwardchase
96-99 24 3cellRGBreversechase
100-103 25 Static salmon pink
104-107 26 Static yellow
108-111 27 Static light blue
112-115 28 Static purple
116-119 29 Static red
120-123 30 Static green
124-127 31 Static cool white
[These are not yet confirmed]
Master/slave/data indication
The right hand decimal point (data dot) of the display is used to indicate the mas-
ter/slavesettingsandalsothepresenceofaDMXinputsignal,asshownbelow:
Data dot ON Master mode
Data dot FLASHING Slavemode(DMXdatainputpresent)
Data dot OFF Slavemode(noDMXdatapresent)
Notes:
• EnsurethatonlyoneDMXdeviceinthechainissetasmaster(e.g.thedesk).
• UsePERS > data to change between master and slave modes.
• Whensettomastermode,thexturewillscrollMASTERinplaceofaDMX
address (when not within the menu).
• Ifthedisplayhasbeensettoautooff(disp > aoff),thedatadotwill
remain active but at a lower brightness.
DMX links and termination
ThissectionprovidesusefuladviceforgainingreliableoperationfromyourDMX
installation:
• Usegoodqualityexibletwistedpaircablethathasanominalcharacteristic
impedanceof120ohms.Microphonecableshavealowerimpedanceanda
highercapacitance,whichcanleadtodataerrors.
• Useadaisychainarrangementtolinkxturestogether,sothattheoutputof
one fixture is connected to the input of the next.
• Connectnomorethan32devicestoasingleDMXrun.Iffurtherxturesare
needed,thenuseaDMXboostertoallowupto32morexturestobeat-
tached.
• NeversplitaDMXcabletoformtwobranches(aY-split).Ifseparatebranches
arerequired,useapoweredDMXsplitter.
• Ensurethatthedevicesateachendofthedaisychainarebothterminated
usinga120ohmresistor(usuallycontainedwithinaseparateXLRconnector
thathasnocable-theresistorformsalinkbetweenpins2and3).Control
desks are usually internally terminated.
Itispossibletogetawaywithbreakingsomeoftheaboverules,particularlyon
smallerinstallationsthathaveshortcablerunsandfewxtures.However,results
can be unpredictable and problems will inevitably hit you at the very worst time:
Duringyourshow.
Please see the ‘Troubleshooting’ section for useful fault finding tips.