Rotorlight Anova User manual

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Contents
Chapter Title Page
1About Anova 4
2What’s in the Box 4
3Manufacturers Statement 5
4Hardware Notes 7
5Anova Menu Operation 10
6Technical Specications 14
7Troubleshooting 15
8Warranty Information 16
9Credits 16
10 Rotolight Quality Assurance 16
Published by Rotolight Inc.
Pinewood Studios,
Pinewood Road,
Iver Heath, SL0 0NH
United Kingdom
www.rotolight.com
Tech Support: [email protected]
UK [phone]

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About Anova
Thank you for purchasing Rotolight ANOVA, the world’s most
advanced LED Floodlight.
Rotolight have developed the AlphaNova series of Professional LED Ringlights
to utilise a new WiFi technology, which allows iPhone or iPad to control the light’s
brightness and colour temperature, using the Magic Eye (Pat Pending) application.
For the rst time this unique technology allows the AlphaNova lights to ‘see’ and
measure colour and brightness. (The Magic Eye App is available from the iTunes APP
Store).
The Rotolight ANOVA is the rst product release from the AlphaNova series and is
a totally icker free ‘continuous light source’ which does not use PWM (Pulse Width
Modulation) to control the brightness. You can therefore use incredibly short
exposure times (1/200,000th of a second) and not get blank frames or strobing. The
ANOVA is a Bi-Colour LED Ring Flood with an electronically adjustable range of 3150
to 6300 Kelvin, and provides a natural, softly diused, ‘shadowless’ circular beam at
110 degree beam angle. ANOVA has the same equivalent light output as an ecient
1000 watt tungsten bulb (calculated at 18.5 lumens per watt/360 degree radiant
angle – note that tungsten bulbs vary in eciency, typically from 8 lumens per watt
to 15 lumens per watt) .
We call ANOVA an EcoFlood as it only uses 38 watts of energy at full output
(to deliver 1000 watts at 5600k), so you can expect excellent extended battery
operation.
ANOVA is equipped with a standard V-Lock broadcast battery connector plate which
also supports Anton Bauer gold mount batteries (using the optional Anton Bauer
QR200A plate adapter). You can run ANOVA from a D-Tap port on a broadcast battery
(to the 15V DC Input) or via the supplied universal AC to DC Power Adapter (100-
240v to 15V DC 60W). The ANOVA has been specially designed to be fully serviceable
thanks to its modular component design.
Please take care of your ANOVA, and it will provide you with many years of excellent
service.
What’s in the Box
Your Anova kit includes the following:
ANOVA Led EcoFlood
ANOVA Support Yoke
ANOVA Gel Frame Holder and 3 Ball Lock Pins
ANOVA Filter Sleeve Pack with 3 Diuser and 3 minus green Gels
ANOVA Colour Calibration Card
15Volt 60 watt universal AC to DC converter
DC extension Cable
User Manual
Quality Control card
One Pair of XTRA-Strap cable ties
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Manufacturers Statement
Operation of the Rotolight Anova and true‘continuous light output’:
The Rotolight Anova is the rst professional LED light on the market that is a true
continuous light source using a totally icker free lighting control method, which
provides a huge number of advantages over other LED lighting products - notably
that the Rotolight Anova can be used with all high speed Video cameras and short
exposure times for Photography.
Each Rotolight Anova is hand calibrated for colour accuracy and soak tested prior to
shipping at PineWood Film Studios, England where they are manufactured, ensuring
an extremely high level of quality and performance.
Whereas many other LED lights on the market advertise themselves as being a
‘continuous light source’, all other LED lights on the market currently utilise a lighting
control technique known as ‘Pulse Width Modulation’(PWM) which means that infact
the light is not totally continuos, it is rapidly ‘pulsing’ light but at rates not visible
to the human eye. Whilst the human eye may not notice the dierence, Video and
Photographic cameras can and as a result, when operating at higher frame rates
and speeds, or from a photographic perspective shorter exposure times, the result
is black/dark frames rendering the video or photo useless.. The Rotolight Anova does
not utilise PWM at any brightness level and therefore is a true professional lighting
source that can be used with all higher speed cameras and shorter exposure times
on stills cameras.
The other downside of LED lights that utilise PWM is that if you are using them in
conjunction with any other AC powered light sources, then there is a very strong
possibility they will result in a strobing eect due to the respective pulse from the AC
current and the competing PWM pulse of the LED lights going out of phase/sync. The
Rotolight Anova does not use PWM and will never cause strobing and therefore can
be seamlessly integrated into any existing Studio.
Expected Operation below 10% power level:
As the Rotolight Anova is the rst professional LED light on the market not to utilise
PWM and the many issues detailed above caused by it, the Anova instead features a
‘constant current dimming’ system which means the the LED’s never pulse even at
lower light levels.
Whereas all other professional LED’s currently on the market use PWM, many of them
only dim to a minimum of 10% or do not oer‘total fade to black’ functionality which
is a requirement for professional Studio operation.
One potential result of not using PWM and oering a total fade to black which the
Anova provides, is that at levels lower than 10% it may be possible for one or two
LED’s to icker or not re due to microscopic dierences in the current tolerances of
the LED’s, which are being starved of current at less than 10%. Do not be concerned,
this would be considered normal operation for the light and is simply a standard
design limitation of LED’s on the market if you want to oer a true continuous light
source which the Anova provides.
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The Anova has 576 LED’s and at brightnesses of 10% or less, one or two LED’s ickering
or not ring will not aect operation in any perceivable or measurable way, and
should be considered normal operation for this light due to the advanced constant
current dimming system contained within the Anova. Remember that at 10% power,
if one LED does not re or ickers, you are only loosing 1/10th of 1/576th output.
It is also important to remember that at 10% power the Anova is only giving an output
at 1meter of around 220 Lux (as opposed to 2025 lux at one meter), and at 5% of just
100 lux, and so it is highly unlikely that the Anova will be used at these Levels for
any period of time as the relative light output at lower than 10% is not likely to be
functionally useable.
Beyond 10% brightness, these LED’s will re back on and should they continue
to persist to icker or go out beyond 10% then that would be fully covered under
warranty and repairable via your local service centre.
Customers should rest assured that the Rotolight Anova provides the most colour
accurate, innovative and professional solution to LED lighting currently on the market.
For any further technical questions feel free to contact [email protected] or call on
[phone] who will be delighted to assist with your query.

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Encoder Switch
Rotate to Increase (+) or Decrease (-) displayed value. Click to select. Press, hold and
rotate for ‘Fast’ data entry. NB: To reset the device to the Factory Default Values, Power
up the ANOVA whilst holding down the encoder switch, it will display ‘DIST’ (Distributor),
and you select either yes or no to reset the unit.
DMX In/Out
Connect to 3rd party devices or lighting console using standard 5 pin DMX wired XLR
cable. NB: To prevent accidental damage disconnect DMX Consoles or Controller before
selecting ‘DMX Master Mode’ on the ANOVA.
Power Switch
Select DC for an attached DC Input, O, or Battery for the V-Lock Plate.
NB: you can use standard V-Lock Batteries or Anton Bauer Goldmount Batteries with a
QR-A200 plate adapter
Display
This displays the Menu Item or selected value.
Programming Socket
Firmware programming socket. This is not intended for use by users, and is used to
install rmware updates by the manufacturer.
DC Input Socket
Use this 2.1mm DC socket to connect the supplied 15volt 60W AC/DC converter. You
can also run ANOVA from a 14.4volt D-Tap connector via this socket. Only use the
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recommended AC/DC adapter. Never exceed the recommended Voltage (13-17 volts
DC). Make sure you use the ‘XTRA Strap’ cable ties to secure the Power connector /
adapter to your light stand, so there is no strain on the 2.1mm DC Socket, otherwise
damage may occur to the socket.
Utility Blocks
Use these to connect the Yoke, or Barn Doors. There are additional mounting holes
on the rear face and either side of the main mounting point, these can be used to x
the T-Bar connector plates which join the lights together. ANOVA is designed with an
outer‘Honeycomb’shape so it can easily be‘tesselated’into a panel/wall/ring of lights.
Rotolight Inc at Pinewood Studios, England ([phone]) are happy to quote on
custom Yokes for larger arrays of ANOVA lights.
The ANOVA Yoke is tted with a ‘TVMP’ (TeleVision Motion Picture) bracket. This will
t a standard‘Junior’ Lighting support stud as used in lm and televison studios. The
TVMP Bracket on the ANOVA has two positions for the retaining screw, The higher
position is for a Junior stud, the lower position is so you can mount the Anova on a 3/8
stud on a normal studio lighting stand
(Please check that the stand is designed to take the weight of the Anova, aproximately 2.6
Kg without Barn Doors or 4.1Kg with Yoke and the Barn Doors tted)
V-Lock Battery Plate
Connect standard (14.4 volt) V-Lock Batteries or Anton Bauer Goldmount Batteries
with a QR-A200 plate adapter. To release the battery, press the button on the bottom
of the plate.
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Accessory Mounting Spigots
The three spigots on the front face of ANOVA are used to mount the‘Gel Frame Holder’
(lower position) using three ‘Ball Lock Pins’, and the upper mounting position is used
to mount optional accessories for the ANOVA, e.g. Honeycomb Louver, SoftBox,
Focussing Fresnel Filter (Available separately).
Barn Doors
The Barn doors install using 4 of the smaller ‘soft touch’ knobs on the main mounting
points of the utility blocks. The six sided barn doors have two types of shutter shapes,
the three shutters which become narrower at the outer edges close in rst, and the
three trapezoid shutters which become wider at the outer edge close in after the
other types, this enables the ANOVA to create soft hexagon shaped pools of light
when the doors are folded inwards. The doors can be folded ‘at’ at 90 degrees to
the body.
The ight case will store the ANOVA with both the Gel Frame holder and the Barn
doors tted (closed).
Gel Frame Holder
The ‘Gel Frame Holder’ mounts the spigots with the ring and spokes closest to the
protective window glass, and is secured in place using three ‘Ball Lock Pins’ at the
lowest positions on the spigots. You can carefully slide a precut lter gel underneath
the Gel frame or, alternatively you can remove two of the pins and lift the frame up
slightly to install the lter gel. The ‘Lee’ lter gels are stored in the Gel Sleeve, in the
lid of the ightcase.
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Anova Menu Operation
ANOVA’s menu can be accessed via the encoder knob on the
backplate. Rotating the knob will toggle through the menu items,
press the encoder knob inwards to make a selection.
Below are explanations of the menu functions.
Brightness
Brightness is displayed as 0% to 100%. The brightness setting can be controlled locally
on the back of the ANOVA using the encoder knob. Rotating the encoder knob will
increase the brightness in steps of 1%, however, if you press and hold the encoder
knob then you can increase or decrease the brightness in steps of 10% (Fast Mode).
If you wish to control ANOVA using wired or wireless DMX then you need to go to
the DMX menu and select the desired DMX channel for the BRI (brightness) setting.
The ANOVA will respond to brightness commands via the set DMX -bri channel
number if the CNTL (control) menu is set to -dmx. If the CNTL setting is -wifi then
the ANOVA will respond to brightness commands sent via the iPhone/iPad Magic Eye
application.
ANOVA can accurately reproduce a sampled brightness setting from the Magic Eye
App, via both -wifi or -dmx.
Colour Temperature
On ANOVA the colour temperature of the LEDs can be set locally using the encoder
knob, or using -wifi , or using -dmx , where the incoming signals can be sent via
wired DMX or wirelessly using the Magic Eye app.
ANOVA can electronically reproduce any colour of white light from candlelight (3150
kelvin) through to direct Daylight (6300 kelvin).
ANOVA has a remarkably even colour spectrum with a CRI (colour rendering index)
better than >92. ANOVA reproduces studio accurate colour , i.e. light whose colour
temperature is within 50 kelvin of the desired setting. This allows the ANOVA to
be used in conjunction with other professional calibrated lighting systems with no
noticeable dierence in the lighting colour.
ANOVA can use the camera in an iPhone or iPad to measure the colour of ambient
light (using the calibration card) , via the Magic Eye App. These colour settings can be
stored and recalled using the application.
ANOVA uses a patented system of bi-colour LEDs to accurately display sampled colour
settings. As you rotate the encoder knob of the ANOVA you will see colour increase
in 10 kelvin steps from (3150k) to (5100k) and thereafter in twenty kelvin steps to
(6300k).
If you need to manually enter a colour setting quickly, you can press and hold the
encoder knob to increase or decrease the colour temperature in steps of 100 kelvin
(Fast Mode).
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