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Page 1: ...VR Instruction Manual Issue 1 2 May 2000 Written for Abstract Design to Light by Sabre Technology Ltd 01482 831031 VR8 VR8R 2000 edition courtesy of www sxsevents co uk Phone 0870 080 2342 email enquiries sxsevents co uk Event production and Audio Visual Services www sxsevents co uk ...

Page 2: ...courtesy of www sxsevents co uk Phone 0870 080 2342 email enquiries sxsevents co uk Event production and Audio Visual Services www sxsevents co uk ...

Page 3: ...oduct offering many advanced features and making use of the latest technology The VR has the following features Attractive sculpted plastic housing LED function display for easy setup Smoothly microstepped movements with automatic speed sensing 12 vivid dichroic colours 12 stylish gobos VR8 8 rotating gobos VR8 R Microstepped colour and gobo wheel with smooth crossfading Snap option for colour and...

Page 4: ... is lit a DMX control signal is being received If the left hand dot is lit another VR is sending a light show to this unit If the middle dot is flashing the VR is running from sound triggers VR8R Gobo shutter rotate channel 4 CE mode ON Gobo DMX CE off centre value in brackets CE controller gobo number Blackout 0 7 0 16 blackout Open 8 32 24 1 Gobo2 rot ccw 33 38 36 Gobo2 static 39 46 40 2 Gobo2 r...

Page 5: ...it on again The discharge lamp will not restrike while it is hot Positioning note for the VR8 Although the VR8 can be positioned in any orientation the Arcstream lamp is intended to be used pointing upwards so you should try to have the mirror at the top of the unit The lamp emits a yellower light when it is pointed downwards Maintenance of your VR The VR has a usage timer which can help you deter...

Page 6: ...g the VR up for DMX control All VRs are connected to the controller in a daisy chain one after the other using standard XLR microphone cables twisted 2 core screened The output of the controller is connected to the first VR The spare DMX connector on the first VR is connected to the second VR and so on The last VR in the line should have a terminating plug fitted in its spare DMX connector The ter...

Page 7: ...l fast the mirror will move fast if you move the control slowly the VR will follow slowly and smoothly The VR has options which allow you to reverse the movement of the pan or tilt controls and also to swap over the pan and tilt channels Colour The colour function is also proportional this allows you to perform smooth crossfades between adjacent colours You need to send the exact values to obtain ...

Page 8: ...show and the others will become slaves The Controller VR will display C 1 where 1 is the Light Show Group number and flash a dot on the middle display in time to the music The slave VRs will display L 1 and follow the Controller VR Lamp timer unit timer and operation counter The VR has three performance indicators to show you how much it has been used This can be useful for deciding when the unit ...

Page 9: ...to affect how the light show is produced These include Slow mode Strobe inhibit and Sound Off The Colour and Gobo snap functions also affect light show mode Light shows with VRs and CE range units If you are using CE range heads with VRs in light show mode make sure that a VR is controlling the light show by putting it first in the DMX line Remember that CE range units can only be set to Group 1 o...

Page 10: ...nap option to ON and the CE option to ON The Gobo Snap option is only important if you are going to use the CE controller s Light Show mode P 1 The VR is ready for position 1 To program the position for a step you can either set a position by DMX or set the position using the buttons To grab the current DMX position hold down the middle button The VR will move to the current DMX position and displ...

Page 11: ...ounter with solutions No light from the VR Check the Power on red LED is lit and the fan is running If not there is no mains supply Check that the IEC socket is firmly pushed into the plug on the back of the unit this is also a common cause of intermittent operation Check your mains wiring and the fuse in the back panel Check if the lamp is alight You should be able to see some light escaping thro...

Page 12: ... cannot resolve the problem it may be that the VR has a fault You should contact your Abstract dealer for assistance If you have Internet access you can go to the Abstract web site http www abstract lighting co uk which has a technical help page Using control functions Control functions allow you to start the Reset and Test functions which are built in to the VR VR soft reset RST _ Hold down the m...

Page 13: ...t setup and go back to normal The setup mode times out if you don t press a key for about 3 minutes If the display blank option is turned on the display will turn off before this but you can carry on setting options by pressing a button to redisplay the current option If the display is blanked the first keypress turns the display back on but has no other effect The display settings shown below are...

Page 14: ... mode Display blanking mode DBL ON When On the display blanks after about 30sec if no buttons are pressed DMX or Light Show indicators remain lit When Off the display shows the DMX channel all the time or light show group if in light show mode If the display is blanked it will light up when the VR s status changes Setting light show options Light show group LSG 1 The VR has a complex automatic lig...

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