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   as long you hold down the button. Releasing the button will switch 

 

   the fixtures off. 

 

 2.  When used in conjunction with the ADD/KILL (17) feature, these 

 

   buttons are used to activate stored channel assignments. You 

 

   may group a number of channels to be activated at once, then 

 

   store this group in one of 16 FLASH BUTTONS (1 & 13). 

 

 3.  When the BLIND feature is enabled in chase mode, pressing the 

 

   SHIFT BUTTON (16) along with a channel FLASH BUTTON will 

 

   BLIND (black out) that channel.

 

 

14.  Channel Indicators (9-16):

 These green LEDs will glow indicating 

 

 channel activity for channels 9-16. 

15.  Cross Button:

 This button is used to activate and deactivate Cross 

 

 Mode. Cross Mode’s  activity is indicated by the Cross On and Cross 

 

 off LED indicators. 

16.  Shift Button:

 This button is used in conjunction various other button 

 

 to access different functions.

17.  Add/Kill Button: 

This button is used to toggle through the ADD and 

 

 KILL functions. When in KILL mode, the yellow LED will glow. 

18.  Pattern  Up/Button Setup Button:

 This button will serve two  

 

 functions:

 

 1.  In chase or program mode, this button is used to select the next

 

   pattern or chase. The current pattern will be displayed in the

 

   LCD display (6). Holding down this button will quickly advance 

 

   through the patterns. Tapping this button will increase the pattern 

 

   by one.

 

 2.  When used with the SHIFT BUTTON (16), this button will select

 

   between Channel Flash and Assign Add/Kill modes. 

19.  Pattern Down/Fade Time Setup Button:

 This button will serve 

 

 two (2) functions:

 

 1.  In chase or program mode this button is used to decrease the 

 

   selected pattern or chase. The current pattern is displayed in the 

 

   LCD display (6). Holding down this button will quickly decrease

 

   the patterns, tapping this button will decrease the pattern by one. 

 

 2.  When used with the SHIFT BUTTON (16) this button will enable 

 

   or disable the Fade Time function. The current Fade Time function 

 

   is noted by LED indicators above the this button. 

 

   chase patterns steps, from one to the next. This CROSS FUNC- 

 

   TION will only operate with the fader channel (1-8).

5.   A & B Indicators: 

These LED’s are used  to indicate two steps cross 

 

 fading into each other during Cross Mode. 

6.   LCD Display:

 This high quality seven (7) segment  LCD display 

 

 is used to display the present operating mode and parameters of the 

 

 running function.

7.   Fade Time Fader:

 This slider is used to fade steps in Chase Mode. 

 

 Fade time may be adjusted from 0.1 seconds to 5 minutes. Fade 

 

 Time is the amount of time it take the chase program to fade from 

 

 one step  to the next. A fade time of 1/10 of a second would be 

 

 almost instantaneous. A fade time of 30 seconds would take 30 

 

 seconds for one step to slowly fade out and advance to the next. 

8.   Level Fader:

 This slider acts as a master output level for the 

 

 patterns when running in Chase Mode.

9.   Dimmer Speed Fader:

 This slider controls the chase speed for 

 

 Channel Sliders 1-8. Chase speed can be adjusted from eight (8)  

 

 steps per second to one step per minute.

10.  Switch Speed Fader:

 This slider controls the chase speed for 

 

 switched channels 9-16. Chase speed can be adjusted from one

 

 step every 30 seconds to one step every 10 minutes.

11.  Audio Fader:

 This unit can be set to run the chase programs to 

 

 sound. This slider adjusts the sensitivity of the internal microphone.

12.  Latch Buttons (Channels 9-16):

 These button serve two functions. 

 

 The Latch Buttons levels are independent from Fade Time.

 

 When operating in Assign Mode, these button will control any 

 

 channels linked  by the Assign Function.

 

 1.  In Manual Mode, they are used as ON/Off buttons for any 

 

   fixtures connect to channels 9-16. 

 

 2.  In program mode, these buttons are used to trigger the various 

 

   programs that may have be assigned to these channels. 

13.  Flash Buttons (channels 9-16):

 These button will serve three  

 

 functions: 

 

 1.  In manual mode these buttons will momentarily activate any 

 

   fixtures assigned to those channels. These fixtures will remain on 

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Summary of Contents for Light Station

Page 1: ...answer any question should you encounter prob lems during your set up or initial operation You may also visit us on the web at www americandj com for any comments or suggestions Service Hours are Mond...

Page 2: ...4 6 8 10 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 0 2 4 6 8 10 MASTER FADE TIME LEVEL AUDIO DIMMER SPEED SWITCH SPEED FLASH 1 8 M LATCH 9 16 FLASH 9 1 6 A B Cross Add Kill Shift Loop Chase Tap Sync Stand By American D...

Page 3: ...n chase patterns steps from one to the next This CROSS FUNC TION will only operate with the fader channel 1 8 5 A B Indicators These LED s are used to indicate two steps cross fading into each other d...

Page 4: ...annels to a single FLASH BUTTON 1 13 2 In PROGRAM MODE this button when used with the SHIFT POWER DMX OUT MIDI THRU MIDI IN FOOT CONTROL LINE INPUT 100 mV 1Vpp DC INPUT DC 12V 20V 250mA min Polarity S...

Page 5: ...press the PROGRAM BUTTON 23 all the channel LED s will flash indicating the scene has been stored into memory The right two digits in the LCD DISPLAY 6 will advance to the next available step 6 You ma...

Page 6: ...ect channels 9 16 in any way To operate in show mode 1 Run a chase in a normal fashion 2 Bring the DIMMER SPEED SLIDER 9 down until SHO appears in the LCD DISPLAY 6 3 When SHO appears you may use the...

Page 7: ...o turn at once For example say you have a 4 channel DMX pack with 5 amps maximum load per a channel and you want to turn on four 500 watt lamps on DMX channel one Your DMX pack is automatically going...

Page 8: ...the controller MIDI receiving channel The controller s default MIDI input signal is one you may find it necessary to change this setting if you are running several MIDI devices To adjust the controlle...

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