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L5.0002357, L02485

Summary of Contents for L5

Page 1: ...L Series L5 User Manual September 2014 ...

Page 2: ... in a data retrieval sys tem or translated into any language in any form by any means without the prior written permission of ARRI If you are down loading files from our web pages for your personal use make sure to check for updated versions ARRI cannot take any liability whatsoever for downloaded files as technical data are subject to change without notice L5 0002357 L02485 ...

Page 3: ...Dimensions 3 Dimensions ...

Page 4: ...mation 9 Legal disclaimer 9 Introduction 10 Features 10 Properties 11 Unpacking 11 Overview 12 Physical Installation 14 To adjust the stirrup 14 To mount the spigot 14 Basic features 16 Control options 17 Connector Panel 17 Power 17 AC power 17 To use a battery pack 18 Fixture menu 19 Overview of the fixture menu 19 Features of the fixture menu 19 To read out fixture information 23 ...

Page 5: ... connect the data link 26 Fixture Menu 27 Status Messages 28 Fixture Menu 29 RDM commands 30 Required RDM command extensions 31 Manufacturer commands 33 LSeries Manager 33 Error messages 34 DMX protocol 36 ARRI L5 TT Tungsten Tuneable 36 ARRI L5 DT Daylight Tuneable 38 ARRI L5 C 40 Specifications 48 ...

Page 6: ...tructions and notes to handle the product safe Always follow all safety information for your own protection Please follow the user manual of accessories and third party accessories for the L5 Series such as battery packs and bat tery chargers They contain important safety and security in formation Retain this user manual for further reference and possible new owners of this product ARRI L Series p...

Page 7: ...r attempt to repair any part of the product on your own Maintenance and repair work is only to be carried out by authorized ARRI service centers Do not operate the product if the ambient tempera ture exceeds 45 C 113 F Do not expose the prod uct to rain or moisture Observe all information given in chapter Specifications on page 48 Do not bypass any safety feature of the product Do not open the pro...

Page 8: ...les Do not hang a battery pack on its connection cable to the product CAUTION High voltage Always disconnect the prod uct complete from mains voltage before you connect or disconnect a cable or replace the fuse of the prod uct Always check that the local AC power matches the voltage and frequency range printed on the type label of the product before use Never use the product when the AC power does...

Page 9: ...tton swabs wetted with isopropyl alcohol Keep electric contacts clean and replace corroded parts Legal disclaimer 2014 Arnold Richter Cine Technik GmbH Co Betriebs KG ARRI All rights reserved Information subject to change without notice ARRI and all affiliated companies disclaim liabil ity for any injury damage direct or indirect loss consequential or economic loss or any other loss occasioned by ...

Page 10: ...red by AC power low voltage DC power sources and battery packs Please find more detailed in formation about the use of battery packs in the section Power on page 17 Features Focus Traditional fresnel luminaires are able to spot and flood the beam as needed Whether it is a flood field for a pullback or a tight spot for a bright highlight the continuous focusability of the ARRI L5 performs just as e...

Page 11: ...eme secure locking It eliminates movement and slippage and ensures that the fix tures will stay where you put them DMX control All functions of the ARRI L5 are controllable through DMX The ARRI L5 is also fully RDM compatible and is equipped with a feedback channel for reporting all set parameters including system status Fixture menu For location applications the ARRI L5 is equipped with a fixture...

Page 12: ...Overview 12 Overview Stirrup bracket Spigot Top latch Safety catch Focos knob Latch Stirrup Tilt lock Tilt lock Focs knob Fixture menu Connectors lever ...

Page 13: ...Overview 13 Pan Tilt Focus ...

Page 14: ...htness and heat radiation within very short time To adjust the stirrup You need a Torx20 screw driver a 10 mm allen key and a torque wrench 37 ft lbs to adjust the stirrup On delivery the stirrup is in the basic position tilted back Loosen the Torx20 screws on both sides of the stirrup bracket slightly and pull the stirrup bracket towards the rear of the pro duct Loosen the lever of the tilt lock ...

Page 15: ...ble position Tripods need to be ap proved for the load they need to carry Always observe the additional load of cables and accesso ries ATTENTION Lateral load can cause deformation or breaking of the spigot and the stirrup Please observe the information given in the Safety leaflet ARRI lampheads L5 40731 E which is available for download on our web site www arri com To mount the safety cable at th...

Page 16: ...ert the accessory from the upside into the brackets until the safety catch engages Slightly tilt the safety catch with your finger for support Close the top latch Make sure that the hook of the top latch engages into the holding ring of the accessory DMX RDM interface The product has a DMX RDM interface It has 5 pin XLR con nectors for DMX RDM data input and output Please find more detailed inform...

Page 17: ...an cause eye irritation or injury when not respecting the safety distance IMPORTANT Always connect the ARRI L5 direct to AC power Do not connect it to a dimmer system Doing so will damage the product AC power The products of the ARRI L5 has an auto sensing switch mode power supply that automatically adapts to AC power at 90 264 V 45 65 Hz nom Before you connect the product to AC power or a battery...

Page 18: ...nlock the cable connector Push the connector lock backwards and turn the cable con nector counter clockwise Pull the cable connector out of the power input socket To use a battery pack The ARRI L5 can be powered independently from AC power with a battery pack The battery pack must meet the following requirements The product has a 4 pin XLR male connector for battery power and DMX data input The pi...

Page 19: ...wer at full intensity Use the fol lowing rule of thumb to calculate the likely operating time with a fully charged battery pack at constantly 100 brightness It is not possible to calculate the operating time exactly when brightness changes often The possible operating time is de pendent from age state of charge and type of the battery pack Fixture menu Overview of the fixture menu Features of the ...

Page 20: ...enta saturation or the color saturation SAT only ARRI L5 C in color mode MEMORY 1 and MEMORY 2 7 and 8 Activate or store a memory During operation the mode and recent values are displayed On the first menu level the values for INTENSITY CCT HUE only ARRI L5 C and GN SAT only ARRI L5 C can be re trieved via the up down buttons The menu STATUS confirmed with ENTER calls up the next level which displ...

Page 21: ...in both operating modes continuously with the rotary knob INTENSITY Press the up or down button until INTENSITY is dis played left in the display e g 24 to retrieve the currently set brightness value To set the fan mode Set the fan mode using the fixture menu Press the up or down button until SETUP is displayed left in the display Confirm with the ENTER button Press the up or down button until FAN...

Page 22: ...l LSIG is displayed Confirm with the ENTER button The current setting is displayed The following options are available HOLD The last received DMX values are used until the fixture is switched off or valid DMX data is received again BOUT The fixtures douses to 0 intensity H2MF The last received DMX values are used for 2 minutes After 2 minutes the fixture douses to 0 intensity When valid DMX data i...

Page 23: ...ixture information Operating hours Press the up or down button until STATUS is dis played left in the display Confirm with the ENTER button Press the up or down button until HOUR is displayed Confirm with the ENTER button The current operating hours are displayed e g 501h Press the FUNCT button to leave the menu Version of the DMX protocol To display the version of the DMX protocol Press the up or...

Page 24: ... Press the down button to set the DMX mode The JUMP menu closes 3 sec after the last key press or after pressing the ENTER button Demo mode In demo mode the fixture calls up an endless loop with all fea tures the product supports ARRI L5 TT and ARRI L5 DT Change of the color tempera ture from warm to cold and vice versa Set the intensity with the dimmer knob Set the speed with the CCT knob from 0 ...

Page 25: ...of intensity color temperature green and individual chan nels for controlling the red green blue and white color White Simple white only mode It is used when the number of avail able channels of the DMX controller is very limited It provides control of intensity color temperature and green White HSI Provides control of intensity color temperature green hue and saturation HSI hue saturation intensi...

Page 26: ...ducts individual you need to set up additional DMX data links Tips for reliable data transmission Use shielded twisted pair cable designed for RS 485 devices standard microphone cable cannot transmit control data reli ably over long runs 24 AWG cable is suitable for runs up to 300 meters 1000 ft Heavier gauge cable and or an amplifi er is recommended for longer runs To split the data link use a DM...

Page 27: ... the recent intensity level when turning the dimmer knob in CCT Only in CCT mode Displays the recent color temperature when turning the CCT HUE knob in K HUE Only in HUE mode only ARRI L5 C Displays the recent hue when turning the CCT HUE knob in 0 360 GRN Only in CCT mode Displays the recent green magenta value when turn ing the GRN SAT knob in SAT Only in HUE mode only ARRI L5 C Displays the rec...

Page 28: ...ilable until another function is called up All other modes return to the appropriate mode after 2 sec Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Description STATUS OK Product ready for operation no errors ERROR Error message see Error messages on page 34 SW Firmware version DMX V X X Version of the DMX protocol HOUR XXXX t Hours of operation XX X C Recent temperature of the light engine VBAT XX XV Recent vol...

Page 29: ...he DMX mode LSIG HOLD DMX values are hold when DMX signal is lost BOUT Product douses when DMX signal is lost H2MF Product douses 2 min after DMX signal is lost CHAN 1 512 Mode Set the DMX start address Max start address 512 channels used by the DMX mode chosen FACT NO Do not load the factory defaults YES Load the factory defaults DEMO ON Activate the demo sequence see page 24 OFF De activate the ...

Page 30: ... not standard rdm commands mostly commands from manufacturer Describes the data type and shows if Set or Get or both are sup ported for the listed commands X Device Info Lists RDM protocol version device model ID product category software version ID from Main DMX footprint DMX personality sub device count and sender count X Software Version Label Shows the software version string from main e g Mai...

Page 31: ...5 Tungsten Tuneable X Manufacturer Label Display the company name ARRI Lighting X Boot Software Version ID PrBo SW Version e g 2 03 00 X Boot Software Version Label Shows text from PrBo Bootloader e g PrBo 2 03 00 Jan 16 2012 19 10 26 X DMX Personality DMX mode X X DMX Personality Description Displays a text description of a DMX mode with up to 32 characters shown exactly as in the description in ...

Page 32: ... cold start switch or power up X Reset Device Fixture makes a software reset warm start and carries out a reboot X X Power State Power state of the fixture supported power states POWER_STATE_STANDBY 0x02 POWER_STATE_NORMAL 0xFF POWER_STATE_FULL_OFF 0x00 POWER_STATE_SHUTDOWN 0x01 X X Perform Selftest Supported test modes and demo modes X X Self Test Description Shows a description for each test dem...

Page 33: ... used to show change the fan mode USER_FAN_MODE_LOW 1 USER_FAN_MODE_VARI 2 USER_FAN_MODE_HI45 3 X X RDM Status LED PID 0x8002 Switch on off indication LEDs and LCD back light this message supports Set and Get commands the first data byte is used to switch indication LEDs on and off LEDs and LCD back light on 0 LEDs and LCD back light off 1 X X Supported values from 1 to 1 RDM DMX Signal Lost Mode ...

Page 34: ...E 007 E 009 Invalid values during calculation See E 007 E 010 Fan error The detected fan speed deviates from the pro grammed fan speed or the fan doesn t run at all CAUTION Only a trained service person is allowed to fix this error Set the fan to LOW or HI and see if it starts rotating in order to determine if there is an electrical malfunction All mechanical tests or repairs may only be carried o...

Page 35: ... message is more a notification than an error E 015 LED channel faulty Notice The product can be used on This message is more a notification than an error E 016 Battery voltage protection active The battery input detected an input voltage higher than 44 V E 017 Low battery shut off The output voltage of the battery pack is lower than 23 V Change the battery pack The product will not react to comma...

Page 36: ...d 3308 Mode 1 8 bit resolution per function 8 bit 1 channel per function 16 bit 2 cannels per function Coarse fine 1 2 channels per function DMX mode 1 DMX mode 2 DMX mode 3 Channel Value Percent Function 1 0 255 0 100 Dimmer closed open 2 0 255 0 100 Color temperature CCT 2 600 K 3 600 K 3 0 10 11 20 21 119 120 145 146 244 245 255 0 4 5 8 8 46 47 57 57 96 96 100 GN saturation neutral no effect fu...

Page 37: ...5 HI 0 5 000 5 001 10 000 10 001 29 999 30 000 40 000 40 001 59 999 60 000 65 535 0 7 8 15 16 46 46 61 61 92 92 100 GN saturation neutral no effect full minus green 99 1 neutral no effect 1 99 full plus green 6 LO Channel Value Percent Function 1 0 255 0 100 Dimmer coarse closed open 2 0 255 0 100 Dimmer fine 3 0 255 0 100 Color temperature coarse 2 600 K 3 600 K 4 0 255 0 100 Color temperature fi...

Page 38: ... Mode 1 8 bit resolution per function 8 bit 1 channel per function 16 bit 2 channels per function Coarse fine 2 chan nels per function DMX mode 1 DMX mode 2 DMX mode 3 Channel Value Percent Function 1 0 255 0 100 Dimmer closed open 2 0 255 0 100 Color temperature CCT 5 000 K 6 500 K 3 0 10 11 20 21 119 120 145 146 244 245 255 0 4 5 8 8 46 47 57 57 96 96 100 GN saturation neutral no effect full min...

Page 39: ...O 5 HI 0 5 000 5 001 10 000 10 001 29 999 30 000 40 000 40 001 59 999 60 000 65 535 0 7 8 15 16 46 46 61 61 92 92 100 GN saturation neutral no effect full minus green 99 1 neutral no effect 1 99 full plus green 6 LO Channel Value Percent Function 1 0 255 0 100 Dimmer coarse closed open 2 0 255 0 100 Dimmer fine 3 0 255 0 100 Color temperature coarse 5 000 K 6 500 K 4 0 255 0 100 Color temperature ...

Page 40: ...X mode 7 White DMX mode 12 White DMX mode 3 White HSI DMX mode 8 White HSI DMX mode 13 White HSI DMX mode 4 RGBW DMX mode 9 RGBW DMX mode 14 RGBW DMX mode 5 HSI DMX mode 10 HSI DMX mode 15 HSI Channel Value Percent Function 1 0 255 0 100 Dimmer closed open 2 0 255 0 100 Color temperature CCT 2 800 K 10 000 K 3 0 10 11 20 21 119 120 145 146 244 245 255 0 4 5 8 8 46 47 57 57 96 96 100 GN saturation ...

Page 41: ... 100 GN saturation neutral no effect full minus green 99 1 neutral no effect 1 99 full plus green Channel Value Percent Function 1 0 255 0 100 Dimmer closed open 2 0 255 0 100 Color temperature CCT 2 800 K 10 000 K 3 0 10 11 20 21 119 120 145 146 244 245 255 0 4 5 8 8 46 47 57 57 96 96 100 GN saturation neutral no effect full minus green 99 1 neutral no effect 1 99 full plus green 4 0 255 0 100 Xf...

Page 42: ...ed open 2 0 255 0 100 Hue 0 360 3 0 255 0 100 Saturation 0 full saturated Channel Value Percent Function 1 HI 0 65535 0 100 Dimmer closed open 2 LO 5 HI 0 5 000 5 001 10 000 10 001 29 999 30 000 40 000 40 001 59 999 60 000 65 535 0 7 8 15 16 46 46 61 61 92 92 100 GN saturation neutral no effect full minus green 99 1 neutral no effect 1 99 full plus green 6 LO 7 HI 0 65 535 0 100 Xfade to color Whi...

Page 43: ...tral no effect full minus green 99 1 neutral no effect 1 99 full plus green 6 LO Channel Value Percent Function 1 HI 0 65535 0 100 Dimmer closed open 2 LO 7 HI 0 65 535 0 100 Color temperature 2 800 K 10 000 K 8 LO 5 HI 0 5 000 5 001 10 000 10 001 29 999 30 000 40 000 40 001 59 999 60 000 65 535 0 7 8 15 16 46 46 61 61 92 92 100 GN saturation neutral no effect full minus green 99 1 neutral no effe...

Page 44: ...osed open 2 LO 3 HI 0 65 535 0 100 Intensity red 0 100 4 LO 5 HI 0 65 535 0 100 Intensity green 0 100 6 LO 7 HI 0 65 535 0 100 Intensity blue 0 100 8 LO 9 HI 0 65 535 0 100 Intensity white 0 100 10 LO Channel Value Percent Function 1 HI 0 65535 0 100 Dimmer closed open 2 LO 3 HI 0 65 535 0 100 Hue 0 360 4 LO 5 HI 0 65 535 0 100 Saturation 0 full saturated 6 LO ...

Page 45: ... to color White RGBW color 7 0 255 0 100 Intensity red coarse 0 100 8 0 255 0 100 Red fine 9 0 255 0 100 Intensity green coarse 0 100 10 0 255 0 100 Green fine 11 0 255 0 100 Intensity blue coarse 0 100 12 0 255 0 100 Blue fine 13 0 255 0 100 Intensity white coarse 0 100 14 0 255 0 100 White fine Channel Value Percent Function 1 0 255 0 100 Dimmer coarse closed open 2 0 255 0 100 Dimmer fine 3 0 2...

Page 46: ...ect full minus green 99 1 neutral no effect 1 99 full plus green 6 0 255 0 100 Xfade to color White RGBW color 7 0 255 0 100 Hue coarse 0 360 8 0 255 0 100 Hue fine 9 0 255 0 100 Saturation coarse 0 full saturated 10 0 255 0 100 Saturation fine Channel Value Percent Function 1 0 255 0 100 Dimmer coarse closed open 2 0 255 0 100 Dimmer fine 3 0 255 0 100 Intensity red coarse 0 100 4 0 255 0 100 Red...

Page 47: ... 6 500 K L5 C CCTmin 2 800 K CCTmax 10 000 K Channel Value Percent Function 1 0 255 0 100 Dimmer coarse closed open 2 0 255 0 100 Dimmer fine 3 0 255 0 100 Hue coarse 0 360 4 0 255 0 100 Hue fine 5 0 255 0 100 Saturation coarse 0 full saturated 6 0 255 0 100 Saturation fine CCT Value DMX Value 8 bit DMX Value 16 bit L5 TT L5 DT L5 C L5 TT L5 DT L5 C 3 200 K 153 14 39 321 3 670 5 600 K 102 99 26 21...

Page 48: ...e Fresnel focussable Lens diameter 137 mm 5 Half peak angle 15 50 Dynamic functions Dimmer electronic 0 100 Color mixing RGBW color mixing Hue and saturation only ARRI L5 C Control and Programming DMX channels 1 16 channels depending on type and mode Setting and addressing Fixture menu and RDM DMX compliance ESTA DMX 512A RDM compliance ESTA DMX 512A Firmware update USB interface and LS manager Co...

Page 49: ... 17 EN IEC 60598 1 EN IEC 62471 EN IEC 62493 EU EMC EN 55015 EN IEC 61000 3 2 EN IEC 61000 3 3 EN IEC 61547 CISPR 15 US safety UL1573 US EMC FCC CFR 47 Part 2 FCC CFR 47 Part 15 Canada safety CAN CSA C22 2 No 166 CAN CSA C22 2 No 9 0 CAN CSA C22 2 N0 9 0S1 Canada EMC ICES 003 Included items Short 28 mm spigot with 16 mm hole and short fixing screw set L2 40701 2 Short instructions L5 0001304 Power...

Page 50: ... bare end L0 0001992 Specification subject to change without notice For the latest product specification including photometric data see www arri com In case of technical problems please visit us at www arri com to find the next ARRI service center www arri com FCC This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules These ...

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