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4-5a

BIT or 16

BIT

Press

Menu

Addr

(Address)

Addr

will appear on the display.

Press

rES

(Resolution)

Advance to

rES

rES.

Press

Enter

16bt

(16 Bit)

16bt

will appear on the display.

Press

Enter

8bt

(8 Bit)

Enter

key will allow the operator to

toggle between

16bt

and

8bt

Whichever option is last on the

display will be automatically
selected by pressing

Menu

as the next step.

Press

Menu

Return to upper level and menu.

4-5b

DMX

SMOOTHING VALUES

· DMX Smoothing value #1:

Strand and ETC consoles

· DMX Smoothing value #2:

Horizon

Press

Menu

Addr

(Address)

Addr

will appear on the display.

Press

rES

(Resolution)

Advance to

rES

Press

Enter

16bt

8bt

will appear on the

display.

Press

SEt1

(Smooth Setting 1)

Advance to

SEt1

Press

Enter

SEt2

(Smooth Setting 2)

Enter

key will allow the operator to

toggle between

SEt1

and

SEt2

. Whichever option is last

on the display will be

automatically selected by
pressing

Menu

as the next

step.

Press

Menu

Return to upper level and menu.

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Summary of Contents for AUTOYOKE

Page 1: ...ecuring the counterweight system 3 8 Hanging the AutoYoke 3 9 Power cable 3 10 Data cable SECTION 4 USER INTERFACE 4 1 Menu system 4 2 Address 4 3 Calibrate 4 3a Calibrate All 4 3b Calibrate a single attribute 4 3c AutoCalibrate 4 4 Invert 4 5 Resolution 4 5a 8 bit or 16 bit 4 5b DMX Smoothing values 4 6 Pan Tilt Iris and Focus Limits 4 7 Software release 4 8 LED Display 4 8a Timeout 4 8b Brightne...

Page 2: ...ity settings 5 5 Control channel 5 6 Encoders SECTION 6 BEAM SIZE AND COLOR CONTROL DMX Iris AutoFocus Scrollers SECTION 7 MAINTENANCE Software revisions Spare parts Lighting fixture SECTION 8 WARRANTY Limited Warranty Procedure p 28 p 28 p 29 p 29 p 30 p 30 p 31 p 31 p 31 p 32 p 32 p 32 p 32 p 32 ...

Page 3: ... Four 40 lbs 18 kg 1 Note AutoYoke is shown with ETC Source Four and Light Source Mega Claw clamps s t Menu Enter A U T O Y O K E CITY THEATRICAL I N C 10 5 3 8 9 1 8 Lens tube in 11 1 4 Lens tube out 10 1 2 21 1 2 20 7 8 22 25 24 1 8 29 1 4 Lens tube in 31 3 8 Lens tube out 32 1 4 Lens tube in 34 3 8 Lens tube out ...

Page 4: ...z Rated current 1 3A 1 4 PROTOCOL USITT DMX512 Start code 00h Maximum load 32 fixtures per DMX link See Section 3 9 Data Cable Maximum length of DMX link 2000 See Section 3 9 Data Cable Required control channels 7 16 bit or 5 8 bit See Section 3 9 Data Cable Termination 120Ω See Section 3 9 Data Cable 1 5 MOTORS High torque stepper motor half stack Rated voltage DC 8 7 Step angle degrees 1 8 2 ...

Page 5: ...proper operation of the AutoYoke Attempting to operate the AutoYoke while the lighting fixture is out of balance presents a significant risk of inaccuracy increased motor noise and component failure See Section 3 7 Securing the Counterweight System for complete information Never lift the AutoYoke by the lighting fixture Always lift and carry the AutoYoke by its two handles located on the sides of ...

Page 6: ... and undamaged The shipping container will contain the following items 1 AutoYoke w User s Manual 1 counterweight halo 10 counterweight rings 8 lead 2 steel 2 lighting fixture mounting screws 5 16 18 x 1 2 flanged button head screws 2 Counterweight halo mounting screws 1 4 20 3 4 socket head cap screws 3 Counterweight ring mounting screws 1 4 20 1 socket head cap screws 3 Counterweight ring mounti...

Page 7: ...FOR PROPER MOUNTING TO THE AUTOYOKE CONTACT CITY THEATRICAL INC FOR A MODIFICATION KIT 1 Remove all accessories from the lighting fixture scroller gel frame top hat etc 2 On the lighting fixture remove the yoke by removing the yoke locking knob and the two hex bolts that are on either side of the lighting fixture 5 yoke hex bolt yoke locking knob beam focus knob lens tube front barrel assembly bar...

Page 8: ...further details f Rejoin the top and bottom barrel casting Starting at the holes closest to the shutters use the four pan head screws and Ny lok nuts to fasten the front barrel casting halves together Hold the Ny lok nuts tight against the casting while tightening the screws Torque the screws to 25 inch pounds From Source Four Parts and Assembly Instructions published by ETC g Insert the four shut...

Page 9: ... lighting fixture and the AutoYoke cradle GENTLY maneuver the lighting fixture into the cradle When the lighting fixture is in the correct position the holes on the sides of the lighting fixture from which you removed the hex bolts will line up with the matching holes on the cradle Example 3 Note If the lighting fixture will be permanently installed in the AutoYoke City Theatrical Inc suggests cut...

Page 10: ...otate the lighting fixture and cradle 90 degrees so you have access to the bottom of the cradle Use the retainer bolt that you originally removed to secure the lighting fixture into the bottom of the cradle through the hole in the cradle Example 5 CITY THEATRICAL I N C s A U T O Y O K E t Enter Menu 8 EXAMPLE 4 EXAMPLE 5 ...

Page 11: ...G FIXTURE POWER CONNECTOR ON THE AUTOYOKE When AutoYoke is ordered without a lighting fixture power connector standard factory configuration is three pin stage connector use the following instructions to install the connector 1 Strip cable jacket back 1 1 4 2 Strip 1 2 of insulation from end of each connector 3 Attach conductors to pins per connector manufacturers instructions The body of the conn...

Page 12: ... the scroller into the lighting fixture gel frame holder 2 Plug a 15 4 Pin XLR cable into the scroller and into the cradle connector box on the AutoYoke See Example 7 for front view of cradle connector box Note City Theatrical does not recommend using a cable that is longer than 15 Using a scroller cable that is longer than 15 runs the significant risk of interfering with the AutoYoke s range of m...

Page 13: ...while focusing the lighting fixture if the lens tube is forced all the way in Damage can also occur if the AutoYoke is shipped with a loose lens tube allowing the tube to slam into the AutoIris 1 Remove iris slot cover from lighting fixture and keep the screws 2 Rotate iris slot cover 180 degrees and hold in place 3 Insert the AutoIris into the drop in iris slot on the lighting fixture 4 Replace s...

Page 14: ... this with the scroller attached and the lead screw positioned either all the way out or all the way in If the lead screw is not at the exact center of the motor opening loosen the two jam nuts Then tighten or loosen the rear guide bolt so that the lead screw is centered in the motor opening Once positioned correctly use one crescent wrench to hold the rear guide bolt in place and use the other on...

Page 15: ...gel clip which is tapped into the lens tube or may be also have a nut in some versions Look at the inside front of the lens One side of the lens tube has three lens holders and the other side has two Lay the side of the lens with the three lens holders down on the bench and carefully separate the two halves of the lens leaving the side with the three lens holders on the bench For European lenses w...

Page 16: ... screws 1 4 20 x 2 socket head screws to secure the rings into place Note If you are operating the AutoYoke with a Chroma Q scroller you may not need to add the lead counterweight rings TIGHTEN ALL HARDWARE 4 The lighting fixture will be in balance when it freely drifts to a horizontal position perpendicular to the AutoYoke Operating the AutoYoke with the lighting fixture out of balance will resul...

Page 17: ... tube and scroller 3 Fasten a safety cable through one of the handles of the AutoYoke and secure it to the hanging position 3 10 POWER CABLE AutoYoke The cable with the three pin Edison connector supplies power to the AutoYoke Plug to a NON DIM power supply that is configured for a switchable PSU or a hot circuit that does not pass through a dimmer rack Lamp The cable with the three pin stage or t...

Page 18: ...n Select DMX smoothing value Set Pan Tilt Iris and Focus Limits Display software version Invert display Change LED display properties Restore Factory Defaults Display Error messages Throughout this manual the following conventions will be used to explain menu navigation Menu The Menu button allows you to enter the menu item or return to the upper level menu items Enter The Enter button allows you ...

Page 19: ... Xtrol DMX CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS 16 bit 8 bit 1 Pan Course 1 Pan 2 Pan Fine 2 Tilt 3 Tilt Course 3 Iris occupied if not used 4 Tilt Fine 4 Focus occupied if not used 5 Iris occupied if not used 5 Control Channel 6 Focus occupied if not used Address scroller independently 7 Control Channel Address scroller independently 1 Turn on the AutoYoke Pan Tilt Iris and Focus will AutoCalibrate as the word Go ...

Page 20: ...e Pan and Tilt Tilt always Calibrates with Pan CALt CALt Calibrate Tilt CALI CALI Calibrate Iris CALF CALF Calibrate Focus ACP ACP AutoCalibrate Pan and Tilt at power up ACt ACt AutoCalibrate Tilt at power up ACI ACI AutoCalibrate Iris at power up ACF ACF AutoCalibrate Focus at power up The default Calibrate setting is AutoCalibrate Pan Tilt Iris and Focus at power up You may choose to turn off th...

Page 21: ... ALL will appear on the display 4 Press st ACAL ACAL AutoCalibrate Advance to ACAL ACAL 5 Press Enter ACPY ACPY AutoCalibrate Pan Yes ACPY ACPY will appear on the display 6 Press Enter ACPn ACPn AutoCalibrate Pan no Enter key will allow the operator to toggle between ACPY ACPY and ACPn ACPn Whichever option is last on the display will be automatically selected by pressing st or Menu as the next st...

Page 22: ...fault Pan direction is CLOCKWISE from 0 to 100 when the AutoYoke is hanging Power Supply up facing the Front Panel standing below the AutoYoke Inverting Pan will make the travel direction COUNTERCLOCKWISE from 0 to 100 Default Tilt is at 0 when the gel frame holder side front of the lighting fixture is tilted towards the rear of the power supply the rear of the power supply is the long side withou...

Page 23: ...l allow the operator to toggle between InIn InIn and InIY InIY Whichever option is last on the display will be automatically selected by pressing st or Menu as the next step To not invert Iris at power up be sure that InIn InIn is the last option on the display 9 Press st InFn InFn Invert Focus No Advance to InFn InFn 10 Press Enter InFY InFY Invert Focus Yes Enter key will allow the operator to t...

Page 24: ... to upper level and menu 4 5b DMX SMOOTHING VALUES DMX Smoothing value 1 Strand and ETC consoles DMX Smoothing value 2 Horizon 1 Press Menu Addr Addr Address Addr Addr will appear on the display 2 Press st rES rES Resolution Advance to rES rES 3 Press Enter 16bt 16bt or 8bt 8bt will appear on the display 4 Press st SEt1 SEt1 Smooth Setting 1 Advance to SEt1 SEt1 5 Press Enter SEt2 SEt2 Smooth Sett...

Page 25: ...6 Press Enter LPL LPL Lower Pan Limit LPL LPL will appear on the display 7 Press st UPL UPL Upper Pan Limit Advance to UPL UPL 8 Press Enter The current Upper Pan limit will appear on the display and the AutoYoke will move to the currently selected limit 9 Press st 0 9999 0 9999 Select Upper Pan Limit from 0 9999 0 9999 10 Press Enter UPL UPL Upper Pan Limit UPL UPL will appear on the display 11 P...

Page 26: ...urrently selected limit 29 Press st 0 9999 0 9999 Select Lower Focus Limit from 0 9999 0 9999 30 Press Enter LFL LFL Lower Focus Limit LFL LFL will appear on the display 31 Press st UFL UFL Upper Focus Limit Advance to UFL UFL 32 Press Enter The current Upper Focus Limit will appear on the display and the AutoYoke will move to the currently selected limit 33 Press st 0 9999 0 9999 Select Upper Foc...

Page 27: ...t Focus range press st instead 13 Press st ALL ALL Advance to ALL ALL 14 Press Enter This will restore full range of travel on all attributes To maintain the current range press Menu as in the next step instead 15 Press Menu Return to upper level and menu 4 7 rEL rEL SOFTWARE RELEASE To view the release of software that your AutoYoke is operating with 1 Press Menu Addr Addr Address Addr Addr will ...

Page 28: ...l appear on the display 2 Press st dISP dISP Display Advance to dISP dISP 3 Press Enter tout tout Timeout tout tout will appear on the display 4 Press st brt brt Brightness Advance to brt brt 5 Press Enter Previous brightness value will appear on display 6 Press st 0 99 0 99 Select a brightness value from 0 99 0 99 CAUTION A setting of 0 0 will dim the display to blank 7 Press Enter This will stor...

Page 29: ...llegal values 401 Stack Overflow Unit needs to be reset 501 NVRAM Failure 900 Unknown Interrupt To view Error Messages Error Messages will appear in numerical order not in chronological order 1 Press Menu Addr Addr Address Addr Addr will appear on the display 2 Press st ErrS ErrS Errors Advance to ErrS ErrS 3 Press Enter Error number will appear on the display 4 Press Enter Number of times error h...

Page 30: ...perating in 8 bit When using a Coloram II scroller the address at the head is inconsequential but the scroller will always occupy the 8th channel in the sequence in 16 bit and the 6th channel in the sequence in 8 bit All other specified scrollers can be set at a user selected DMX address as long as it is not occupied by an AutoYoke attribute 5 2 PAN AND TILT Pan 360 Tilt 270 To optimize smooth Pan...

Page 31: ...ction Tube out 0 Tube in 100 Pan Tilt Iris and Focus have a full range of travel LED timeout system is engaged LED brightness is at 68 Refer to Section 4 9 Restoring Factory Defaults for further instructions 5 4 PERSONALITY SETTINGS AND MAINTENANCE LIGHT CUES The AutoYoke will be controlled differently on different consoles Refer to the console manufacturer for instructions on writing a personalit...

Page 32: ...et Tilt Low Limit 75 Set Tilt High Limit 75 Set Tilt High Limit 75 Set Tilt High Limit 80 Set Iris Low Limit 80 Set Iris Low Limit 80 Set Iris Low Limit 85 Set Iris High Limit 85 Set Iris High Limit 85 Set Iris High Limit 90 Set Focus Low Limit 90 Set Focus Low Limit 90 Set Focus Low Limit 95 Set Focus High Limit 95 Set Focus High Limit 95 Set Focus High Limit 100 unused 100 unused 100 unused NOTE...

Page 33: ... the lighting fixture It changes the beam edge from soft to sharp Refer to Section 3 6 for further instructions Scrollers THE AUTOYOKE SUPPORTS WYBRON FORERUNNER CXI COLORAM II RAINBOW PRO SERIES AND CHROMA Q BROADWAY COLOR SCROLLERS ONLY Other Manufacturers scrollers are NOT electrically compatible Always consult the color scroller manufacturer s signal cable requirements before connecting a scro...

Page 34: ...ical Inc Any lighting fixtures or devices that are connected with the AutoYoke other than those clearly authorized by City Theatrical Inc will void the AutoYoke warranty City Theatrical Inc will not be responsible for any authorized lighting fixtures or devices that are incorrectly connected to the AutoYoke Procedure Contact City Theatrical Inc to obtain a Return to Manufacturer Authorization numb...

Page 35: ...e set for 16bit Is the scroller securely attached to the gel frame holder AutoYokes are moving at random Is the DMX chain too long Is the last AutoYoke on the chain terminated Is the control channel on the console Zero Has the control channel set limits in error If so reset dflts AutoYoke Pan or tilt Axis fails when the AutoYoke moves quickly Is the AutoYoke in balance Is there something obstructi...

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