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Introduction 

Thank you for selecting City Theatrical’s Three Channel Dimmer

.

Every effort has been made to anticipate your questions in this manual, but if you have 
any questions that are not answered here, or you want to discuss a special application, 
please feel free to contact us directly at City Theatrical.  

QolorFLEX 3x10A

 Dimmers 

are fully RDM/DMX compliant wired devices and may also be used in conventional 
wired DMX or RDM/DMX systems.

 

The 

QolorFLEX 3x10A

 Dimmer serves as a versatile lighting control module, providing 

three channels of 9-

24

VDC incandescent ISL and Linear dimming, Non Dim control, 

and RGB LED control in a single feature-packed unit. 

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Figure 1, 

QolorFLEX 3x10A

 Dimmer Front Panel 

The 

QolorFLEX 3x10A

 Dimmer User Interface 

Press the Enter (center) Button to access the menus, and press the UP or Down Buttons 
to move through the menus. When you reach a menu that you want to work in, press 
Enter to select that menu and then use the UP or Down Buttons to move through that 
menu’s options. To scroll through a menu’s selection options hold the Up or Down 
button. 

When you reach an option that you want to modify, press enter to select it.  A blinking 
cursor in the option line will appear.  Use the UP and Down arrows to move through the 
available options and use the Enter Button to select the option you want. If you have 
selected a menu option to edit but don’t actually want to edit it, press and hold the Back 
Button for 

one

 second to escape the edit command. 

Once you have made the choices you want, simply press the back button to back out of 
the menu level.  Continue to press the back button to move back to the Main Menu. If 
you want to back out of a particular selection at any time, press the Back Button.   

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Summary of Contents for QolorFLEX 3x10A

Page 1: ...QolorFLEX 3x10A Dimmer 5620 User s Manual Rev 5 2017 City Theatrical Inc ...

Page 2: ... QolorFLEX 3x10A Dimmer 5 Controls Connections and Features 5 Front Panel 5 Back Panel 5 Menu System 6 Menu 7 Addressing 7 Level Tests 7 Curve Selection 7 RDM Basics 7 Figures Figure 1 QolorFLEX 3x10A Dimmer Front Panel 4 Figure 2 QolorFLEX 3x10A Dimmer Channel Dimmer 5 Figure 3 QolorFLEX 3x10A Dimmer Menus 6 Page 2 ...

Page 3: ...The QolorFLEX 3x10A Dimmer is intended for use only by qualified professionals Connection installation and hanging of this equipment must be performed in accordance with all pertinent local regional and national safety codes and regulations QolorFLEX 3x10A Dimmer equipment is intended for indoor use only unless specified for outdoor use Keep the equipment dry Do not operate the equipment if it get...

Page 4: ...erface Press the Enter center Button to access the menus and press the UP or Down Buttons to move through the menus When you reach a menu that you want to work in press Enter to select that menu and then use the UP or Down Buttons to move through that menu s options To scroll through a menu s selection options hold the Up or Down button When you reach an option that you want to modify press enter ...

Page 5: ...ixteen character display shows all of the Menu titles command options configuration data and other text and graphic data The backlight turns on whenever a button is pushed and turns off automatically after a preset time out The backlight off time out is adjustable via the Misc Control Button Pad This five button pad is the main control interface for the QolorFLEX 3x10A Dimmer The button functions ...

Page 6: ... Pass Thru Output When the Transmitter is connected to a conventional DMX controller this connector serves as a DMX pass thru DMX Termination Switch The QolorFLEX 3x10A Dimmer DMX Input is provided with a conventional manual termination switch Switch the handle to ON for end of line DMX Termination The Start Up display reports DMX connection status DMX OK or DMX No Data Press the center ENTER butt...

Page 7: ...work When RDM control activity is needed the controller will issue a special RDM data command to alert any connected RDM devices and then may issue any of a variety of other RDM commands to trigger actions or responses in the connected responders dimmers fog machines whatever As mentioned above the RDM data is mixed in with conventional DMX data and in theory should be invisible to conventional DM...

Page 8: ...ears the DMX512 Standard has required DMX devices to not respond incorrectly to data packets with alternate non 0 start codes there are units out there that completely disregard the start code which means they will do some strange things when presented with RDM data For these reasons we recommended that RDM users test their system well in advance of show time to identify any non compliant DMX devi...

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