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Introduction 

Thank you for choosing 

Elektralite’s MY 250

 fixture. 

Please read the User Manual carefully and keep it in a safe place after reading it. 

MY 250

 is very easy to install and use once you have read the manual. Failure to do so could result in damage 

to the fixture, which will not be covered under warranty so please take the time to read it.

 

 

When you unpack 

MY 250

 you should find inside the box: the fixture, a 120 volt power cable, a 3 pin DMX 

signal cable, a safety cable and of course this CD. Please check carefully that there is no damage caused by 
transportation. Should there be any, consult your dealer immediately and 

don’t

 install it.   

Features 

 

Pan 630° / Tilt 265° with 16-bit resolution. 

 

Speed control channel for Pan and Tilt. 

 

Electronic focus. 

 

8 colors plus white and rainbow effect 

 

6 rotating gobos plus open white. 

 

7 fixed gobos plus open. 

 

Gobo shake and gobo indexing. 

 

3 facet rotating prism with 16 in-built macro effects. 

 

Strobe : with a frequency of 0~15 flashes per second with random function. 

 

Dimmer 0 to 100%. 

 

Automatic programs : 8 pre-built programs can be selected. 

 

Display : digital address and function setting (also the display can be inverted if 
fixture is hung upside down). 

 

Local or remote resetting 

 

Lamp switch ON/OFF locally 

 

Auto test for all functions 

 

Value of each DMX-channel can be displayed 

 

Saved Program : 

You can edit and save a program internally in the fixture by using either the 

display panel of the fixture or using an external controller (your

 

Elektralite CP10xt or CP20xt

). 

You 

can save a maximum of 48 scenes. You can then run this saved program by using the “run” feature 
from the menu on the display panel 

 

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 

A Word of Caution. 

Please remember you will be working with 120 volts and you can suffer electric shock from any exposed lives 
wires. So please be careful at all times and behave wisely. 
Now you’re 

MY 250

 

left

 

Elektralite’s

 

factory in perfect condition. In order to maintain this condition and to 

ensure a safe operation, it is absolutely essential that the installer and user follow the safety instructions and 
warning notes written in this user manual. Remember any damage caused by disregarding the manual or not 
reading it, will not be covered by warranty and 

Elektralite

 (or any of its dealers) will not accept responsibility for 

any resulting damage or problems.

 

 

If 

MY 250

 has been exposed to large environmental temperature changes in transit please do not switch it on 

immediately it is unpacked. There maybe internal condensation. So leave 

MY 250

 off until it has reached the 

running temperature of the venue.   

 

Elektralite’s MY 250 

needs to be grounded. Do 

NOT

 cut the ground pin or try to use two-core cable to connect 

it to a 120-volt receptacle. 

To be safe and to work properly you must have this fixture grounded. 

 

A qualified electrician must do any electrical work. 

 

Summary of Contents for MY 250

Page 1: ...MY 250 USER MANUAL V1 12 Elektralite is a division of Group One 70 Sea Lane Farmingdale NY 11735 USA Tel 1 516 249 3662 Fax 1 516 249 8870 WWW MYELEKTRALITE COM...

Page 2: ...ed Saved Program You can edit and save a program internally in the fixture by using either the display panel of the fixture or using an external controller your Elektralite CP10xt or CP20xt You can sa...

Page 3: ...up The lamp produces a considerable amount of heat and as a result the housing does get hot You can be burnt if you touch it Never look directly into the lamp source Sensitive person could suffer an e...

Page 4: ...h In engineering drawings 10mm is also written or described as M10 1 5mm is the distance between each thread or turn of the screw Engineering drawings refer to this as the pitch of the screw Now in pl...

Page 5: ...xplode Only turn on the fixture with the lamp securely inside the fixture and the cover plate screwed on B Mounting MY 250 Method 1 Installation using a C clamp The installation must always be secured...

Page 6: ...y 0 4 of an inch In engineering drawings 10mm is also written or described as M10 1 5mm is the distance between each thread or turn of the screw Engineering drawings refer to this as the pitch of the...

Page 7: ...Y 250 and remember don t clamp the safety to the same half cheeseboros or C clamp That defeats the reason for a safety cable namely a SEPARATE backup to the primary hanging mechanism DMX 512 control c...

Page 8: ...connector at the very end of the DMX cable run In other words at the last MY 250 It maybe the case that you will need to connect a 5 pin XLR to the 3 pin XLR In a normal DMX wiring configuration the...

Page 9: ...if we start with the first MY 250 its first channel is 1 So we refer to it as having a starter address of 1 The second MY 250 will then have its first channel or starter address at channel 17 The thir...

Page 10: ...Program Run in Stand Alone AUTO MAST AU M Automatic Program Run as Master ALON SO A Sound controlled Program Run in Stand Alone RUN SOUN MAST SO M Sound controlled Program Run as Master VALU D 00 D 3...

Page 11: ...EXIT DN to return to main menu Slave setting This function turns MY 250 into a slave 1 Select SLAV by pressing UP button 2 Press ENTER the display shows ON or OFF 3 Press UP to select ON to enable thi...

Page 12: ...nnel If you select D 14 the display will only show the DMX value of the 14th channel 4 Press ENTER to confirm 5 The display shows D XX X stands for the DMX value of the selected channel 6 Press ENTER...

Page 13: ...o select ON if you wish to enable this function or OFF if you don t 4 Press ENTER to confirm 5 Press EXIT DN to return to the main menu Delay lamp on This function delays the lamp ignition 1 Select DE...

Page 14: ...tion or OFF if you don t 4 Press ENTER or EXIT DN to exit Restore factory settings This function restores the factory settings of the device All settings will be reset to the default values shaded Any...

Page 15: ...e main menu display flashing 2 Press UP to select TIME Fixture running time This function displays the running time of MY 250 1 Select MATI by pressing UP button 2 Press ENTER the display shows XXXX X...

Page 16: ...C 01 it means you are editing channel 1 of the selected scene 5 Select the channel number you would like to edit by pressing UP 6 Press ENTER to enter editing for the selected channel the fixture rea...

Page 17: ...splay shows OFF 6 Press UP the display shows ON 7 Press ENTER the display shows SC02 You successfully downloaded the first scene 8 Adjust the Step time as described above under point 12 9 Call up the...

Page 18: ...cle gobo shake CHANNEL 5 pan movement max 630 CHANNEL 6 tilt movement max 265 CHANNEL 7 speed pan tilt movement blackout selection CHANNEL 8 select prism or normal lens prism rotation and speed Also 1...

Page 19: ...rotation 194 255 Backwards rainbow effect from slow to fast Channel 2 Rotating gobos 0 9 Open 10 19 Rot gobo 1 20 29 Rot gobo 2 30 39 Rot gobo 3 40 49 Rot gobo 4 50 59 Rot gobo 5 60 69 Rot gobo 6 70...

Page 20: ...2 127 Gobo 1 shake slow to fast 128 143 Gobo 2 shake slow to fast 144 159 Gobo 3 shake slow to fast 160 175 Gobo 4 shake slow to fast 176 191 Gobo 5 shake slow to fast 192 207 Gobo 6 shake slow to fas...

Page 21: ...07 Macro 10 208 215 Macro 11 216 223 Macro 12 224 231 Macro 13 232 239 Macro 14 240 247 Macro 15 248 255 Macro 16 Channel 9 Focus 0 255 Continuous adjustment from far to near Channel 10 Shutter strobe...

Page 22: ...missing or the stepper motor is defective or it could be the drive circuit on the main circuit board Normally after a reset the color wheel will go to its default position 02Er Rotating gobo wheel er...

Page 23: ...stick or squeak 3 Regularly look for wear and tear on the 120 volt input cable and the DMX signal cable 4 Clean MY 250 at frequent intervals Use a moist lint free cloth Do not use a wet cloth or a cl...

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