Harman Martin Atomic 3000 LED, User Manual

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Operation and effects 21
Operation and effects
Warning! Read “Safety Information” starting on page 3 before installing, powering, operating or
servicing the Atomic 3000 LED.
The Atomic 3000 LED can be controlled using a DMX control device. See “DMX protocol” on page 27 for a
full list of the channels and values required to control the different effects via DMX.
The fixture has two LED arrays:
• The Beam is a high-intensity array that gives powerful strobe and blinder effects
• The Aura gives RGB effects that light up the front of the fixture to complement or contrast with the output
from the Beam.
Strobe effects
The Atomic 3000 LED offers strobe effects from the Beam with variable flash rate, flash duration and
intensity. It also offers the following pre-programmed effects:
• Ramp up/down intensity modulation effects
• Random flashes
• Lightning – simulates the instantly recognizable ‘dirty’ flash of a lightning strike
• Spikes – low-intensity light output with high-intensity flashes.
Blinder effects
To obtain a continuous blinder effect, set flash duration to a long value and flash rate to a high frequency
value so that flashes ‘overlap’ and merge into continuous light output.
Aura RGB Color
Extended DMX mode gives control of the Aura. You can set Aura color with independent RGB control and
you can also control overall Aura intensity.
The four different dimming curve options available in the fixture’s control menus apply to both the Beam and
the Aura dimming curves.
Pre-programmed FX
Extended DMX mode gives access to a library of pre-programmed effects. These effects are simply called
FX in this manual and in the fixture menus.
See “FX: pre-programmed effects” on page 31 for an overview of the FX available. The Atomic 3000 LED
Product Support / Tech Docs page on www.martin.com features a downloadable detailed description of the
parameters adjusted and algorithms applied in the different FX.
You can select effects using the FX select DMX channel. You can modify speed (and sometimes other
parameters depending on the FX selected) using the FX adjust channel. In many FX, you can also use the
other DMX channels as input to generate further modification.
FX priority and overriding
If an FX is activated, it overrides any other settings for the parameters that the FX modifies. For example, an
FX that modifies the flash rate will override the rate set on the flash rate channel.
FX sync
If two or more fixtures are set to display the same FX (and if the FX consists of a repeating cycle), its start
point and duration can be synchronized in multiple fixtures by sending commands on the
FX sync channel.
For synchronization to work, you must send the commands to all the fixtures at the same time.