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Table of contents

Safety information ................................................................................ 4

Introduction......................................................................................... 10

Before using the product for the first time .................................. 10

Fixture overview ................................................................................. 11

Physical installation ............................................................................ 12

Fastening the fixture to a flat surface ......................................... 12

Mounting the fixture on a truss ................................................... 12

AC power ........................................................................................... 15

Linking fixtures to power in a chain ............................................ 15

Connecting to data ............................................................................. 17

Connecting the DMX data link.................................................... 17

Fixture setup ....................................................................................... 18

Using the control menus ............................................................ 18

DMX address setting .................................................................. 19

Pan/tilt inversion ......................................................................... 19

Pan/tilt speed ............................................................................. 20

Raw, extended and calibrated modes ........................................ 20

Tungsten emulation mode ......................................................... 20

Dimming curves ......................................................................... 21

Dimming speed and smoothness ............................................... 21

Blackout or Hold if DMX signal stops ......................................... 21

Cooling mode ............................................................................. 22

Display rotation .......................................................................... 22

Display intensity ......................................................................... 23

Temperature units ...................................................................... 23

Resetting to factory defaults ...................................................... 23

Fixture test ................................................................................. 23

Fixture information ..................................................................... 24

DMX Live ................................................................................... 25

Resetting the fixture ................................................................... 25

Manual control ........................................................................... 26

Disabling pan and tilt feedback .................................................. 26

Control / Settings DMX channel ................................................. 26

Effects ................................................................................................ 28

RDM ................................................................................................... 30

Maintenance ....................................................................................... 32

Cleaning ..................................................................................... 32

Uploading new firmware ............................................................ 33

Service and repairs .................................................................... 35

DMX protocol ...................................................................................... 36

Control menus .................................................................................... 40

Troubleshooting .................................................................................. 45

Dimensions......................................................................................... 46

Specifications ..................................................................................... 47

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Page 1: ...ERA 150 Wash User Guide ...

Page 2: ...nsequential or economic loss or any other loss occasioned by the use of inability to use or reliance on the information contained in this document Martin is a registered trademark of HARMAN PROFESSIONAL DENMARK ApS registered in the United States and or other countries HARMAN PROFESSIONAL DENMARK ApS Olof Palmes Allé 44 8200 Aarhus N Denmark HARMAN PROFESSIONAL SOLUTIONS U S 8500 Balboa Blvd North...

Page 3: ...Pan tilt speed 20 Raw extended and calibrated modes 20 Tungsten emulation mode 20 Dimming curves 21 Dimming speed and smoothness 21 Blackout or Hold if DMX signal stops 21 Cooling mode 22 Display rotation 22 Display intensity 23 Temperature units 23 Resetting to factory defaults 23 Fixture test 23 Fixture information 24 DMX Live 25 Resetting the fixture 25 Manual control 26 Disabling pan and tilt ...

Page 4: ...hazardous radiation emitted from this product May be harmful to the eyes Do not stare at operating lamp and do not view the light output with optical instruments or any device that may concentrate the beam This lighting fixture is for professional use only and must be installed by a qualified technician It is not for household use It presents risks of severe injury or death due to fire hazards ele...

Page 5: ...tUSA harman com Phone 844 776 4899 For technical support outside North America please contact your national distributor Protection from electric shock Do not expose the fixture to rain or moisture Disconnect the fixture from AC power before carrying out any installation or maintenance work and when the fixture is not in use Ensure that the fixture is electrically connected to ground earth Use only...

Page 6: ...cables you can connect fixtures to power in a linked chain POWER OUT throughput socket to POWER IN input socket but do not link more than four 4 ERA 150 Wash fixtures in total at 100 120 V or seven 7 ERA 150 Wash fixtures in total at 200 240 V If you intend to connect other devices to the POWER OUT socket in a daisy chain add together the maximum current draw of all the devices in the chain Do not...

Page 7: ...eating a risk of fire and damage Do not expose the front of the fixture to sunlight or any other bright light source After powering the fixture off check that the head is pointing away from any potential source of powerful light Protection from eye injury Warning Risk Group 2 product according to EN 62471 and IEC TR 62778 The ERA 150 Wash fixture falls into the following risk groups according to E...

Page 8: ...ety cables as the primary means of support If the fixture is installed in a location where it may cause injury or damage if it falls install as directed in this manual a secondary attachment such as a safety cable that will hold the fixture if a primary attachment fails The secondary attachment must be approved by an official body such as TÜV as a safety attachment for the weight that it secures m...

Page 9: ...e immediately and disconnect it from power Do not attempt to use a fixture that is obviously damaged Do not modify the fixture in any way not described in this manual or install other than genuine Martin parts Refer any service operation not described in this manual to a qualified technician ...

Page 10: ...g the fixture 2 Unpack and ensure that there is no transportation damage before using the fixture Do not attempt to operate a damaged fixture 3 Check that the voltage and frequency of the local power source match the mains power requirements of the fixture 4 Either hard wire the fixture to an AC mains power source or provide a power input cable and local power plug as described in this manual and ...

Page 11: ...trol buttons 3 USB port 4 Carrying handle x 2 5 AC mains power input Neutrik PowerCon TRUE1 TOP 6 AC mains power thru output Neutrik PowerCon TRUE1 TOP 7 DMX data input 5 pin locking male XLR 8 DMX data thru output 5 pin locking female XLR 9 Base cooling fan vent 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 4 ...

Page 12: ...ge 49 Fastening the fixture to a flat surface The fixture can be fastened to a hard fixed flat surface Ensure that the surface and all fasteners used can support at least 10 times the weight of all fixtures and equipment they will support Fasten the fixture securely Do not stand it on a surface or leave it where it can be moved or fall over If you install the fixture in a location where it may cau...

Page 13: ...ONT Working from a stable platform hang the fixture on the truss and fasten the rigging clamp onto the truss with FRONT pointing towards the main area to be illuminated 6 Secure the fixture with a safety cable as directed below 7 Check that the head will not collide with other fixtures or objects Securing with a safety cable 1 Obtain a safety cable or other secondary attachment that is approved fo...

Page 14: ...ke sure that there is no possibility of the head colliding with other fixtures or objects when it moves through its full pan and tilt ranges Your Martin dealer can supply suitable safety cables and rigging clamps see Accessories on page 49 ...

Page 15: ...tin can supply suitable cables with female TRUE1 TOP input connectors 1 5 m 4 9 ft or 5 m 16 4 ft long as well as loose female TRUE1 TOP input connectors see Accessories on page 49 The fixture can be hard wired to a building electrical installation if you want to install it permanently or a power plug that is suitable for the local power outlets can be installed on the power cable If you install a...

Page 16: ... OUT throughput socket to POWER IN input socket Using 12 AWG 2 5 mm2 cables from Martin you can create a daisy chain of linked fixtures that contains maximum four 4 ERA 150 Wash fixtures in total at 100 120 V or maximum seven 7 ERA 150 Wash fixtures in total at 200 240 V ...

Page 17: ...e and or an amplifier is recommended for longer runs The pin out on all connectors is pin 1 shield pin 2 cold and pin 3 hot Pins 4 and 5 in the 5 pin XLR connectors are not used in the fixture but are available for possible additional data signals as required by the DMX512 A standard Standard pin out is pin 4 data 2 cold and pin 5 data 2 hot If you need to split the link into branches use a splitt...

Page 18: ...if you want to return to the next highest level in the menu structure without making a change press the MENU button To exit the menus press the MENU button MENU Activate the control menus or Open the Shortcuts menu by holding for 2 seconds or Return to the previous level of the menu structure or Press to exit the menus DOWN Go down a menu level UP Go up a menu level ENTER Confirm the selected func...

Page 19: ...ype if you want them to behave identically Giving the same DMX address to multiple fixtures can be useful for grouped control and troubleshooting To set the fixture s DMX address 1 In the DMX SETUP menu in the fixture s control panel use the UP and DOWN buttons to select DMX ADDRESS and press ENTER The fixture s currently set DMX address will blink in the display 2 Use the UP and DOWN buttons to s...

Page 20: ...r may not closely match that of other fixtures depending on LED binning In extended mode mixed white is calibrated giving perfect white matching across multiple fixtures but primary and secondary colors are not calibrated which allows maximum color saturation The closer you move towards white the more closely multiple fixtures will match each other s output The further you move away from white and...

Page 21: ...he DOWN and UP buttons to select LINEAR SQUARE LAW INV SQ LAW or S CURVE 3 Press ENTER to confirm your choice or press MENU to exit without making a change Dimming speed and smoothness You can optimize dimming to give either the fastest or the smoothest changes in dimming levels To optimize dimming 1 Select DIMMING SPEED and press ENTER 2 Use the DOWN and UP buttons to select FAST dimmer optimized...

Page 22: ...g temperature This setting provides a good compromise between low fan noise and powerful light output If you select THEATER MODE the fans operate at lower speed Temperature regulation reduces maximum light output if the fixture approaches its maximum operating temperature This setting gives priority to the lowest possible noise The THEATER MODE setting also increases the LED PWM frequency to 19 20...

Page 23: ...ut making a change Resetting to factory defaults To reset the fixture to its factory default settings 1 Select FACTORY DEFAULT and press ENTER to confirm 2 Use the DOWN and UP buttons to select YES to erase any custom settings that you have configured and reset the fixture to its factory default settings or select NO 3 Press ENTER to confirm your choice or press MENU to exit without making a chang...

Page 24: ...l number of hours the fixture has been powered on since it left the factory 2 To return to the previous level of the menu structure press MENU LED operating time 1 Select INFORMATION LED HOURS and press ENTER to display the total number of hours the LEDs have been activated since the fixture left the factory 2 To return to the previous level of the menu structure press MENU Firmware version To see...

Page 25: ...Fan speed readouts To view the current speed of each of the fixture s cooling fans in RPM 1 Select INFORMATION FAN SPEED and press ENTER The fixture will display on two lines the current speeds in RPM of the LED PCB cooling fan and of the PSU PCB cooling fan 2 To return to the previous level of the menu structure press MENU DMX Live You can view the DMX values currently being received on each of t...

Page 26: ... MENU The fixture will continue to show the effects that you have set manually until you set new manual control values for the effects The effects are unaffected by a power OFF ON cycle if you power the fixture off and on again it will resume showing the effects To stop the effects open the DMX SETUP menu This will immediately stop all manually controlled effects When in manual control mode pressi...

Page 27: ...ing the fixture out of hibernation mode it performs a full reset Scene capture The scene capture function lets you record a scene a scene consists of a certain combination of effects or certain look and show that scene at any time There are three scene capture controls on the Control Settings DMX channel Capture current scene stores the currently displayed scene in the fixture s memory Captured sc...

Page 28: ...ovides variable speed color scrolling and random colors Note that DMX commands sent on the virtual color wheel channel override DMX commands sent on individual RGB color channels This means that if you want to use RGB color control on DMX channels 4 9 the color wheel effect on channel 10 must be set to a DMX value from 0 to 10 open position Color Temperature Control The ERA 150 Wash s CTC channel ...

Page 29: ...Martin ERA 150 Wash User Guide 29 Pan and Tilt The ERA 150 Wash s head can pan through a range of 540 and tilt through 260 The control resolution is 16 bit ...

Page 30: ...meter discovery Y 0x0060 DEVICE_INFO Get basic info Y 0x0080 DEVICE_MODEL_DESCRIPTION Product Name Y 0x0081 MANUFACTURER_LABEL Manufacturer Name Y 0x0082 DEVICE_LABEL User Changeable Label Y Y 0x00C0 SOFTWARE_VERSION_LABEL Firmware version Y 0x00C1 BOOT_SOFTWARE_VERSION_ID Firmware version number Y Y 0x00E0 DMX_PERSONALITY DMX Mode Y Y 0x00E1 DMX_PERSONALITY_DESCRIPTION DMX Mode Name Y 0x00F0 DMX_...

Page 31: ...ble Fixture Number Y Y 0x8004 COLOR_MODE Set Color Mode Y Y 0x8301 EFFECT_SPEED Set Effects Speed Y Y 0x8308 DISPLAY_ERRORS_ENABLE Show Errors on Display Y Y 0x8312 DISPLAY_AUTO_OFF Display Auto Off Y Y 0x8400 PAN_TILT_SPEED Set Pan Tilt Speed Y Y 0x8604 FAN_MODE Fan Mode Y Y 0x8700 SERIAL_NUMBER Read Serial Number Y ...

Page 32: ...ors that may result in a need for frequent cleaning include Use of smoke or fog machines High airflow rates near air conditioning vents for example Presence of cigarette smoke Airborne dust from stage effects building structures and fittings or the natural environment at outdoor events for example If one or more of these factors is present inspect fixtures within their first 100 hours of operation...

Page 33: ...e Internet Fixture information and settings are not affected when you upload new firmware to the fixture All ERA 150 Wash fixtures that are powered on and connected via a DMX link to the fixture that you update will also have their firmware updated If you update firmware to a newer version check the ERA 150 Wash area of www martin com to see whether an updated version of this User Guide is availab...

Page 34: ...ng multiple fixtures over a DMX link check that they have all rebooted correctly Installing using a USB memory device To install the ERA 150 Wash firmware using a USB flash memory drive 1 Launch the Martin Companion software suite on a PC that is connected to the Internet Martin Companion will automatically download the latest Martin firmware files from the Martin cloud 2 In Martin Companion s Fix...

Page 35: ...e displayed in the INFORMATION menu NB If you enter the update menu SERVICE USB UPDATING FILES and decide to abort before starting the update power the fixture off to exit bootloader mode remove the USB drive then power up as normal Service and repairs There are no user serviceable parts inside the fixture Do not open the housing The LED light source is not user replaceable Refer any service or re...

Page 36: ... Green coarse 0 100 Fade 0 7 Green fine 8 0 65535 Blue coarse 0 100 Fade 0 9 Blue fine 10 0 128 255 CTC 1800 K to 10 000 K 100 K 6000 K 10 000 K Fade 128 11 0 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Color wheel effect color presets Open white Moroccan Pink LEE 790 Pink LEE 157 Special Rose Pink LEE 332 Follies Pink LEE 328 Fuchsia Pink LEE 345 Surprise Pink...

Page 37: ... LEE 089 Fern Green LEE 122 Jas Green LEE 738 Lime Green LEE 088 Spring Yellow LEE 100 Deep Amber LEE 104 Chrome Orange LEE 179 Orange LEE 105 Gold Amber LEE 021 Millennium Gold LEE 778 Deep Golden Amber LEE 135 Flame Red LEE 164 Red Magenta LEE 113 Medium Lavender LEE 343 Pure White White LEDs only Pure Red Red LEDs only Pure Yellow Red Green LEDs only Pure Green Green LEDs only Pure Cyan Green B...

Page 38: ...40 41 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 60 61 62 63 64 Control Settings No function disables calibration 5 s Reset fixture 5 s No function Reset beam 5 s Reset pan tilt 5 s No function Linear dimming curve 1 s Square law dimming curve 1 s Inverse square law dimming curve 1 s S curve dimming curve 1 s No function Pan tilt speed Fast 1 s Pan tilt speed Smooth 1 s No function Extended color mode 1 s Calibrated co...

Page 39: ...per pan limit 5 s Store lower tilt limit 5 s Store upper tilt limit 5 s Reset pan tilt limits 5 s Tungsten emulation ON 1 s Tungsten emulation OFF 1 s Capture current scene 5 s Captured scene playback ON 5 s Captured scene playback OFF 5 s No function Enable calibration 5 s Store pan tilt calibration 5 s Store dimmer calibration 5 s No function Store zoom calibration 5 s No function Reset ALL cali...

Page 40: ...amp emulation mode OFF COLOR MODE EXTENDED COLOR Calibrated white uncalibrated color CALIBRATED Calibrated white calibrated color RAW UNCALIBRATED Raw uncalibrated white uncalibrated color PAN INVERSE NO Normal pan movement YES Inverted pan movement TILT INVERSE NO Normal tilt movement YES Inverted tilt movement PAN TILT SPEED FAST Optimize pan tilt for speed SMOOTH Optimize pan tilt for smoothnes...

Page 41: ...T SETTI NGS FACTORY DEFAULT NO Return all fixture settings except calibration to factory defaults YES FIXTURE TEST TEST ALL Automatic test of all effects including dimming TEST DIMMER Manually test LED groups only TEST EFFECTS RED Manually test individual effects COLOR Virtual color wheel GREEN BLUE CTC COLOR ZOOM TEST PAN TILT PAN Run automatic test of pan or tilt functions Press MENU button to s...

Page 42: ... being received on each DMX channel from Strobe channel to Control Settings channel DIMMER 0 255 DIMMER FINE 0 255 TILT FINE 0 255 FUNCTION 0 255 MANUAL CONTROL RESET ALL NO Reset entire fixture YES EFFECTS NO Reset effects only YES STROBE 0 255 Manually send DMX values on each channel from Strobe channel to Tilt Fine control channel DIMMER 0 255 DIMMER FINE 0 255 TILT FINE 0 255 SERVICE PAN TILT ...

Page 43: ...VALUES RESTORE Reset all calibration values to zero See note below USB UPDATING FILES ERA150 1 1 0 ERA150 X X X Firmware versions available when USB memory device is connected Important LOAD DEFAULTS SAVE stores any custom calibration values that you have created in the CALIBRATION menu The fixture will keep using these values even when the fixture power is cycled off and on LOAD DEFAULTS LOAD loa...

Page 44: ... SAVE permanently overwrites the original factory settings with either the custom settings created using LOAD DEFAULTS SAVE or the zero values created using CLEAR ALL VALUES RESTORE The SAVE SETTING SAVE command should normally be used by Martin Service only ...

Page 45: ...ponsive or only responds intermittently DMX setup or DMX link fault Damaged step motor or cable connection between head and body See next section Contact your Martin authorized distributor or service center for assistance Fixture does not respond to DMX control Fault in the DMX network due to connector or cable damage incorrect DMX addressing or potential interference from proximity to a high volt...

Page 46: ...46 Martin ERA 150 Wash User Guide Dimensions All dimensions are in millimeters ...

Page 47: ...t fine control Dimming RGB zoom pan and tilt LED color management modes Raw extended and calibrated DMX address setting Control panel with LCD display DMX compliance USITT DMX512 A RDM compliance ANSI ESTA E1 20 Optics Light source 7 x 40 W RGBW Osram LEDs Minimum LED lifetime 50 000 hours to 70 luminous output Beam angle half peak 4 2 38 7 Field angle one tenth peak 5 1 58 6 Cutoff angle 3 5 7 69...

Page 48: ...rrent 100 120 V 60 Hz 3 8 A 340 W Power factor 0 99 200 240 V 50 Hz 1 5 A 340 W Power factor 0 97 Measurements made at nominal voltage with all LEDs at full intensity Allow for a deviation of 10 Thermal Cooling Forced air temperature regulated low noise Maximum ambient temperature Ta max 40 C 104 F Minimum ambient temperature Ta min 0 C 32 F Total heat dissipation 1195 BTU hr Calculated 10 at full...

Page 49: ...2 m 3 9 ft P N 91611785 Power Relay Cable H07RN F 2 5 mm2 TRUE1 TOP to TRUE1 TOP 2 5 m 8 2 ft P N 91611796 Power Relay Cable SJOOW 12 AWG TRUE1 TOP to TRUE1 TOP 0 45 m 1 5 ft P N 91610170 Power Relay Cable SJOOW 12 AWG TRUE1 TOP to TRUE1 TOP 1 2 m 3 9 ft P N 91610171 Power Relay Cable SJOOW 12 AWG TRUE1 TOP to TRUE1 TOP 2 5 m 8 2 ft P N 91610172 Power connectors Cable Connector Neutrik powerCON TR...

Page 50: ... compliance statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instr...

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