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ERA 700 Performance IP User Manual Rev. C
Shortcuts menu
Pressing and holding the MENU button for two seconds opens a small Shortcuts menu with three
items:
•
RESET ALL carries out a complete reset of the fixture with all its effects.
•
ROTATE DISPLAY rotates the control panel display through 180°. This function makes it easier to
read the control panel menus when changing from standing to hanging installation.
•
PERSONALITY VIEW displays a list of the fixture’s personality settings. Use the DOWN and UP
buttons to scroll through the list.
Display sleep
The control panel display blacks out automatically after two minutes with no key press. As soon as a
button on the control panel is pressed, or if the fixture’s self-diagnosis system detects an error, the
display lights up again. If an error has been detected, the display will show a red exclamation mark
!
Pressing ENTER displays a short error message to identify the error.
Disabling the control panel
To avoid tampering or accidental triggering, it is possible to lock the control panel buttons using the
PERSONALITY
→
DISPLAY
→
SCREEN LOCK menu. As soon as you set SCREEN LOCK to ON, the
buttons on the control panel are disabled and the display shows the main menu.
To re-enable use of the control panel buttons and display temporarily, press the UP-DOWN-UP-
DOWN-ENTER buttons in sequence. The control buttons and display will remain enabled until the
display blacks out two minutes after the last keypress. At this point, the lock function will be reapplied
and the control panel buttons will be disabled again.
To disable the lock function and return to normal use of the control panel, release the lock temporarily
with the UP-DOWN-UP-DOWN-ENTER sequence, then open the PERSONALITY
→
DISPLAY
→
SCREEN LOCK menu and set it to OFF.
DMX mode setting
The ERA 700 Performance IP offers two DMX modes: Basic and Extended.
See the ‘DMX protocols’
section at the end of this manual for details of the DMX control options available in the different modes
and the number of DMX channels used.
Because
the fixture’s DMX mode affects the number of DMX channels used, it will also affect the
assignment of DMX addresses to fixtures. It can therefore be a good idea to set the DMX mode of all
the fixtures in the installation before you set their DMX addresses.
DMX address setting
The DMX address, also known as the start channel, is the first channel used to receive instructions
from a DMX controller. I
f you have a group of fixtures and you set the first fixture’s DMX address to 1,
the fixture will use DMX channel 1 and the channels above it (the number of channels used will depend
on the fixture’s DMX mode). The channels above these are available for the next fixture.
For independent control, each fixture must be assigned its own control channels. You can give the
same DMX address to two fixtures of the same type 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.
On the fixture’s control panel, press MENU to activate the menus. In the DMX SETUP menu,
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 select a new address.
3.
Once the new address has been selected, press ENTER to confirm it (or press MENU to exit
without making a change).