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Page 1: ...ESP II 24 48 60 L i g h t i n g C o n t r o l C o n s o l e s OPERATING MANUAL...

Page 2: ...or part without the written consent of Jands Electronics Jands Electronics Pty Ltd 578 Princes Hwy St Peters NSW AUSTRALIA Phone 61 2 516 3622 Fax 61 2 517 1045 Technical Help and Support If you have...

Page 3: ...Function Buttons 14 The LCD Display Window 15 Setup 16 Patch 17 Desk 19 Linking Desks 19 LCDs 22 Utility 23 Midi 25 MCard 27 Woring with Scenes 28 Editing Scenes 30 Woring with Chases 32 Editing Chase...

Page 4: ...Socapex output panels can be simply fitted to the console to provide 0 10v wire per channel outputs DMX 512 Output Connect from the consoles DMX output to the DMX input on the dimmer rack check the di...

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Page 6: ...e C Scene Master faders D and Scene Flash buttons E The lower mid section consists of the LCD display F the Function buttons G the Chase controls H the FX controls I and the Xfade controls J The lower...

Page 7: ...enus Exit Press to close a menu Record Press and hold Record then press a Flash button to Record a Scene Chase FX or Xf H The Chase Controls There are five controls in the Chase section A level fader...

Page 8: ...d of operation for the flash buttons M Grand Master Scales the level of all outputs except the flash buttons K Power Input Consists of an IEC power input complete with fuse and on off switch L Desklig...

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Page 10: ...to the desired level The output level produced by the preset faders is dependent on the level of the Grand Master and the P1 or P2 fader Example Bring the Grand Master and P1 Master faders to 10 100 M...

Page 11: ...1 Flash The buttons are used to momentarily flash on a channel The type of operation add solo latch of the flash button depends on the setting of the Add Solo master switch 2 Inhibit To prevent a cha...

Page 12: ...ons push on and push off instead of flashing When a Flash button is latched on the Channel LED will flash synchronously with the Add Solo switch LED If Add Latch is disabled while some channels are La...

Page 13: ...13 Masters Controls...

Page 14: ...on or down with the button 3 Double Press The value snap to the maximum for that field with the button or to 0 with the the button It may take a couple of attempts to double press at a fast enough spe...

Page 15: ...ber and the Next XF Q Changing a Setting Use the arrow buttons to move the cursor to the required field Use the Plus and Minus buttons to set the field Freeze Indication When the Page or Chase field i...

Page 16: ...setup menu consists of 6 top level menus some of which have sub menus Some of the menus such as PATCH and LCDs are used to customise the desk while others such as MIDI are used to extend the control...

Page 17: ...immers 1 and 10 will fade up The complete Patch consists of each Channel that is being used being set to control one or more dimmer numbers Since there are 3 different Patchs available 1 2 3 its possi...

Page 18: ...FF full The Default Patch The default patch on the ESP II is Patch 1 it is a one to one patch That is Channel 1 connect to Dimmer 1 Channel 2 connect to Dimmer 2 and so on Dimmer numbers above the nu...

Page 19: ...Record Edit or change Patch informa tion Link It s possible to connect two ESP II consoles together by connecting a special cable from the DMX output of the Slave console to the Midi input of the Mast...

Page 20: ...0 to FF 100 To set the Desklight level press SETUP move the cursor to the DESK field press the Plus button move the cursor to the LAMP field and enter a value between 0 and FF Full using the and butto...

Page 21: ...ing the PSETS field to DUAL In this way it s possible to Record Scenes FX Cues and Chases using all the faders as a single preset but having done so to switch back to having two manual presets for the...

Page 22: ...Block and Line by pressing the plus or minus button Generally a block cursor is easier to locate in a menu Contrast This field can be set to any value between 0 and 15 using either the numeric keypad...

Page 23: ...the Preset 2 Master fader can be reversed such that at the top of its travel output from Preset 2 is zero 0 and at the bottom of its travel the output is 100 To change the P1 2 field to REV Reverse m...

Page 24: ...The fader scales the level of the Scene Masters All The fader scales all console outputs except the Flash buttons Infade move the cursor to the More field to open this field Sets the default Infade t...

Page 25: ...er menu fields to suit your require ments and then turned On and Off as required Midi Ch Channel MIDI information can be broadcast on any of 16 channels to set which channel the ESP II will listen to...

Page 26: ...t has been specified in this menu is received it will be equivalent to pressing the SCENE Flash button First set the Scene field from 1 to 12 and then set the NOTE field from 1 through 128 correspondi...

Page 27: ...e Plus key From MCard To select this option and load data to the desk move the cursor to the FROM MCARD field and press the Plus key Saving to the MCard To save the information recorded in the ESP II...

Page 28: ...level of the level of a Scene ranging from 0 to 100 Flash Buttons These buttons correspond to the Scene faders and perform two functions 1 Flash The buttons are used to momentarily flash on a Scene 2...

Page 29: ...Record button is pressed that scene has already been recorded Proceeding will record over the old scene More Information Pg 30 Editing an Scene Pg 30 Blind Recording using the EDIT SCENE menu Menu Fi...

Page 30: ...aders are disa bled from outputing to the stage However they can be used to set levels for the item being edited Recording Changes made in Edit To save the changes made using EDIT press the RECORD but...

Page 31: ...d to that number TO Can only be changed by using the Plus and Minus buttons the slider method is not available Changes to level will effect all channels from the CH number to the TO number inclusive A...

Page 32: ...er controls the level of the chase ranging from 0 to 100 Flash Button The Flash button when pressed resets the Chase to step 1 and runs the Chase from the first to the last step The Flash Master switc...

Page 33: ...t Scene master flash button Recording a Chase Record and Point Use the arrow buttons to move the cursor to the Chase field Use the Plus and Minus buttons to set the required Chase number Use the Prese...

Page 34: ...e Chase to the required step Use the Preset faders and any other console controls to set up the lighting output required for the first step of the Chase Use the Preset faders and any other console con...

Page 35: ...eset faders are disa bled from outputing to the stage However they can be used to set levels for the item being edited Recording Changes made in Edit To save the changes made using EDIT press the RECO...

Page 36: ...r to the DEL field and press the ON button Press the ON button again to confirm the Delete Press Exit to close the menu The Edit Chase Menu The illustration over shows the EDIT CHASE menu There are 5...

Page 37: ...y recorded level Once a match has been acheived the slider takes control of the level and can be used to set the AT field For the slider to take control of a channel recorded at Zero level AT 0 it is...

Page 38: ...FX Press the flash button to activate the Next FX Recording a FX Record and Point Use the arrow buttons to move the cursor to the FX field Use the Plus and Minus buttons to set the FX number Use the...

Page 39: ...39 Working with FX Press the FX Flash button More Information Pg 40 Blind Recording using the EDIT FX menu Menu Fields Settings Page Chs Step Next FX Next X Q 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 Next FX Current FX...

Page 40: ...used to set levels for the item being edited Recording Changes made in Edit To save the changes made using EDIT press the RECORD button It is not necessary to press record after each channel or group...

Page 41: ...new level for the Channel or channels set by the CH and TO fields AT can be changed by using the Plus and Minus buttons or by moving the TOP preset fader until its level matches the previously record...

Page 42: ...shows the time to run in seconds and the elapsed fade percentage If the display shows 5 50 it indicates that there is 5 seconds to run and the fade is 50 complete Recording a Q Record and Point Use th...

Page 43: ...l subsequent cues will come under manual control when the fade percentage reaches the fader setting Thus if XF Q 1 10 was taken under control after 50 of the fade time had elapsed it would stay on at...

Page 44: ...an be used to set levels for the item being edited Recording Changes made in Edit To save the changes made using EDIT press the RECORD button It is not necessary to press record after each channel or...

Page 45: ...To change this number move the cursor to The XF field and use the Plus and Minus buttons to change the number Q XF Q Number Sets the Q to be edited To change this number move the cursor to The Q field...

Page 46: ...he slider to take control of a channel recorded at Zero level AT 0 it is necessary to move the slider above zero to select the channel then back to zero to match the level then to the new level settin...

Page 47: ...ase all data that has been recorded in an ESP II To Reset the console Hold the DBO and FLASH Master buttons down while turning power on to the console Press the RECORD button to confirm the console Re...

Page 48: ...S 485 Standard USITT DMX 512 Protocol DMX Digital Output Socket PIN No Signal 1 NOT USED 2 NOT USED 3 NOT USED 4 MIDI 5 MIDI SIGNAL Connector type Din 5 pin Midi In Socket Desklight Socket PIN No Sign...

Page 49: ...sk Link Cable Power Midi Note Messages Midi Note messages run from 0 to 127 Midi Note Midi Note Midi Note Midi Note Midi Note Midi Note 36 C1 48 C2 60 C3 72 C4 84 C5 96 C6 37 C 1 49 C 2 61 C 3 73 C 4...

Page 50: ...Master Controls 8 Flashing LCD 15 Freeze 15 28 FX 38 FX controls 7 FX Playback Order 38 G Grand Master 8 12 I Inhibit 11 L Latching 23 LCD Display 7 LCD Window 15 Left 7 Left arrow 14 Link 19 Ltch 23...

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Page 52: ...button down and press the Flash button beneath the Scene FX XF or Chase fader of the item to be deleted A message displays on the LCD indicating that the desk output is very low and offering the opti...

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