JB-Lighting P8, Operating Instructions Manual

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5.2 FACTORY DEFAULTS
To set back the P8 to factory setting choose in the menu FACTORY DEFAULT -> LOAD
DEFAULTS. After confirming SURE? in the display, the personal settings of the P8 will be set
back to factory default.
If the white balance was adjusted before, it will be not affected by the set back to factory default.
5.3 USER DEFAULTS
If the personal settings are done in the PERSONALITY menu, the user can save and reload it in
the USER DEFAULTS menu. To make sure that the personnal settings are not changed quickly
on a stage, the save progress is locked with the password „JB-LIGHTING“.
5.4 DMX ADDRESS
Change the DMX address directly by pressing the keys „UP“ and „DOWN“. Confirm and store it
by pressing key „ENTER“. The DMX address can also be changed in the menu DMX ADDRESS.
5.5 PERSONALITY
DMX INPUT MODE
The P8 provides an embedded radio-DMX receiver. The receiver works with the JB-Lighting
Wireless TRX transmitter. To enable the P8 to receive radio-DMX change the menu from WIRED
(factory default) to WIRED/WIRELESS. The fixture needs to be logged in to the Wireless TRX
transmitter. To log-in press the „Start“ button (see also manual Wireless TRX). The radio chan-
nel is displayed when the P8 is logged. The main display will show the intensity of the incoming
signal. If the P8 is connected either via DMX cable and radio-DMX, the cable signal has priority.
DMX MODE
The P8 offers 3 different operating modes (see DMX protocol page 34). Mode 1 is an 8 bit mode
with which you can controll all features of your P8. For using the full range of DMX channels use
the Mode 2 - 16 BIT. Use this mode for smoother operation with the RGB and the gobo rotation
channels. In order to operate the P8 with less DMX-channels the DMX Mode can be set to Mode
3. In this mode there are all channels in 8 bit mode without Pan/Tilt and the 2 speed channels
are not used.
PAN / TILT
RESOLUTION sets pan and tilt to 8 bit or 16 bit control resolution. The default setting is 16 bit.
If this fine resolution is not required, you can set to 8 bit for quicker operation of pan/tilt values.
The PAN INVERS and TILT INVERS commands invert the direction of pan and tilt. The PAN/TILT
SWAP command sets pan commands to tilt and vice versa.
CURVES
Dimming curves can be adjusted for the dimmer channel and the RGB channels. There is a squa-
re-law curve for finer control at low intensity and coarser control at high intensity and a linear-law
curve available.
SHORTEST DISTANCE
This setting is only for the colour wheel channel. Switched to ON (default) it always take the
shortest route from one colour to another in order to simulate a physical colour wheel. Switched
to OFF it routes only from white to cyan and backwards.
CAMERA MODE
For flicker free recording in TV-studios the P8 offers three different modes from 50 Hertz
(PAL, Secam) to 60 Hertz (NTSC). Flex mode is designed, if cameras have a refresh frequen-
cy that makes the 50 or 60Hz settings ineffective. Factory default is 60Hz. Access the menu
PERSONALITY -> CAMERA MODE and choose the required frequency. To confirm press
“ENTER”. This can be also controlled with the control channel (channel 5) via lighting desk.