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Gen VI

Advanced Dimming System

INSTALLATION and OPERATION

Version V 1.0

Covering software Version 1

January 2014

Document number:

GenVI-T01U-A1

LSC Lighting Systems (Aust) Pty. Ltd.

ABN 21 090 801 675

Building 3, 66-74 Micro Circuit

Dandenong South, Victoria 3175 Australia

Tel: +61 3 9702 8000 Fax:+61 3 9702 8466

email: [email protected]

web: www.lsclighting.com

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Summary of Contents for Gen VI

Page 1: ...tware Version 1 January 2014 Document number GenVI T01U A1 LSC Lighting Systems Aust Pty Ltd ABN 21 090 801 675 Building 3 66 74 Micro Circuit Dandenong South Victoria 3175 Australia Tel 61 3 9702 800...

Page 2: ...dental or consequential damages or loss whatsoever including without limitation damages for loss of profits business interruption or other pecuniary loss arising out the use or the inability to use th...

Page 3: ...3 8 DMX Menu ______________________ 13 3 8 1 Patch 13 3 8 2 16 Bit DMX Control 14 3 8 3 DMX Loss Memory 15 3 8 4 Auto Power 18 3 8 5 View Input 19 3 9 System Menu ____________________ 19 3 9 1 Code Up...

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Page 5: ...ividual dimmer channel settings for o DMX address patching o Minimum and maximum output levels o Choice of two fade curves linear or s or switched power output Switched LSC Trupower output provides di...

Page 6: ...r operation 1 4 3 3 Phase Delta Input Power GenVI can be supplied wired for 3 phase Delta input power operation 1 5 FRONT PANEL The front panel contains the DMX input and through connectors load RCBO...

Page 7: ...GenVI Dimmer Product Description Operator Manual V1 0 Page 3 Weiland Sockets Socapex Sockets Shuko Sockets Installation Screw Terminals...

Page 8: ...s 3 phase Star 380 415V 50 60Hz 3 phase Delta and 100 120VAC versions are available by special order from the factory The GenVI can be powered from Three phase supply of nominal or 220 240VAC at 50 60...

Page 9: ...a large and small font respectively DMX Address Home Page with 1 to 1 Patch If channels are individually patched it shows the word Patched and the DMX addresses of all channels in the dimmer DMX Addre...

Page 10: ...l such as DMX and Riggers control then the highest level will be output and will hence determine the colour of the bargarph If a minimum or maximum level has been set for a channel they are indicated...

Page 11: ...M ID and the optional Owner name Pressing Owner allows you to enter a name for the dimmer This owner name can be password locked See section 3 12 3 4 DIMMER STATUS The large button at the bottom of bo...

Page 12: ...n speed can be controlled See section 3 9 3 The internal temperature of the GenVI is shown in degrees Celsius The colour warns you if the temperature is too high o At normal temperatures the display i...

Page 13: ...select more channels When finished press Exit 3 5 1 Chaser To activate the chaser from the Rigger Control above press Chaser To enable the Chaser press Activate Select a pattern using the 6 Chase Pat...

Page 14: ...S MENU Selecting Config Channels provides menus for configuring the following parameters for each channel Min Minimum Level Max Maximum Level Curve The choices are S curve diming L Linear dimming or N...

Page 15: ...s Press None to de select all channels The selected channels are highlighted in the navigator In this example channels 1 2 and 9 are selected When you have selected your channel s press Edit There are...

Page 16: ...The following curves are available S curve Linear curve Non Dim When a channel is set to Non Dim the channel will switch from OFF to full ON when the control signal is raised above 60 and when the le...

Page 17: ...wing the Input DMX signal 3 8 1 Patch Each GenVI dimmer unit numbers its channels from channel 1 through to channel 12 The patch menu allows you to patch connect DMX slots addresses from your DMX ligh...

Page 18: ...lowest channel number will be patched to the selected DMX slot and the following dimmers will be patched to the sequential DMX slot numbers For example if channels 1 2 3 and 10 are selected and DMX s...

Page 19: ...the DMX input signal is lost channels set to DMX control will hold their last DMX level for a programmable Delay time The default setting for this time is Infinite If you set a delay time other than I...

Page 20: ...to see the other groups of 6 channels The navigator at the top right of the screen shows current group of 6 selected channels highlighted Touch a channel to select it You can select multiple channels...

Page 21: ...x To save the snapshot to the memory press Apply The channels levels that were captured in the snapshot can be edited by manually setting channel levels as described above 3 8 3 3 Fade Time When editi...

Page 22: ...al and also to allow for a cool down period for the fixtures In the following example the 3 moving fixtures require non dimmed power plus DMX for control They are connected to a GenVI channel that is...

Page 23: ...ower Press Hold Time and enter a time from 1 to 60 minutes This is the time that the Auto Power channels will stay ON when the DMX signal is lost 3 8 5 View Input The DMX Setup menu allows you to view...

Page 24: ...ighting com and save the new software to an SD Card Both HC and low density format cards are supported The file will be called GNV_V bin where is the version number Press Config System Code Upgrade In...

Page 25: ...tantly at a speed that you set from the touch screen The speed range is from 0 to 100 3 10 COLOUR THEME MENU Selecting Config Colour Theme provides menus for changing the colour of the display The cho...

Page 26: ...he Service menu Note The Service menu is used for factory setup and has no user functions It is always locked Pressing a Lock button reveals a Lock keypad Enter a four digit code and the Lock button a...

Page 27: ...active P1 P2 P3 show the presence of the input power phases Green indicates power is present Flashing red is not present DMX shows the presence of a DMX control signal Green is DMX present Flashing Re...

Page 28: ...e Circuit Breaker for that channel If the Circuit Breaker has tripped OFF firstly try to determine the cause of the breaker tripping It could be a blown lamp a circuit overload or and earth leakage fa...

Page 29: ...to 1 000 metres in length When several DMX feeds are required to feed different locations DMX512 splitters must be used These provides multiple isolated DMX512 feeds The GenVI uses a high impedance DM...

Page 30: ...wo directions any in line DMX processing you have needs to be changed for new RDM hardware This will most commonly mean that DMX splitters and buffers will need to be upgraded to RDM capable devices T...

Page 31: ...Instead the dimmer circuitry relies on the connected load to power the triac Therefore the opto isolated dimmer s performance is dependent on the load connected to it In the case of a simple high powe...

Page 32: ...when they do demonstrations The LSC PTFD dimmers can control all of these devices without any problem Almost all opto isolated dimmers fail this demonstration completely The mirror ball motor does not...

Page 33: ...s can be ordered Australian 3 pin sockets Powercon sockets Shuko sockets Harting 16 sockets Socapex Screw terminals Load Output per Channel 10A or 13A maximum load per channel with each channel protec...

Page 34: ...y Ltd has been designed and tested to the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization CENELEC standard EN55022 Information Technology Equipment 9 2 C TICK COMPLIANCE STATEMENT All LSC prod...

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