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Redback Dimmer
Table of Contents
Operator Manual V1.1
CONTENTS
1
Meet the Redback ..................................................2
1.1 Redback's Layout .....................................................2
1.2 Power Supply ...........................................................2
1.3 Control Panel............................................................2
1.4 LED Display..............................................................2
1.5 SD flash memory slot ...............................................2
1.6 Load Circuit Breakers ...............................................3
1.7 DMX512 sockets ......................................................3
1.8 Load sockets ............................................................3
1.9 Power supply entry ...................................................3
1.10 MIDI input (optional) ...............................................3
2
Installation..............................................................4
2.1 Mounting Options .....................................................4
2.1.1 Rack Mounting ...................................................4
2.1.2 Wall Mounting ....................................................4
2.2 Electrical installation .................................................4
2.2.1 Safety .................................................................4
2.2.2 Power Supply .....................................................4
2.2.3 Load circuits .......................................................4
2.3 Connecting DMX512 and RDM ................................4
2.4 Connecting MIDI (optional) .......................................4
3
Fast Track Guide....................................................5
4
Menu System..........................................................6
4.1 Menu Structure .........................................................6
4.2 Control Pad...............................................................6
4.3 Menu LEDs...............................................................6
4.4 Status LEDs..............................................................6
4.4.1 DMX DATA.........................................................6
4.4.2 DMX ERR...........................................................6
4.4.3 ~1 ~2 ~3 (Mains power) ..................................6
4.5 LED Screen ..............................................................6
4.5.1 Text Mode ..........................................................6
4.5.2 Graphical Mode ..................................................6
4.6 Data Entry.................................................................7
4.6.1 Wrap around ......................................................7
4.6.2 Single step entry ................................................7
4.6.3 Multi step entry ...................................................7
4.6.4 Jump to limit value .............................................7
4.7 Power Up Display .....................................................7
4.8 Default Status Screen...............................................7
4.8.1 Text Default Status Screen ................................7
4.8.2 Graphical Default Status Screen ........................7
4.8.3 Changing the Default Screen .............................7
4.9 Locking the Menu system .........................................7
4.10 Unlocking the Menu system....................................7
4.11 Menu Structure .......................................................8
5
Basic Menu.............................................................9
5.1 DMX Address Allocation [ADDR]..............................9
5.1.1 Direct DMX address ...........................................9
5.1.2 Bank address .....................................................9
5.2 MIDI Address Allocation [MIDI].................................9
5.3 Scene Setting [SCENE] ............................................9
5.3.1 SCENE Menu LED ...........................................10
5.4 Chase Mode [CHASE] ............................................10
5.4.1 Chase effects patterns .....................................10
5.4.2 CHASE Menu LED ...........................................11
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Advanced Menu ...................................................12
6.1 Accessing the Advanced Menus [ADV] ..................12
6.2 Soft Patch ...............................................................12
6.3 Fade Curve Selection .............................................12
6.3.1 S Law Curve.....................................................12
6.3.2 Square Law ......................................................12
6.3.3 120 Volt............................................................ 12
6.3.4 Switching loads On and Off ............................. 12
6.3.5 Non Dim........................................................... 12
6.3.6 Relay................................................................ 12
6.4 Redback's Advanced Scenes................................. 13
6.5 Capturing a DMX Snapshot.................................... 13
6.6 Setting Scene Levels ............................................. 13
6.6.1 Excluded Mode ................................................ 13
6.6.2 Entering Excluded mode.................................. 13
6.7 Setting Scene Fade Times ..................................... 13
6.8 Running a Scene.................................................... 14
6.9 Setting Minimum Dimmer Levels............................ 14
6.10 Setting Maximum Dimmer Levels......................... 14
6.11 Testing the Dimmers ............................................ 14
6.12 About Redback..................................................... 14
6.13 Setup.................................................................... 15
6.14 Resetting Redback ............................................... 15
6.14.1 System Reset (
SYSRST
) ................................ 15
6.14.2 Total Reset (
TOTRST
) .................................... 15
7
DMX 512 Explained ............................................. 16
7.1 Typical DMX Installations ....................................... 16
8
Specifications ...................................................... 17
8.1 Mechanical Specifications ...................................... 17
8.2 Technical Specifications......................................... 17
9
Software (Firmware) Upgrades .......................... 18
9.1 Upgrading Redback's Firmware ............................. 18
10
Compliance Statements...................................... 18
10.1 C Tick Compliance Statement.............................. 18
10.2 CE Compliance Statement ................................... 18
10.3 Disclaimer ............................................................ 18
LSC Lighting Systems (Aust) Pty. Ltd
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Summary of Contents for Redback 12 Channel
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