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Page 2: ...re updates Philips VARI LITE automated lighting equipment is made in the USA Please check www philips com entertainmentlighting for latest version Philips Entertainment Lighting assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual All information and graphics are property of Philips Entertainment Lighting a Philips group company 10911 Petal Street Da...

Page 3: ...tion If available you should have your sales invoice to establish the date of sale as the beginning of the warranty period Once you obtain the RMA pack the unit in a secure shipping container or in its original packing box Go to the Philips Entertainment Lighting web site www philips com entertainmentlighting click on the Support link and download the RMA form Put the completed RMA form in shippin...

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Page 6: ...es will have a hot lamp when operating Disconnect power and llow lamp to cool before replacing 3 Arc lamps emit ultraviolet radiation which can cause serious sk n bu n and eye inflammation Additionally arc lamps operate under high pressure at very h gh mperatures Should the lamp break there can exist a danger of personal injury and or fire rom broken lamp particles being discharged 4 Wear eye prot...

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Page 8: ... Sie diese austauschen 3 Bogenlampen senden ultraviolette Strahlen aus die Hautverbrennung n und Augenentzündungen verursachen können Der Betrieb von Bogenlampen erfolgt nter Hochdruck und bei hohen Temperaturen Sollte die Lampe zerbrechen besteht die Gefahr on Körperverletzung bzw von Feuer das von Lampenteilen ausgelöst werden kann 4 Tragen Sie beim Austausch der Lampen einen Augens hutz 5 Die g...

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Page 10: ...qu il est en marche Débr nch r le courant et attendre que la lampe ait refroidi avant de la remplacer 3 Les lampes à arc émettent des rayons ultraviolets pouvant cause de graves brûlures sur la peau et une inflammation des yeux De plus les lampes à arc fonc ionnent sous haute tension à de très hautes températures Si la lampe se casse les par icul s de la lampe cassée peuvent causer blessures et ou...

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Page 12: ...ón la lámpara estará muy caliente Desconecte la energía y deje que la lámpara se enfríe antes de reemplazarla 3 Las lámparas de arco emiten radiaciones ultravioletas que pu den casionar serias quemaduras a la piel e inflamación a los ojos Además las lámparas de arco ope an a alta presión y muy alta temperatura Si la lámpara se rompe puede existir el peligro de lesiones al personal o un incendio oc...

Page 13: ...FOREWORD 02 9708 0002 27 April 2017 xi w w w c a r l o s m e n d o z a c o m m x ...

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Page 15: ...FOREWORD 02 9708 0002 27 April 2017 xiii Notes ...

Page 16: ...r 14 Current vs Voltage 16 Data Cables 17 Recommended Cable Typ Man facturers 18 Termination Connector 18 Installation Procedures Installing Lamp 19 CAUTIONS WARNINGS 19 Align Lamp For Maximum Beam Irradiance 21 Hanging the Luminaire 23 Floor Mo nting the Luminaire 28 Connec ing Data and Power 28 Powering Up Power Up Procedure 29 Addressing Program Starting Address 30 Program Starting Address With...

Page 17: ... Cable Warning Error Message 47 Installing or Updating Luminaire Firmware 48 USB Upload via USB Port 48 Using PEGASUS Uploader 48 Important Notes Warnings 48 Transferring Software From Luminaire t Luminaire 50 Chapter 4 Menu System Menu Operation LCD Display and Menu Sy m 54 Menu Controls 54 LCD Display and Menu System Operation 55 DMX Addres 55 Other LCD D splay Features 56 LCD Menu Battery Opera...

Page 18: ...ds PCBs 69 Troubleshooting Error Messages 7 Troubleshooting Guide 70 Routine Maintenance Lamp Removal and Installation 72 Cautions and Warnings 72 Fixed Color Wheel Filter Removal and Installation 74 Rotating Gobo Removal and Installation 74 Cleaning Optical Lenses and Filters 77 Appendix B Technical Specifications Mechanical 81 Optical 82 Operational 83 w w w c a r l o s m e n d o z a c o m m x ...

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Page 20: ...chnology USITT Recommended Practice for DMX512 A Guide for Users and Installers 2nd edition ISBN 9780955703522 USITT Contact Information USITT 315 South Crouse Avenue Suite 200 Syracuse New York 13210 1844 USA Phone 800 938 7488 or 1 315 463 6463 Fax 866 398 7488 or 1 315 463 6525 Web Site www usitt org Text Conventions The following styles and meanings are used thr u hout this manual Style Meanin...

Page 21: ...ervice our full time staff of experienced professionals are on hand to provide support How to Reach Us For assistance in your area call the dealer from which your product was purchas d or Contact an Authorized Service Center or Contact the Philips Entertainment Lighting Customer Service Department 7am 6pm CST Monday through Friday at the following phone 1 877 VARI LITE 1 877 827 4548 or 1 214 647 ...

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Page 23: ...002 27 April 2017 5 CHAPTER 1 Description This chapter contains descriptions of luminaire features and components along with l t of accessories which are available Features Components w w w c a r l o s m e n d o z a c o m m x ...

Page 24: ...ntrol Full field dimming designed for smooth t med fades as well as quick dimming effects Strobe High performance dual blade strobe sy tem capable of ultra fast operation Pan and Tilt Smooth time controlled c ntinuous motion by way of three phase stepper motor systems Range Pan 540 Tilt 240 Accuracy 0 3 resolution Weights Unit weighs uminaire only without accessories 61 5 lbs 28 kg Spacing Unit ha...

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Page 31: ...tallation of the luminaire It includes connectin power and data along with instructions for powering up the luminaire for the first time and addr ssing it within your system Power and Data Cabling Requirements Installation Procedures Powering Up Addressing Transporting w w w c a r l o s m e n d o z a c o m m x ...

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Page 42: ...urface area To keep the bolt in place The recommended Belleville washer maintains tension in he bo ted assembly and prevents it from vibrating loose If a Belleville washer is not available a regular flat washer measuring in diamete of 1 nch minimum can be used in conjunction with a suitable split lock washer situated between the b lt head and flat washer Step 2 Determine required configuration of ...

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Page 45: ...e 3 Side Hang Orientation If the luminaires are stacked on top of one another in a side hang a 45 enclosure orientation with the fan inlet closest to the floor i pr ferred Refer to Figure 4 These two orientations in a ide hang have the extra benefit of a stiffer pan interface in the luminaire Figure 4 Dual Fixture Side Hang Orientation REAR VIEW w w w c a r l o s m e n d o z a c o m m x ...

Page 46: ...d data Step 1 Connect data cable from console to first lumina re in chain at DATA IN connector Step 2 If required connect additional data cables fr m DATA THRU connectors to DATA IN connectors of remaining luminaires in lin Step 3 At last luminaire in link install male termination connector at DATA THRU connector Luminaires and other devices on the s me DMX chain may not function properly without ...

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Page 49: ...ease refer to Philips Entertainment Lighting technical notice TN 235 Trans ortation and Shipping Case Requirements in the Support area of the Philips Entertainmen Lighting web site Transportation and Shipping Case Requirements Cases to transport VARI LITE luminaires should meet the following loading requirements Luminaire head yoke and enclo u sub assemblies shall be equally supported and constrai...

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Page 51: ...TER 3 Operation This chapter contains instructions for operating the luminaire using DMX control and f r updating the internal software Color Control Gobos DMX Operation RDM Parameter IDs Updating Software w w w c a r l o s m e n d o z a c o m m x ...

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Page 56: ... Edge 0 255 0 100 8 bit linear control of edge functions 7 Color Wheels Macro Presets 0 255 0 100 0 8 bit linear control of all three Color Wheel Presets Macros See Channel 8 for options 0 Open or Uses Color Wheel 1 3 channels 1 TBD 2 TBD 3 TBD 4 TBD 5 TBD 8 Color Wheels Transition Control 0 255 0 100 0 0 Idle 1 255 Cloak Transition Generator Slow to Fast 1 Fastest Time 255 10 Second 9 Co or Wheel...

Page 57: ...Movement using shortest quickest path 6 10 Linear Movement using normal longest path 11 15 Wheel Spin Forward Fast to Slow 16 20 Wheel Spin STOP 21 25 Wheel Spin Reverse Slow to Fast 26 56 Color Shake Quickest Pa h Slow to Fast 57 87 Color Shake Normal Path Slow to Fast 88 255 Reserved Values 15 Go Wheel 1 0 255 0 100 0 8 bit control of Gobo Wheel 1 See Channel 18 for options 0 5 Open No Gobo 6 10...

Page 58: ...obe Control 0 255 0 100 0 C ntrol Channel for strobing functions 0 5 Open 10 Closed 11 15 Normal Strobe 16 20 Random Strobe 21 25 Random Sync 26 255 Reserved Values 23 Luminaire Control 0 255 0 100 0 Control Channel used for full fixture set ings lamp controls and miscel laneous modes Set descreet value of desired effect wait 3 seconds then set value to 0 Idle 0 5 Idle Default 6 10 Full Luminaire ...

Page 59: ...ither a Full Luminaire ReCal command or Lamp ON command is sent When in the shutdown state the luminaires menu will display SHUTDOWN Note The luminaire s cooling fans will continue to run for 5 minutes after the shutdown command is sent After 5 minutes the luminaire fans will shutdown A power cycle will also clear the shutdown state w w w c a r l o s m e n d o z a c o m m x ...

Page 60: ...00 Table 4 VL6000 Beam Luminaire RDM UID UID MSB of ESTA 56H LSB of ESTA 4CH MSB of Serial Seco Byte of Serial Third Byte of Serial LSB of Serial Table 5 VL6000 Beam Luminaire RDM Parameters IDs Get Allowed Set Allowed RDM Parameter ID Value Comment Implemented Cate ory Network Management DISC_UNIQUE_BRANCH 0x0001 DISC MUTE 0x0002 DISC_UN_MUTE 0x0003 PROXIED_DEVICES 0x0010 PROXIED_DEVICES_COUNT 0x...

Page 61: ...ONALITY 00E0 DMX_PERSONALITY_DESCRIPTION 0x00E1 DMX_START_ADDRESS 0x00F0 SLOT_INFO 0x0120 SLOT_DESCRIPTI 0x0121 DEFAULT_SLOT_VA UE 0x0122 Category Sensors 0x02xx SENS DE I ITION 0x0200 SENSOR_VALUE 0x0201 R CORD_SENSORS 0x0202 Category Dimmer Settings 0x03xx FUTURE USE Category Power Lamp Settings 0x04xx DEVICE_HOURS 0x0400 LAMP_HOURS 0x0401 LAMP_STRIKES 0x0402 LAMP_STATE 0x0403 LAMP_ON_MODE 0x040...

Page 62: ...LOCK 0x0603 Category Control 0x10xx IDENTIFY_DEVICE 0x1000 RESET_DEVICE 0x1001 POWER_STATE 0x1010 PERFORM_SELFTEST 0x1020 SELF_TEST_DESCRIPTION 0x1021 Table 5 VL6000 Beam Luminaire RDM Parameters IDs Get Allowed Set Allowed RDM Parameter IDs Value Comment Implemented w w w c a r l o s m e n d o z a c o m m x ...

Page 63: ...omputer Requirements PC running Windows Although the programming kit software is not directly compatible with Macintosh computers it does run with some Windows emulators An avai able USB 2 0 compatible port on your computer Internet access the Philips Entertainment Lighting web site www philips com entertainmentlight ing to download the PEGASUS Software No e Internet access is only required to dow...

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Page 65: ...nstalling PEGASUS Software If either of the these do not resolve the error message you may have a defective Upload Cable Contact customer service at 1 214 647 7880 or entertainment service philips com for assistance Table 6 USB Upload Connector LED Colors XLR LED Status Meaning Continuous Red Do not use the cable to download software contact customer service for assistance Continuous Purple Driver...

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Page 68: ... specification requirements R fer to Data Cables on page 17 A DMX termination connector is used in this process Refer to page 18 for more information regarding the construction of this connector Figure 3 10 Software Transfer Setup Transfer Procedure This p ocedure is used to transfer software versions between luminaires Step 1 At last luminaire install DMX termination connector into DATA THRU XLR ...

Page 69: ... OK Step 3 Press Up Down arrows until Version appears Press OK The first half of the version will be displayed as a date MM DD YY For example 03 18 17 March 18 2017 Press Enter to display second half of version This will be displayed as a time HH MM For example 16 36 4 36 pm w w w c a r l o s m e n d o z a c o m m x ...

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Page 71: ...08 0002 27 April 2017 53 CHAPTER 4 Menu System This chapter contains instructions for operating the luminaire using the Menu Display f ature Menu Operation Self Tests USB Logging w w w c a r l o s m e n d o z a c o m m x ...

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Page 73: ...ttons to navigate through the various options and settings Step 4 Once menu item is reached press OK to access the menu item parameters Step 5 Make changes to parameters as desired Step 6 Press OK Enter button to accept changes DMX Address To set edit and save a DMX address Step 1 Press ESC Step 2 Press Up Down arrows until Address app ars Press OK Step 3 Use Left and Right arrow buttons to s roll...

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Page 75: ...ked Transition Generator Factory default setting Channel and Dimmer information displayed simultaneously Reboots entire fixture including processor Configure Pan Tilt Movement Enable Disable Display On Time Auto 30 Sec 5 Min 10 Min Change Luminaire ID Reset Defaults Are you sure Lamp Power Lamp Hours On of hours Reset Lamp Hours Are you sure Head Motors Off Power Up Lamp On Lamp Off Cal On Movemen...

Page 76: ... Running IRIS TEST Running EDGE TE T Running FROST TES Manual Intensity Pan Tilt Edge Programming Control Color Presets CTG Color Wheel 1 Col Wheel 1 Control Color Wheel 2 Col Wheel 2 Control Color Wheel 3 Col Wheel 3 Control Gobo Wheel 1 Gobo 1 Index Rotate Gobo 1 Control Iris Frost Strobe Speed Strobe Control Value 0 255 Value 0 65535 Value 0 65535 Value 0 65535 Value 0 255 Value 0 255 Value 0 2...

Page 77: ... Strikes Reset Lamp Hours Resets Lamp Hour Counter Are you sure Resets Lamp Hour Counter to 0000 Confirmation that reset has been executed Pan Tilt Pan and Tilt Options Movement Position Recovery Enable Disable Speed Pan Tilt movemen speed Auto Normal Reduced Head Motors Moveme t Enable Disable Display Display Menu Illumination Or ntation Auto Flips to enclosure position Up Down On Time 30 Seconds...

Page 78: ...Ctrl Value Ch 13 Color Wheel 3 XXX Value Ch 14 Color Wheel 3 Ctrl Value Ch 15 Gobo Whl 1 XXX Value Ch 16 Gobo 1 Indx High XXX Value Ch 17 Gobo 1 Indx Low XXX Value Ch 18 Gobo 1 Ctrl XXX Value Ch 19 Iris XXX Value Ch 20 Frost XXX Value Ch 21 Strobe Speed XXX Value Ch 22 Strobe Control XXX Value Ch 23 Luminaire Ctrl XXX Value Pan Tilt Pan Tilt Options Swap Pan Tilt Swap Pan Tilt operation OFF defaul...

Page 79: ...Time Crossload Complete Service For use by authorized service technicians only Diagnostics Fan Check Board Check Sensor Check Debug USB Upda e S List of Files OR No Card Inserted Lo File Download Reset Manual Manual Commands Note Manual is Disabled if DMX512 signal is present Intensity Pan Tilt Edge Color Preset CTG Col Whl Col Wh 1 Ctr Col Whl 2 Col Whl 2 Ctrl Col W 3 l W l 3 Ctrl Gobo Whl 1 Gobo...

Page 80: ...heel 2 Color Wheel 3 Gobo 1 Iris Frost Running ALL TEST Running PAN TILT TEST Running DIMMER TEST Running STROBE TEST Running COL WHL 1 TEST Running COL WHL 2 TEST Running COL WHL 3 TEST Running GOBO 1 TEST Running IRIS TEST Running FROST TEST Press Menu to stop tests Table 4 1 Menu System Chart Continued 1st Level 2nd Level 3rd Level 4th Level 5thLevel w w w c a r l o s m e n d o z a c o m m x ...

Page 81: ...9 for a complete list of test parameters which can be chosen Step 4 Press OK to u test Step 5 Press ESC to st p test at any time Note Connected uminaires may not respond on the first action may delay of the master luminaire Movement Disable The Movement option allows pan and tilt to be disabled so that the luminaire can be placed in any position for testing without movement occurring In order to r...

Page 82: ... COL WHL 3 TEST Gobo 1 Running GOBO 1 TEST Iris Running IRIS TEST Edge Running EDGE TEST Frost Running FROST TEST USB Logging The VL6000 Beam Luminaire stores error messages in a log file within the luminaire This information alo g with specific luminaire settings can be saved as a csv comma separated values file to a USB la h drive connected to the USB port To save the current log file to a USB F...

Page 83: ...aire or ESC to keep it The csv log file on the USB Flash Drive can be read via any computer system The file name will be as follows 4KSxxxxx csv the xxxxx will be the unique luminaire ID of the fixture Each log file contains labels and values as shown in Table 5 on page 66 w w w c a r l o s m e n d o z a c o m m x ...

Page 84: ...ftw e versi n loaded in the fixture DMX Map 16 bit C rent DMX mode setting 16 bit Swap Pan Tilt No Current pan and tilt setting Invert Pan No Current pan operation setting Invert Tilt No Current tilt operation setting Lamp Power Up amp Off Current Lamp Power Up option setting Lamp Off Lamp ON or Cal On Lamp Level Standard Current operating mode of the fixture Standard Lamp Strikes 518 Total number...

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Page 86: ...n Do not operate without complete lamp enclosure in place or when len damaged Risque d exposition aux rayonnements ultraviolets excessifs Ne pas faire fonctio ner sans le boîtier complet de lampe mis en place ou lorsque l objectif est endommagé Heat When lamps are l t the nterior of the luminaires becomes very hot To aid in the airflow circulation within the luminair s after dousing the lamps wait...

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Page 89: ...ut power must b 00 to 240 VAC Fan failure check head and en losure fans for proper operation n a Luminaire behaves oddly DMX Map Not Matched Console library not et correctly check c nsole library matches DMX map of luminaire n a Luminaire does not power up No power Circuit not ene g zed v rify c cuit breaker at source is turned on ot p gg d in nsure A C cable is connected to power source n a Self ...

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Page 97: ...abs inside the front lens Figure A 9 shows the correct alig ment of the front lens Ensure that the tabs do not rest on top of the spider assembly legs CORRECT ALIGNMENT INCORRECT ALIGNMENT INCORRECT ALIGNMENT Align spider assembly so the top leg is in line with the logo on the secondary reflector w w w c a r l o s m e n d o z a c o m m x ...

Page 98: ...talled inside the cover Make sure the gasket on the front len is tucked inside this cover and not rolled If gasket comes loose from cover it shou d be replaced Step 4 Install head overs and test luminaire Front Lens Front Lens Tabs x3 When correctly aligned the bottom front lens tab should be opposite the top spider assembly leg w w w c a r l o s m e n d o z a c o m m x ...

Page 99: ...ted colors allow for limited color mixing which can be easily accessed from the console Rotating Gobo Wheel One gobo wheel to offer seven rotatable indexable gobo positions and one open position Edge and Pattern Focus Variable beam focus to soften edges f gobos or iris Frost Independent frost glass for softnes control Intensity Control Full field dimming designed fo smooth timed fades as well as q...

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Page 102: ...wered control Mounting Position The luminaire can be mounted and operated in any orientation For spacing requirements refer to Figure B 1 on page 82 CAUTION Table B 2 IP Rating Second Digit Level Protection Effective Against Description 2 Dripping Water when tilted at 15 Vertically dripping water shall have no harmful effect when the enclo sure is tilted at an angle of 15 from its normal position ...

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