ProLights ARCLED8107Q, User Manual

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3.5 MASTER/SLAVE MODE
This mode will allow you to link up the units together without a controller. Choose a unit to function as the
Master. The unit must be the first unit in line; other units will work as slave with the same effect.
• Press the button MENU so many times until the display shows [RUN] and press the button ENTER.
• Press UP/DOWN to set the unit as slave [SLAV] .
• Use standard DMX cables to daisy chain your units together via the DMX connector on the rear of the
units. For longer cable runs we suggest a terminator at the last fixture (see page 12).
3.6 LINKING
Several units may be interconnected in order to control all further slave units to the same effect of the
master unit.
1. Connect the DMX OUT of the master unit via 3-pole XLR cable to the DMX IN of the first slave unit.
2. Connect the DMX OUT of the first slave unit to the DMX IN of the second slave unit, etc. until all units
are connected in a chain.
3.7 DMX CONFIGURATION
ARCLED8107Q is equipped with different DMX configuration.
• Press the button MENU so many times until shows [PERS] , and press the button ENTER to confirm.
• Select the desired DMX configuration (
TOUR - ARC.1 - AR1.D - ARC.2 - AR2.D - AR2.S - HSV
) through the buttons
UP and DOWN.
The tables on page 13 indicate the operating mode and DMX value. The ARCLED8107Q is equipped with
3-pole XLR connections.
3.8 DMX MODE
• Press the button MENU so many times until the display shows [RUN] , and press the button ENTER to
confirm.
• Press UP/DOWN to select [DMX] .
• Press the button ENTER to store.
3.9 DMX ADDRESSING
• Press the button MENU so many times until the display shows [DMX] , and press the button ENTER to
confirm.
• Press UP/DOWN button to select the desired value ( 001-512 ).
• After the setting value is automatically saved.
To able to operate the ARCLED8107Q with a light controller, adjust the DMX start address for the first a
DMX channel. If e. g. address 33 on the controller is provided for controlling the function of the first DMX
channel, adjust the start address 33 on the ARCLED8107Q. The other functions of the light effect panel are
then automatically assigned to the following addresses.
An example with the start address 33 is shown below:
Number of
DMX channels
Start address
(example)
DMX Address
occupied
Next possible start
address for unit No. 1
Next possible start
address for unit No. 2
Next possible start
address for unit No. 3
10 33 33-42 43 53 63