2
adjustment.
Effect Adjustment
- By this function you can calibrate and adjust the effects to their standard/right positions. Disconnect
the DMX controller from the fixture and select
„DMX Values”
menu. The display shows step by step effects by
which you can adjust the fixture to the required position before the function calibration. When the positioning is
finished, select
„Calibrate Values”
and press [ENTER]:
1. Calibration via the control board
Select desired effect, press [ENTER] and adjust its right value (0 - 255). This can be repeated for each calibred effect if it
is required. When the calibration is finished, it is necessary to use the
„Save and Reset”
function to write the calibration
values to the memory and to make a reset in order to check the newly adjusted positions of the calibrated effects.
List of the calibrated effects:
Pan
Yellow
Gobo 2 Indexing
Tilt
Conversion Filter
Effect Wheel
Colour Wheel
Gobo Wheel 1
Effect Indexing
Cyan
Gobo 1 Indexing
Iris
Magenta
Gobo Wheel 2
Dimmer
2. Calibration via the DMX controller
Connect the DMX controller to the fixture. Select desired effect and press [ENTER]. Now you can calibrate the selected
effect by your controller.
DMX calibration protocol for Mode 1and Mode (2 control channels):
Pan ................... channel 25
Yellow ................... channel 0
Gobo 2 Indexing ..... channel 5
Tilt .................... channel 2
Conversion Filter ... channel 1
Effect Wheel ........... channel
Colour Wheel ... channel 27
Gobo Wheel 1 ....... channel 2
Effect Indexing ........ channel 7
Cyan ............. channel 2
Gobo 1 Indexing ....channel
Iris .......................... channel
Magenta ........ channel 2
Gobo Wheel 2 ....... channel
Dimmer ................... channel
DMX calibration protocol for Mode 2 (2 control channels):
Pan .................. channel
Yellow .................... channel
Gobo 2 Indexing ..... channel
Tilt .................... channel
Conversion Filter ... channel
Effect Wheel ........... channel
Colour Wheel ... channel 5
Gobo Wheel 1 ....... channel 0
Effect Indexing ........ channel 5
Cyan ................ channel
Gobo 1 Indexing .... channel 1
Iris ........................... channel
Magenta ........... channel 7
Gobo Wheel 2 ....... channel 2
Dimmer ................... channel 7
After having calibrated required effects ,use the
„Save and Reset”
function to write the calibration values to the memory
and to make a reset in order to check the newly adjusted positions of the calibrated effects.
Item
„Load Default Values”
enables to load default factory calibration values.
Updating software
- This option is available in the fixture with software version 3.0 or higher.Using this function you can
update software in the fixture via PC and serial link.
The following are required in order to update software:
- PC running Windows 5//2000/XP or Linux
- DMX Software Uploader
- Flash cable RS22/DMX (No.10502)
Note1
:Software update should execute a qualified person.If you lack qualification, do not attempt the update
yourself and ask for help your ROBE distributor.
Note 2
:DMX address, IP address ,programs 1- and all functions in menu Personality will be set to their default values.
To update software in the fixture:
1
.Installation of DMX Software Uploader.
1.
DMX Software Uploader program is available from the ROBE web site at WWW.robe.cz.
2
.Make a new directory ( e.g. Robe_Uploader) on your hard disk and download the software to it.
3
.Unpack the program from the archive. Program file has name:DSU_name of corresponding
fixture_SoftwareID.If the Robe fixture is produced in magnetic and electronic ballast version, name
of DMX Software Uploader is the same for both versions.SoftwareID describes the versions of fixture
software included in DMX Software Uploader. Higher number means later software versions.
2.
Fixture software updating.
1
.Determine which of your COM port is available on your PC and connect it with to the DMX input of the
fixture using the Flash cable. Do not extend this cable! Disconnect the fixture from the other fixtures
in DMX chain! Turn on the computer and the fixture. Make sure that the lamp is switched off.
2
.Switch the fixture to the update mode by selecting the option Updating Software in menu Special Functions
on the fixture control panel.(From this option you cannot return back to the main menu. If you do not want to
continue in software update, you have to switch off and on the fixture to leave this option!)
3
.It is recommended that you exit all programs before running this Software Uploader.
4
.Start the Software Uploader program. Select desired COM and then click Connect button.
If the conection is OK, click Start Uploading button to start uploading. It will take several minutes to perform
software update.If the option "Incremental Update"isn´t checked ,all processors will be updated (including
processors with the same software version).
If you wish to update only later versions of processors, enable the Incremental Update check box.
Avoid interrupting the process. Update status is being displayed in the list window.
When the update is finished, the line with the text “The fixture is successfuly updated‘ will appear in this
