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Summary of Contents for DMX Control 1024

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Page 2: ...RE 8 COPY FIXTURE 9 PAN AND TILT INVERT 9 ADJUST FACTORY CHASES 9 SELECT HOME SCENE 9 SET MIDI CHANNEL 9 VIEW MEMORY SIZE 9 SAVE MEMORY FILE 9 LOAD MEMORY FILE 10 LOAD FIXTURE PROFILE 10 REMOVE FIXTURE PROFILE 10 4 13 UPDATE SOFTWARE 10 LOCK UNLOCK MEMORY 10 ERASE ALL MEMORY 10 SWITCH AND CONTROL DESCRIPTIONS 10 NUMBER SWITCHES 1 48 11 FIXTURE 11 FIXTURE GROUP 11 DATA WHEELS 11 CHANNEL FADERS 11 B...

Page 3: ... 16 CHASES 16 RECORDING CHASES 16 RECALLING CHASES 17 ERASE CHASE 17 EDITING CHASES 18 FACTORY CHASES 18 AUDIO SWITCH 18 BEAT SWITCH 18 SHOWS 18 RECORDING SHOWS 18 PLAYING SHOWS 20 ERASE SHOW 20 EDITING SHOWS 20 PREVIEW 20 SCENE MASTERS 21 HOW THE SCENE MASTERS WORK 21 MIDI 22 USING THE COMPACT FLASH INTERFACE 22 MEMORY BACKUP 22 MEMORY RESTORE 22 SOFTWARE UPDATE 23 SOFTWARE UPDATE USING AUTO LOAD...

Page 4: ... the mains with particular caution The power plug has to be accessable after installing the device Make sure that the power cord is never crimped or damaged by sharp edges Check the device and the powercord from time to time Always disconnect from the mains when the device is not in use or before cleaning it The electric connection repairs and servicing must be carried out by a qualified employee ...

Page 5: ...gain Any damages caused by liquids having entered the device are not subject to warranty Please consider that unauthorized modifications on the device are forbidden due to safety reasons If this device will be operated in any way different to the one described in this manual the product may suffer damages and the guarantee becomes void Furthermore any other operation may lead to dangers like short...

Page 6: ...connection to the line output of a mixing console Do not connect speaker level signals to this Flash card Drive Used for back up the memory input lighting fixture profiles or update the software using compact flash cards FRONT PANEL Front panel features include assorted switches for programming eight 60mm faders for direct control of lighting fixture channels as well as for scene masters four whee...

Page 7: ... DMX starting addresses may change Press yes to proceed or no to exit Auto patch will assign an address to each fixture in ascending order with each DMX address immediately following the last channel of the previous fixture The first fixture will be assigned to DMX output port 1 at address 1 After 512 channels have been used DMX output port 2 will be used for any remaining fixtures With data wheel...

Page 8: ...e total number of channels for the fixture to 4 pan will automatically be set to none Likewise if you increase the number of channels from 8 to 9 and you had previously set up 4 multi fixtures using all 32 channels the multi fixture setting will automatically be reset back to 1 BLACK CHANNEL is the channel that will be affected when the black switch is pressed You can choose any available fixture ...

Page 9: ...her pan and tilt effects This menu allows you to adjust the pan and tilt centers of these chases This feature is helpful when one of the circle chases is close to what you want but is not pointing in the exact desired location Use this while the chase is running so that you can see the results First select the factory chase number 1 48 using data wheel 1 then adjust the pan or tilt offset using da...

Page 10: ...nter The profile will be loaded into memory and can then be selected using the choose fixtures menu Up to 256 fixture profiles can be loaded into memory REMOVE FIXTURE PROFILE This allows you to remove individual profiles from memory in order to free up memory space When you enter this menu the message Select profile to remove press enter will appear on the top line of the display The first profil...

Page 11: ...ed there After you are finished recording press record to exit Fixture groups are selected by pressing fixture group then selecting the desired group from 1 48 If you want to turn on more than one group you must hold down the add switch while selecting To edit a fixture group first select the group then press record and proceed as described in the preceding paragraphs Make any changes to the group...

Page 12: ...operate With fine mode on they will increment or decrement by the smallest possible amount With fine mode off they will increment or decrement by larger amounts If a fixture profile is installed for a selected fixture selecting fine mode will switch the channel wheel display to number values for channels instead of name values such as color or gobo names BLACK SWITCH Pressing the black switch will...

Page 13: ...ntly by holding down the add switch when pressing the scene switch while turning on the scene LED You will not need to press add each time you select a scene if you do this To turn add mode off press the scene switch while holding erase when turning on the scene LED The add mode state is backed up in memory so you only need to set it one time if you intend to always use add mode You have the optio...

Page 14: ...e recording a preset you must first do some preparation In order to be able to view certain channels like color or gobo you will first need to set dimmer levels and the pan or tilt positions in order to see the color or gobo selection Do this by selecting the fixture or fixtures to be used in the preset and then position the beams and turn up the dimmer levels These things will not be recorded int...

Page 15: ... the preset is turned on even if it that fixture was included in the preset when it was recorded This allows you to put all fixtures into a preset but use only selected ones as needed For example you could create a preset called Red that sets all color channels of every fixture to the color red Then you can select the fixtures you want to be red then call the Red preset changing only those fixture...

Page 16: ...rrent chase page and any number LEDs that already contain chases will be lit There are 24 pages of memory locations available Page FC is reserved for factory chases and can t be recorded on The display will show the current chase step speed fade and speed lock status To start recording the first chase step move the channel or channels to the desired positions by either adjusting the faders or by u...

Page 17: ...eset LEDs must be off If you select a chase number that is already lit a message will appear asking if you want to write over the existing chase Press yes or no You can use the page switches to select from pages 1 to 24 which will allow you to store up to 1152 chases Page FC is reserved for factory chases Note It can take up to 30 seconds to overwrite or erase a chase depending on how much of the ...

Page 18: ...s running use the setup menu adjust factory chases to move the center Be aware that this will affect any scene that uses this factory chase AUDIO SWITCH The audio switch enables the audio input as a trigger for chase steps Pressing the audio switch turns on its LED It will flash off briefly whenever an audio beat is detected at the audio input Any chases that are running will sync to this beat unl...

Page 19: ...l other items that you can program while recording the show that will affect how it will play These are loop manual and link Loop can be set to on or off and as the name implies determines whether the show will loop continuously or play through one time and then stop Manual can be set to on or off and will determine if the show will play using the programmed hold times or will be advanced using th...

Page 20: ...ime has counted down to 0 or if you press go during the last step If loop is set to off the show will end after the last scene has been called If there is a link programmed with the show the linked show will start as soon as the last step s hold time has elapsed or after the go switch is pressed in manual mode following the last step ERASE SHOW To erase an existing show press record then show then...

Page 21: ...now that moving lights work best using this type of system rather than HTP or highest takes precedence which is usually the best way to control dimmers With LTP whenever a new action takes place such as calling a scene or moving a fader the latest action any lighting channel that is under the control of that action is changed to the new value Using HTP an action only takes control of a channel whe...

Page 22: ...t the card will insert with the label side down on some units The card socket is polarized and will only allow you insert the card the correct way MEMORY BACKUP Go to the menu function save memory file to disk the message Press enter to save file to disk will appear on the top line of the display The default file name will appear on the bottom line You can use the data wheel or an external keyboar...

Page 23: ... file with this name on power up FIXTURE PROFILES Fixture profiles are small files that are available from ROBE website that contain detailed information about a lighting fixture such as the name and function of each of the channels as well as the name and DMX values of steps within a channel Once loaded a profile can be selected from the fixture list when choosing fixtures Fixture profiles are he...

Page 24: ...1MB Power supply 120 220V via external Power Supply 9 12V DC DMX 512 output connectors two 3 pin XLR female connectors two 5 pin XLR female connectors PC connection RS 232 2xPolarity Switch per Output RCA Audio input PS 2 Key board input Midi In Midi Out port XLR socket for Light connector Battery backup Rack size 19 rack mountable 6 space Weight 4 5 kg Dimensions mm 483x267x102 CLEANING AND MAINT...

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