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Controlling:
After having addressed all ECOLOR 250 XT , you may now start operating these via your lighting controller.
Note:After switching on, the ECOLOR 250 XT will automatically detect whether DMX 512 data is received or
not.If there is no data received at the DMX-input, the display will start to flash "A001" with actually set address.
This situation can occur if:
- the 3 PIN XLR plug (cable with DMX signal from controller) is not connected with the input of the ECOLOR 250
XT
- the controller is switched off or defective, the cable or connector is defective or the signal wires are swap in the
input connector.
Note:It’s necessary to insert the XLR termination plug (with 120 Ohm) to the last fixture in the link in order to
ensure proper transmission on the DMX data link.
7.2 Remotely and manually controllable functions
Lamp
The ECOLOR 250 XT is to be operated with a MSD/HSD 250 or MSD 250/2 lamp.
A relay inside of the ECOLOR 250 XT allows you to switch on and off the lamp via the remote control or via your
DMX-controller without affecting the rest of the lighting.
To switch On/Off the lamp,use the [Power]-button or [Blackout/lamp Off]-button on the remote control .You can
use also menu "LAMP"- please refer to "Switching On/Off the lamp ".
Note: It is also important to note, that the discharge lamp is cold restrike types, that means, that they have to be
cold before re-striking. For this reason, you have to wait 5 minutes (after having switched Off the lamp before you
can switch it back On again. If you try to switch On the lamp within 5 minutes after having switched it Off, the
ECOLOR 250 XT will store this information and automatically ignite the lamp when the 5 minutes period has
expired. The message "HEAt" will appear on the control board display of the ECOLOR 250 XT. If the ignition of
the lamp is seven times unsuccessful, on the display will appear "LA.Er.", meaning that the lamp could be
damaged or even missed, or there could be a failure on the ignitor or ballast.
Avoid turning on several lamps at once.
CMY-colors mixing system
The CMY color mixing system is based on graduated cyan,magenta and yellow color filters.A continuous range
of colours may be achived by varying the amount of each filter from 0 to 100%
Dimmer
Smooth 0-100% dimming is provided by the special dimmer unit.
Beam effects
Horizontal and vertical beam shapers – manually adjustable.Frost filter for softer beam and colour temperature
correction filter 3200K – manually adjustable.
Clock
The ECOLOR 250 XT has a battery operated 24-hour clock that can set the start and the stop stand-alone
operation.
Cooling
The ECOLOR 250 XT is cooled by one axial fan in the head.
8. Stand - alone mode
The fixtures on a data link are not connected to the controller but can execute pre-set programs which can be
different for every fixture.To set the program to be played,see the "Stand-alone setting" ( menu "St.AL.").
"Stand-alone operation" can be applied to the single fixture (the fixture may be set to the master /slave mode ) or
to multiple fixtures operating synchronously.
Synchronous operation of multiple fixtures requires that they must be connected on a data link and one of them
is set as a master (master mode) and the rest as the slaves (slave mode).The slaves are assigned to SLA.1-
SLA.9 and on the certain slave address can be connected only one fixture.To set the fixture as the master or
slave , see the "Addressing" (menu "A001").
If the master fixture runs a reset,switches On/Off the lamp or plays test(program) ,all slaves will execute
these acts too (e.g. if the master fixture has switched its lamp off,no slave can switch its lamp on)!
You can't play or edit any programs on the slaves by their control displays if the master is switched on
and connected to the master/slave chain.
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