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Summary of Contents for Robin 300 Plasma Wash

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Page 2: ... 7 4 5 Rigging the fixture 8 4 6 DMX 512 connection 10 4 7 Ethernet connection 11 5 Remotely controllable functions 13 6 Control menu map 14 7 Control menu 17 7 1 Tab Address 18 7 2 Tab Information 18 7 3 Tab Personality 20 7 4 Tab Manual Control 21 7 5 Tab Stand alone 22 7 6 Tab Service 23 7 7 Icon Lamp menu 24 8 RDM 25 9 Error and information messages 26 10 Technical Specifications 27 11 Mainten...

Page 3: ...all connections with the mains with particular caution Make sure that the available voltage is not higher than stated on the rear panel Always plug in the power plug least Make sure that the power switch is set to off position before you connect the device to the mains The power plug has to be accessible after installing the device Make sure that the power cord is never crimped or damaged by sharp...

Page 4: ...rea below the installation place is blocked when rigging derigging or servicing the fix ture Always fix the fixture with an appropriate safety rope Fix the safety rope at the correct hole only Only operate the fixture after having checked that the housing is firmly closed and all screws are tightly fas tened The maximum ambient temperature 40 C must never be exceeded CAUTION The lens has to be rep...

Page 5: ...ESCAPE button 3 NEXT button 4 ENTER DISPLAY ON button 5 PREV button The head should be locked for transportation the tilt lock latch 2 and the pan lock latch 3 have to be in the locked positions To unlock the head move these latches to unlock positions before operating the fixture 1 Front lens 2 Tilt lock 3 Pan lock 4 Base 5 Moving head 6 Arm The ENTER DISPLAY ON button also serves for switching t...

Page 6: ...s on the head according to the following drawing 4 2 Connection to the mains For protection from electric shock the fixture must be earthed The Robin 300 Plasma Wash is equipped with auto switching power supply that automatically adjusts to any 50 60Hz AC power source from 100 240 Volts Install a suitable plug on the power cord note that the cores in the power cord are coloured according to the fo...

Page 7: ...dichroic filter into the colour wheel 6 Place the top cover back before applying power 4 4 Installing top hats The Robin 300 Plasma Wash can be fitted with various types of the top hats see chapter the Technical spe cifications If you wish to install a top hat optional follow the instructions Switch the device off before installing the top hat 1 Loosen 4 lens holder quarter turn screws and hook bo...

Page 8: ...lifications do not attempt the installation yourself but instead use a professional structural rigger Improper installation can result in bodily injury or damage to property The fixture has to be installed out of the reach of people If the fixture shall be lowered from the ceiling or high joists professional trussing systems have to be used The fixture must never be fixed swinging freely in the ro...

Page 9: ... Pull the safety wire 2 through the carrying handles 5 and around the truss 6 as shown on the pictures below Securing the fixture via one safety wire Securing the fixture via two safety wires When installing fixtures side by side avoid illuminating one fixture with another DANGER TO LIFE Before taking into operation for the first time the installation has to be approved by an expert 1 Clamps 2 Saf...

Page 10: ...er directly with the DMX input of the first fixture in the DMX chain If you wish to connect DMX controllers with other XLR out puts you need to use adapter cables Building a serial DMX chain Connect the DMX output of the first fixture in the DMX chain with the DMX input of the next fixture Always connect one output with the input of the next fixture until all fixtures are connected Caution At the ...

Page 11: ... 2 TD 6 RX 3 RX 7 Not connected 4 Not connected 8 Not connected Patch cables that connect fixtures to the hubs or LAN sockets are wired 1 1 that is pins with the same numbers are connected together 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 If only the fixture and the computer are to be interconnected no hubs or other active components are needed A cross cable has to be used 1 3 2 6 3 1 4 8 5 7 6 2 7 5 8 4 I...

Page 12: ...nect the DMX output of this fixture with the input of the next fixture until all fixtures are connected to the DMX chain Caution At the last fixture the DMX chain has to be terminated with a terminator Solder a 120 Ω resistor between Signal and Signal into a XLR plug and connect it in the DMX output of the last fixture Example DMX address 1 DMX address 20 DMX address 60 IP addres 002 168 002 002 U...

Page 13: ...ers open The colour wheel can be positioned between two adjacent colours in any position It is also possible to rotate the colour wheel continuously at dif ferent speeds Rainbow effect in both directions CMY CTO colour mixing system The CMY color mixing system is based on graduated cyan magenta and yellow colour filters A continuous range of colors may be achieved by varying the amount of each fil...

Page 14: ... Total Hours Resetable Hours Lamp Strikes Total Strikes Resetable Strikes Air Filters Elapsed Time Alert Period 10 300 Fixture Temperatures Head Temperature Current Maximum NonRes Maximum Res Driver Temperature Current Maximum NonRes Maximum Res Base Temperature Current Maximum NonRes Maximum Res DMX Values Pan Dimmer Fine Software Versions Display System Module M Module C1 Module C2 Product IDs M...

Page 15: ...n 0 255 Dimmer Fine 0 255 Screen Settings Display Intensity 1 10 Screen Saver Delay Off 10min Touchscreen Lock Off 10min Recalibrate Touch screen Display Orientation Normal Inverted Auto Temperature Unit C F Fan Mode Auto High Date Time Settings Default Settings Manual Control Reset Functions Reset All Systems Pan Tilt reset Colour System Reset Strobe Reset Optics Reset Iris Reset Preset Effect Co...

Page 16: ...ep 1 100 Edit Program Steps Step 1 Pan 0 255 Dimmer Fine 0 255 Step Time 0 25 5s Step 100 Pan 0 255 Dimmer Fine 0 255 Step Time 0 25 5s Service Adjust DMX Values Pan 0 255 Dimmer Fine 0 255 Adjust Lamp Pan 0 255 Tilt 0 255 Zoom 0 255 Calibrations Calibrate Effects Pan 0 255 Tilt 0 255 Colour Wheel 0 255 Colour Wheel Fine 0 255 Load Default Calibra tions Update Software ...

Page 17: ...used to move back to the previous screen menu up arrow used to move up on the previous page down arrow used to move down on the next page confirm used to save adjusted values to leave menu or to perform desired action cancel used to leave menu item without saving changes confirm copy used to save adjusted values and copy them to the next prog step warning icon used to indicate some error which has...

Page 18: ...et Fixture receives Artnet protocol or MANet every fixture has to be connected to the Ethernet network Ethernet To DMX Fixture receives Artnet protocol from the Ethernet input and sends DMX data to its DMX output fixture works as an Artnet DMX converter next fixture can be connected to its DMX output and you can build a standard DMX chain by connecting another fixtures Only one fixture has to be c...

Page 19: ...erature exceeds 85 C the lamp will be switched off Driver Temperature The menu shows temperature of the plasma source driver in the fixture head Current A current temperature of the driver Maximum NonRes A maximum temperature of the driver since the fixture has been fabricated Maximum Res A maximum temperature of the driver since the counter was last reset In order to reset this counter to 0 touch...

Page 20: ...b Personality User mode The Robin 300 Plasma Wash allows you to recall up to 3 user settings After switching the fixture on for the first time the User A settings is active Now all changes made in the Personality menu Address ing menu and the Music Trigger and Preset Playback items from the Stand alone menu are saved to the User A settings If you now select the User B settings from this moment the...

Page 21: ...n 10 max Screen saver Delay The item allows you to keep the screen on or to turn it off automatically after 1 10 minutes after last touch or pressing any button on the control panel Touchscreen Lock The item allows you to lock the screen after last touch or pressing any button on the control panel The time delay can be set in range of 1 10 minutes To unlock the screen press the ENTER Display On bu...

Page 22: ...in a loop Play Program 1 The option starts user program No 1 Play Program 2 The option starts user program No 2 Play Program 3 The option starts user program No 3 Edit Program Use the menu to create or to edit desired program The Robin 300 Plasma Wash offers 3 free programs each up to 100 steps Edit Program 1 The option allows to edit user program No 1 Edit Program 2 The option allows to edit user...

Page 23: ...r wheel Colour Wheel Fine a fine movement of the colour wheel By using these items you can calibrate and adjust effects to their right positions Calibration via the control board 1 Disconnect DMX controller from the fixture and enter the Calibrate Effects menu 2 Use the up arrow and down arrow to find desired effect and touch it to enter the fine effect adjustment screen 3 Set desired value and sa...

Page 24: ...ection is OK click on the Start Uploading button to start uploading It will take several minutes to perform software update If the option Incremental Update is not checked all processors will be updated including processors with the same software version If you wish to update only later versions of processors check the Incremental Update box Avoid interrupting the process Update status is being di...

Page 25: ... special Start Code and by complying with the timing specifications for DMX512 the RDM protocol allows a console or dedicated RDM controller to send commands to and receive messages from specific moving lights RDM allows explicit commands to be sent to a device and responses to be received from it The list of commands for Robin 300 Plasma Wash is the following Parameter ID Discovery command SET co...

Page 26: ...e default posi tion Cyan Lamella Error 1 Cyan Error 2 The messages will appear after the reset of the cyan flag if the flag is not located in the default position Magenta Lamella Error 1 Magenta Error 2 The messages will appear after the reset of the magenta flags if the flag is not located in the default position Yellow Lamella Error 1 Yellow Error 2 The messages will appear after the reset of th...

Page 27: ...8V Low The message informs you that the DC voltage falls below undervoltage limit 10 Technical Specifications Electrical Power supply electronic auto ranging Input voltage range supply 100 240V 50 60Hz Live Fuse T 6 3 A Neutral Fuse T 6 3 A Power consumption 400 VA Light source LIFI ENT 31 02 CCI 5300K CRI 94 rated average life 10 000 hours Optical System Metal reflector zoom range 10 35 Colour wh...

Page 28: ...TT DMX 512 RDM ArtNet MANet MANet2 Support of RDM Remote Device Management 3 DMX modes 14 16 19 control channels Pan Tilt Pan movement range 540 Tilt movement range 260 16 bit movement resolution Automatic Pan Tilt position correction Remotely controllable speed of pan tilt movement for easy programming Movement control tracking and vector Pan tilt lock mechanism Rigging Mounting points 2 pairs of...

Page 29: ...lcohol or solvents be used DANGER Disconnect from the mains before starting any maintenance work The front fresnel lens will require weekly cleaning as smoke fluid tends to building up residues reducing the light output very quickly The cooling fans should be cleaned monthly The interior of the fixture should be cleaned at least annually using a vacuum cleaner or an air jet Dichroic colour filters...

Page 30: ...tter strobe channel 0 DMX step 40 49 Full Lamp power if Shutter strobe channel 0 DMX step 50 59 Pan Tilt speed mode step 60 69 Pan Tilt time mode step 70 79 Blackout while pan tilt moving step 80 89 Disabled blackout while pan tilt moving step 90 99 Blackout while colour wheel moving step 100 109 Disabled blackout while colour wheel moving step 110 129 Reserved To activate following functions stop...

Page 31: ...ion from fast to slow proportional 8 Colour wheel fine positioning 0 255 Fine positioning proportional 9 8 6 Cyan 0 255 Cyan 0 white 255 full cyan proportional 10 9 7 Magenta 0 255 Magenta 0 white 255 full magenta proportional 11 10 8 Yellow 0 255 Yellow 0 white 255 full yellow proportional 12 11 9 CTO filter 0 255 0 6000K 255 3200K proportional 13 12 10 CMY colour macros 0 7 No function step 8 15...

Page 32: ...e 0 Shutter closed lamp power redused to 20 of nomin power step 1 31 Shutter closed full lamp power step 32 63 Shutter open Full lamp power step 64 95 Strobe effect from slow to fast proportional 96 127 Shutter open full lamp power step 128 143 Opening pulse in sequences from slow to fast proportional 144 159 Closing pulse in sequences from fast to slow proportional 160 191 Shutter open full lamp ...

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