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DMX protocol

1

2

3

Mode/channel

DMX 

Value

Function

Type of control

Gobo rotation  - set position on channel  18/17/15

0

No rotation

step

1 - 127

Forwards gobo rotation from fast to slow

proportional

128 - 129 No rotation

step

130 - 255 Backwards gobo rotation from slow to fast

proportional

130 - 255 Backwards gobo rotation from slow to fast

proportional

20

*

*

Rot. Gobo indexing/rotation - fine

0-255

Fine indexing (rotation)

proportional

21

19

17

Prism

0 - 19

Open position (hole)

step

20 - 127 5-facet rotating prism

step

128 - 255 Prism/gobo macros

128 - 135 Macro 1

128 - 135 Macro 1

step

136 - 143 Macro 2

step

144 - 151 Macro 3

step

152 - 159 Macro 4

step

160 - 167 Macro 5

step

168 - 175 Macro 6

step

176 - 183 Macro 7

step

176 - 183 Macro 7

step

184 - 191 Macro 8

step

192 - 199 Macro 9

step

200 - 207 Macro 10

step

208 - 215 Macro 11

step

216 - 223 Macro 12

step

224 - 231 Macro 13

step

232 - 239 Macro 14

step

232 - 239 Macro 14

step

240 - 247 Macro 15

step

248 - 255 Macro 16

step

22

20

18

Prism rotation

0

No rotation

step

1 - 127

Forwards rotation from fast to slow

proportional

128 - 129 No rotation

step

130 - 255 Backwards rotation from slow to fast

proportional

23

21

19

Frost

0

Open

step

1 - 179

Frost from 0% to 100%

proportional

180 - 189 100% frost

step

190 - 211 Pulse closing from slow to fast

proportional

212 - 233 Pulse opening from fast to slow

proportional

212 - 233 Pulse opening from fast to slow

proportional

234 - 255 Ramping from fast to slow

proportional

24

22

20

Iris

0

Open

step

1 - 179

From max.diameter to min.diameter

proportional

180 - 191 Closed

step

Pulse effects with Iris blackout:

192 -219 Pulse opening from slow to fast

proportional

192 -219 Pulse opening from slow to fast

proportional

220 - 247 Pulse closing from fast to slow

proportional

248 - 249 Random pulse opening (fast)

step

250 - 251 Random pulse opening (slow)

step

252 - 253 Random pulse closing (fast)

step

254 - 255 Random pulse closing (slow)

step

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Summary of Contents for Robin MMX Blade

Page 1: ... Version1 1 ...

Page 2: ... 6 DMX 512 connection 11 4 7 Ethernet connection 12 5 Remotely controllable functions 14 6 Control menu map 16 7 Control menu 19 7 1 Tab Address 20 7 2 Tab Information 21 7 3 Tab Personality 23 7 4 Tab Manual Control 25 7 5 Tab Stand alone 25 7 6 Tab Service 26 7 7 Icon Lamp menu 28 8 RDM 29 9 Wireless DMX operation 29 10 Error and information messages 30 11 Technical Specifications 33 12 Maintena...

Page 3: ...th it 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 edges Check the device and the power cord from t...

Page 4: ...afety rope Fix the safety rope at the correct holes only Only operate the fixture after having checked that the housing is firmly closed and all screws are tightly fas tened The lamp must never be ignited if the objective lens or any housing cover is open as discharge lamps may explode and emit a high ultraviolet radiation which may cause burns The maximum ambient temperature 45 C must never be ex...

Page 5: ... button 3 NEXT button 4 PREVious button 5 ENTER DISPLAY ON 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 Air filter 3 Tilt lock 4 Pan lock 5 Air filter 6 Arm 7 Base 8 Arm 9 Moving head The ENTER DISPLAY ON butt...

Page 6: ...king To install the 15 A fuse 1 Disconnect the fixture from AC power 2 Unscrew the fuse holder on the rear panel of the base with a flat tip screwdriver from the housing anticlockwise 3 Remove the 8 A fuse from the fuse holder 4 Put the 15 A fuse in the fuse holder 5 Replace the fuse holder in the housing and screw it fully clockwise Install a suitable plug on the power cord if it is needed note t...

Page 7: ... device is not de signed for Damages caused by non observance are not subject to warranty Please follow the lamp manufacturer s notes Do not touch the glass bulb bare hand during the installation 5 Re insert the lamp cover and tighten the two quarter turn fasteners 1 6 Switch on the fixture 7 Align the lamp see instructions below 8 Reset the Lamp On Time and Lamp Strikes counters in the menu Infor...

Page 8: ...y pull up the gobo holder from the rotation gobo wheel 4 Remove the spring gobo lock with an appropriate tool e g small bladed screwdriver and remove it Do not touch the surface of the pattern of the glass gobo with bare fingers 5 Remove the original gobo and insert the new one glazy side towards the lamp Insert the spring gobo lock to secure it in the gobo holder 6 Insert the gobo holder back und...

Page 9: ...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 10: ...fully clockwise 3 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 expe...

Page 11: ...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 12: ... 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 If the f...

Page 13: ... 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 46 DMX address 150 IP addres 002 168 002 002 Univ...

Page 14: ...rections with variable speed which creates wide spectrum of graphic ef fects Rotating gobo wheel The rotating gobo wheel includes 7 gobos rotating in both directions indexable replaceable SLOT LOCK glass gobos open position Gobo positioning and gobo selection speed is available as well as a gobo shake function Prism The 5 facet prism rotates in both directions at different speeds 16 prism gobo mac...

Page 15: ...15 Framing shutters identification ...

Page 16: ...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 Ambient Temperature Current Maximum NonRes Maximum Res Base Temperature Current Maximum NonRes Maximum Res LED Driver Temp Level Current Maximum NonRes Maximum Res DMX Values Pan Dimmer Fine Wireless State Signal Quality ...

Page 17: ...s Blackout During M C Off On Blackout while Pan Tilt moving Off On Colour Wheel Moving Off On Gobo Wheels Moving Off On Timeout Blackout Off On Init Effect Positions Pan 0 255 Dimmer Fine 0 255 Screen Settings Display Intensity 1 10 Screen Saver Delay Off 10min Touchscreen Lock Off 10min Recalibrate Touchscreen Display Orientation Normal Inverted Auto Temperature Unit C F Fan Mode Auto High Silent...

Page 18: ...er Off On Preset Playback None Test Prg 1 Prg 2 Prg 3 Play Program Play Program 1 Play Program 2 Play Program 3 Edit Program Edit Program 1 Start Step 1 100 End Step 1 100 Edit Program Steps Step 1 Pan 0 255 Dimmer Fine 0 255 Step Time 0 25 5 sec Step 100 Pan 0 255 Dimmer Fine 0 255 Step Time 0 25 5 sec Service Adjust DMX Values Pan 0 255 Dimmer Fine 0 255 Adjust Lamp Pan 0 255 Hot Spot 0 255 Cali...

Page 19: ...utton switches the touch screen on Icons used in the touch screen menu back arrow 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 ...

Page 20: ...erature cannot be claimed under warranty terms Touch any part of the screen or press the ENTER Display On button to display the initial screen with the cur rent stored DMX address Touch the green arrow at the bottom right corner of the screen or press the ENTER Display On button to enter the Address menu An item such as a Tab menu item text box icon may be selected from a screen by simply touching...

Page 21: ...p strikes since the Robin MMX Blade has been fabricated Resetable Strikes The item shows the number of the lamp strikes since the counter was last reset In order to reset this counter to 0 touch the text box next to the item Resetable Strikes Air Filters Regular cleaning of the air filters is very important for the fixture s life and performance Bild up of dust dirt and fog fluid residues reduces ...

Page 22: ...ed to read DMX values of each channel received by the fixture Wireless State The menu serves for reading of the wireless operation status only for Wireless DMX ver sion Unlink Wireless Adapter The menu serves for unlinking the fixture from the transmitter only Wireless DMX version Software Version Select this item to read the software version of the fixture modules Display System A display process...

Page 23: ...by means of the standard DMX cable Wireless DMX signal is received by means of the inbuilt wireless module Wireless In XLR Out the fixture receives wireless DMX and sends the signal to its wired DMX output The fixture behaves as Wireless Wired adapter The options Wired and Wireless are also stated in DMX chart channel Power Special functions Pan Tilt Settings Use the menu set behaviour of both pan...

Page 24: ...dard display orientation if the fixture is placed horizontally e g on the ground Inverted Inverted orientation needed if the fixture is hanging on the truss Auto The option activates a gravitation sensor for automatic screen orientation Note Auto option is set as default You change the display orientation by touching the icon on the display an the option set in the Display Orientation menu is temp...

Page 25: ... tilt move ment Adjust the pan tilt zoom focus and hot spot to desired positions an start test sequences by touching the green icon Music Trigger Use the item to activate the sound control of the running program via the built in micro phone Preset Playback This menu allows you to select the program which will be played in a loop after switching the fixture on the option is commonly used in a stand...

Page 26: ...acro Speed No macro generation Macro generation from fast to slow forwards No macro generation Macro generation from slow to fast backwards 7 6 Tab Service Adjust DMX Values The menu allows you to set all effects to desired positions before fine calibration of the effects Adjust Lamp This item opens the light output of the fixture and enables to focus the light beam on the wall to perform the fine...

Page 27: ...channel 48 Zoom channel 57 channel 51 channel 49 Focus channel 58 channel 52 channel 50 Hot Spot channel 59 channel 53 channel 51 Dimmer 1 channel 60 channel 54 channel 52 Dimmer 2 channel 61 channel 55 channel 53 Effect Wheel Pos channel 62 channel 56 channel 54 Fr Reset 1 M1 channel 63 channel 57 channel 55 Fr Reset 1 M2 channel 64 channel 58 channel 56 Fr Reset 2 M1 channel 65 channel 59 channe...

Page 28: ...he 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 displayed in the Info Box window When the update is finished the line with the text The fixture is successfully updated will appear in this window and the fixture will reset with the new software Note In the case of an interruption ...

Page 29: ...START_ADDRESS IDENTIFY_DEVICE DEVICE_MODEL_DESCRIPTION MANUFACTURER_LABEL DEVICE_LABEL SENSOR_DEFINITION SENSOR_VALUE DISPLAY_INVERT DISPLAY_LEVEL PAN_INVERT TILT_INVERT DEVICE_RESET DMX_PERSONALITY DMX_PERSONALITY_DESCRIPTION STATUS_MESSAGES STATUS_ID_DESCRIPTION LAMP_STATE LAMP_ON_MODE 1 DEVICE_HOURS 2 LAMP_HOURS 2 LAMP_STRIKES 2 1 Another options for this command only for Robe s fixtures value ...

Page 30: ...rs during fixture operation are signalled by the yellow warning icon at the bottom line of the screen Touch the warning icon or press the ESCAPE button to display error messages List of error and information messages Active Lamp Timer This message appears if you try to switch on the lamp within 5 minutes after having switched it off The fixture will store the attempt to ignite the lamp and automat...

Page 31: ...the strobe lamella 2 is not located in the default position Prism Error 1 Prism Error 2 The messages will appear after the reset of the prism wheel if this wheel is not located in the default position Zoom Error 1 Zoom Error 2 The messages will appear after the reset of the zoom module if the zoom lens is not located in the default position Focus Error Focus Error 2 The messages will appear after ...

Page 32: ...32 Location of the fans ...

Page 33: ...dichroic filters open CMY CTO mixing module Smooth CMY colour mixing system Colour temperature correction filter lowers the colour temperature to 3200 K 30 colour macros Rotating gobo wheel 6 glass gobos one dichro gobo can be indexed and rotated in both directions at different speeds Gobo wheel continuous rotation Glass gobos outside diameter 26 8 mm max thickness 4 mm high temperature borofloat ...

Page 34: ...lone operation 3 user editable programs each up to 100 steps Supported protocols USITT DMX 512 RDM ArtNet MANet MANet2 Support of RDM Remote Device Management 3 DMX modes 45 39 37 control channels Wireless DMX RDM module only for Wireless DMX version Compliance with USITT DMX 512 1986 1990 and 512 A Full DMX fidelity and frame integrity Auto sensing of DMX frame rate and frame size 5ms DMX latency...

Page 35: ... housing temperature 100 C Minimum distances Min distance from flammable surfaces 1 m Min distance to alight object 5 m Total heat dissipation 3480 BTU h calculated Weight net 26 7 kg Dimensions mm Accessories Omega holder No 99010420 2 pcs Mains cable 1 pc ...

Page 36: ...36 Photometric charts ...

Page 37: ...37 ...

Page 38: ...els and the internal lenses should be cleaned monthly Remove dust and dirt from the fans and cooling vents using a soft brush and vacuum cleaner Important Check the air filters periodically and clean before they become clogged Clean two air filters placed in the fixture s covers and one in the fixture base Use a vacuum cleaner com pressed air or you can wash them and put back dry After replacing t...

Page 39: ... DMX input Wireless DMX step function is active only10 seconds after switching the fixture on 20 39 Reserved 40 44 Dimmer Compatible curve step 45 49 Dimmer SYNC curve step 50 59 Pan Tilt speed mode step 60 69 Pan Tilt time 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 st...

Page 40: ...ainbow effect from slow to fast proportional 244 249 Random colour selection by audio control step Set microphone sensitivity in menu Personality 250 255 Auto random colour selection from fast to slow proportional 250 255 Auto random colour selection 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 propor...

Page 41: ... Effect wheel positioning 15 14 12 Effect wheel positioning 0 19 No function step 20 127 Proportional indexing 73 center proportional 128 170 Ramping from open to full position max min speed proportional 171 213 Ramping from open to half position max min speed proportional 214 255 Ramp from half position to full position max min speed proportional 16 15 13 Effect wheel rotation 0 No rotation step ...

Page 42: ...tional 80 89 Gobo 3 proportional 90 99 Gobo 4 proportional 100 109 Gobo 5 proportional 110 119 Gobo 6 proportional 120 129 Gobo 7 proportional Shaking gobos from slow to fast Shaking gobos from slow to fast Rotation set rotation on channel 19 18 16 130 139 Gobo 1 proportional 140 149 Gobo 2 proportional 150 159 Gobo 3 proportional 160 169 Gobo 4 proportional 170 179 Gobo 5 proportional 180 189 Gob...

Page 43: ...cro 13 step 232 239 Macro 14 step 232 239 Macro 14 step 240 247 Macro 15 step 248 255 Macro 16 step 22 20 18 Prism rotation 0 No rotation step 1 127 Forwards rotation from fast to slow proportional 128 129 No rotation step 130 255 Backwards rotation from slow to fast proportional 23 21 19 Frost 0 Open step 1 179 Frost from 0 to 100 proportional 180 189 100 frost step 190 211 Pulse closing from slo...

Page 44: ...30 metres proportional 48 40 metres proportional 56 50 metres proportional Iris Iris 64 4 metres proportional 72 7 metres proportional 80 10 metres proportional 88 15 metres proportional 96 20 metres proportional 104 30 metres proportional 112 40 metres proportional 112 40 metres proportional 120 50 metres proportional Gobo wheel 128 4 metres proportional 136 7 metres proportional 144 10 metres pr...

Page 45: ...velling from 0 degrees to 25 degrees proportional 38 33 31 Framing shutter 4 movent 0 255 Movement from Outward to Inward proportional 39 34 32 Framing shutter 4 swivelling 39 34 32 Framing shutter 4 swivelling 0 127 Swivelling from 25 degrees towards 0 degrees proportional 128 0 degrees default step 129 255 Swivelling from 0 degrees to 25 degrees proportional 40 35 33 Framing shutters macros 0 3 ...

Page 46: ...6 34 Framing shutters macro speed 0 255 Speed from slow to fast proportional 42 37 35 Hot spot 0 255 Beam distribution control from max intensity to min intensity proportional 43 38 36 Shutter strobe 0 31 Shutter closed Lamp power reduced to 500 W step 32 63 Shutter open Full lamp power step 64 95 Strobe effect from slow to fast proportional 96 127 Shutter open Lamp power reduced to 500 W step 128...

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