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DMX protocol

Channel

DMX 

Value

Function

Type of 

control

11

Red/Cyan (16bit)***

0 - 255 Colour  saturation control - fine (255=default)

proportional

12

Green/Magenta (8 bit)  ***

0 - 255 Colour  saturation control - coarse 0-100% (255=default)

proportional

13

Green/Magenta (16bit) ***

0 - 255 Colour saturation control - fine (255=default)

proportional

14

Blue/Yellow (8 bit)  ***

0 - 255 Colour saturation control - coarse 0-100% (255=default)

proportional

15

Blue/ Yellow (16bit) ***

0 - 255 Colour saturation control - fine (255=default)

proportional

16

White (8 bit) 

If RGBW mode is selected:

0-255

Colour saturation control - coarse 0-100% (255=default)

proportional

If CMY mode is selected:

0 - 255 No function

17

White (16 bit) 

0 - 255 Colour saturation control - fine  (255=default)

proportional

18

CTC  

If function "White Point 8000K" is ON

0-255

Col. temperature correction from 8000K to 2700K -for whites only

proportional

(0=8000K, 64=5600K, 128=4200K, 192=3200K, 255=2700K) 
To get colour temperatures stated above, RGBW channels have to 
be set at the same value e.g. 255DMX        (0=default)
(To activate Tungsten effect at 2700K and 3200K , set DMX value at 
"Power/Special functions" channel)

If function "White Point 8000K" is OFF

0-255

Colour temperature correction from cool white to 2700K

proportional

19

Colour Mix control  

Defines relation between colour channels

"Virtual" = Virtual Colours (Virtual Colour Wheel)
"Colour mix" = Colour channels (RGBW/CMY)

0-9

Virtual colors ("Virtual" has priority) 

step

10-19

Maximum mode (highest values have priority)

step

20-29

Minimum mode (lowest values have priority)

step

30-39

Multiply mode (multiply Virtual and Colour Mix)

step

40-49

Addition mode (V Colour mix)      (45=default)

step

50-59

Subtraction mode (Virtual – Colour mix)

step

60-69

Inverted Subtraction mode (Colour mix-Virtual)

step

70-128 Reserved

129

Virtual colors (virtual has priority) 

step

130-254 Crossfade (crossfade between Virtual and Colour mix) 

proportional

255

Colour channels ("Colour mix" has priority)

step

20

Rotating gobo selection

Index - set indexing on channel 21

0-4

Open/hole (0=default)

step

5-9

Gobo 1

step

10-14

Gobo 2 

step

Rotation - set rotation on channel 21

15-19

Gobo 1

step

20-24

Gobo 2

step

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Summary of Contents for Robin SuperSpike

Page 1: ...1 Version 1 0 Version 1 4 ...

Page 2: ...ion 14 4 Remotely controllable functions 15 5 Control menu map 16 6 Control menu 20 6 1 Tab Address 21 6 2 Tab Information 22 6 3 Tab Personality 23 6 4 Tab Manual Control 25 6 5 Tab Stand alone 25 6 6 Tab Service 26 7 RDM 28 8 Error and information messages 29 9 Technical Specifications 30 10 Maintenance and cleaning 34 10 1 Replacing the fuse 33 10 2 Disposing of the product 33 11 Photometric di...

Page 3: ...es not contain an ON OFF switch Always disconnect power input cable to completely remove power from unit when not in use or before cleaning or servicing the unit Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord Do not locate this fixture where the cord may be damaged by persons walking on it Make sure that the power cord is never crimped or damaged by sharp edges Check the fixture and the power cor...

Page 4: ...e fixture only after having familiarized with its functions Do not permit operation by persons not qualified for operating the fixture Most damages are the result of unprofessional operation Please use the original packaging if the fixture is to be transported Please consider that unauthorized modifications on the fixture are forbidden due to safety reasons If this device will be operated in any w...

Page 5: ...oving head 2 Front lens 3 Tilt lock 4 Pan lock 5 Handles 6 QVGA touch screen 7 Control buttons 8 USB port 9 Yoke 10 Ethernet 11 5 pin DMX OUT 12 3 pin DMX OUT 13 3 pin DMX IN 14 5 pin DMX IN 15 Fuse holder 16 Mains IN 17 Mains OUT ...

Page 6: ...e Neutral N Yellow Green Green Earth This device falls under class one and must be earthed grounded To apply power first check that the head pan and tilt locks are released Design of the Robin SuperSpikie allows to connect several fixtures to AC mains power in one interconnected daisy chain using power input and throughput connectors Needed daisy chain cords are stated in the chapter Technical spe...

Page 7: ...er 3 from the gobo module 5 Remove the spring lock 6 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 7 and insert the new one glossy side towards the light source black matt side towards the front lens The Robe gobo has a small position point 8 at its edge which has to exactly...

Page 8: ...lots 4 and the stop 5 into the gobo module in this way that its position point 9 has to aim at the small toothlike projection 11 on the edge of the gobo module 2 Do not turn the remaining gobo during inserting the gobo holder back 8 Check that both gobo holders have position point 9 or magnet 10 exactly towards the small toothlike projections 11 on the edge of the gobo module 2 9 Screw the stop 1 ...

Page 9: ...mproper installation can result in bodily injury or damage to property The fixture has to be installed out of the reach of people The fixture must never be fixed swinging freely in the room Caution Fixture may cause severe injuries when crashing down If you have doubts concerning the safety of a possible installation do not install the moving head Before rigging make sure that the installation are...

Page 10: ...les of the base and tighten fully clockwise 3 Clamp the fixture on a truss 6 and tighten the rigging clamps 4 Pull the safety wire 4 through the attachment point 1 and through the handle 7 and around the truss 6 and lock the snap hook with screw lock gate Use only a safety wire with a snap hook with screw lock gate Mounting brackets Omega CL positions When installing fixtures side by side avoid il...

Page 11: ...onnect DMX controllers with other XLR outputs 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 Up to 32 fixtures can be interconnected Caution At the last fixture the DMX cable has to be terminate...

Page 12: ...ted 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 ...

Page 13: ...t fixture in the data chain with the network Connect DMX output of this fixture with DMX 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 193 DMX address...

Page 14: ...eive DMX value according to this option If DMX input option is set to the wired input this option is saved and checking procedure is finished If DMX input option is not set the fixture continues next 5 seconds in scanning wireless DMX signal see point 2 2 For the next 5 seconds the fixture receives wireless DMX signal and again detects if the Power Special functions channel is set at some DMX inpu...

Page 15: ...heel Colour channels 60 69 Inverted Subtraction mode Virtual colour wheel Colour channels 70 128 Reserved 129 Virtual colour wheel has priority 130 254 Cross fade between Virtual colour wheel and colour channels 255 Colour channels have priority Prism The 3 facet prism rotates in both directions at different speeds Flower Effect The Flower effect rotates in both directions with variable speed 10 F...

Page 16: ...16 Pan Tilt Pan tilt movement range 540 360 continual pan tilt rotation Direction of continual rotation ...

Page 17: ...32000 sACN Priority 0 255 Klingnet Settings Off On Information Fixture Times Power On Time Total Hours Resetable Hours Air Filters Elapsed Time Alert Period 10 300 Fixture Temperatures LEDs Temperature Current Maximum NonRes Maximum Res Base Temperature Current Maximum NonRes Maximum Res DMX Values Pan Dimmer Fine Wireless State Signal Quality U n l i n k W i r e l e s s Adapter Power Channel Stat...

Page 18: ...f On Colour Mixing Mode RGBW CMY White Point 8000K Off On Tungsten Eff Sim Off 750W 1000W 1200W 2000W 2500W 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 Dimmer Curve Linear Square Law Date Time S...

Page 19: ...t 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 Calibrations Calibrate Effects Pan 0 255 Tilt 0 255 Rot Gobo wheel R Gobo Index 1 R Gobo Index 2 Rod Rotation Prism 1 Prism 2 Prism Rot F Frost 1 F Frost 2 Frost 1 Frost 2 Zoom Calibrat...

Page 20: ...the button 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...

Page 21: ...ure 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 Each item such as a Tab menu item text box icon may be selected from a screen by simply touching t...

Page 22: ...ty The two items of this menu help you to keep cleaning period of the air filters Alert period Cleaning schedule for the fixture depends on the operating environment It is therefore impossible to specify accurate cleaning interval This item allows you to change the cleaning interval of the air filters This alert value is 300 hours and it is set as default Inspect the fixture within its 300 hours o...

Page 23: ...e which have exceeded defined levels Note The log buffer can contain 8000 records max If the buffer is full old data will be overwritten 6 3 Tab Personality User mode The Robin SuperSpikie allows you to recall two user settings After switching the fixture on for the first time the User A settings is active Now all changes made in the Personality tab Addressing tab and the items Music Trigger and P...

Page 24: ...et desired white in range of 8000K 2700K 0 DMX 8000K 255 DMX 2700K Necessary condition is that RGBW channels have to be full or set at the same DMX values e g 150 If this function is off the range of whites is not uniform and may be different for each fixture Tungsten Effect Sim This function simulates behaviour of a halogen lamp during dimming at calibrated whites 2700K 3200K You can select from ...

Page 25: ...Music Trigger Use the item to activate the sound control of the running program via the built in microphone 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 alone operation without an external controller None The option disables Presetting playback function Test The option starts the test...

Page 26: ...e small frost above rod Frost 1 a fine movement of the frost module Frost 2 a fine movement of the frost module Zoom a fine movement of the zoom system Calibration of the effects 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 Pan and touch it to enter the fine effect adjustment screen 3 Set desired v...

Page 27: ...File with extension tbz is intended for Linux used and tested on Debian and Ubuntu 32 64bit File with extension dmg is intended for macOS used and tested on OSX up to Sierra XQuartz required install it from https www xquartz org Save the download file to a folder on your computer In case that you use windows extract files in the zip file e g DSU_RobinSuperSpikie_18082037 zip 2 Disconnect the fixtu...

Page 28: ...s advantage of RDM support For more information please see https www robe cz robe uploader 7 RDM This fixture supports RDM operation RDM Remote Device Management is a bi directional communications protocol for use in DMX512 control systems it is the new open standard for DMX512 device configuration and status monitoring The RDM protocol allows data packets to be inserted into a DMX512 data stream ...

Page 29: ...or 1 Pan Error 2 This message will appear after the reset of the fixture if the yoke s magnetic indexing circuit malfunctions sen sor failed or magnet is missing or the stepping motor is defective or its driving IC on the PCB The yoke is not located in the default position after the reset of the fixture Prism Error 1 Prism Error 2 The messages will appear after the reset of the prism wheel if this...

Page 30: ...should be replaced Frost Fan Bad The small blower in the fixture head is disconnected from its control PCB or is faulty and has to be replaced Arm Fan Bad The small fan in the fixture arm arm without a tilt lock is disconnected from its control PCB or is faulty and should be replaced Positions of all fans and their control PCBs in the fixture ...

Page 31: ...ainbow effect with variable speed Zoom Linear motorized zoom 4 33 Flower Effect Off 3 5 31 Flower Effect On 5 42 with Frost filter Strobe Strobe effect with variable speed 0 3 20Hz Dimmer Smooth dimmer from 0 100 Prism 3 facet circular prism with continuous rotation in both directions Flower effect Flower effect rotating in both directions 10 Flower effect macros Rotating gobos 2 glass gobos can b...

Page 32: ...A Net2 sACN KlingNet 31 control channels Wireless DMX RDM module optional 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 Operational frequency range of 2402 2480 MHz Producer LumenRadio Connection DMX in Out 3 pin and 5 pin XLR Ethernet RJ 45 Power IN Neutrik TrueOne NAC3MPX Power OUT Neutrik Tru...

Page 33: ...indoor P N 13052444 Daisy Chain PowerCon TRUE1 In Out EU 5m indoor P N 1305 2405 Mains Cable PowerCon In TRUE1 Schuko 2m indoor P N 1305 2406 Mains Cable PowerCon In TRUE1 US 2m indoor P N 1305 2407 Mains Cable PowerCon In TRUE1 open ended 2m indoor P N 13052445 Mains Cable PowerCon In TRUE1 CEE 16A 2m indoor P N 99030100 Upgrade kit CRMX Universal 260 P N 17030386 Doughty Trigger Clamp P N 990119...

Page 34: ...he interior of the head and base should be cleaned at least annually using a vacuum cleaner Important Check the air filter in fixture base periodically and clean before it becomes clogged Periodically clean air filter placed in the fixture s base The air filter cover is fastened by means of magnets Use a vacuum cleaner compressed air or you can wash them and put back dry After replacing the air fi...

Page 35: ...35 11 Photometric diagrams ...

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Page 39: ...ckého 416 757 01 Valašské Meziříčí Czech Republic 12 ChangeLog This section summarizes changes in the user manual Version of the manual Date of issue Description of changes 1 1 23 11 2018 New DMX chart 1 2 04 12 2018 Head positions added 1 3 16 01 2019 Fan error messages added 1 4 28 01 2019 DMX chart ver 1 3 table of colours for virtual colour wheel added ...

Page 40: ... slow fast Backwards proportional 7 Pan Tilt speed Pan Tilt time 0 Standard mode step 1 Max Speed Mode step Pan Tilt speed mode 2 255 Speed from max to min proportional Pan Tilt time mode 2 255 Time from 0 2 s to 25 5 sec proportional 8 Power Special functions 0 9 Reserved 0 default To activate following functions stop in DMX value for at least 3 s and shutter must be closed at least 3 sec Shutter...

Page 41: ... 179 Tungsten effect simulation 2500W On step 180 181 Tungsten effect simulation Off step 182 199 Reserved 200 209 Total fixture reset step 210 214 Gobo reset step 215 255 Reserved 9 Virtual colour wheel 0 No function 0 default step 1 2 Filter 4 Medium Bastard Amber step 3 4 Filter 25 Sunset Red step 5 6 Filter 19 Fire step 7 8 Filter 26 Bright Red step 9 10 Filter 58 Lavender step 11 12 Filter 68...

Page 42: ...lter 170 Deep Lavender step 93 94 Filter 172 Lagoon Blue step 95 96 Filter 194 Surprise Pink step 97 98 Filter 180 Dark Lavender step 99 100 Filter 181 Congo Blue step 101 102 Filter 197 Alice Blue step 103 104 Filter 201 Full C T Blue step 105 106 Filter 202 Half C T Blue step 107 108 Filter 203 Quarter C T Blue step 109 110 Filter 204 Full C T Orange step 111 112 Filter 219 Fluorescent Green ste...

Page 43: ... to be set at the same value e g 255DMX 0 default To activate Tungsten effect at 2700K and 3200K set DMX value at Power Special functions channel If function White Point 8000K is OFF 0 255 Colour temperature correction from cool white to 2700K proportional 19 Colour Mix control Defines relation between colour channels Virtual Virtual Colours Virtual Colour Wheel Colour mix Colour channels RGBW CMY...

Page 44: ...default step 1 127 Flower effect on forwards rotation from fast to slow proportional 128 Flower effect on no rotation step 129 255 Flower effect on backwards rotation from slow to fast proportional 25 Flower Effect Rotating prism macros 0 Open position without macros 0 default step In range of 1 20 DMX channels Rotating prism and Flower Effect are blocked 1 2 Macro 1 step 3 4 Macro 2 step 5 6 Macr...

Page 45: ...0 to 100 0 default proportional 31 Dimmer intensity fine 16 bit 0 255 Fine dimming 0 default proportional Max Speed of continual Tilt rotation depends on max speed of continual Pan rotation and vice versa E g Max Tilt speed is reduced with increasing Pan speed and vice versa Max Pan speed is reduced with increasing Tilt speed Function is active only 10 seconds after switching the fixture on Select...

Page 46: ...ter 118 Light Blue 0 255 21 34 Filter 122 Fern Green 121 255 0 0 Filter 182 Light Red 255 8 0 0 Filter 121 Filter Green 191 235 0 0 Filter 128 Bright Pink 255 0 5 21 Filter 131 Marine Blue 83 239 10 34 Filter 132 Medium Blue 6 255 44 0 Filter 134 Golden Amber 255 78 0 0 Filter 135 Deep Golden Amber 255 35 0 0 Filter 136 Pale Lavender 168 89 7 13 Filter 137 Special Lavender 145 45 13 103 Filter 138...

Page 47: ...Blue 255 137 0 66 Filter 204 Full C T Orange 237 104 0 5 Filter 219 Fluorescent Green 140 249 0 123 Filter 206 Quarter C T Orange 255 126 0 20 Filter 247 Filter Minus Green 255 61 0 58 Filter 248 Half Minus Green 255 101 0 46 Filter 281 Three Quarter C T Blue 255 194 14 79 Filter 285 Three Quarter C T Orange 255 115 0 6 Filter 352 Glacier Blue 0 182 22 70 Filter 353 Lighter Blue 0 164 11 82 Filter...

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