Robin Actor 3 ST, User Manual

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Wireless - Wireless DMX status . The menu serves for reading of the wireless operation status.
r.InF . - Wireless DMX information . The menu item shows level of received signal in %.
If the fixture is not linked to the transmitter, “no.LI” is displayed.
r.UnL . - Wireless DMX unlink. The item serves for unlinking the fixture from transmitter.
Adjust - Adjustment . The menu allows the fine adjustment of colours.
DMX Val - DMX values . Use the menu to set DMX values of fixture´s channels.
Calib - A calibration of colour saturations
Calibration of the colour saturations via the control board
1. Disconnect DMX controller from the fixture , open shutter and dimmer and set the Virtual wheel channel to
DMX=10 (white 5600K). Aim the light beam on the lux meter (e.g. Minolta CL-200 Chroma meter)
which is placed at min distance of 2.5m from the fixture
2. Set the menu item "Colour Calibration Mode" to On (Pers-> C Cal M-> On).
3. Enter the menu "Calib".
4. Use the [up arrow] and [down arrow] to find desired colour and touch it to enter the fine effect
adjustment screen.
5. By means of the Red, green, Blue and White items adjust the 5600K colour temperature as exactly as
possible (∆u´v´= 0).
7. After adjusting 5600K colour temperature, select [Store to save all adjusted values and reset
the fixture.
Note: you can also use DMX controler for colour calibration stated above, calibration protocol is the following:
Effect Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Mode 5
Red - red saturation channel 33 channel 17 channel 11 channel 5 channel 7
Green- green saturation channel 34 channel 18 channel 12 channel 6 channel 8
Blue - blue saturation channel 35 channel 19 channel 13 channel 7 channel 9
White - white saturation channel 36 channel 20 channel 14 channel 8 channel 10
Sw Upd - Software update . The menu item allows you to update software in the fixture via either serial or
USB port of PC.
The following items are required in order to update software:
- PC running Windows or Linux or macOS
- DSU file
- Flash cable RS232/DMX (P/N13050624) or Robe Universal Interface / Robe Universal interface WTX.
To update software in the fixture:
1. DSU file is available from Robe web site at WWW.robe.cz.
File with extension zip is intended for Windows (used and tested from XP to W10 on 32/64bit systems).
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_Actor3_15092130.zip)
2. Disconnect the fixture from DMX controller.
3. If you use the flash cable RS232/DMX, connect a serial port of your computer with DMX input of the fixture
by means of the cable (probably you will need some USB to RS 232 converter if your computer has
USB ports only).
If you use the Robe Universal Interface, connect a USB port of your computer with the Robe Universal Interface
by means of the USB cable and DMX input of the fixture with the DMX output of the Robe Universal Interface
via a DMX cable.
4. Switch the fixture to the update mode (Tab "Service" --> Update software).
Note: If you do not want to continue in the software update, you have to switch off and on the fixture
to escape from the updating mode.
We recommend to cancel all running programs on your computer before starting the software uploader.
5. Double-click the software uploader file (e.g. DSU_Actor3_15092130.exe) in
the extracted files. The Software Uploader program will start running.