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DMX-Master 3-FX

DMX-controller

user manual

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Page 1: ...DMX Master 3 FX DMX controller user manual...

Page 2: ...Musikhaus Thomann e K Treppendorf 30 96138 Burgebrach Germany Telephone 49 0 9546 9223 0 E mail info thomann de Internet www thomann de 24 10 2014 ID 294610 V2 SW T1 4...

Page 3: ...stallation 12 5 Setup 14 6 Connections and operating elements 15 7 Basics 25 8 Operating 28 8 1 Introduction 28 8 2 Scenes and banks 33 8 3 Chaser sequences 40 8 4 Blackout 49 8 5 Overlay scenes 53 8...

Page 4: ...ilt for rotation and inclination 70 8 10 Playback 73 8 11 MIDI control 82 8 12 Operating mode Easy Mode 90 8 13 Saving data and reloading 92 8 14 Complementary functions 94 9 Technical data 101 10 Pro...

Page 5: ...development We therefore reserve the right to make changes without notice This section provides an overview of the symbols and signal words used in this user manual Signal word Meaning DANGER This com...

Page 6: ...Warning signs Type of danger Warning danger zone General notes DMX controller 6...

Page 7: ...d to be improper and may result in personal injury or property damage No liability will be assumed for damages resulting from improper use This device may be used only by persons with sufficient physi...

Page 8: ...nd are not within reach of babies and young children Choking hazard Ensure that children do not detach any small parts e g knobs or the like from the unit They could swallow the pieces and choke Never...

Page 9: ...ent circuit breaker Failure to do so could result in damage to the device and pos sibly the user Unplug the external power supply before electrical storms occur and when the device is unused for long...

Page 10: ...nditions This device has been designed for indoor use only To prevent damage never expose the device to any liquid or moisture Avoid direct sunlight heavy dirt and strong vibrations Safety instruction...

Page 11: ...r n fade in time fade out time and speed for scenes and chases can be adjusted per channel n all channels invertible n jog wheels for the control of pan and tilt movements n operating modes Play Mode...

Page 12: ...ing transportation or storage use the original packaging or your own packaging material suitable for transport or storage respectively The device fits into 19 racks it occupies four rack units Before...

Page 13: ...A 3 pin XLR socket is used as DMX output The following diagram and table show the pin assignment of the XLR socket 1 Ground 2 DMX data 3 DMX data DMX connection Installation DMX Master 3 FX 13...

Page 14: ...included in the delivery to the 9 V input of the device then put the mains plug into the socket Turn on the device using the main switch at the back side After turning the device on the dis plays show...

Page 15: ...6 Connections and operating elements Front panel total view Connections and operating elements DMX Master 3 FX 15...

Page 16: ...Front panel detail view A Connections and operating elements DMX controller 16...

Page 17: ...ctivates a connected fog machine The control LEDs Heating and Ready indicate the operating status of the fog machine 3 Button block Scene Buttons 1 to 8 for enabling disabling of the programmed scenes...

Page 18: ...e enabled LED is on 9 Slider with dual function for adjusting DMX channels 1 to 16 Switching between memory banks 1 8 and 9 16 is done using the Shift key 11 10 Button block Chaser FX Select Buttons 1...

Page 19: ...Front panel detail view B Connections and operating elements DMX Master 3 FX 19...

Page 20: ...between function modes 15 USB socket for a USB drive or a USB lamp included in delivery 16 Button Music Bank Copy Button for activating the music control as well as to copy an entire bank 17 Button Au...

Page 21: ...d sequence and the current bank 21 Button Release Resets all DMX channels to 0 22 Tilt Jog wheel for the direct control of the tilt motion of all active channels 23 Button Fine Button for changing the...

Page 22: ...Create Wave Activates the Wave function 27 Button FX Clear Button for resetting the custom effects settings 28 Button FX Editor Activates the effects editor Connections and operating elements DMX cont...

Page 23: ...Rear panel Connections and operating elements DMX Master 3 FX 23...

Page 24: ...and the signal of this input is then used for music control instead 30 Fog Connection for the fog machine 31 MIDI IN MIDI input socket 32 DMX OUT Lockable DMX output connector 33 DC IN Connecting sock...

Page 25: ...ally that means the sending device transmits signals to all con nected receivers daisy chain The order of the receivers in the daisy chain does not matter since all devices filter and process the rele...

Page 26: ...If the cable length exceeds 300 m 328 yds or the number of devices is greater than 32 the signal must be amplified using a DMX booster Basics DMX controller 26...

Page 27: ...re being evaluated and transferred into the functions of the receiver internal channel assign ment It is no problem to use a start address more than once in a DMX chain In that case the relevant recei...

Page 28: ...with each 16 internal DMX channels In total 240 scenes are available in 30 banks eight scenes per bank with which six chaser sequences with 250 individual steps can be pro grammed The chaser sequences...

Page 29: ...ks chaser sequences cross fades and blackouts can be programmed n Setup Mode In this mode different parameters can be adjusted MIDI channel MIDI control via key board or synthesizer channel inversion...

Page 30: ...and Setup simultaneously Switching between the operating modes is possible at any time To return to the operating mode Play Mode press and hold the button of that mode to which you have previously cha...

Page 31: ...second line of the display n Program Mode In this mode the selected bank and the current scene appear in the second line In addi tion an overlay bank is displayed display shows Overlay n Setup Mode In...

Page 32: ...of the jog wheel for tilt movement Pan Parameterization of the jog wheel for rotation Autostart Parameterization of the auto start options System and error messages are superimposed on the normal dis...

Page 33: ...rresponding sliders to assign a desired DMX value to a specific DMX channel DMX value 0 to 255 4 If necessary use Page Select to switch between the channel groups and repeat steps 2 and 3 until the de...

Page 34: ...ase to reset all channels to 0 simultaneously 7 To return to Play Mode hold Program down for three seconds The playback of a scene is described in Chapter 8 10 Playback on page 73 Operating DMX contro...

Page 35: ...responding Scene button change the desired setting and store the scene again in the original memory slot see Programming new scenes on page 33 4 To return to Play Mode hold Program down for three seco...

Page 36: ...to select the bank into which you want to copy the scene destination 5 Press Record 6 Then press the Scene button where the copied scene is to be stored The corresponding control LEDs flash three time...

Page 37: ...ture button of the DMX device to which the settings are to be copied destination The display shows the message COPY The corresponding control LEDs flash three times briefly to confirm This indicates t...

Page 38: ...Down buttons to select the bank from which you want to copy 3 Press Record 4 Use the Up or Down buttons to select the bank into which you want to copy 5 Press Music Bank Copy The corresponding control...

Page 39: ...DELETE button and simultaneously press the Scene button of the scene you want to delete The corresponding control LEDs flash three times briefly to confirm This indicates that the scene has been dele...

Page 40: ...three times briefly to confirm This indicates that all scene of the bank have been deleted successfully 4 To return to Play Mode hold Program down for three seconds 8 3 Chaser sequences A chaser seque...

Page 41: ...jumps to the end of the chaser sequence 3 Press the Scene button of the scene you want to insert 4 Press Record The corresponding control LEDs flash three times briefly to confirm This indicates that...

Page 42: ...r sequence is complete A chaser sequence can con tain a maximum of 250 scenes Once this number is reached the display shows the mes sage Chaser Full 6 To return to Play Mode hold Program down for thre...

Page 43: ...you select a chaser sequence that already contains scenes the edit point auto matically jumps to the end of the chaser sequence 3 Use the Up or Down buttons to select the bank you want to insert 4 Pr...

Page 44: ...he edit point auto matically jumps to the end of the chaser sequence 3 Press Tap Sync Manual Go The display shows the current edit point 4 Use the Up or Down buttons to select the desired edit point F...

Page 45: ...Now you can insert scenes or banks in the changed edit point Inserting a scene into a chaser sequence on page 41 7 To return to Play Mode hold Program down for three seconds Operating DMX Master 3 FX...

Page 46: ...you select a chaser sequence that already contains scenes the edit point auto matically jumps to the end of the chaser sequence 3 Press Tap Sync Manual Go The display shows the current edit point 4 Us...

Page 47: ...is deleted i e all the scenes are removed from it 1 To enter Program Mode hold Program down for three seconds 2 Hold DELETE down 3 Press additionally the CHASER button of the chaser sequence you want...

Page 48: ...from them 1 Make sure that the device is turned on 2 Hold down Up or Down simultaneously and switch the device off 3 Keep the buttons pushed and turn the device back on All control LEDs flash three t...

Page 49: ...or Down buttons to select bank 31 The display shows Overlay Now you can configure the blackout mode like a normal scene 3 If you want to change an existing configuration of the blackout proceed to St...

Page 50: ...FF i e channel xx is not affected by blackout mode 7 Use the slider to set the desired values For testing purposes you can also use channels that are set to off 8 Repeat steps 3 to 7 for further DMX u...

Page 51: ...out mode This ensures that all channels are restored with the correct values when you cancel the blackout mode If a channel with a set fade time is overridden by the blackout mode it is only gradu all...

Page 52: ...Program down for three seconds 2 Use the Up or Down buttons to select bank 31 The display shows Overlay 3 Press DELETE and BLACKOUT simultaneously The corresponding control LEDs flash three times brie...

Page 53: ...mode over writes the values of the overlay scenes For setting up or changing overlay scenes proceed as follows 1 To enter Program Mode hold Program down for three seconds 2 Use the Up or Down buttons...

Page 54: ...e overlay scene In the following you need then just to turn on those channels that are to be over written 7 Use the sliders to set the desired values For testing purposes you can also use channels tha...

Page 55: ...to be deleted The corresponding control LEDs flash three times briefly to confirm 4 To return to Play Mode hold Program down for three seconds When an overlay scene is set up you can use it in the Pl...

Page 56: ...ut angle can be modified individually for each connected DMX device Thus the effects of the various devices can be programmed independently from each other With the effects the effort of allocating ro...

Page 57: ...Sinus shaped movement to the right and left Sine diagonally left Sinus shaped movement diagonally to the left Sine diagonally right Sinus shaped movement diagonally to the right Sawtooth 1 Sawtooth li...

Page 58: ...symmetric and relatively rapid movement pattern which is formed from a superposition of sinus shaped and cosinus shaped movement This effect can be combined with the random function This allows mul ti...

Page 59: ...second DMX unit swivels 180 When pressing the Create Wave button a third time the DMX devices perform a wave move ment in reverse direction When pressing the Create Wave button a fourth time the DMX...

Page 60: ...ugh all the selected DMX devices When you press the button next time the devices split up in two groups that perform alternating movements opposite to each other If you press Create Wave again a backw...

Page 61: ...values for size and speed are maintained Example In the Program Mode you have selected the desired DMX devices and opened the Effects Generator Use the slider to adjust the value 128 as an effects mi...

Page 62: ...or Down you can change the default angle for rotation and tilt in steps of 45 see similar function Wave motion with the Create Wave button on page 59 and Random function with the Randomize button on p...

Page 63: ...ou can delete the effect of the selected DMX devices at any time by pressing the FX Clear It is not necessary to open the Effects Generator If you want to delete an effect to an already stored scene y...

Page 64: ...X Size to set speed and size of the effect With Up or Down you can change the default angle for rotation and tilt in steps of 45 see similar function Wave motion with the Create Wave button on page 59...

Page 65: ...and evenly up or down to a target value upon changes This device generates the nec essary intermediate steps automatically Cross fades are useful only for movements and dimmer settings Therefore it i...

Page 66: ...ls on or off The display shows either CHxx ON i e the cross fade will be assigned to channel xx or CHxx OFF i e channel xx is not affected by the cross fade 5 Use PAGE to toggle between channels 1 8 a...

Page 67: ...nu item Fadetime 3 Use the Fixture button to select the respective device for which you want to delete the cross fade 4 Press Delete The respective control LEDs flash three times briefly to confirm an...

Page 68: ...example two opposite moving heads to move inverse to each other Each of the 256 DMX channels can be inverted individually The inversion is turned on and off in the setup menu It will also be removed w...

Page 69: ...The display shows either Setup Inverted i e the channel xx is being inverted or Setup Normal i e channel xx is not being inverted 5 Use PAGE to toggle between channels 1 8 and 9 16 6 If necessary rep...

Page 70: ...confirm 5 To return to Play Mode hold Setup down for three seconds 8 9 Assigning the jog wheels Pan and Tilt for rotation and inclination You can assign both jog wheels Pan and Tilt for each connected...

Page 71: ...for example channel 1 and 2 at DMX unit 1 and channel 5 and 6 at DMX unit 2 Nevertheless you can use the jog wheels for both DMX devices After deleting the device memory the jog wheels for all DMX dev...

Page 72: ...hows either Channel pan XY i e channel xy is being assigned to jog wheel Pan or Channel Tilt XY i e channel xy is being assigned to jog wheel Tilt 5 Use PAGE to toggle between channels 1 8 and 9 16 6...

Page 73: ...MX steps Fine off 8 10 Playback 1 Make sure that the device is in Play Mode and that the control LED Manual is lit 2 Use the Up or Down buttons to select the bank with the desired scene 3 Press one of...

Page 74: ...the corre sponding scenes are to be played in auto mode 3 Set the playback speed using the FX Speed slider The set time is shown in the display Maximum is 5 min 4 Set the fade time using the Fade Tim...

Page 75: ...ively fast relatively insensitively With this setting the sensitivity of the built in microphone is not directly changed the hardware controls that automatically but the response to the music The sett...

Page 76: ...fade time is 32 seconds Smaller movements are executed faster 5 To turn the music control off press Music Bank Copy again Tap Sync Manual Go lets you skip to the next assigned scene in the bank This f...

Page 77: ...in Play Mode 2 Press the Fixture button that belongs to the respective DMX device Multiple devices may be selected at a time 3 Set the desired output values using the respective sliders 4 Use PAGE to...

Page 78: ...at the Auto Beat function and music control are deactivated The selected chaser sequence is loaded and starts with its first step 3 Tap Sync Manual Go lets you skip to the next step within the chaser...

Page 79: ...t the playback speed with the FX Speed slider and the Fade Time or using the Tap Sync Manual Go button Several chaser sequences can be selected at a time Then they run down successively At the end of...

Page 80: ...gned scene in the sequence This function is not available when playing with Auto Beat This allows a scene to be detached during a quiet passage of music Several chaser sequences can be selected at a t...

Page 81: ...scene or chaser sequence All parameters are retained such as Auto Beat and music control The function is only available in Play Mode 1 Press Freeze to freeze the running playback 2 Press Freeze again...

Page 82: ...ed up directly as programmes In addition fea tures such as overlay freezing auto beat and music control are available In both MIDI control variants execution and fade speeds can be controlled using MI...

Page 83: ...Values transmitted with the MIDI message Modulation Wheel control the fade speed in a range of 0 s to 30 s Using Modulation Wheel Operating DMX Master 3 FX 83...

Page 84: ...Scene 3 bank 1 on off 003 Scene 4 bank 1 on off 004 Scene 5 bank 1 on off 005 Scene 6 bank 1 on off 006 Scene 7 Bank 1 on off 007 Scene 8 bank 1 on off Bank 2 008 Scene 1 bank 2 on off 009 Scene 2 ban...

Page 85: ...ank 2 on off 117 Scene 6 bank 2 on off 118 Scene 7 bank 2 on off 119 Scene 8 bank 2 on off Chaser sequence 1 120 Chaser sequence 1 on off Chaser sequence 2 121 Chaser sequence 2 on off Chaser sequence...

Page 86: ...Assignment MIDI note Function Chaser sequence 6 125 Chaser sequence 6 on off Chaser sequence OFF 126 All chaser sequence off Blackout 127 Blackout on off Operating DMX controller 86...

Page 87: ...the device are fast enough for live applications Keys MIDI note Function Keys 1 30 white and black 036 Bank 1 on 037 Bank 2 on 038 Bank 3 on 039 Bank 4 on 040 Bank 5 on 064 Bank 29 on 065 Bank 30 on K...

Page 88: ...Fifth last black key 075 Freeze on Three last black keys 078 Auto Beat on off 080 Music control on off 082 Tapsync manual step the MIDI notes activate the corresponding chaser sequences or turn it off...

Page 89: ...Keys MIDI note Function 077 Chaser sequence 4 on off 079 Chaser sequence 5 on off 081 Chaser sequence 6 on off 083 All chaser sequences off 084 Blackout on off Operating DMX Master 3 FX 89...

Page 90: ...rol variants Synthesizer Keyboard 4 Press Record to save otherwise your changes are currently effective but won t be applied permanently though 5 To return to Play Mode hold Setup down for three secon...

Page 91: ...ly hold down Program and Setup for three seconds The display shows Ease 2 Select the DMX device whose settings you want to change 3 You can set ten DMX channels used by this DMX device with the slider...

Page 92: ...he file to be saved The display shows Writing Then a progress indicator bar appears in the display If the control LED on the Fixture button lights up that means that the data for this DMX device has a...

Page 93: ...LED of a Fixture button lights up that means that the USB drive contains data for this DMX device 3 Press one of the Fixture buttons to select the file to be loaded The display shows Writing Then a pr...

Page 94: ...le below shows the status of the device after deletion Setting option State value Scenes Deleted Chaser sequences Deleted Overlay scenes Deleted Blackout 0 for all 256 channels Channel inversion No Pa...

Page 95: ...o start function Deactivated For deleting proceed as follows 1 Switch the device off 2 Simultaneously hold down Program and Setup and switch the device on 3 Release the buttons All control LEDs flash...

Page 96: ...faders and jog wheels are not functional Controlling via MIDI interface fully continues to function To cancel the key lock press either Page Select Program and Setup simultaneously or switch the devic...

Page 97: ...r changes are currently effective but won t be applied permanently though 5 To return to Play Mode hold Setup down for three seconds 1 To enter Setup Mode hold Program down for three seconds 2 Use the...

Page 98: ...briefly to confirm When the device is turned on a message appears in the display the so called logo which can be configured by you An individually arranged logo is not deleted when you initialize the...

Page 99: ...to factory defaults 1 Make sure that the device is switched off 2 Hold down Auto and switch the device on 3 Press Delete 4 Press Record to confirm 5 Switch the device off and back on again Resetting t...

Page 100: ...P to the DMX MASTER 3 FX folder 3 Connect the USB drive to the device 4 Turn off the device 5 Simultaneously hold down Record Up and Program and turn the device back on again The display shows Loading...

Page 101: ...9 Technical data Mains power supply 12 V DC Dimensions W H D 526 mm 232 mm 88 mm 4 rack units 20 7 in 9 1 in 3 4 in Weight 3 5 kg 7 7 lbs Technical data DMX Master 3 FX 101...

Page 102: ...lease follow the notes and markings on the packaging This product is subject to the European Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive WEEE Do not dispose with your normal household waste Di...

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Page 104: ...Musikhaus Thomann e K Treppendorf 30 96138 Burgebrach Germany www thomann de...

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