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02.9678.0019 0

31-July-2004

HAPTER

Installation

This chapter contains instructions for installation of the lum naire. It includes connecting power
and data, along with instructions for powering up th luminaire for the first time and addressing
it within your system.

• Power and Data Cabling Re uirements

• Installation Procedur s

• Powering Up

• Addressing

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Page 3: ...failure and the name of the registered user or organization If available you should have your sales invoice to establish the date of sale as the beginning of the warranty period Once you obtain the RM...

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Page 6: ...diation which can cause serious skin burn and eye inflammation Additionally arc lamps operate under high pressure at very high temperatures Should the lamp break there can exist a danger of personal i...

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Page 8: ...enlampen erfolgt unter Hochdruck und bei hohen Temperaturen Sollte die Lampe zerbrechen besteht die Gefahr von K rperverletzung bzw von Feuer das von Lampenteilen ausgel st werden kann 4 Tragen Sie be...

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Page 10: ...graves br lures sur la peau et une inflammation des yeux De plus les lampes arc fonctionnent sous haute tension de tr s hautes temp ratures Si la lampe se casse les particules de la lampe cass e peuv...

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Page 12: ...ias quemaduras a la piel e inflamaci n a los ojos Adem s las l mparas de arco operan a alta presi n y muy alta temperatura Si la l mpara se rompe puede existir el peligro de lesiones al personal o un...

Page 13: ...FOREWORD 02 9678 0019 0 31 July 2004 xi...

Page 14: ...VARI LITE VL3500 SERIES LUMINAIRE USER S MANUAL xii 31 July 2004 02 9678 0019 0...

Page 15: ...ta Cabling Requirements Power 8 Data Cables 9 Recommended Cable Types Manufacturers 10 DMX Termination Connector 10 Installation Procedures Hanging the Luminaire 11 Floor Mounting the Luminaire 14 Con...

Page 16: ...Luminaire 41 Chapter 4 Menu System Menu Operation What Is the Menu System 46 Controls Operation 46 Default State 47 Shortcuts 47 Menu Functions Menu System Overview 48 Menu System Function Chart 49 Me...

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Page 18: ...essionals is on hand to provide support How to Reach Us For assistance in your area call the deal r from which your product was purchased or Contact an Authorized Servi e C nter or Contact the Vari Li...

Page 19: ...uly 2004 3 CHAPTER 1 Description This chapter contains descriptions of luminaire features nd components along with a list of accessories which are available Features Components w w w c a r l o s m e n...

Page 20: ...p source Specific Features VL3500 Spot and VL3500Q Lumina res Shutter assembly with four blade 50 system rotation and 30 blade rotation 6 1 zoom optics system with 10 t 60 range Variable beam focus to...

Page 21: ...rt Sh et VL3500 Documentation CD ROM Mounting Brackets Warranty Card VL3500 Luminaire Product Registration Card Lamp Notice Tag 1200 Watt Short Arc Double Ended Lamp Note DO NOT handle arc lamp with b...

Page 22: ...to lamp for replacement and provides controls for internal status information beam adjustment see detail below Upper Enclosure Assembly Houses power supply ballast and display board Truss Hook Bracke...

Page 23: ...llation of the lum naire It includes connecting power and data along with instructions for powering up th luminaire for the first time and addressing it within your system Power and Data Cabling Re ui...

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Page 27: ...r truss hook bracket are required When attaching more than one point on a single bracket the attach points must be spaced as far apart as possible usin the supplied mounting holes Install mounting har...

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Page 30: ...cable from console to first lumin ire in chain at DATA IN connector Step 2 If required connect additional data cables fr m DATA THRU connectors to DATA IN connectors of remaining luminaires n link St...

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Page 32: ...p 2 Press Up Down arrows until Address appears Press En er Step 3 Press Up Down arrows to enter starting address Step 4 Press Enter to set Program Starting Address Without Calibrating Luminaire It is...

Page 33: ...R 3 Operation This chapter contains instructions for operating the lum nai e using DMX control and for updating the internal software DMX Operation DMX Mapping Luminaire Timing Updating Software w w w...

Page 34: ...ixer 0 pen 255 full saturation 10 Yellow Mixer 0 open 255 full saturation 11 Magenta Mixer 0 open 255 full saturation 12 Color Wheel 0 216 217 255 spins 13 Rotating Gobo Wheel Gob 1 0 108 index 109 21...

Page 35: ...Mode No ot er values or actions within the control channel will change the Mode setting The action of th Mode is based on the last command executed Mode will not change until another DMX value f 40 45...

Page 36: ...e for 3 seconds Step 3 Set control channel value to zero This must occur without any scaling values Action will be voided if other values are detected between action value and zero Note A numerical ke...

Page 37: ...composed of a color mixing mechanism an a fi ed color wheel The follow sections describe these components Color Mixing The color mixing mechanism is made up of four graduated color i ks cyan yellow m...

Page 38: ...Wheel Positions Pos 1 Pos 2 Congo Blue Pos 3 Orange Pos 4 Kelly Pos 5 Dark Pos 6 Magenta Pos 7 Deep Green Fuchsia Red Open Table 3 4 Color Whee Standard Configuration Chart Position Color Filter Part...

Page 39: ...109 Half 5 124 Center 5 5 140 Half 6 155 Center 6 5 171 Half 7 186 Center 7 5 201 Half DMX Value Wheel Spin Di ction 85 91 217 233 Fast t Slow CCW 92 234 236 Stop 93 100 237 255 Slow to Fast CW Table...

Page 40: ...low medium fast random and plus a synchronized variable rate up to 14 Hz operation The strobe blades can be u ed to augment fades or rapid dousing blocking of the beam of the luminaire Table 3 7 DMX M...

Page 41: ...POS 3 POS 4 POS 5 POS 6 POS 1 POS 2 POS 3 POS 4 POS 5 POS 6 POS 7 Gobo Wheel 1 Gobo Wheel 2 Table 3 8 Rotating Gobo Wheel 1 Standard Configuration Chart Po ition Gobo Style Part Number 1 open n a 2 A...

Page 42: ...low to fast Table 3 10 DMX Map for Gobo Wheel 1 Table 3 11 DMX Map For Gobo Wheel 1 Spin Table 3 12 DMX Map for Gobo Wheel 2 Table 3 13 DMX Map for Wheel 2 Spin Position Indexing Rotating Function 1 0...

Page 43: ...x function utilizes 16 bit control which offers enhanced resolution whether in INDEX or ROTATE mode Table 3 14 Index Rotation Range Function Range Index 0 65535 Rotate 0 cw max 32599 cw min 32600 3304...

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Page 45: ...tead of console timing it i necessary to set the timing channel to the desired value and set cue and or parameter time to zero A combination of time controls can produce unexpected results The default...

Page 46: ...gobo edge and diffusion as required Step 2 Decide which fixtures and which parameter groups will use timing channel Step 3 Assign a value to the particular timing channel s you wish to use for timing...

Page 47: ...ing Channels Map Value DMX Seconds 0 Full Speed 1 0 2 2 0 4 1 3 0 6 4 0 2 5 1 6 1 2 7 1 4 3 8 1 6 9 1 8 4 10 2 11 2 2 12 2 4 5 13 2 6 4 2 8 6 15 3 16 3 2 17 3 4 7 18 3 6 19 3 8 8 20 4 21 4 2 22 4 4 23...

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Page 53: ...TIMING 3 02 9678 0019 0 31 July 2004 37 249 300 98 250 300 251 310 99 252 310 253 310 254 310 100 255 Follows Cue Data Table 3 17 Timing Channels Map Continued Value DMX Seconds w w w c a r l o s m e...

Page 54: ...load Program The VL Download exe program allows you to transfer new rsio of the operating software bin files to the luminaires via the PC The VL Download exe and urrent bin files are available from th...

Page 55: ...op n Step 6 At Select Comm P rt section of window refer to Figure 3 5 on next page select serial Comm Port Comm Port 1 Comm Port 2 Comm Port 3 or Comm Port 4 where Serial Straight Thru Ca le is connec...

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Page 57: ...edure This procedure is used to transfe software versions between luminaires Step 1 At last luminaire install DMX termination connector into DATA THRU XLR connector Step 2 At master lum ire first in c...

Page 58: ...p Down arrows until Fixture appears Press Enter Step 3 Press Up Down arrows until Version appears Press Enter The first half of the version will be displayed as a date MM DD YY For example 03 18 03 Ma...

Page 59: ...31 July 2004 45 CHAPTER 4 Menu System This chapter contains instructions for operating the lum nai e using the Menu Display feature Menu Operation Menu Functions Self Tests w w w c a r l o s m e n d o...

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Page 62: ...obo Index1 FixGobo RotShut Encoder Pan Tilt value value Sensor Pan Tilt Dimmer Cyan X XX Lamp OFF Cal ON Lamp ON Power Up Download OK Edge Display OFF ON OFF ON OF ON Zoom Lamp Yellow Magenta CTO Colo...

Page 63: ...nable Disable Disable Speed Normal default Fast Head Mtr Head Motor Movement Head Movement Enable Enable Disable Disable Display Display Illumina ion 30 Sec OFF in 30 seconds 5 Min OFF in 5 minutes 10...

Page 64: ...range XXX Value RotGobo XXXX Value Index1 XXX Value FixGobo XXX Value RotShut XXX Value Frame 1A XXX Value Frame 1B XXX Value Frame 2A XXX Value Frame 2B XXX Value Frame 3A XXX Value Frame 3B XXX Valu...

Page 65: ...in Progress Frame 2A RUN T ST Run Test in Progress Frame 2B RUN TEST Run Test in Progress Frame 3A N TEST Run Test in Progress Frame 3B RUN TEST Run Test in Progress Frame 4A RUN TEST Run Test in Pro...

Page 66: ...Color Wheel Specifies color wh el fo manual control Manual or testing Test Config System Configuration Accesses opti s for setting lamp pan tilt and Menu Display defaults Also accesses la p inf rmati...

Page 67: ...n movement enable disable manual control an test ng PASS Test Pass Indicates that est has passed Power Lamp Power Accesses p ons to turn lamp on or off Power Up Power Up Accesses ptions for lamp power...

Page 68: ...ct luminaires for simultaneous testing Step 1 At last luminaire install a DMX termination connecto into DATA THRU XLR connector Step 2 At master luminaire Menu Display press Menu Figure 4 2 Testing Se...

Page 69: ...nt will need to be enabled after testing Note When using the Movement option pan and tilt will be disabled for all the luminaires th t are linked To set movement option Step 1 Press Menu Step 2 Press...

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Page 72: ...play will now scroll through any error messages or display OK if no errors Table A 1 Error Message Display Message OK No Errors F und Pan No Sens Pan sensor not found Pan Encoder Fail Pan en oder fail...

Page 73: ...ilure Lamp cutout sw tch engaged check la p cu ut switches at lamp box and fan ducts Bad l mp r plac lamp L w input voltage c eck input power must be 200 to 264 VAC n a Luminaire behaves oddly Profile...

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Page 79: ...ANCE A 02 9678 0019 0 31 July 2004 65 Cleaning Front Lens The front lens can be cleaned using a common glass cleaner and a soft lint free cloth Figure A 5 Cleaning Front Lens Front Lens w w w c a r l...

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Page 81: ...wheels with five rotatable indexable gobo positions an one open position Fixed Gobo Wheel One seven position fixed gob wheel with six positions and one open position Edge and Pattern Focus Variable b...

Page 82: ...ontrol Compatible with a wide variety of DMX512 onsoles Weight VL3500 Luminaire 92 lbs 41 8 kg with rails VL3500Q Luminaire 95 lbs 43 2 kg with rails Spacing Hangs on 26 0 inch 66 cm cent rs All model...

Page 83: ...3500 Series Luminaires Part Number Warranty Serial Numbers Warranty Non Warranty Total Tilt Motor Assy 21 9678 0765 Pan Motor Assy 21 9678 0864 Gobo Wheel Shutter Assy 21 9678 1200 Optics Assy 22 9678...

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