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Page 1: ... VL2600 Profile VL2600 Spot VL2600 Wash VL2600 Series user manual ...

Page 2: ...ts are available for download on our website For more information on installing DMX512 control systems the following publication is available for purchase from the United States Institute for Theatre Technology USITT Recommended Practice for DMX512 A Guide for Users and Installers 2nd edition ISBN 9780955703522 USITT Contact Information USITT 315 South Crouse Avenue Suite 200 Syracuse New York 132...

Page 3: ...ble parts Prior to first use carefully inspect fixture to ensure no damage has occurred during shipping Materials used in the manufacturing process can cause strong odors when the product is new These odors dissipate over time Prior to each use carefully inspect power cables and replace any damaged cables Exterior surfaces of the luminaire will be hot during operation Take appropriate precautions ...

Page 4: ...unications As tested under this standard FCC 47CFR 15B clA CEI Issued 2009 10 01 Title 47 CFR Part 15 Subpart B Unintentional Radiators Class A Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his her own expense EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY We Vari Lite LLC 10911 Petal Street Dallas Tex...

Page 5: ...hipping container or in its original packing box Be sure to clearly indicate the RMA number on all packing lists correspondence and ship ping labels If available please include a copy of your invoice as proof of purchase in the shipping container With the RMA number written legibly on or near the shipping address label return the unit freight prepaid to Vari Lite Strand Attention Warranty Service ...

Page 6: ... color rendering CRI 81 TM30 Rf 80 Rg 94 Flat even beam High contrast ratio Wide zoom range 7 to 48 Color mixing CMY variable CTO Fixed color wheel 7 open Beam reduction Iris Compact design 464 x 300 x 715mm 18 x 12 x 28in Weight 32kg 70 5lb Fast and accurate movement FP 3s FT 2s Projected Image 2 rotating gobo wheels 7 open glass gobos 1 fixed gobo wheel 8 open glass gobos Split beam effects 1 x ...

Page 7: ...NNECTION Green yellow AC ground Blue AC neutral Brown AC line International Harmonized Standard AC VOLTAGE AT 60HZ TOTAL LUMINAIRE CURRENT MOTOR LAMP CURRENT PROFILE SPOT WASH 100V 7 8A 7 5A 7 1A 110V 7 0A 6 7A 6 3A 120V 6 4A 6 1A 5 8A 130V 5 9A 5 6A 5 3A 200V 3 8A 3 6A 3 4A 210V 3 6A 3 5A 3 3A 220V 3 4A 3 3A 3 1A 230V 3 3A 3 2A 3 0A 240V 3 2A 3 1A 2 9A Table 1 CURRENT VS VOLTAGE 550W LAMP CONNECT...

Page 8: ...G min gauge for runs up to 1000 feet 300m 22 AWG min gauge for runs up to 1640 feet 500m NOTE Microphone type cables and other general purpose two core audio or signal cables are not suitable for use with DMX512 Refer to the USITT Recommended Practice for DMX512 guide for additional information regarding DMX512 systems The XLR 5 pin connectors should be wired as follows RECOMMENDED CABLE TYPES MAN...

Page 9: ...NECTOR A XLR termination connector is required at the last luminaire or far end of the line to prevent signal reflections Signal reflections may cancel out the signal at certain line lengths resulting in errors The terminator is also necessary for software downloads and running tests on multiple luminaires To construct your own connector you will need the following components 5 pin male XLR connec...

Page 10: ... in place The recommended Belleville washer maintains tension in the bolted assembly and prevents it from vibrating loose If a Belleville washer is not available a regular flat washer measuring in diameter of 25mm 1 inch minimum can be used in conjunction with a suitable split lock washer situated between the bolt head and flat washer Step 2 Determine required configuration of bracket installation...

Page 11: ...se in a floor installation application When used in this type of application be sure to leave enough space around the luminaire to allow proper uninterrupted airflow for cooling and movement CONNECTING DATA AND POWER A maximum of 32 luminaires may be connected in any one DMX data link NOTE This maximum limit applies to the luminaire daisy chain only Your system or console may require few er lumina...

Page 12: ...ARTING ADDRESS The address setting for DMX console controlled systems is entered using the Menu Display The luminaire retains the DMX address even if power is removed DMX ADDRESS To set edit and save a DMX address Step 1 Press ESC Step 2 Press Up Down arrows until Address appears Press OK Step 3 Use Left and Right arrow buttons to scroll through all digits Step 4 Once at desired digit use Up and D...

Page 13: ...i Lite technical notice TN 235 Transportation and Shipping Case Requirements in the Support area of the Philips Entertainment Lighting web site TRANSPORTATION AND SHIPPING CASE REQUIREMENTS Cases to transport Vari Lite luminaires should meet the following loading requirements Luminaire head yoke and enclosure sub assemblies shall be equally supported and constrained where no one sub assembly head ...

Page 14: ...obo wheel offers seven rotatable indexable gobo positions and one open position This fixed gobo wheel offers 8 gobo positions and one open position LUMINAIRE GOBO DIAMETER IMAGE AREA DIAMETER GLASS THICKNESS CARRIER REQUIRED VL2600 Profile 27mm 17 5mm 1 1mm Yes 3 OPERATION 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 Open slot Red Dark Blue Yellow Kelly Green Congo Blue CTB Amber WHEEL 1 1 Open slot 2 Night sky 3 Circle of ov...

Page 15: ...UMINAIRE GOBO DIAMETER IMAGE AREA DIAMETER GLASS THICKNESS CARRIER REQUIRED VL2600 Spot 27mm 17 5mm 1 1mm No WHEEL 1 1 Open slot 2 Night sky 3 Circle of ovals 4 Bricked out 5 Punch card 6 Swirl 7 Honeycomb reverse 8 On the rocks Glass Gag 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 WHEEL 2 1 Open slot 2 DichroFusion 3 Alpha rays 4 Circle of holes 5 Vertical bars V2 6 Tribal 7 Honeycomb 8 Droplets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 WHEEL 3 1 Op...

Page 16: ...UTION Do not push on gobo glass Press on gobo carrier only CAUTION Do not touch gobos with bare fingers Wear cotton gloves or other covering while replacing To clean refer to CARE AND MAINTENANCE ON PAGE 53 Step 5 Remove current gobo by carefully pressing on edges of gobo carrier with fingers pressing gobo to ward front end of luminaire toward lens and out of wheel Step 6 Install new gobo as follo...

Page 17: ... gobo holder Lay the new gobo flat in the gobo holder c Insert gobo carrier into wheel ensuring that carrier snaps into place Step 7 Rotate desired gobo wheel until required gobo position is accessible DMX OPERATION DMX MAPS The tables assume a DMX start address of 1 When a different starting address is used this address becomes channel 1 function and other functions follow in sequence ...

Page 18: ...red at 0 16 47 Color 1 reD centred at 32 48 79 Color 2 Dark Blue centred at 64 80 111 Color 3 Yellow centred at 96 112 143 Color 4 Kelly Green centred at 128 144 175 Color 5 amber centred at 160 176 207 Color 6 Congo Blue centred at 192 208 240 Color 7 CTB centred at 224 241 255 Open 16 Color Wheel Control 0 0 255 0 5 linear movement using shortest quickest path 6 10 linear movement using normal l...

Page 19: ...e with mega stepping 121 255 reserved Values 18 Gobo 1 rot Index High Byte 32767 0 65535 16 bit control of index and rotation of gobo wheel 1 0 32756 rotate Fast to slow 19 Gobo 1 rot Index low Byte 32757 32780 rotation sTOP 32781 65535 rotate slow to Fast 20 Gobo Wheel 1 Control 0 0 255 used as a control channel for different movement options for Gobo Wheel 1 Channel 17 0 5 Gobo selection using s...

Page 20: ... Gobo shake Quickest Path slow to Fast For fastest shake set gobo timing to 0 121 150 Gobo shake normal Path slow to Fast For fastest shake set gobo timing to 0 151 180 reserved Values 181 210 reserved Values 211 255 reserved Values 23 Iris 0 0 255 Iris size control 0 200 Iris beam size open to closed 201 255 Iris pulse slow to fast 24 Frame 1a 0 0 255 Controls Framing shutter 1a from Open DmX 0 t...

Page 21: ... 5hz to 30hz 38 strobe Control 0 255 0 255 Control Channel for strobing functions set discrete value of desired effect wait 3 seconds then set value to 0 Idle 0 5 Open 6 10 Closed 11 15 normal strobe 16 20 random strobe 21 25 random sync 26 255 reserved Values 39 Programmers Channel 0 0 255 do not require 3 second Dam rule mode will change once DmX level I reached set discrete value of desired eff...

Page 22: ...ull fixture settings lamp controls and miscellaneous modes set discrete value of desired effect wait 3 seconds then set value to 0 Idle note some consoles have a delay in their channel marco action For this a time greater then 3 second may be required 6s 0 5 Idle Default 6 10 Full luminaire reCal also used to Wake fixture up from shutdown 11 15 reserved Values 16 20 reserved Values 21 25 Fixture s...

Page 23: ... centred at 0 16 47 Color 1 reD centred at 32 48 79 Color 2 Dark Blue centred at 64 80 111 Color 3 Yellow centred at 96 112 143 Color 4 Kelly Green centred at 128 144 175 Color 5 amber centred at 160 176 207 Color 6 Congo Blue centred at 192 208 240 Color 7 CTB centred at 224 241 255 Open 16 Color Wheel Control 0 0 255 0 5 linear movement using shortest quickest path 6 10 linear movement using nor...

Page 24: ...otate with mega stepping 121 255 reserved Values 18 Gobo 1 rot Index High Byte 32767 0 65535 16 bit control of index and rotation of gobo wheel 1 0 32756 rotate Fast to slow 19 Gobo 1 rot Index low Byte 32757 32780 rotation sTOP 32781 65535 rotate slow to Fast 20 Gobo Wheel 1 Control 0 0 255 used as a control channel for different movement options for Gobo Wheel 1 Channel 17 0 5 Gobo selection usi...

Page 25: ... shake set gobo timing to 0 121 150 Gobo shake normal Path slow to Fast For fastest shake set gobo timing to 0 151 180 reserved Values 181 210 reserved Values 211 255 reserved Values 23 Iris 0 0 255 Iris size control 0 200 Iris beam size open to closed 201 255 Iris pulse slow to fast 24 Frame 1a 0 0 255 Controls Framing shutter 1a from Open 0 to Full 255 25 Frame 1B 0 0 255 Controls Framing shutte...

Page 26: ... effect wait 3 seconds then set value to 0 Idle note some consoles have a delay in their channel macro action For this a time greater then 3 second may be required 6s 0 40 Idle 41 80 linear 81 120 s Curve 121 160 square Curve Default 161 180 Pl Curve 181 200 For Future use 201 210 auto CTB On Default 211 220 auto CTB off 221 225 edge Tracking OFF 226 230 edge Tracking On 231 235 soft Zoom start On...

Page 27: ...ed at 0 16 47 Color 1 reD centred at 32 48 79 Color 2 Dark Blue centred at 64 80 111 Color 3 Yellow centred at 96 112 143 Color 4 Kelly Green centred at 128 144 175 Color 5 amber centred at 160 176 207 Color 6 Congo Blue centred at 192 208 240 Color 7 CTB centred at 224 241 255 Open 16 Color Wheel Control 0 0 255 0 5 linear movement using shortest quickest path 6 10 linear movement using normal lo...

Page 28: ...with mega stepping 121 255 reserved Values 18 Gobo 1 rot Index High Byte 32767 0 65535 16 bit control of index and rotation of gobo wheel 1 0 32756 rotate Fast to slow 19 Gobo 1 rot Index low Byte 32757 32780 rotation sTOP 32781 65535 rotate slow to Fast 20 Gobo Wheel 1 Control 0 0 255 used as a control channel for different movement options for Gobo Wheel 1 Channel 17 0 5 Gobo selection using sho...

Page 29: ... of holes rotate 61 65 Gobo 4 Vertical Bars rotate 66 70 Gobo 5 Tribal rotate 71 75 Gobo 6 Honeycomb rotate 76 80 Gobo 7 Droplets rotate 81 85 Open no Gobo 86 90 Gobo 1 Dichrofusion rotate with mega stepping 91 95 Gobo 2 alpha rays rotate with mega stepping 96 100 Gobo 3 Circle of holes rotate with mega stepping 101 105 Gobo 4 Vertical Bars rotate with mega stepping 106 110 Gobo 5 Tribal rotate wi...

Page 30: ...rol of Gobo Wheel 3 for movement options see channel 26 0 5 Open no Gobo 6 10 6 10 Gobo 1 leafy Breakup 11 15 11 15 Gobo 2 medium Circle 16 20 16 20 Gobo 3 swirl lattice 21 25 21 25 Gobo 4 radial Breakup 26 30 26 30 Gobo 5 Dust 31 35 31 35 Gobo 6 neurons 36 40 36 40 Gobo 7 Grid 41 45 41 45 Gobo 8 Cross bars 46 255 reserved 26 Gobo Wheel 3 Control 0 0 255 used as a control channel for different mov...

Page 31: ...5 Open 6 10 Closed 11 15 normal strobe 16 20 random strobe 21 25 random sync 34 Programmers Channel 0 0 255 do not require 3 second Dam rule mode will change once DmX level I reached set discrete value of desired effect wait 3 seconds then set value to 0 Idle note some consoles have a delay in their channel marco action For this a time greater then 3 second may be required 6s 0 40 Idle 41 80 linea...

Page 32: ...consoles have a delay in their channel marco action For this a time greater then 3 second may be required 6s 0 5 Idle Default 6 10 Full luminaire reCal also used to Wake fixture up from shutdown 11 15 reserved Values 16 20 reserved Values 21 25 Fixture shutdown 26 30 Display menu On 31 35 Display menu OFF 36 40 reCal Position 41 45 reCal Color 46 50 reCal Gobo 51 55 reCal Beam 56 60 reCal Optics 6...

Page 33: ... channel 0 15 OPen centred at 0 16 47 Color 1 reD centred at 32 48 79 Color 2 Dark Blue centred at 64 80 111 Color 3 Yellow centred at 96 112 143 Color 4 Kelly Green centred at 128 144 175 Color 5 amber centred at 160 176 207 Color 6 Congo Blue centred at 192 208 240 Color 7 CTB centred at 224 241 255 Open 16 Color Wheel Control 0 0 255 0 5 linear movement using shortest quickest path 6 10 linear ...

Page 34: ...19 Gobo 1 rot Index low Byte 0 32756 rotate Fast to slow 32757 32780 rotation sTOP 32781 65535 rotate slow to Fast 20 Gobo Wheel 1 Control 0 0 255 used as a control channel for different movement options for Gobo Wheel 1 Channel 17 0 5 Gobo selection using shortest quickest path 6 10 Gobo selection using normal longest path 11 20 reserved Values 21 50 Wheel spin CW Forward Fast to slow 51 60 Wheel...

Page 35: ...7 0 65535 16 bit control of index and rotation of gobo wheel 1 23 Gobo 2 rot Index low Byte 0 32756 rotate Fast to slow 32757 32780 rotation sTOP 32781 65535 rotate slow to Fast 24 Gobo Wheel 2 Control 0 0 255 used as a control channel for different movement options for Gobo Wheel 2 Channel 21 0 5 Gobo selection using shortest quickest path 6 10 Gobo selection using normal longest path 11 20 reser...

Page 36: ...e normal Path slow to Fast For fastest shake set gobo timing to 0 151 180 reserved Values 181 210 reserved Values 211 255 reserved Values 27 Iris 0 0 255 Iris size control 0 200 Iris beam size open to closed 201 255 Iris pulse slow to fast 28 Triangular Prism 0 0 255 Controls Prism mechanism with following values 0 5 Open 6 10 Index 11 15 rotate normal 16 20 rotate with mega stepping 21 255 reserv...

Page 37: ...g mechanisms see Timing Channel Chart in user manual 37 Color Timing 255 0 255 adjustment of fixture timing to control color mechanisms see Timing Channel Chart in user manual 38 Beam Timing 255 0 255 adjustment of fixture timing to control beam shaping mechanisms see Timing Channel Chart in user manual 39 Gobo Timing 255 0 255 adjustment of fixture timing to control gobo mechanisms see Timing Cha...

Page 38: ...d Values 21 25 Fixture shutdown 26 30 Display menu On 31 35 Display menu OFF 36 40 reCal Position 41 45 reCal Color 46 50 reCal Gobo 51 55 reCal Beam 56 60 reCal Optics 61 65 reserved Values 66 70 reset Fixture to Defaults 71 75 Full luminaire reboot This command will douse lamp and reset all processors in fixture then reCal all parameters 76 80 Fixture status On Off This command will enable the d...

Page 39: ...en 14 Color Wheel Control 0 0 255 0 5 linear movement using shortest quickest path 6 10 linear movement using normal longest path 11 15 Wheel spin CW Forward 16 20 Wheel spin sTOP 21 25 Wheel spin CCW reverse 26 56 Color shake Quickest Path slow to Fast For fastest shake set color timing to 0 57 87 Color shake normal Path slow to Fast For fastest shake set color timing to 0 88 255 reserved Values ...

Page 40: ...auto CTB On Default 211 220 auto CTB off 221 225 edge Tracking OFF 226 230 edge Tracking On 231 235 soft Zoom start On 235 240 soft Zoom start OFF 241 245 Dimmer snap On Default 246 250 Dimmer snap Off 28 Fan Control 0 0 255 Dynamically control fan speed vs leD Output operation Control values as follows automatic fan output adjustment Default linear control of fan speed and leD max output DmX 4 Hi...

Page 41: ...aults 71 75 Full luminaire reboot This command will douse lamp and reset all processors in fixture then reCal all parameters 76 80 Fixture status On Off This command will enable the display to show fixture status for 5 min after this time displays will return to default configuration repeating this command in less than 5 minutes will behave as a toggle 81 85 standard mode Fixture operates at maxim...

Page 42: ...5 Open 14 Color Wheel Control 0 0 255 0 5 linear movement using shortest quickest path 6 10 linear movement using normal longest path 11 15 Wheel spin CW Forward 16 20 Wheel spin sTOP 21 25 Wheel spin CCW reverse 26 56 Color shake Quickest Path slow to Fast For fastest shake set color timing to 0 57 87 Color shake normal Path slow to Fast For fastest shake set color timing to 0 88 255 reserved Val...

Page 43: ...50 Dimmer snap Off 28 Focus Timing 255 0 255 adjustment of fixture timing to control Pan Tilt mechanisms see Timing Channel Chart in user manual 29 Optics Timing 255 0 255 adjustment of fixture timing to control lensing mechanisms see Timing Channel Chart in user manual 30 Color Timing 255 0 255 adjustment of fixture timing to control color mechanisms see Timing Channel Chart in user manual 31 Fan...

Page 44: ...o Defaults 71 75 Full luminaire reboot This command will douse lamp and reset all processors in fixture then reCal all parameters 76 80 Fixture status On Off This command will enable the display to show fixture status for 5 min after this time displays will return to default configuration repeating this command in less than 5 minutes will behave as a toggle 81 85 standard mode Fixture operates at ...

Page 45: ...tus Collection QueueD_messaGe 0x0020 X X sTaTus_messaGes 0x0030 X status X sTaTus_ID_DesCrIPTIOn 0x0031 X X Clear_sTaTus_ID 0x0032 X suB_DeVICe_sTaTus_rePOrT_THresHOlD 0x0033 Category rDm Information suPPOrTeD_ParameTers 0x0050 support required only if supporting parameters beyond the minimum required set X X ParameTer_DesCrIPTIOn 0x0051 support required for manufacturer specific PIDs exposed in s...

Page 46: ...rsOnalITY 0x00e0 X DmX mode X DmX_PersOnalITY_DesCrIPTIOn 0x00e1 X X X DmX_sTarT_aDDress 0x00F0 X address X slOT_InFO 0x0120 X X slOT_DesCrIPTIOn 0x0121 X X DeFaulT_slOT_Value 0x0122 X Category sensors 0x02xx use sensOr_DeFInITIOn 0x0200 sensOr_Value 0x0201 reCOrD_sensOrs 0x0202 Category Dimmer settings 0x03xx FuTure use Dimmer Curve 0x0343 Dimmer Curve Description 0x0344 modulation Frequency 0x03...

Page 47: ...egory Display settings 0x05xx X X DIsPlaY_InVerT 0x0500 X X X DIsPlaY_leVel 0x0501 X Category Configuration 0x06xx X X Pan_InVerT 0x0600 X X X TIlT_InVerT 0x0601 X X X Pan_TIlT_sWaP 0x0602 X real_TIme_ClOCK 0x0603 Category Control 0x10xx X IDenTIFY_DeVICe 0x1000 X X reseT_DeVICe 0x1001 X POWer_sTaTe 0x1010 PerFOrm_selFTesT 0x1020 selF_TesT_DesCrIPTIOn 0x1021 ...

Page 48: ...librate reboot software version view fixtures hours service etc Manual manual control of parameters Test test functions of parameters The menu system is controlled at the Menu Display available at the enclosure input panel If there are multiple luminaires in a system any settings or changes would need to be made at each LCD Menu as desired MENU CONTROLS The menu system is controlled by an OK Enter...

Page 49: ...You Sure If OK Reset all boards Luminaire ID display ID don t edit Software Version Display version date time Fixture Hours Display hours Crossload Software Send Sending version xx xx xx xx xx Display Crossload Complete when done Temperature Info Fan Info IPInfo DMX Data Ch 1 Intensity High Byte Display all channels Pan Tilt Swap Pan Tilt Off On Invert Pan Off On Invert Tilt Off On DMX Map 16 bit ...

Page 50: ...N The LCD menu system utilizes a battery powered system for operation when the luminaire is not connected to power The primary purpose of this mode is to allow basic setup and configuration of the luminaire To enable the battery operation of the menu system Step 1 Press and hold ESC and OK for two seconds Step 2 Once enabled the menu will function as normal NOTE Any commands that require full powe...

Page 51: ...l control of the luminaire Movement will need to be enabled after testing NOTE When using the Movement option pan and tilt will be disabled for all the luminaires that are linked To set movement option Step 1 Press ESC Step 2 Press Up Down arrows until Config appears Press OK Step 3 Press Up Down arrows until Pan Tilt appears Press OK Step 4 Movement will be displayed Press OK Step 5 Use Up Down a...

Page 52: ...alues as shown below PARAMETER EXAMPLE MEANING Model VL2600 luminaire The fixture model Fixture Hours 142 The total of number of hours the fixture has been operating DMX Address 1 Current DMX address of the fixture as set by the user RDM UID 56 4c 2f 0 7 2a Refer to RDM PARAMETERS ON PAGE 45 Luminaire ID 1834 Current luminaire identification number Software Version 1 6 2015 Current software versio...

Page 53: ... which the fixture operates damp smoky or particularly dirty surrounding can cause greater accumulation of dirt on the fixture s optics General cleaning guidelines Clean with soft cloth using normal glass cleaning fluid Always dry the parts carefully Clean the external optics at least every 30 days CLEANING OPTICS FILTERS AND GOBOS WARNING Remove power from luminaires before performing maintenance...

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