COLORtube™ 3.0 EQ
User Manual
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T
ABLE OF
C
ONTENTS
1. BEFORE YOU BEGIN............................................................................................................................................................ 3
W
HAT IS INCLUDED
...................................................................................................................................................................... 3
U
NPACKING
I
NSTRUCTIONS
........................................................................................................................................................... 3
M
ANUAL
C
ONVENTIONS
................................................................................................................................................................ 3
I
CONS
........................................................................................................................................................................................ 3
S
AFETY
I
NSTRUCTIONS
................................................................................................................................................................. 4
2. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................... 5
F
EATURES
.................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
P
RODUCT
O
VERVIEW
(CT3EQ
C
ONTROLLER
) ................................................................................................................................. 6
P
RODUCT
O
VERVIEW
(COLOR
TUBE
™
3.0
EQ) .............................................................................................................................. 7
3. SETUP .................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
AC
P
OWER
................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
F
IXTURE
L
INKING
(COLOR
TUBE
™
3.0
EQ) .................................................................................................................................... 8
M
OUNTING
................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Orientation.......................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Rigging ............................................................................................................................................................................... 9
F
IXTURE
L
INKING
....................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Data Cabling .................................................................................................................................................................... 10
DMX Data Cable .............................................................................................................................................................. 10
Cable Connectors ............................................................................................................................................................ 10
3-Pin to 5-Pin Conversion Chart ..................................................................................................................................... 11
Setting up a DMX Serial Data Link ................................................................................................................................. 11
4. OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS ............................................................................................................................................ 12
C
ONFIGURING THE
S
TARTING
A
DDRESS
........................................................................................................................................ 12
C
ONTROL
P
ANEL
F
UNCTIONS
...................................................................................................................................................... 12
M
ENU
M
AP
............................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Operation ................................................................................................................................................................................ 14
DMX ................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
DMX
C
HANNEL
V
ALUES
............................................................................................................................................................. 14
Mode Channel DMX Details ............................................................................................................................................ 15
Sound Active Mode Channel 2 Values ........................................................................................................................... 15
S
TANDALONE
A
UTOMATIC AND
S
OUND
-A
CTIVE
.............................................................................................................................. 16
DIP Switch Settings ......................................................................................................................................................... 16
S
ETTING THE
S
TARTING
A
DDRESS
............................................................................................................................................... 19
G
ENERAL
T
ROUBLESHOOTING
..................................................................................................................................................... 19
C
ONTACT
U
S
............................................................................................................................................................................ 19
5. APPENDIX ............................................................................................................................................................................ 20
DMX
P
RIMER
........................................................................................................................................................................... 20
G
ENERAL
M
AINTENANCE
............................................................................................................................................................ 20
R
ETURNS
P
ROCEDURE
............................................................................................................................................................... 21
C
LAIMS
.................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
T
ECHNICAL
S
PECIFICATIONS
....................................................................................................................................................... 22
COLORtube™ 3.0 EQ ..................................................................................................................................................... 22
CT3EQ Controller (Optional) ........................................................................................................................................... 22
