
Thruster User Manual
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2006-10-10
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©CHAUVET, 2006, All Rights Reserved
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Table of Contents
1. BEFORE YOU BEGIN....................................................................................................................................................... 3
U
NPACKING
I
NSTRUCTIONS
.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
C
ONTACT
U
S
................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
I
MPORTANT
S
AFETY
I
NFORMATION
................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
2. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................... 5
F
EATURES
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
DMX
C
HANNEL
S
UMMARY
............................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
P
RODUCT
O
VERVIEW
....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
3. SETUP ............................................................................................................................................................................... 7
AC
P
OWER
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
M
OUNTING
...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
F
IXTURE
L
INKING
............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Data Cabling ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
DMX Data Cable................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Cable Connectors............................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
3-Pin to 5-Pin Conversion Chart ........................................................................................................................................................................ 9
S
ETTING UP A
DMX
S
ERIAL
D
ATA
L
INK
............................................................................................................................................................................ 9
S
TANDALONE
/M
ASTER
-S
LAVE
F
IXTURE
L
INKING
.............................................................................................................................................................. 9
4. OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS........................................................................................................................................ 10
S
TANDALONE
M
ODE
...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Single-Fixture Mode............................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Master-Slave Mode................................................................................................................................................................................................ 10
Setup Master Fixture ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 10
Setup Slave Fixtures ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 11
Sample Master-Slave Setup and Linking (Visual Guide) ...................................................................................................................................... 11
Table of DIP-switch Settings & Options (Patterns)................................................................................................................................................ 12
Table of DIP-switch Settings for Fixture Values .................................................................................................................................................... 12
DMX
C
ONTROL
M
ODE
................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Configuring Thrusters™ for Individual DMX control.............................................................................................................................................. 13
Controlling Multiple Thrusters™ as “One Device”................................................................................................................................................. 14
Master fixture setup.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Slave fixture setup............................................................................................................................................................................................ 14
Setting the DMX address....................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
5. APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................................................... 15
DMX
P
RIMER
................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 15
R
ETURNS
P
ROCEDURE
.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15
C
LAIMS
......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
M
AINTENANCE
............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
B
INARY
&
DMX
DIP-
SWITCH
A
DDRESSING
..................................................................................................................................................................... 16
B
INARY
A
DDRESSING
Q
UICK
R
EFERENCE
C
HART
........................................................................................................................................................... 17
DMX
C
HANNEL
V
ALUES
................................................................................................................................................................................................ 18
T
ECHNICAL
S
PECIFICATIONS
.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
T
ECHNICAL
S
UPPORT
.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18