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Show Mode
Used to choose to select one of the preprogrammed shows when used in standalone or master/slave
mode. This menu option is not available when the unit is set to slave mode (“
S L 1
” or “
S L 2
”)!
Press the MENU button until
is showing on the display.
Press the ENTER button, the current show starts blinking in the display.
Use DOWN and UP buttons to select one of the 11 preprogrammed shows (
(show 0) to
(show 10)
Once the right show blinks on the display, press the ENTER button to save it.
(or automatically return to the main functions without any change after 8 seconds)
To go back to the functions without any change press the MENU button again.
Blackout Mode
Blackout mode: when no DMX-signal is detected, the unit goes in blackout.
No blackout mode: when no DMX-signal is detected, the unit automatically switches to master mode.
This menu option is not available when the unit is set to slave mode (“
S L 1
” or “
S L 2
”)!
Press the MENU button until
is shown on the display.
Press the ENTER button, the current selection starts blinking in the display.
Use DOWN and UP button to select
Y E S
(blackout) or
n o
(no blackout) mode.
Once the mode is selected, press the ENTER button to save it.
(or automatically return to the main functions without any change after 8 seconds)
To go back to the functions without any change press the MENU button again.
Led Display
Display on: display is always on.
Display off: display is off when not used.
Press the MENU button until the display shows
.
Press the ENTER button, the display starts blinking.
Use DOWN and UP buttons to select
(display always on) or
(display off when not used).
Once the mode is selected, press the ENTER button to save it.
(or automatically return to the main functions without any change after 8 seconds)
To go back to the functions without any change press the MENU button again.
Display Inversion
Display normal: display is readable when the unit is on the floor.
Display inversion: display is readable when the unit is mounted upside down.
Press the MENU button until
is blinking on the display. (normal display)
Use the ENTER button to change to the mode
(display inversion), the option will be automatically
stored after 8 seconds. Or press the ENTER button again return to the mode
(normal display).
To go back to the functions press the MENU button.
Fixture Hours
Used to show the number of working hours of the unit.
Press the MENU button until
is blinking on the display.
Press the ENTER button to show the number of working hours in the display.
To go back to the functions press the MENU button.
Software version:
Used to show the software version of the unit.
Press the MENU button until
blinks on the display.
Press the ENTER button to show the software version of the unit.
To go back to the functions press the MENU button.
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ELECTRICAL INSTAL ADDRESSING
Important: The electrical installation should be carried out by qualified personal only,
according to the regulations for electrical and mechanical safety in your country.
Electrical installation for 1 standalone unit:
Just insert the mains cable. The unit starts working immediately in stand-alone mode.
Remark1:
You can connect a CA-8 remote controller to the unit if you want to have more control. Refer to
“how to operate the unit” to learn how to do this.
Remark2:
if there’s no output, please make sure to set the unit in master mode (see previous chapter)
Electrical installation for two or more units in master/slave:
Connect 2 to maximum 16 units together using good quality balanced microphone cables. Put the first
unit of the chain in master mode, the rest must be set to slave mode (SL1 or SL2). See the previous
chapter for more information.
Make sure that all units are connected to the mains.
Done!
Remark:
You can connect a CA-8 remote controller to the master unit if you want to have more control
over the master/slave operation.
Electrical installation in DMX-mode:
The DMX-protocol is a widely used high speed signal to control intelligent light equipment. You need to
“daisy chain” your DMX controller and all the connected units with a good quality balanced cable.
Both XLR-3pin and XLR-5pin connectors are used, however XLR-3pin is more popular because these
cables are compatible with balanced audio cables.
Pin layout XLR-3pin:
Pin1 = GND ~ Pin2 = Negative signal (-) ~ Pin3 = Positive signal (+)
Pin layout XLR-5pin:
Pin1 = GND ~ Pin2 = Negative signal (-) ~ Pin3 = Positive signal (+) ~ Pins4+5 not used.
To prevent strange behavior of the light effects, due to interferences, you must use
a 90
Ω
to 120
Ω
terminator at the end of the chain. Never use Y-splitter cables, this
simply won’t work!
Make sure that all units are connected to the mains.
Each light effect in the chain needs to have its proper starting address so it knows
which commands from the controller it has to decode. In the next section you will learn how to set the
DMX addresses.
HOW TO SET THE THE RIGHT STARTING ADDRESS:
Refer to the previous chapter (DMX-512 address setting) to learn how to set the starting address on this unit.
The starting address of each unit is very important. Unfortunately it is impossible to tell you in this user
manual which starting addresses you have to set because this completely depends on the controller you will
use… So please refer to the user manual of your DMX-controller to find out which starting addresses you
must set.
