ENGLISH
OPERATION MANUAL
JB SYSTEMS
®
7/93
CMX24
!!! Important: do not forget to set the start addresses of the dimmers correctly !!!
Basis
The CMX24 can be placed in different modes and some buttons can behave different depending of the
current mode. To know for certain that the control is working in the right mode to understand this tutorial you
have to do the next steps
Turn the CMX24 off and then back on
Move the next faders to the lowest position
o
All the
{PRESET A}
faders (12 faders)
o
All the
{PRESET B}
faders (12 faders)
o
{MASTER B}
fader
o
{AUDIO LEVEL}
fader
o
{SPEED}
fader
Move the next faders to the highest position
o
{MASTER A}
fader
o
{FADE}
fader
Select the single preset mode
o
Press and release the
<MODUS SELECT/REC SPEED>
button until the
[SINGLE
PRESET]
lamp is lit (above the master A and B fader)
Select page 1
o
Press and release the
<PAGINA/REC CLEAR>
button until
[PAGINA 1]
lamp is lit. This
is placed above the PAGE button
o
Press and hold the
<RECORD/SHIFT>
button
o
Press and release the
<PRESET A 5>
button
o
Press and release the
<PRESET A 5>
button
o
Press and release the
<PRESET A 5>
button
o
Release
<RECORD/SHIFT>
button
o
The
[5 min]
led above the
SPEED
fader should now be lit.
Leave the program and edit mode, go to the safe mode
o
Press and hold the
<RECORD/SHIFT>
button.
o
Press and release the
<ADD KILL/REC EXIT>
button.
o
Release the
<RECORD/SHIFT>
button.
o
When red led above the
RECORD/SHIFT
is lit, you repeat this procedure again, until the
let isn’t lit anymore.
When the audio mode is active (the
[AUDIO]
led is lit), shut off the mode
o
Press and release the
<AUDIO>
button above the AUDIO fader
Put out the black out lamp
o
Normally, the
[BLACK OUT]
led will blink, besides the BLACK OUT button
o
Press and release the
<BLACK OUT>
button to put out the led
o
As long as this led blinks, there is no output.
Display Mode
While moving a fader, the intensity is shown on the display. The
[DIMMER]
LED will be lit besides the
display to indicate that the display shows the intensity of the dimmer. When you have connected dimmers
and light effects, you will see that the connected light effects will be lit on the same intensity.
You can choose if the display shows values from 0 (%) to 100 (%), or values from 0 to 255 ( DMX-values).
You can change the display (between % and DMX) this way:
Press and hold the <RECORD/SHIFT> button
Press and release the
<INSERT/% or 0-255>
button
Release <RECORD/SHIFT> button
By repeating this process you will return to the original display.
Attention:
The display always shows the value of the fader and not the real intensity of the lamp.
Single Preset mode:
Using this mode, you can set the intensity of all 24 channels of the CMX24. You can set a scene by moving
all the
PRESET A
and
PRESET B
faders to the preferred position.
Look at the green LEDs above each
PRESET A
and
PRESET B
fader. These LEDs show the intensity of the
channels. If you have connected dimmers and light effects, then the light effects should also be lit.
Move
{MASTER A}
fader slowly down. You will see that all leds (and your light effects) will be put out slowly.
In the single preset mode,
MASTER B
has no function.
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OPERATION MANUAL
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CMX24
Keep the
<1-24>
button above the
MASTER A
fader pushed in. You will see that the green LEDs (and your
light effects) will be lit again. As long as this button is pushed, master A will have 100 % intensity, even when
the fader is not placed at 100%
Press and hold the
<PRESET A 2>
button beneath the
PRESET A 2
fader. The green led will start to lit at
full intensity (as well as the connected light effect). With the buttons below the faders you can place the
channels temporally at full intensity, regardless of the position of
MASTER A.
Press and hold the
<FULL-ON>
button beneath the
SPEED
fader. All green leds will be lit now. Every
channel is set now at full intensity.
Press and hold the
<DARK>
button (above the master A fader). There’s no output now. As long as this
button is pressed, all lamps will be put out. This is a blackout function but without the latch function of the
blackout button.
Press and release the
<BLACK OUT>
button (beneath the
AUDIO LEVEL
fader). The led beside this button
will start to blink and all the lamps will be put out
Keep the
<FULL-ON>
button pressed while your CMX24 is still in Black out. The connected light effects will
be lit at full intensity. The full-on button has priority above the black out function.
Press and hold the
<DARK>
button while your CMX24 is still in Black out and you’re pressing the
<FULL-
ON>
button. All connected light effects will be put out. The dark button has priority above the full-on button.
Release the dark and the full-on button. All connected light effects will be put out because of the black out
function. Now press a
PRESET A
or
PRESET B
button (below the faders). The connected lamp will be lit at
full intensity, regardless of the black out function. The preset button has priority above the black out.
Press a
PRESET A
or
PRESET B
button and then press the
<DARK>
button. The lamp will be put out now.
The dark button has priority above the preset button.
The table below shows the priority of the buttons.
Fade time:
With the
FADE
fader, you can set the transition time between 0 (INSTANT) seconds and 10 minutes. Every
change of the lights will happen with the set time. This function is very handy to make flexible transitions
between different scenes. You can set the fade time as long as the transition is in progress (you accelerate
or delay the transition)
Move the
{MASTER A}
fader to the lowest position. Move
{PRESET A 1}
fader to the lowest position
Move the
{FADE}
fader until the display shows [1.00]. This means a fade time of 1 second.
Press the
<PRESET A 1>
button beneath the fader. The green led (and your connected light effect) will be lit
immediately. So, the fade time isn’t used on the preset buttons. This also applies for the
DARK, FULL-ON,
BLACK-OUT, 1-24
and
PARK
button. The fade time only influences faders.
Depending of the decimal points, another time is showed. The table below gives you all the information to set
your fade time (x is a digit between 0 and 9)
Display
Time
0.xx
millisecond
For example: 0.10 is 100 milliseconds
x.xx
second
For example: 1.20 is 1 second and 200 milliseconds
xx.0
second
For example: 10.1 is 10 second en 100 milliseconds
x.xx.
minutes
For example:
1.05 is 1 minuut en 5 seconds
xx.x.
minutes
For example:
10.0. is 10 minutes
DARK
FULL-ON
PRESET
BLACK OUT
1-24
PARK