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7.Control board
The control panel situated on the top cover of the REDBlinder 2•48 allows DMX addressing,calling build-in
programs and setting the fixture behaviour.
Control elements on the control board:
[MODE] button-leaves menu without saving changes.
[ENTER] button- enters menu,confirms adjusted values and leaves menu.
[UP] button and[DOWN] button- moves between menu items on the the same level, sets values.
After switching the fixture on,the display shows the initial screen:
Use [UP],[DOWN] to browse through the menu. To select a function or submenu,press [ENTER].
7.1 Addressing the REDBlinder 2•48
The fixture can be uperated in the two modes:
DMX mode
-fixture is controlled via DMX 512 by an external
DMX controller
Stand-alone mode
- fixture uses build-in programs and is
able to control other fixtures in the master/slave chain.
See the chapter "Stand-alone mode" for detail description.
For DMX mode is important the DMX start address that is defined as the first channel from which the REDBlinder
2•48 will respond to the DMX controller.
Setting the DMX start channel for DMX operating:
1.
Connect REDBlinder 2•48 to the mains.
2.
Browse through the menu by pressing the [UP] and [DOWN] buttons until the display shows current addres
"A001"
.Confirm by pressing [ENTER] button and
"A001"
will start to flash frequently.
3.
Use the [UP] and [Down] buttons to select the desired address.
4.
Confirm by pressing [ENTER].After having addressed REDBlinder 2•48
,
you may now start operating RED
-
Blinder 2•48 via your DMX controller.
7.2 Program running
By enter to this menu a complete overview of all programs is offered,from which the program to be run can be
selected by pressing [ENTER] button.Selected program runs in a loop.The fixture includes 6 built-in programs
(PrG.1-PrG.6) and 3 free editable programs (EPG.1-EPG.3),each up to 30 steps.Each program step has a fade
time-the time during which effects go to the current step and a Standing time-the time,during which effects
last in the current step.
Programming procedure:
1. Enter "Edit." menu
2. Press [UP] or [DOWN] to select the desired program which you wish to edit and press [ENTER].
3. Press [UP] or [DOWN] to select the desired program step ("St.01" - "St.30") and press [ENTER].
4. Press [UP] or [DOWN] to select the desired item and press [ENTER]-button.Now you can edit by using [UP]
or [DOWN] buttons the DMX values of selected item:
P.End. -
a total number of the program steps (value 1-30).This value you must set
before start programming(e.g. if you want to create program with 10 steps,set
P.End=10).
rEd.1
- a red LEDs 1 saturation,value 0-255
rEd.2
- a red LEDs 2 saturation,value 0-255
GrE.1
- a green LEDs 1 saturation,value 0-255
GrE.2
- a green LEDs 2 saturation,value 0-255
bLu.1
- a blue LEDs 1 saturation,value 0-255
bLu.2
- a blue LEDs 2 saturation,value 0-255
