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Step 4: Mounting the unit on the Base plate
Make sure spacer 1 fits into hole 1 and spacer 2 fits into hole 2. Push until the power and date pins
slide into the connectors I and II on the base plate. The unit will cover the whole base plate.
Fix the unit on the base plate with help of the M3*10 counter sink screws. The screws must be placed
in the two holes on top of the base near the Xilver
TM
logo.
2.2. Functionality
Movement
The Droplet
TM
has a 16bit pan and tilt movement in the normal mode and a 8bit in the compact mode.
In the normal mode the movement is controlled by 5 channels (pan, tilt, pan fine, tilt fine and motor
speed). In the compact mode there is no pan and tilt fine and no motor speed channel.
The pan and tilt movement is direct driven by stepper motors. The travel of the pan movement is 360°
and the travel of the tilt movement is 270°. Divided over 255 steps the pan moves 1,41° per step and
the tilt 1,05° per step, with the fine channels each step is divided again in 255 steps. The pan and tilt
fine are used for precision positioning.
Motor speed
The speed of the pan and tilt movement can be adapted via the motor speed channel. When the
channel is zero (in the compact mode this channel is not available), the Droplet
TM
moves at full speed.
Strobe
The Droplet
TM
has a 2 channel strobe function in the normal mode. The Frequency and the duration
are adjustable. With frequency you can determine how many times the Droplet
TM
should flash per
second, with the duration channel you can determine how long one flash should take. In the compact
mode only the frequency function is available.
Color mixing
HSI-mode
HSI
stands for
H
ue,
S
aturation and
I
ntensity. The HSI color mixing mode uses 3 channels.
The Hue channel enables you to choose a color, via this way you can choose up to 255 saturated
colors. The Saturation channel enables you to choose between fully saturated colors and pastel
colors. The Intensity channel functions like a normal dimmer, from no output to full output. By Hue and
Saturation channel zero and the Intensity channel full max, the output of the Droplet
TM
is white.
Changing the Saturation channel to max the output will turn into Red. Now you can choose a color with
the Hue channel.
RGB-mode
RGB
is stands for
R
ed,
G
reen and
B
lue. Each of these colors use one channel, via this channel you
can adjust the output of the concerned color. To vary the output of the 3 colors, you can make each
desired color. Besides there is an Intensity channel to make it easy dimming the total output of the
Droplet
TM
. If the three color channels are max the Droplet
TM
gives no real white, you have to vary the
output of the separate colors to get white.
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Reset
Via the reset channel the Droplet
TM
can be given its starting values again, so the fixture returns to its
point of departure.
It may occur, due to external causes that the Droplet
TM
gets out of its position. The reset channel can
be used to make sure that the unit follows the given DMX values the right way again.
To give the Droplet
TM
a reset, set the reset channel for 5 seconds max.
Normal mode RGB
Compact mode RGB
DMX
Channel
Function
Decimal
Percent
Description
1
Reset
0 - 249
250 -255
0 - 97
98 - 100
Reserved for special functions
Hold for 5 seconds to reset the Droplet
TM
2
Pan
0 - 255
0 - 100
Position from 0° - 360°
3
Tilt
0 - 255
0 - 100
Position from 0° - 260°
4
Speed
0
255
0 - 100
Full speed of pan and tilt movement
Slowest pan and tilt movement
5
Pan fine
0 - 255
0 - 100
Fine Positioning of the pan within an angle of 1,41°
6
Tilt fine
0 - 255
0 - 100
Fine Positioning of the tilt within an angle of 1,02°
7
Strobe
Frequency
0 - 4
5 - 204
205 - 255
0 - 2
3 - 80
81 - 100
Full on, no strobe
Strobe linear from 1Hz to 25Hz
Strobe linear from 25Hz to 50Hz
8
Strobe
Duration
0 - 255
0 - 100
Linear from 0 – 100% with steps of 1,6%
9
Red
0 - 255
0 - 100
Linear Red output from 0 – 100%
10
Green
0 - 255
0 - 100
Linear Green output from 0 – 100%
11
Blue
0 - 255
0 - 100
Linear Blue output from 0 – 100%
12
Intensity
0 - 255
0 - 100
Linear overall output from 0 – 100%
DMX
Channel
Function
Decimal
Percent
Description
1
Reset
0 - 249
250 -255
0 - 97
98 - 100
Reserved for special functions
Hold for 5 seconds to reset the Droplet
TM
2
Pan
0 - 255
0 - 100
Position from 0° - 360°
3
Tilt
0 - 255
0 - 100
Position from 0° - 260°
4
Strobe
Frequency
0 - 4
5 - 204
205 - 255
0 - 2
3 - 80
81 - 100
Full on, no strobe
Strobe linear from 1Hz to 25Hz
Strobe linear from 25Hz to 50Hz
5
Red
0 - 255
0 - 100
Linear Red output from 0 – 100%
6
Green
0 - 255
0 - 100
Linear Green output from 0 – 100%
7
Blue
0 - 255
0 - 100
Linear Blue output from 0 – 100%
8
Intensity
0 - 255
0 - 100
Linear overall output from 0 – 100%