Robe REDMix 3-192 User manual

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Tableofcontents

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1.Safetyinstructions......................................................................................................................................................3

2.Fixtureexteriorview...................................................................................................................................................5

3.Installation..................................................................................................................................................................5

3.1Mounting thefixture............................................................................................................................................5

3.2Changingthelens‐array........................................................................................................................................6

3.3Connectiontothemains......................................................................................................................................7

3.4DMX512connection............................................................................................................................................8

3.5Master/slaveconnection......................................................................................................................................8

3.6Stand‐aloneoperation..........................................................................................................................................9

4.REDMix3•192‐DMXprotocol.................................................................................................................................10

5.Controlmenumap....................................................................................................................................................13

6.Fixturemenu.............................................................................................................................................................15

6.1FixtureAddress...................................................................................................................................................16

6.2Fixtureinformation.............................................................................................................................................16

6.3Personality..........................................................................................................................................................17

6.4Manualmode......................................................................................................................................................18

6.5Testsequences

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6.6Stand‐alonesetting.............................................................................................................................................19

6.7Specialfunctions.................................................................................................................................................20

7.RDM..........................................................................................................................................................................21

8.Errorandinformationmessages..............................................................................................................................22

9.Technicalspecifications............................................................................................................................................23

10.Cleaningandmaintenance.....................................................................................................................................25

10.1Replacingthemainfuse...................................................................................................................................25

10.2Replacingtheairfilters

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FORYOUROWNSAFETY,PLEASEREADTHISUSERMANUALCAREFULLY

BEFOREPOWERINGORINSTALLINGYOURREDMix3‐192!

Saveitforfuturereference.

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Thisdevicehasleftourpremisesinabsolutelyperfectcondition.Inordertomaintainthisconditionandtoensurea

safeoperation,itisabsolutelynecessaryfortheusertofollowthesafetyinstructionsandwarningnoteswrittenin

thismanual.

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Themanufacturerwillnotacceptlia bilityforanyresulting

damagescausedbythenon‐observanceofthismanual

oranyunauthorizedmodificationtothedevice.

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Pleaseconsiderthatdamagescausedbymanualmo dificationstothedevicearenotsubjecttowarranty.

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TheREDMix3‐192wasdesignedforindooruseanditisintendedforprofessionalapplicationonly.It

isnotfor

householduse.

1.Safetyinstructions

DANGEROUSVOLTAGECONSTITUTINGARISKOFELECTRICSHOCKISPRESENTWITHINTHISUNIT!

Makesurethattheavailablevoltageisnothigherthanstatedontherearpanelofthefixture.

Thisfixtureshouldbeoperatedonlyfromthetypeofpowersourceindicatedonthemarkinglabel.Ifyouarenot

sureofthetypeofpowersupplied,consultyourauthorizeddistributoror

localpowercompany.

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AlwaysdisconnectthefixturefromACpowerbeforecleaning,removingorinstallingthefuses,oranypart.

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Makesurethatthepowerswitchissettooff‐positionbeforeyouconnectthefixturetothemains.Thepowerplug

hastobeaccessibleafterinstallingthefixture.

Donotoverloadwalloutletsandextensioncordsasthiscan

resultinfireorelectricshock.

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Donotallowanythingtorestonthepowercord.Donotlocatethisfixturewherethecordmaybedamagedby

personswalkingonit.

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Makesurethatthepowercordis

nevercrimpedordamagedbysharpedges.Checkthefixtureandthepowercord

fromtimetotime.

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Referservicingtoqualifiedservicepersonnel. 

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ThisfixturefallsunderprotectionclassI

.Thereforethisfixturehastobeconnectedtoamainssocketoutletwith

aprotectiveearthingconnection.

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Donotconnectthisfixturetoadimmerpack.

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DonotlookstraightatthefixturefrontLEDsduringoperation.Theintenselightbeammaydamageyoureyes.

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Ifthefixturehasbeenexposedtodrastictemperaturefluctuation(e.g.after transportation),donotswitchiton

immediately.Thearisingcondensationwatermightdamageyourdevice.Leavethedeviceswitchedoffuntilithas

reachedroomtemperature.

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Donotshakethefixture.Avoidbruteforcewheninstallingoroperatingthe

fixture.

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Thisfixturewasdesignedforindooruseonly,donotexposethisunittorainorusenearwater.

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Whenchoosingtheinstallationspot,pleasemakesurethatthefixtureisnotexposedtoextremeheat,moistureor

dust.

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Airventsandslotsinthefixture´s

headandbaseareprovidedforventilation,toensurereliableoperationofthe

deviceandtoprotectitfromoverheating.

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Theopeningsshouldneverbecoveredwithclothorothermaterials,andnevermustbeblocked.

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Thisfixtureshouldnotbeplacedinabuilt‐ininstallationunlessproperventilation

isprovided.

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Onlyoperatethefixtureafterhavingcheckedthatthehousingisfirmlyclosedandallscrewsaretightlyfastened.

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Alwaysuseasecondarysafetycablewhenmountingthisfixture.

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Makesurethattheareabelowtheinstallationplaceisblocked whenrigging,deriggingorservicingthefixture. 

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Do

notblockthefrontobjectiveLEDswithanyobjectwhenthefixtureisunderoperation.

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Thefixturebecomesveryhotduringoperation.Allowthefixturetocoolapproximately20minutesprior to

manipulatewithit.

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Operatethefixtureonlyafterhavingfamiliarizedwithitsfunction s.Donotpermitoperationby

personsnot

qualifiedforoperatingthefixture.Mostdamagesaretheresultofunprofessionaloperation!

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Pleaseusetheoriginalpackagingifthefixtureistobetransported.

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Pleaseconsiderthatunauthorizedmodificationsonthefixtureareforbiddenduetosafetyreasons!

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Ifthisdevicewillbeoperatedinanyway

differenttotheonedescribedinthismanual,theproductmaysuffer

damagesandtheguaranteebecomesv oid.Furthermore,anyotheroperationmayleadtodangerslikeshort‐

circuit,burns,electricshock,crashetc.

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2.Fixtureexteriorview

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3.Installation

3.1Mountingthefixture

Ensurethatthestructure(truss)towhichyouareattaching

thefixturesissecure.

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Thefixtureissupplywithmountingbracketwhichallowstrussinstallationorcanserveasastandforplacing

directlyonthestage.Themountingbracketconsistsoftwopartsanditisdesignedinaway

thatnotoolisneeded

toadjustdesiredfixtureposition. 

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1.Lensarray

2.Mountingbracket

3.Covers

4.Lens‐arraylock

5.Lens‐arraySecurity

locks

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Rearpanelofthefixture

1.Powerswitch

2.DMXinput/output(5‐pinXLR)

3.LEDdisplay

4.Mainsinput

5.Mainsoutput

6.DMXinput/output(3‐pinXLR)

7.Modebutton

8.Enterbutton

9.Upbutton

10.Downbutton

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Thefixturecanberiggedinanyorientationonatrusswithoutalteringitsoperationcharacteristics.Theholeinthe

mountingbrackethasadiameterof10mm.

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Theinstallationofthefixturehastobebuiltandconstructedinawaythatitcanhold10

timestheweightfor1

hourwithoutanyharmingdeformation.

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Foroverheaduse,alwaysinstallasafetyropethatcanholdatleast10timestheweightofthefixture.Youmust

onlyusesafetyropewithscrew‐oncarbine.Pullthesafetyropethroughthemountingbracketofthe

fixtureand

overthetrussingsystem.

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3.2Changingthelensarray

TheREDMix3•192hasa25°lens‐arraymodulefittedasstandard,andisalsosuppliedwithaglassholderforfrost

filtersandagridmodule.

Ifyouwishtochangethelensmodule,followthisprocedure:

1.Switchthefixtureoff.

2.Shiftthesecuritylock(1)tothe

“open“position(blackmark).

3.Pressandholdthelensmodulelock(2)onthesidecoverofthefixtureheadandgentlyliftthemodule(3)

upwardatthesidewherethislockispressed.

4.Pressandholdthelensmodulelock(2)ontheoppositeside

ofthefixtureheadandgentlyliftthelensmodule

(3)

fromitsplacingandremoveit.

5.Fitthenewlensmoduleintothefixtureheadandgentlypushitdownwarduntilthemodulesnapsin.

Makesurethatthelensmodulelocks(2)areproperlylocked.

6.

Shiftthesecuritylock(1)tothe“locked”position(redmark)tosecurethelensmoduleintheplacing.

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Ensurethesecuritylockisinthe“locked”position(REDmark)beforestartingthefixtureoperation.

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Itispossibletoinstallaplasticfilmintotheglassholdermodulein

ordertogetfrostlight.

1.Uninstallthe25°lens‐arraymodule(1)asdescribedabove.

2.Inserttheplasticfilm(2)intotheslotsunderpartitionsintheglassholdermodule.

3.Installtheglassholdermodulebacktothefixture´sheadasdescribed above.

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Theshape(dimensions)oftheplasticfilmdependsonitsthicknessandelasticity.Weadvicetouse2shapesof

plasticfilms:

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 Thickness=<0.5mmThickness>0.5mm

 

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Maximumthicknessofthefilmshouldnotexceed0.8mm.

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3.3Connectiontothemains

Ifitisnecessary,installasuitableplugonthepowercord,notethatthecoresinthepowercablearecolored

accordingtothefollowingtable.

Core(Eu) Core(US) Connection PlugTerminalMarking

Brown Black Live L 

Lightblue White Neutral N

Yellow/Green Green Earth

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Thisdevicefallsunderclassoneandmustbeearthed(grounded)!

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TheREDMix3•192allowstoconnectseveralfixturesinadaisychainofpowercable.Usea3‐conductor1.5mm

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patchcordforconnectingfixtures eachother.Neededtypesofthecableconnectorsarestatedinthechapter

“Technicalspecifications“undersection.

Themax.numberofconnectedfixturesdependsontheinputvoltage:

4fixturesatpowersupply=230V(“FuLL”powermode)

2fixturesatpowersupply=120V

(“FuLL”powermode)

Donotoverloadthesupplylineandtheconnectingleads.

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Wiringandconnectionworkmustbecarriedoutbyqualifiedstaff!

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3.4DMX512connection

Thefixtureisequipped withboth3‐pinand5‐pinXLRsocketsforDMXinputandoutput.

Onlyuseashieldedtwisted‐

paircabledesignedforRS‐485and3‐pin/5‐pinXLR‐connectorsinordertoconnectthecontrollerwiththefixture

oronefixturewithanother.



WiringoftheXLRconnectors:

DMXoutputDMXinput

 XLRmountingsockets(rearview):    XLRmountingplugs(rearview):



   

– Shield

- Signal (-)

- Signal (+)

– Not connected

TobuildaDMXchain

1. ConnecttheDMXoutputofthecontrollerdirectlywiththeDMXinputofthefirstfixtureintheDMXchain.

2. ConnecttheDMXoutputofthefirstfixtureintheDMXchainwiththeDMXinputofthenextfixture.

3. Alwaysconnectthe

DMXoutputwiththeinputofthenextfixtureuntilallfixturesareconnected.

Donotoverloadthelink.Max.32fixturesmaybeconnectedonaDMXlink.



Caution:Terminatethelinkbyinstallingaterminationplugintheoutputofthelastfixture.Theterminationplugis

amale3‐pinXLRplugwitha120OhmresistorsolderedbetweenSignal(–)andSignal(+).

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3.5Master/slaveconnection

Tobuildamaster/slave‐chain:

ConnecttheDMXoutputofthemasterfixtureinthedatachainwiththeDMXinputofthefirstslave.Always

connectoutputwiththeinputofthenextslaveuntilallslavesareconnected(upto32fixtures).

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Caution:ItisnecessarytoinserttheXLRterminationplugs(with120Ohm)intotheinputofthemasterfixtureand

intotheoutputofthelastslaveonthedatalinkinordertoensurethepropertransmissiononthedatalink.

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3.6Standaloneoperation

Thefixturesonadatalinkarenotconnectedtothecontrollerbutcanexecutepre‐setprogramswhichcanbe

differentforeveryfixture.Tosettheprogramtobeplayed,seethe"Stand‐alonesetting"(menu"St.AL.").

"Stand‐aloneoperation"canbeappliedtothesinglefixtureor

tomultiplefixturesoperatingsynchronously.

Synchronousoperationofmultiplefixturesrequiresthattheymustbeconnectedonadatalink andoneofthemis

setasamaster(mastermode)andtherestastheslaves(slavemode).

Tosetthefixtureasthemasterorslave,seethe

"Addressing"(menu"A001").

Onlyonefixturecanbesetasthemaster.

Themasterfixturestartssimultaneousprogramstartintheotherslavefixtures.Allfixtureshaveadefinite,

synchronizedstartingpointwhenplayingbacktheirprograms.Thenumberofrunningprogramisthesameinall

slavesand

dependsonthemaster'schoice(menu"St.AL.“).Everyfixturerunsitsprogramrepeatedly,startingthe

programstepNo.1whenrequestedbythemaster.

Example:

Iftheslavefixturehasashorterprogramlength,itwillcontinuouslyrepeatitsprogramuntilthemasterfixture

finishesitsownprogramandrestartsits

programrunning(slave1‐prog.step3 willnotbefinished).

Iftheslavefixturehasalongerprogramlength,itwillrestartatprog.step1beforeitcompletesallitsprog.steps 

(slave2‐prog.step5willnotbeplayed)‐seethepicturebellow.



Note:Disconnectthefixtures

fromtheDMXcontrollerbeforema ster/slaveoperating,otherwisedatacollisions

canoccurandthefixtureswillnotworkproperly!

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4.REDMix3•192DMXprotocol

Version1.1 

Mode/Channel

Value Function

Typeof

control

1 2 3 4 5

‐



‐



1



1



‐



0‐255

RedLEDs‐AllArrays

RedLEDssaturationcontrol(0‐100%)



proportional

‐



‐



2



2



‐



0‐255

GreenLEDs‐AllArrays

GreenLEDssaturationcontrol(0‐100%)



proportional

‐



‐



3



3



‐



0‐255

BlueLEDs‐AllArrays

BlueLEDssaturationcontrol(0‐100%)



proportional

‐



‐



4



4



‐



0‐255

WhiteLEDs‐AllArrays

WhiteLEDssaturationcontrol(0‐100%)



proportional

1



1



‐



‐



5



0‐255

RedLEDs‐Array1

RedLEDssaturationcontrol(0‐100%)



proportional

2



2



‐



‐



6



0‐255

GreenLEDs‐Array1

GreenLEDssaturationcontrol(0‐100%)



proportional

3



3



‐



‐



7



0‐255

BlueLEDs‐Array1

BlueLEDssaturationcontrol(0‐100%)



proportional

4



4



‐



‐



8



0‐255

WhiteLEDs‐Array1

WhiteLEDssaturationcontrol(0‐100%)



proportional

5



5



‐



‐



9



0‐255

RedLEDs‐Array2

RedLEDssaturationcontrol(0‐100%)



proportional

6



6



‐



‐



10



0‐255

GreenLEDs‐Array2

GreenLEDssaturationcontrol(0‐100%)



proportional

7



7



‐



‐



11



0‐255

BlueLEDs‐Array2

BlueLEDssaturationcontrol(0‐100%)



proportional

8



8



‐



‐



12



0‐255

WhiteLEDs‐Array2

WhiteLEDssaturationcontrol(0‐100%)



proportional

9



9



‐



‐



13



0‐255

RedLEDs‐Array3

RedLEDssaturationcontrol(0‐100%)



proportional

10



10



‐



‐



14



0‐255

GreenLEDs‐Array3

GreenLEDssaturationcontrol(0‐100%)



proportional

11



11



‐



‐



15



0‐255

BlueLEDs‐Array3

BlueLEDssaturationcontrol(0‐100%)



proportional

12



12



‐



‐



16



0‐255

WhiteLEDs‐Array3

WhiteLEDssaturationcontrol(0‐100%)



proportional

13



13



‐



‐



17



0‐255

RedLEDs‐Array4

RedLEDssaturationcontrol(0‐100%)



proportional

14



14



‐



‐



18



0‐255

GreenLEDs‐Array4

GreenLEDssaturationcontrol(0‐100%)



proportional

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Mode/Channel

Value



Function



Typeof

control



1 2 3 4 5

15



15



‐



‐



19



0‐255

BlueLEDs‐Array4

BlueLEDssaturationcontrol(0‐100%)



proportional

16



16



‐



‐



20



0‐255

WhiteLEDs‐Array4

WhiteLEDssaturationcontrol(0‐100%)



proportional

17



‐



5



‐



1



0‐7

8‐15

16‐23

24‐31

32‐39

40‐47

48‐55

56‐63

64‐71

72‐79

80‐87

88‐95

96‐103

104‐111

112‐119

120‐127

128‐135

136‐143

144‐151

152‐159

160‐167

168‐175



176‐183

184‐191

192‐199

200‐207

208‐215

216‐223

224‐231

232‐239

240‐247

248‐255

ColourMacros

Nofunction

Macro1

Macro2

Macro3

Macro4

Macro5

Macro6

Macro7

Macro8

Macro9

Macro10

Macro11

Macro12

Macro13

Macro14

Macro15

Macro16

Macro17

Macro18

Macro19

Macro20

Macro21

Macro22

Macro23

Macro24

Macro25

Macro26

Macro27

Macro28

Macro29

Macro30

Macro31



step

step



step

18



17



6



‐



2



0‐31

32‐63

64‐95

96‐127

128‐143

144‐159

160‐191

192‐223

224‐255

Shutter,Strobe

Shutterclosed

Shutteropen

Strobe‐effectfromslowtofast

Shutteropen

Openingpulses insequencesslow‐‐>fast

Closingpulsesinsequences

fast‐‐>slow

Shutteropen

Randomstrobe‐effectsfromslowtofast

Shutteropen



step

proportional

step

proportional

step

proportional

step

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Mode/Channel

Value Function

Typeof

control

1 2 3 4 5

19



18



7



‐



3



0‐255

Dimmer

Dimmerintensityfrom0%to100%



proportional

20



19



8



‐



4



0‐255

Dimmer,fine

Fineintensityfromlowtohigh



proportional



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5.Controlmenumap



Defaultsettings=Boldprint

MenuLevel1 MenuLevel2 MenuLevel3 MenuLevel4 MenuLevel 5 MenuLevel 6

A001 dM.Ad. 001‐512

 MA.SL. d.AbL

MASt.

SLA



InFo Poti. FuLL totL 

rSEt 

EcO totL 

rSEt 

 FiLt. AL.PE. 10......300  

EL.ti.

 DM.In. rEd1 0‐255 

:

F.dim 0‐255 

 tEMP. Cur.t. boAr..  

LEdS 

Hi.tE. boAr.. 

LEdS 

rSEt boAr.. 

LEdS 

 VErS. IC1

IC2



PErS dM.Pr. Mod.1  

Mod.2

Mod.3

Mod.4

Mod.5

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MenuLevel1 MenuLevel2 MenuLevel3 MenuLevel4 MenuLevel 5 MenuLevel 6

 dISP. d.On On,Off 

d.Int. 20...100 

turn On,Off 

 tEM.U. °C,°F

 bALA On,Off

 C.bAL. rEd 0..200..255 

GrEn 0..........255 

bLuE 0..237..255 

Stor

 LOAd FuLL 

EcO

 In.Po. rEd1 0‐255 

:

F.dim 0‐255 

Stor.

 dFSE



MAn.M. PrE.C. rEd1 rE1.1..rE1.3 

:

dimr dim0...dim.7 

 Man.C. rEd1 0‐255 

:

F.dim 0‐255 



TESt



St.AL. Auto Off 

tESt

PrG.1

:

PrG.3

REDMix3•192



15

MenuLevel1 MenuLevel2 MenuLevel3 MenuLevel4 MenuLevel 5 MenuLevel 6

 PLAY tESt

PrG.1

:

PrG.3

 Edit PrG.1 St.01 rEd1 0‐255

: : : :

PrG.3 St.68 S.tim. 0‐25.5sec

CoPY



SPEC. rdML

 rdMH

 Adj. DMH rEd1 

: 

F.dimr 

CaL.U. rEd1 

: 

wh4 

Stor. 

 uPd.M.



6.Fixturemenu

Thecontrolpanelmenuallowstosetthefixtureaccordingtoyourneeds,obtaininformationonitsoperation,test

itsvariouspartsandlastlyprogramit,ifithastobeusedinaStand‐alonemode.



Thefourcontrolbuttonsonthefronthavethefollowingfunctions:

MODEbutton‐

leavesmenuwithoutsavingchanges.

ENTERbutton‐entersmenu,confirmsadjustedvaluesandleavesmenu.

UPandDOWNbuttons‐movebetweenmenuitemsonthesamelevel,setsvalues.



Afterswitchingthefixtureon,thefixturedisplayshowsthecurrentDMXaddress:





UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstoscrollthrough

thevariousmenuitems.Toselectdesireditem,presstheENTER.



REDMix3•192



16

6.1FixtureAddress



UsethismenutosettheDMXaddressofthefixtureorsetthefixtureasaMaster(Slave).

dM.Ad.

‐‐‐DMXaddressing.SelectthissubmenutosetaDMXstartaddress.

TosetaDMXaddress.

1. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstofind“A001“menu.

2. PresstheENTERbutton. 

3. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstoselectdesiredstartaddress.

4. PresstheENTERbuttontoconfirmthe

choice.





MA.SL.

‐‐‐Master/slaveaddressing.Selectthissubmenu tosetthefixtureasamasterorslave.Option"d.AbL"

deactivatesmaster/slavesetting.

Tosetafixtureasamasterorslave.

1. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstofind“A001“menu. 

2. PresstheENTERbutton. 

3. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstoselect

“MA.SL.“item.

4. PresstheENTERbutton. 

5. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstoselecteithermaster(MASt)orslave(SLA)

6. PresstheENTERbuttontoconfirmthechoice.



Note:Afterswitchingon,theREDMix3•192willautomaticallydetectwhetherDMX512dataisreceivedornot.

thereisnodatareceivedattheDMXinput,thedisplaywillstarttoflash“A001”withactuallysetaddress.



6.2Fixtureinformation



Usethismenutoreadusefulinformationaboutthefixturestatus.

Todisplaydesiredinformation. 

1.UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstofindthe“InFo“menu.

2.PresstheENTERbutton.

3.UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstoselecttherequiredmenuitem.

4.PresstheENTERbuttontoconfirmthe

choice.



Po.ti.

‐‐‐PowerOnTime.UsethemenuitemtoreadthenumberofoperationhoursforeachLEDsoperating

mode.

FuLL

‐‐‐Maxlightoutputfromthefixture.

totL

‐thefunctionshowsthetotalnumberoftheoperationhoursinthe“FuLL”modesincethe

REDMix3•192hasbeenfabricated.

rESEt

‐thefunctionshowsthenumberoftheoperationhoursthattheREDMix3•192

hasbeenpoweredoninthe“FuLL”modesincethecounterwaslastreset.Inordertoresetthis

counterto0youhavetopressandholdtheUPandDOWNbuttonsandatthe

sametimepress

theENTERbutton.

EcO

‐‐‐Economicalmode.

totL

‐thefunctionshowsthetotalnumberoftheoperationhoursinthe“EcO”modesincethe

REDMix3•192hasbeenfabricated.

rESEt

‐thefunctionshowsthenumberoftheoperationhoursthattheREDMix3•192

hasbeenpoweredoninthe“EcO”modesincethecounterwaslastreset.Inordertoresetthis

counterto0youhavetopressandholdtheUPandDOWNbuttonsandatthe

sametimepress

theENTERbutton.



REDMix3•192



17



FiLt

‐‐‐Filters.Regularcleaningoftheairfiltersisveryimportantforthefixture´slifeandperformance.Cumulation

ofdust,dirtandfogfluidresiduesreducesthefixture´slightoutputandcoolingability.Thetwoitemsofthismenu

helpyoutokeepcleaningperiodoftheairfilters.

AL.PE.

‐‐‐Setalertperiod‐cleaningscheduleforthefixturedependsontheoperatingenvironment.

Itisthereforeimpossibletospecifyaccuratecleaninginterval.Thisfunctionallows

youtochangethecleaningintervaloftheairfilters.This“alert“valueis50hoursandit

issetasdefault.Inspectthefixturewithinits50hoursofoperationtoseewhethercleaning

is

necessary.Ifcleaningisrequired,cleanallairfiltersandchangethevalueinthismenu

onacceptablelevel.Min.levelofalertperiodis10hours,max.is300hours.

EL.ti.

‐‐‐Elapsedtime‐theoptionallowsyoutoreadthetimewhichremainstocleaningairfilters.

Thetimeperiodissetinthemenumentionedabove.

Expiredtimeperiodissignalizedbythemessage”FiLt”ondisplay.

Cleanthefiltersandresetthismenuitem(pressingandholdthe

UPandDOWNbuttonsandat

thesametimepresstheENTERbutton).

DM.In.

‐‐‐DMXvalues.SelectthisfunctiontoreadDMXvaluesofeachchannelreceivedbythefixture.



tEMP

‐‐‐FixtureTemperatures.Selectthismenutoreadthetemperaturesofthefixture:

Cur.t.

‐‐‐thecurrenttemperatureofthefixtureinside.

Hi.tE.

‐themenuitemshowsthemax.temperaturesofthefixtureinsidesince

theREDMix3•192hasbeenfabricated.

rSEt

‐‐‐themenuitemshowsthemaximumtemperaturesofthefixtureinsidesincethecounter

waslastreset.Inordertoresetthiscounterto0youhavetopressandholdtheUPandDOWN

buttonsandatthesametimepresstheENTERbutton.

Note:Theambienttemperature

shouldnotexceed40°C.

Measuringpoints:

LEdS.‐‐‐thetemperatureoftheLEDsmodule.

boAr.‐‐‐thetemperatureonthePCBinthefixturehead.

Thetemperaturescanbedisplayedineither°Cor°Funits‐seeoption“tEM.U“inthemenu“Pers“.  



VErS.

‐‐‐SoftwareVersions.Selectthisfunctiontoreadthesoftwareversionsofthefixtureprocessors:

IC1‐‐‐theprocessorcontrolsLEDsmodule

IC2‐‐‐EEprom



6.3Personality



UsethismenutomodifytheREDMix3•192operatingbehaviour.

DM.Pr.‐‐‐DMXpreset.SelectthismenuitemtosetadesiredDMXmode.Pleaserefertothechapter"DMX

protocol"fordetaildescriptionofeachDMXmode.



DiSP.

‐‐‐Displayadjusting.Thisfunctionallows youtochan gethedisplaysettings.

d.On

‐‐‐thisfunctionallowsyoutokeepthedisplayonortoturnoffautomatically2minutes

afterlastpressinganybuttononthecontrolpanel.

d.Int.

‐‐‐selectthisfunctiontoadjustthedisplayintensity(20‐min.,100‐max.).

turn

‐‐‐selectthisfunctiontoturnthedisplayby180°.



tEM.U.

‐‐‐TemperatureUnit.Usethismenuinordertodisplaythefixturetemperaturesindesiredunits:°Cor°F.



bALA

‐‐‐BalanceUsethismenuitemtoenable(On)ordisable(Off)thewhitebalancewhichissetinthe“White

colourbalance“menubelow.Ifthisfunctionissetoff,theREDMix3•192willusemaximumvalues(255)of

saturationforred,greenandbluecolour.Thisfunctionhas

tobesetonbeforeadjustingawhitebalance.

REDMix3•192



18



C.bAL.‐‐‐WhiteColourBalance.Themenugivesaccesstothesettingofthewhitebalance.

Tosetwhitecolourbalance.

1. UseaDMXcontrollerorthe“Man.C.“menutosetallLEDsonmax.saturation.

2. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstofindthe“

Pers.“menu.

3. PresstheENTERbutton. 

4. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstoselectthe“C.bAL“menu.

5. PresstheENTERbuttonandthe“rEd“itemwillappearonthedisplay.

6. PresstheENTERbuttonandusetheUP/D OWNbuttonstosetnewmax.valuefortheredLEDs.

7. Press

theENTERbuttontoconfirmthechoice.

8. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstoselectnextcolour,the“GrEn“.

9. Repeatsteps6‐7forthischannel.

10. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstoselectthelastcolour,the„bLuE“andrepeatsteps6‐7forthiscolour.



LoAd

‐‐‐LoadofLEDs.Themenuallowstochoose2differentoperatingmodesforfixture´sLEDs.

FuLL

‐‐‐Maximumlightoutput.Note:inthismode,thetotallumenmaintenanceis70%at

10,000hours.

EcO.

‐‐‐Thelightoutputisdecreasedby20%.Thetotallumenmaintenanceis70%at

60,000hours.



In.Po.

‐‐‐Initeffectpositions.Usethisfunctiontosetalleffectstothedesiredpositionstowhichtheywillmove

afterswitchingthefixtureon(ifDMXisnotbeingreceived).



dF.SE.

‐‐‐DefaultSettings.Themenuitemsetsallfixtureparameterstothedefault(factory)values.



6.4Manualmode



UsethismenuforcontrolthefixturewithoutconnectedDMXconsole.

PrE.C.

‐‐‐Preseteffectscontrol.Selectthismenutocalluppresetpositionsofthechanneleffects.



Man.C.

‐‐‐Manualeffectcontrol.Selectthismenutocontrolallchannelsviabuttonsofthecontrolboard.

Tocontrolfixturechannels.

1. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstofind“Man.C“menu.

2. PresstheENTERbutton. 

3. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstoselectdesiredeffect(channel).

Listofcontrolchannels:

“rEd1”

‐“rEd4”‐redLEDssaturations

“GrE1“‐“GrE4“‐  greenLEDssaturations

 “bLu1“‐“bLu4“‐blueLEDssaturations

 “Whi1“‐“Whi4“whiteLEDssaturations

 “MACr“‐   colourmacros

 “Stro.“‐astrobe,shutter 

“dimr“‐adimmer

4. PresstheENTERbuttonandusetheUP/D OWNbuttonstosetvalue,presstheENTERbutton

toconfirmit.



REDMix3•192



19

6.5Testsequences



Usethismenutorundemo‐testsequenceswithoutanexternalcontroller,whichwillshowyousomepossibilities

ofusingtheREDMix3•192.



6.6Standalonesetting



Thefixturesonadatalinkarenotconnectedtothecontrollerbutcanexecutepre‐setprogramswhichcanbe

differentforeveryfixture.“Stand‐aloneoperation”canbeappliedtothesinglefixtureortomultiplefixtures

operatingsynchronously.

Synchronousoperationofmultiplefixturesrequiresthattheymust

beconnectedonadatalinkandoneofthemis

setasamaster(“MASt“)andtherestastheslaves(“SLA“).Upto32fixturescanbeconnectedinamaster/slave

chain.Onlyonefixturecanbesetasthemaster.

Note:DisconnectthefixturesfromtheDMXcontroller

beforemaster/slaveoperating,otherwisedatacollisionscan

occurandthefixtureswillnotworkproperly.Seethechapters“Stand‐aloneoperation“and“Master/slave

connection“.



Auto.

‐‐‐Automaticplayback.Thisfunctionallowsyoutoselecttheprogramwhichwillbeplayedafterswitching

thefixtureon.Selectedprogramwillbeplayedcontinuouslyina loop.

1. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstofind“St.AL.“menu.

2. PresstheENTERbutton. 

3. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonsto

select“Auto“item.

4. PresstheENTERbutton. 

5. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstoselectdesiredprogram.

6. PresstheENTERbuttontoconfirmthechoice.



PLAY

‐‐‐Playingprogram.Byentertothismenuacompleteoverviewofallprogramsisoffered,fromwhichthe

programtoberuncanbeselected.

1. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstofind“St.AL.“menu.

2. PresstheENTERbutton. 

3. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstoselectdesiredprogram.



4. PresstheENTERbutton. Theselectedprogramrunsinaloop.



Edit

‐‐‐Editingaprogram. Thefixtureoffers3freelyeditableprograms(EPG.1‐EPG.3)eachupto68steps.Every

programstepincludesafadetime

‐thetimetakenbythestep´schannelstatustoreachthedesiredlevelanda

steptime

‐thetotaltimeoccupiedbythestepintheprogram.

E.g.If“F.tim.“=5secondand“S.tim.“=20second,effectswillgotothedesiredpositionduring5secondsandafter

thattheywillstayinthispositionfor15secondsbeforegoingtothenextprog.step

1. 1.Usethe

UP/DOWNbuttonstofind“St.AL.“menuandpresstheENTERbutton.

2. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstoselect“Edit“menuandpresstheENTERbutton.

3. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstoselectaprogramyouwanttoedit(PrG.1‐PrG.3andpressENTERbutton.

4. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttons

toselectadesiredprogramstep("St.01"‐"St.68")andpressENTERbutton. 

5. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstoselectachannelyouwanttoeditandpresstheENTERbutton.

Listofeditableitems:

“P.End”‐atotalnumberoftheprogramsteps(value1‐68).Thisvalueshould beset

beforestart

Programming(e.g.ifyouwanttocreateprogramwith10steps,setP.End=10).

“rEd1”‐“rEd4”–aredLEDssaturation(0‐255)

“GrE1“‐“GrE4“–agreenLEDssaturation(0‐255 )

“bLu1“‐“bLu4“–ablueLEDssaturation(0‐255)

“Whi1“‐“Whi4“–awhiteLEDssaturation(0

‐255)

REDMix3•192



20

“MACr“‐   colourmacros(0‐255)

“Stro.“‐astrobe,shutter(0‐255)

“dimr“‐adimmer(0‐255)

“F.tim.“‐  afadetime,(0‐25.5 )seconds

“S.tim.“‐   steptime,value(0‐25.5)seconds

“COPY“.–thisitemduplicatesthecurrentprog.steptothenextprog.step.Theitem“P.End”

isincreased

automatically.



6. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstosetaDMXvalueofthechannelandthenpresstheENTERbutton.

7. UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstoselectnextchannelandpresstheENTERbutton.

8. Afterhavingsetallchannelsinthecurrentprogramstep,presstheMODE

buttontogobyonemenulevel

backandselectanotherprogramstep.



6.7Specialfunctions



rdML

‐‐‐Code.ThismenuitemshowsthefirstpartoftheRDMidentification code.



rdMH

‐‐‐Code.ThismenuitemshowsthesecondpartoftheRDMidentificationcode.

AdJ‐‐‐EffectAdjustment.ThemenuallowscalibrationofeachLEDsarray.



dMH‐‐‐DMXValues.ThemenuitemenablestocontrolallLEDsbeforecalibratingeachLEDsarray.

 CAL.U‐‐‐Calibratingunit.Themenuservesforfine

currentcalibrationofLEDsduringfixtureburn‐inat

 afactory.EachLEDarraycanbecalibratedseparately.Usersshouldnotchangethesetting.



uPd.M.‐‐‐Updati ngmode.ThemenuitemallowsyoutoupdatesoftwareinthefixtureviaeitherserialorUSBport

ofPC.

Thefollowingarerequiredinordertoupdatesoftware:

‐PCrunningWindows95/98/2000/XPorLinux

‐DMXSoftwareUploader

‐FlashcableRS232/DMXNo.13050624(ifyouwanttouse

aserialportofPC)

‐DreamBox(ifyouwanttouseanUSBportofPC)

Note1:Softwareupdateshouldexecuteaqualifiedperson. Ifyoulackqualification,donotattempttheupdate

yourselfandaskforhelpyourROBEdistributor.

Note2:DMXaddress,programs1‐3andall

itemsinthemenu"PErS"willbesettotheirdefaultvalues.



Toupdatesoftwareinthefixture:

I.InstallationoftheDMXSoftwareUploader.

 1.DMXSoftwareUploaderprogramisavailablefromtheROBEwebsiteatWWW.robe.cz.

 2.Makeanewdirectory(e.g.Robe_Uploader)on

yourharddiskanddownloadthesoftwaretoit.

 3.Unpacktheprogramfromthearchive.(IftheRobefixtureisproducedinbothmagneticandelectronic

ballastversion,nameofDMXSoftwareUploaderisthesameforbothversions).

II.Fixturesoftwareupdating.

1. Determinewhichofyour

portsisavailableonyourPCandconnectit:

‐ withtheDMXinputofthefixtureifyouusingtheflashcableRS232/DMX

‐ withtheDMXinputoftheDreamBoxifyouusingtheUSBcable.

DisconnectthefixturefromtheotherfixturesinaDMXchain.Turnboth

thecomputerandthefixtureon.

Makesurethelampisswitchedoff(onlyifthefixtureinvolvesalamp).

2. Switchthefixturetotheupdatingmode:

1 UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstofind“SPEC.“menu.

2 PresstheENTERbutton. 

3 UsetheUP/DOWNbuttonstoselect

“uPd.M.“item.

Robe REDMix 3-192 User manual

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