Equinox Systems 2M Flight CasedDMX LED Flame Machine User manual

User Manual

Equinox 2m Flight Cased

DMX LED Flame Machine

Order code: FLAM12

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Safety

IMPORTANT:

The manufacturer will not accept liability for any resulting damages caused

by the non-observance of this manual or any unauthorised modication to the

equipment.

 •Neverletthepower-cablecomeintocontactwithothercables.Handlethepower-cable

 andallmainsvoltageconnectionswithparticularcaution!

 •Neverremovewarningorinformativelabelsfromtheequipment.

 •Donotopentheequipmentanddonotmodifytheequipment.

 •Donotconnectthisequipmenttoadimmer-pack.

 •Donotswitchtheequipmentonandoffinshortintervals,asthiswillreducethe

 system’slife.

 •Onlyusetheequipmentindoors.

 •Donotexposetoammablesources,liquidsorgases.

 •Alwaysdisconnectthepowerfromthemainswhenequipmentisnotinuseorbefore

 cleaning!Onlyhandlethepower-cablebytheplug.Neverpullouttheplugbypullingthe

 power-cable.

 •Makesurethattheavailablevoltageisbetween220V/240V.

 •Makesurethatthepower-cableisnevercrimpedordamaged.Checktheequipmentand

 thepower-cableperiodically.

 •Iftheequipmentisdroppedordamaged,disconnectthemainspowersupplyimmediately.

 Haveaqualiedengineerinspecttheequipmentbeforeoperatingagain.

 •Iftheequipmenthasbeenexposedtodrastictemperatureuctuation(e.g.after

 transportation),donotswitchitonimmediately.Thearisingcondensationmightdamage

 theequipment.Leavetheequipmentswitchedoffuntilithasreachedroomtemperature.

 •Ifyourproductfailstofunctioncorrectly,discontinueuseimmediately.Packtheunit

 securely(preferablyintheoriginalpackingmaterial),andreturnittoyourProlightdealer

 forservice.

 •Onlyusefusesofsametypeandrating.

 •Repairs,servicingandpowerconnectionmustonlybecarriedoutbyaqualied

 technician.THISUNITCONTAINSNOUSERSERVICEABLEPARTS.

 •WARRANTY;Oneyearfromdateofpurchase.

OPERATING DETERMINATIONS

Ifthisequipmentisoperatedinanyotherway,thanthosedescribedinthismanual,

theproductmaysufferdamageandthewarrantybecomesvoid.

Incorrectoperationmayleadtodangere.g.:short-circuit,burns,electricshocks,LEDfailureetc.

Donotendangeryourownsafetyandthesafetyofothers!

Incorrectinstallationorusecancauseseriousdamagetopeopleandproperty.

Overview

You should nd inside the Equinox carton the following items:

1,Equinox2mFlightCasedDMXLEDFlameMachine2,Usermanual 3,Powercable

Features:

•Red/amberLEDSfortrueameeffect

•18x3WRGBALEDs(R:3,G:6,B:6,A:3)

•0-100%dimmingandvariablestrobe(onlyinstandalone)

•DMXchannels:5

•Staticcolourmixing,colourchange,colourfade,soundactive,DMXandmaster/slavemodes

•4pushbuttonmenuwithLEDdisplay

•IECpowerinsocket

•3-pinXLRin/outsockets

•Highvelocityfan(notsuitableforlownoiseapplications)

•Suppliedinfullightcase

•Heavyduty,industrialgradehandlesandbutterycatchesarerivetedforstrength.

•Max.ameheight:2m

•Powerconsumption:157W

•Powersupply240V

•Dimensions:561x460x438mm

•Weight:20kg

Over View

Identication

1.LEDdisplay

2.DMXinputsocket

3.DMXoutputsocket

4.Sensitivitycontrol

5.IECpowerinputsocket

6.Modebutton

7.Enterbutton

8.Upbutton

9.Downbutton

10.Microphone

11.On/offpowerswitch

Operation:

Toactivatetheunit,rstconnecttheIECcableintotheunitandthenconnecttheplugintoaAC240V

powersupply.Oncetheunithasbeenconnectedusethe“POWER SWITCH”locatednexttothe

“POWER IEC” inputsockettoturntheunitON or OFF.

Operating Instructions

The2MFlightCasedDMXLEDFlameMachineisaDMX-512controllable,fullRGBAcolourmixing

FlameMachinemadeupofhighefciencyLED’s.Therearefourcolourgroups(red,blue,greenand

amber)whoseintensitycanbecontrolledindividuallyallowingthecreationofarangeofcolours.

The2MFlightCasedDMXLEDFlameMachinewilloperateinstand-alone,master/slave,sound

activatedandDMX-512control.

Operation modes

Static colour mode

Toaccessthestaticcolourmode,pressthe“MODE”buttontoshow“C000”ontheLEDdisplay.Now

pressthe“ENTER”buttontochoose“Cr”(red+amber),“C9”(green)or“Cb”(blue).Toadjustthe

brightnessusethe“UP” or “DOWN”buttonstoincreaseordecreasethesettingfrom00-99.

Examples:IfyousetCr,C9andCbtozero,theLEDamemachinewillhavenoLEDson(blackout).

IfyousetCrto99andC9andCbtozero,theLEDamemachinewillbe100%RedandAmber.

Toaddstrobe,pressthe“ENTER” buttonandusethe“UP” or “DOWN”buttonstoincreaseor

decreasethestrobespeedfrom00-99.

Note: 00 = Off, 99 = Full on

Colour change mode

Toaccessthecolourchangemode,pressthe“MODE”buttontoshow“J000”ontheLEDdisplay.Now

pressthe“ENTER” buttonandusethe“UP” or “DOWN”buttonstoincreaseordecreasethespeed

from00-99.

Note: 00 = Slow, 99 = Fast

Colour fade mode

Toaccessthecolourfademode,pressthe“MODE”buttontoshow“F000”ontheLEDdisplay.Now

pressthe“ENTER”buttonandusethe“UP” or “DOWN”buttonstoincreaseordecreasethespeed

from00-99.

Note: 00 = Slow, 99 = Fast

Sound active mode

Toaccessthesoundactivemode,pressthe“MODE”buttontoshow“Sund”ontheLEDdisplay.Now

usethe“SENSITIVITY” controlontherearpaneltoadjustthesoundsensitivitylevel.

Master/slave mode

Tosettheunitasthemaster,simplyuseanyoneoftheabovemodes.

Tosettheunitasaslave,pressthe“MODE”buttontoshow“Slau”ontheLEDdisplay.Nowtheslave

unitwillfollowinsequencewiththemasterunit.

Operation

DMX mode

ToaccesstheDMXmode,pressthe“MODE”buttontoshow“Addr”ontheLEDdisplay.Nowpressthe

“ENTER”buttonandusethe“UP” or “DOWN”buttonstosetthedesiredDXMaddressfrom000-512.

FortheDMXfunctions,pleaseseetheDMXchartbelow.

Operation

Daisy Chain Connection

1)Connectthe(male)3pinconnectorsideoftheDMXcabletotheoutput(female)3pin

connectoroftherstxture

2)Connecttheendofthecablecomingfromtherstxturewhichwillhavea(female)3pin

connectortotheinputconnectorofthenextxtureconsistingofa(male)3pinconnector.

Proceedtoconnectfromtheoutputasstatedabovetotheinputofthefollowingxture

andsoon.

Channel

Value

000-125

000

126-255

001-255

Function

Nofunction

Red+Amber@100%

Green@100%

Blue@100%

Colourchase-SlowtoFast

(Pleasenote:Thisautoactivatesthefan,overridingtheFanon/Fanoffoption)

000-125

126-255

Fanoff

Fanon

DMX Control Mode

OperatinginaDMXcontrolmodeenvironmentgivestheuserthegreatestexibilitywhenitcomesto

customisingorcreatingashow.Inthismodeyouwillbeabletocontroleachindividualtraitofthexture

andeachxtureindependently.The2MFlightCasedDMXLEDFlameMachineuses4channelsof

control.

Setting the DMX address

TheDMXmodeenablestheuseofauniversalDMXcontroller.Eachxturerequiresa“startaddress”

from1-511.Axturerequiringoneormorechannelsforcontrolbeginstoreadthedataonthechannel

indicatedbythestartaddress.Forexample,axturethatoccupiesoruses7channelsofDMXandwas

addressedtostartonDMXchannel100,wouldreaddatafromchannels:100,101,102,103,104,105and

106.Chooseastartaddresssothatthechannelsuseddonotoverlap.E.g.thenextunitinthechain

startsat107.

DMX-512:

•DMX(DigitalMultiplex)isauniversalprotocolusedasaformofcommunicationbetweenintelligent

xturesandcontrollers.ADMXcontrollersendsDMXdatainstructionsformthecontrollertothexture.

DMXdataissentasserialdatathattravelsfromxturetoxtureviatheDATA“IN”andDATA“OUT”XLR

terminalslocatedonallDMXxtures(mostcontrollersonlyhaveadata“out”terminal).

DMX Linking:

•DMXisalanguageallowingallmakesandmodelsofdifferentmanufacturestobelinkedtogetherand

operatefromasinglecontroller,aslongasallxturesandthecontrollerareDMXcompliant.Toensure

properDMXdatatransmission,whenusingseveralDMXxturestrytousetheshortestcablepath

possible.TheorderinwhichxturesareconnectedinaDMXlinedoesnotinuencetheDMX

addressing.Forexample;axtureassignedtoaDMXaddressof1maybeplacedanywhereinaDMX

line,atthebeginning,attheend,oranywhereinthemiddle.WhenaxtureisassignedaDMXaddress

of1,theDMXcontrollerknowstosendDATAassignedtoaddress1tothatunit,nomatterwhereitis

locatedintheDMXchain.

DATA Cable (DMX cable) requirements (for DMX operation):

•The2MFlightCasedDMXLEDFlameMachinecanbecontrolledviaDMX-512protocol.TheDMX

addressissetonthebackoftheunit.YourunitandyourDMXcontrollerrequireastandard3-pinXLR

connectorfordatainput/output(gure1).

Figure 1

Also remember that DMX cable must be daisy chained and cannot be split.

DMXSetUp

Notice:

•Besuretofollowgures2&3whenmakingyourowncables.Donotconnectthecable’sshield

conductortothegroundlugorallowtheshieldconductortocomeincontactwiththeXLR’soutercasing.

Groundingtheshieldcouldcauseashortcircuitanderraticbehaviour.

Special Note: Line termination:

•Whenlongerrunsofcableareused,youmayneedtouseaterminatoronthelastunitto

avoiderraticbehaviour.

Using a cable terminator (part number CABL90 3-pin or CABL89 5-pin) will decrease the

possibilities of erratic behaviour.

5-Pin XLR DMX Connectors:

•Somemanufacturesuse5-pinXLRconnectorsfordatatransmissioninplaceof3-pin.5-Pin

XLRxturesmaybeimplementedina3-pinXLRDMXline.Wheninsertingstandard5-pin

XLRconnectorsintoa3-pinlineacableadaptormustbeused.Thechartbelowdetailsthe

correctcableconversion.

Termination reduces signal transmission problems

and interferance. it is always advisable to connect a

DMX terminal, (resistance 120 Ohm 1/4 W) between

pin 2 (DMX-) and pin 3 (DMX+) of the last fixture.

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