Design Spot 250 Pro Elation Professional 6122 S Eastern Ave Los Angeles, Ca 90040 www.elationlighting.com Rev. 04/21/2008 – visage Version 1.
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Design Spot 250 Pro™ CONTENTS 1. General Information……………………………………………………………………… 4 a. Introduction………………………………………………………………………. 4 b. Unpacking………………………………………………………..…………..….. 4 c. Customer Support…………………………………………….………………… 4 d. Warranty Registration……………………………………………………..……. 5 e. Discharge Lamp Warning………………………………………………………. 5 2. Safety Instructions………………………………………………………........…………. 7 3. Features…………………………………………………………………………………… 9 4. General Guidelines………………………………………………………………………. 10 5.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ 1. GENERAL INFORMATION INTRODUCTION: Congratulations, you have just purchased one of the most innovative and reliable lighting fixtures on the market today! The Design Spot 250 Pro,™ has been designed to perform reliably for years when the guidelines in this booklet are followed. Please read and understand the instructions in this manual carefully and thoroughly before attempting to operate this unit.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ Please do not discard the shipping carton in the trash. Please recycle whenever possible. WARRANTY REGISTRATION: The Design Spot 250 Pro™ carries a two year (730 days) limited warranty. Please fill out the enclosed warranty card to validate your purchase. All returned service items whether under warranty or not, must be freight pre-paid and accompany a return authorization (R.A.) number. The R.A. number must be clearly written on the outside of the return package.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ the construction of the lamp, the lamp may explode during prolonged extensive use. This risk is increased with age; added care is encouraged when dealing with older lamps. Thus, lamp should always be replaced at the end of their recommended duty cycle. Extreme caution should be used when operated this or any fixture fitted with a gas discharge lamp.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ 2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The Design Spot 250 Pro™ is an extremely sophisticated piece of electronic equipment. To guarantee a smooth operation, it is important to follow the guidelines in this manual. The manufacturer of this device will not accept responsibility for damages resulting from the misuse of this fixture due to the disregard of the information printed in this manual. 1. Always be sure that the fan and the air inlets remain clean and are never blocked.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ may increase the risk of damage and/or personal injury. 10. To reduce the risk of fire or shock, do not expose this fixture to rain or moisture. 11. Do not attempt to operate this fixture if the power cord has become damaged or frayed. Important Notice: Damages resulting from the disregard of safety and general user instructions found in this user manual are not subject to any warranty claims.
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Design Spot 250 Pro™ 4. GENERAL GUIDELINES This fixture is a professional lighting effect designed for use on stage, in nightclubs, in theatres, etc. Do not attempt operation or installation without a proper knowledge on how to do so. This fixture was designed for indoor use only. Consistent operational breaks may ensure that the fixture will function properly for many years to come. Do not shake the fixture around. Avoid brute force when installing or operating the device.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ 5. LAMP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Installing or replacing the lamp For a proper and safe lamp change, please read this chapter carefully and follow all instructions. Safety Regulations • Disconnect the unit’s main power supply. • Allow the unit to cool for at least 15 minutes before attempting any type of service.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ equivalent). Please remember there is only one way to insert the lamp and the lamp should fit completely in the lamp socket. 5. Once the lamp has been inserted into the socket, gently slide the socket assembly back into place and secure with the two Phillips screws. 6. Always be sure to optimize the lamp after lamp replacement. Do not operate this device with open cover Lamp Optimization The lamp orientation and optimization must be adjusted after every lamp change.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ adjustment screws ("1, 2, 3”) counterclockwise turn until the light is bright and evenly distributed. Please remember that a MSD 250/2 lamp is not a hot-restrike lamp therefore, you must wait approximately 15 minutes before you can attempt to strike the lamp once it has been turned off.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ 6. MOUNTING AND INSTALLATION Cautions: For added protection mount the fixtures in areas outside walking paths, seating areas, or in areas were the fixture might be reached by unauthorized personal. Before mounting the fixture to any surface, make sure that the installation area can hold a minimum point load of 10 times the device’s weight. Fixture installation must always be secured with a secondary safety attachment, such as an appropriate safety cable.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ Mounting points Overhead mounting requires extensive experience, including amongst others calculating working load limits, a fine knowledge of the installation material being used, and periodic safety inspection of all installation material and the fixture. If you lack these qualifications, do not attempt the installation yourself. Improper installation can result in bodily injury. CAUTION! Be sure a qualified electrician performs all electrical connections.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ Clamp Mounting The Design Spot 250 Pro™ provides a unique mounting bracket assembly that integrates the bottom of the base, the included “Omega Bracket,” and the safety cable rigging point in one unit (see the illustration below). When mounting this fixture to truss be sure to secure an appropriately rated clamp to the included omega bracket using a M10 screw fitted through the center hole of the “omega bracket”.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ 7. UNDERSTANDING DMX DMX-512: DMX is short for Digital Multiplex. This is a universal protocol used by most lighting and controller manufactures as a form of communication between intelligent fixtures and controllers. DMX allows all makes and models of different manufactures to be linked together and operate from a single controller. This is possible as long as all the fixtures and the controller are DMX compliant.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ Be sure to follow the above figure when making your own cables. Do not use the ground lug on the XLR connector. 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 behavior.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ DMX-512 connection with DMX terminator A DMX terminator should be used in all DMX lines especially in longer runs. The use of a terminator may avoid erratic behavior in your DMX line. A terminator is a 120 ohm 1/4 watt resistor that is connected between pins 2 and 3 of a male XLR connector (DATA + and DATA -). This fixture is inserted in the female XLR connector of the last fixture in your daisy chain to terminate the line.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ channel number from which the fixture starts to “listen” to the digital control information sent out from the DMX controller. The allocation of this starting DMX address is achieved by setting the correct DMX address on the digital display located on the head of the fixture. You can set the same starting address for all fixtures or a group of fixtures, or set different address for each individual fixture.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ 8. FIXTURE MENU On-Board System Menu: The DESIGN SPOT 250 PRO™ comes with an easy to navigate system menu. This next section will detail the functions of each command in the system menu. LED Control Panel: The control panel located on the top, front of the fixture allows you to access the main menu and make all necessary adjustments to the Design Spot 250 Pro™. During normal operation, tapping the “MODE/ESC” key once will access the fixture’s main menu.
Personality Lamp Control Information Design Spot 250 Pro™ Time Information Current Time Total Run Time Total Lamp Time Lamp Off Time Clear Lamp Time XXXX (Hours) XXXX (Hours) XXXX (Hours) XXXX (Minute) ON/OFF Power on running time Fixture running time Lamp running time Lamp off time Clear lamp time Temperature Info Base Temperature XX C˚/F˚ Base internal operating temperature Head internal temperature Software version of each IC Lamp on/off Lamp on/off when Power on Lamp on via DMX Lamp off via D
Design Spot 250 Pro™ Manual Control Edit Program Users Mode Set Calibrate Values Fine adjustment of the lamp PAN PAN =XXX : : --Password-Color wheel Password=XXX Color wheel=XXX : : Calibrate and adjust the effects to standard/right position.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ 8.1.2 “Value Display” - Display the DMX 512 value of each channel With this function you can display the DMX 512 value of each channel. The display will automatically detail the changing DMX values as they are received from the controller. 8.1.3 “Set to Slave” - Slave setting for Master/Slave Operation With this function, you can define the device as slave for operation in Master/Slave mode.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ Where “XXXX ”represents the total number of running hours. This time is none destructive and will remain in the fixtures memory indefinitely. Total Lamp Time This function tracks the total number of lamp running hours. Where “XXXX” represents the number of hours the lamp has been running. This counter should be reset after every lamp change. Lamp Off Time This function displays the running time of the lamp from the last power on.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ 8.2.3. Software version This function will display the current operating software version of the fixture. • Select “Software Version” in the system menu. • Press enter to confirm. • The LCD will read “V-X.X”, “X.X” represents the version number, e.g. “V-1.0”, “V-2.6”. • Use the UP and DOWN buttons to toggle through the software version of different IC’s. • Press the Mode/Esc-button to return to the main menu. 8.3 Lamp Control: 8.3.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ “XX M” Where XX represents the hold time before lamp shut down. 8.3.6 Lamp On at Temp. The fixture is designed to shut the lamp off when an excessive temperature is sensed inside the head by the on-board CPU. The lamp is shut down to prevent damage to the lamp and avoids possible internal damage to the head. This function sets the minimum temperature for lamp re-strike after the lamp has been automatically shut off. 8.3.7 Lamp Off at Temp.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ at its last settings. “Auto” – Fixture will go into stand-alone mode, running the built-in program. “Music” – The fixture will go into sound-active mode. Pan Reverse - This function allows you to invert all pan movements. Use the Up and Down buttons to turn this function On or Off. Press the Enter button to accept the change or the Mode button to cancel and return to the main menu. This function is “OFF” by default. Tilt Reverse - This function allows you to invert all tilt movements.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ Movement Speed – This function changes the speed function of the Pan and Tilt motors. There are 3 different mode variations; Speed 1 (Default): Slower than the original Design Spot 250 for smoother, more precise movements. Speed 2: Pan and Tilt speeds are identical to the first generation Design Spot 250. Speed 3: Includes a faster Pan speed. Pan speed is 0.5 seconds faster than original Design Spot 250. Tilt speed will be the same as speed 2.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ “Quick” is the default setting. 8.4.3 Fans Control - This function is used to change the functionality of the internal cooling fans. The available selections are: 1) “AUTO” – The fans will automatically switch between low and high speeds depending on the internal operating temperature. 2) “HIGH” – The fans will run in high-speed mode regardless of operating temperature. 3) “LOW” – The fans will remain in low speeds regardless of internal operating temperature. 8.4.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ 8.5.3 Reset Colors: This function will only reset the color wheel to the home position. 8.5.4 Reset Gobos: This function will only reset the gobo wheels to the home position. 8.5.5 Reset Shutter: This function will only reset the blackout shutter to the home position. 8.5.6 Reset Others: This function will reset all other motors not associated with any in the previously listed reset commands to the home position. 8.6 Effect Adjust: 8.6.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ the market for easier operation. 8.7.2 Edit User mode – This function allows the user to make the actual changes in the user-defined modes that are created in the previous function. 8.8 EDIT PROGRAM: - The fixture comes equipped with a built-in DMX recorder that allows custom programs to be installed and recalled directly from the fixture’s control board. Programs can be created and stored using the fixture’s control board or by using an external DMX controller.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ 9. DMX ADDRESSING Setting the DMX address - After the fixture is turned “ON” it will immediately complete a reset process that test all the fixture’s functions. When the reset process concludes the LCD will display the fixture’s current DMX. If the fixture is not receiving a DMX signal, the display will flash continuously. To set or adjust a DMX address, please follow the procedure below: 1.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ Controller Settings: 1. Set the DMX value of channel 1 to a value of 7. 2. Set the DMX value of channel 2 to a value of 7 or 8. When channel 2 is set to "7" you can adjust the starting address between 1 and 255. When set to "8" you can adjust the starting address between 256 and 511. 3. Use channel 3 to set your desired DMX starting address.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ 10. OPERATION Operating Modes: The Design Spot 300E™ can operate in six different modes. This next section will detail the differences in the operating modes. • Auto Program Mode (Master) - The fixture will chasing through the built-in programs, sending a DMX control signal to all other fixtures connect via DMX cables instruction for a synchronized light show. • Auto Program Mode (Stand-alone) - The fixture will chase through the built-in program.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ Control” submenu. See page 21 for the menu breakdown. Once in the “Music Control” submenu select “Alone” 10.2 Master-Slave Operation (Auto Program or Music Control): This function allows up to 16 fixtures to be linked together to provide a synchronized light show without the use of a controller. Only use this when linking several Design Spot 300E together for use without a controller. Any fixture can act as a “Master or a “Slave.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ 11. WORKING WITH BUILT-IN PROGRAMS The fixture comes equipped with a built-in DMX recorder that allows custom programs to be installed and recalled directly from the fixture’s control board. Programs can be created and stored using the fixture’s control board or by using an external DMX controller. The following instructions will detail the procedures for using the on-board system menu as well as using a DMX compliant controller.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ - “PAN-Fine” – precision pan movement. - “TILT” – tilt movement. - “TILT-Fine” – precision tilt movement - “Move Speed” – adjust pan and tilt motor speed - “Gobo Wheel 1” – select gobos from gobo wheel 1 - “Gobo Rot. 1” – adjust gobo 1 indexing or rotation - “Gobo Wheel 2” – select a gobo from gobo wheel 20 - “Prism” – select a prism, prism macro, or frost - “Prism Rot.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ and toggle to Step 2 – Editing Programs. The control will store a maximum of 10 programs. A program can store one or a maximum of 64 scenes. Keep in mind that a scene can only be access when it is stored inside one of the 10 available programs. Follow the procedure below to build an internal program: • Access the main menu and toggle to “Edit Programs” which is menu function 8. • Then tap the “ENTER” button and toggle to “Program 1” menu function 8-2-1.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ 12. DMX CHANNEL TRAITS: The chart below details the channel layout for 16 DMX channels (default). In 8bit mode the “Pan Fine” and “Tilt Fine” channels are not used, thus converting the fixture into a 14-channel DMX fixture. CHANNEL 1: Pan Movement (max. 630° or 540˚ User Selectable) CHANNEL 2: 16bit Pan Movement (pan fine) CHANNEL 3: Tilt Movement (max.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ DMX channel function and values: Channel 1 - Pan movement 8bit: Channel 2 - Pan fine 16bit: Channel 3 - Tilt movement 8bit: Channel 4 - Tilt fine 16bit: Channel 5 - Color Wheel: 0-13 Open / White Red 14-27 Blue 28-41 Green 42-55 Yellow 56-69 Magenta 70-83 Orange 84-97 98-111 UV filter 112-127 Pink 128-187 Forwards rainbow effect from fast to slow 188-193 No rotation 194-255 Backwards rainbow effect from slow to fast Channel 6 - Rotating gobos, cont. rotation: 0-9 Open 10-19 Rot.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ Channel 7 - Rotating Gobo Index, Rotating Gobo Rotation: 0-127 Gobo Indexing 128-187 CW Gobo Rotation from fast to slow 188-193 No rotation 194-255 CCW Gobo Rotation from slow to fast Channel 8 - Fixed Gobos: 0-13 Open 14-27 Gobo 1 28-41 Gobo 2 42-55 Gobo 3 56-69 Gobo 4 70-83 Gobo 5 84-97 Gobo 6 98-111 Gobo 7 112-127 Gobo 1 shake slow to fast 128-143 Gobo 2 shake slow to fast 144-159 Gobo 3 shake slow to fast 160-175 Gobo 4 shake slow to fast 176-191 Gobo 5 shake slow to fast 192-207 G
Design Spot 250 Pro™ 216-223 224-231 232-239 240-247 248-255 Macro 12 Macro 13 Macro 14 Macro 15 Macro 16 Channel 10 - Focus: Continuous adjustment from far to near 0-255 Channel 11 - Shutter, Strobe Control: 0-31 Shutter closed 32-63 No function (shutter open) 64-95 Strobe effect slow to fast 96-127 No function (shutter open) 128-159 Pulse-effect in sequences 160-191 No function (shutter open) 192-223 Random strobe effect from slow to fast 224-255 Shutter Open – Dimmer Control Channel 12 - Dimmer (Inten
Design Spot 250 Pro™ 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-59 60-79 80-84 85-87 88-90 91-93 94-96 97-99 100-119 120-139 140-159 160-179 180-199 200-219 220-239 240-255 Color and Gobo Change Normal (Solid Colors/Gobo Only) Enables Split Colors Enables Split Colors and Split Gobos Lamp on Lamp switch off All motor reset Scan motor reset Color motors reset Gobo motors reset Shutter & Dimmer motor reset Other motor reset Internal program 1 (scenes 1~8 of EEPROM) Internal program 2 (scenes 9~16 of EEPROM) Internal program 3 (sc
Design Spot 250 Pro™ 13. ERROR CODES: When power is applied, the unit will automatically enter a “reset/test” mode. This mode brings all the internal motors to a home position. If there is an internal problem with one or more of the motors an error code will flash in the display in the form of “XXer” were as XX will represent a function number. For example, when the display shows “02Er,” it means there is some type of error with the channel 2 motor.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ defective motor IC drive on the main PCB). 05Er - Color-wheel error: The color wheel is not located in the default position after start-up or after a reset command. This message will appear after a fixture reset if the color wheel’s magnetic-indexing circuit malfunctions (sensor failed or magnet is missing) or there is a stepper motor failure (defective motor or a defective motor IC drive on the main PCB).
Design Spot 250 Pro™ malfunctions (sensor failed or magnet missing) or the stepping-motor is defective (or its driver circuit on the main PCB). The focus motor is not located in the default position after the reset. 13Er - Iris-error This message will appear after the reset of the fixture and if the magnetic indexing circuit malfunctions (sensor failed or magnet missing) or the stepping-motor is defective (or its driver circuit on the main PCB).
Design Spot 250 Pro™ 14. CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE The following points have to be considered during the inspection: 1. Be sure all screws and fasteners are securely tightened at all times. Lose screws may fall out during normal operation resulting in damage or injury as larger parts could fall. 2. There must not be any deformations on the housing, color lenses, rigging hardware and rigging points (ceiling, suspension, trussing). Deformations in the housing could allow for UV radiation leakage.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ 15. 2-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY A. Elation Professional® hereby warrants, to the original purchaser, Elation Professional® products to be free of manufacturing defects in material and workmanship for a period of two years, (730 days) from the date of purchase. This warranty shall be valid only if the product is purchased within the United States of America, including possessions and territories.
Design Spot 250 Pro™ effect. E. Elation Professional® reserves the right to make changes in design and/or improvements upon its products without any obligation to include these changes in any products theretofore manufactured. F. No warranty, whether expressed or implied, is given or made with respect to any accessory supplied with products described above.
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Design Spot 250 Pro™ 20. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Power supply Power consumption Fuse protection Lamp Type Life time Color temperature Luminous flux 98VAC ~ 240VAC / 50Hz ~ 60Hz User Selectable via Internal Tap 120V = 8A/250V, GMA (5x20mm fine-wire fuse) 220V = 4A/250V, GMA (5x20mm fine-wire fuse) MSD 250/2 (Phillips) 3000 Hrs 8500˚ K 18.
Elation Professional 6122 S Eastern Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90040 323-582-3322 / 323-832-9142 fax www.ElationLighting.com / Info@ElationLighitng.com Rev. 04/21/2008 – visage Version 1.