DM-X24 24 Channel DMX Dimmer Console USER MANUAL 154. 095UK Vers ion 1.
DMX 512 CONTROLLER SERIES TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 2 1. Before You Begin What is included Unpacking Instructions Safety Instructions 2. Introduction Features Product Overview(front) Product Overview(rear panel) Common Terms 3. Operating Instructions Setup Setting up the System Physical fader Assignment(iptional setup) 2 2 3 3 4-5 6 6 7 7 7 7 4.
DMX 512 CONTROLLER SERIES 1.BERORE YOU BEGIN What is included 1) 2) 3) 4) Dimmer console DC 9-12V 1000mA output, 100V~240V, 50/60Hz input auto-ranging Power Supply Manual LED gooseneck lamp Unpacking Instructions Immediately upon receiving a fixture, carefully unpack the carton, check the contents to ensure that all parts are present, and have been received in good condition.
DMX 512 CONTROLLER SERIES 2.INTRODUCTION The dimmer console is a universal intelligent lighting controller. lt allows the control of 48 channels with 48 scene/chase playback faders Each scene/chase can contain up to 1000 individual steps, or looks. On the surface, when in the CHASE SC ENE mode, there are 12 physical faders fo the playback of the saved programs. There are 4 pages of scenes playback on page A. . programs can be triggered by music, midi,automatically or manually.
DMX 512 CONTROLLER SERIES Product Overview(front) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 13 17 20 23 26 14 2 3 4 25 15 28 29 30 31 5 16 ITEM Button or Fader 18 19 21 22 24 27 Function 1 Channel Faders Indicates channels 1-12 2 Channel Flash button Brings the relevant fader to 100% or DMX value of 255 3 Channel Faders Indicates channels 13-24 4 Scene Playback indicators Indicates that the scene is playing back 5 Channel Flash button Brings the relevant fader to 100% or DMX value of 255 6 Down/Be
DMX 512 CONTROLLER SERIES 12 Aux 2 Patchable; used to control a channel in 1 of 2 modes of operation 13 Edit/All Rev Edit is used to activate Edit mode; All Rev is to reverse the chasing direction of all programes 14 Record/Shift Record is used to activate Record mode or program a step; Shift functions the alternate function of other buttons only 15 Audio Audio activate audio sync of a program 16 Blind Take the channel out of a program temporarily in Chase Scene mode 17 Dark 18 Home Used
DMX 512 CONTROLLER SERIES Product Overview(rear panel) DC INPUT POWER 9V 1000mA DMX 512 OUTPUT MIDI THRU OUT IN 1=GROUND 2=DATA- 3=DATA+ 9 4 5 6 AUDIO REMOTE 2 7 8 SERIAL NO : DMX IN DMX OUT 3 LAMP 1 ITEM Button or Fader Function 1 2 3-pin DMX output connector USB Lamp Socket DMX control signal 3 ON/OFF power switch Switch the controller on and off 4 MIDI Thru MIDI port for connecting to a sequencer or MIDI device 5 MIDI Out MIDI port for connecting to a sequencer or M
DMX 512 CONTROLLER SERIES Scenes are static lighting states. Sliders are also known as faders. Chases can also be called programs. A chase consists of scenes arranged one after another. Scanner refers to alighting instrument with a pan and tilt mirror, however DMX controllers can use this term to control any DMX-512 compatible device as a generic fixture. MIDI is a standard for representing musical information in a digital format.
DMX 512 CONTROLLER SERIES 4.White holding Record, press the Flash button corresponding to the DMX output that you wish to assign the Fader to. 5.Repeat steps 2-3 as often as necessary 6.Press and hold Record & Rec Exit to exit the mode. For example: you wish to assign Fader #1 to output to DMX channel #5 1. Hold the Record button & press Fader#6 (3 times) 2. Press the Flash button #1. 3. While holding the Record button, press the Flash button #5.
DMX 512 CONTROLLER SERIES 4.PROGRAMMING ENTERING PROGRAM MODE (RECORD ENABLE) 1. While holding the RECORD button, tap the Flash buttons 1-5-6-8 in sequence. 2. Release the RECORD button. The Record LED light up. CREASE A PROGRAM A scene is a static lighting state. Scenes are stored in the temporary memory, until they are transferred to one of the playback faders. You may create a single scene or a succession of up to 999 steps per Scene. Action 1) Record enable.
DMX 512 CONTROLLER SERIES 3) If you are not satisfied with the scene, you may press and hold the Record button & tap the Page/REC CLR button. All LEDs will flash, indicating the scenes have been cleared. Notes All scenes stored in the temporary memory of the controller will be erased by this process. This process will not affect the scenes already programmed into a Scene fader. DELETE A STEP OR STEPS Action 1)Enter the EDIT mode.
DMX 512 CONTROLLER SERIES 5.Playback This controller uses the Channel Faders and Channel Flash buttons for multiple uses. In this occurrence, Channel faders 13-24 are used playing back of scenes already recorded. This is only when the controller is the Chase scene mode. In this instance, Master Fader A will control the manual fader controls, whish Master Fader B will control the Scenes being played back. PLAYING A SCENE A Scene can contain 1000steps.Thrm steps and scenes interchangeably.
DMX 512 CONTROLLER SERIES PLAYING A SCENE WI TH THE SPEED SLI DER Action 1) Select your Scene as described in the above sections 2)Move the Speed slider to SHOW MODE position (fully down). 3)Press and hold the Rec Speed button & tap the corresponding Flash button (13-24). The Scene tapped will no longer run with the standard beat 4)Now, you may move the Speed slider to select your desired speed. PLAYING A SCENE WI TH THE STANDARD BEAT Action 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Tap the Mode select button to select Chase ..
DMX 512 CONTROLLER SERIES Setting MIDI IN Action 1) While holding down the RECORD button, simultaneously tap to Flash button #1 three times. The display reads MIDI CHANNEL IN to indicate channel setup is available. 2) Select the MIDI control channel (1-16)by tapping Flash button 1-16.The relevant channel LED lights indicating MIDI IN channel is est. 3) While holding down RECORD, tap the REC EXIT button to exit MIDI setting.
DMX 512 CONTROLLER SERIES 8) While holding down RECORD, tap the REC EXIT button to exit MIDI setting. Notes: This is process of copying show to another same 48 CH dimmer console. This will not work with any other device. This process can take several minutes to complete. This control will automatically being the FILE DUMP once the mode has been selected. Therefore, be sure that the other deceive has preciously been setup to receive the transfer. During FILE DUMP, all other operation will cease to function.
DMX 512 CONTROLLER SERIES DMX fixtures are designed to receive data though a serial Daisy Chain. A Daisy Chain connection is where the DATA OUT of one fixture connects to the DATA IN of the next fiture.The order in which the fixtures are connected is not important and has no effect on how a controller communicates to each fixture. Use an order that provides for the easiest and most direct cabling .
DMX 512 CONTROLLER SERIES Chase is too slow Check users manual for speed adjustment Device Check for power on mains. has no Check device S fuse.(intemal and/or Power external) Fixture not Check DMX Dip switch setting for is responding Fixture is there on but is movement no to the audio Lamp cuts off Sporadically Light will not come on after power Correct addreesing Check DMX cables Check polarity switch settings Make sure you have the correct audio mode on the control switches.
DMX 512 CONTROLLER SERIES DMX Dipswitch Quick Reference Chart DMX Address Quick Reference Chart Dip Switch Position #9 DMX DIP SWITCH SET #8 0=OFF #7 1=ON X=OFF or ON #6 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Dip S
DMX 512 CONTROLLER SERIES Technical Specifications WEIGHT & DIMENSIONS Length Width Height Weight (485 mm) (290 mm) (98 mm) (5 kg) POWER Operating Adapter THERMAL Maximum ambient temperature DC 9V 1000ma 100-240v autos witching 2-pin Edison 104 F(40 ) CONTROL &PROGRAMMING 3-pin DMX: Data output Data pin configuration Protocols Locking 3-pin XLR female socket Pin 1 shield, pin 2 ,pin 3(+) DMX-512 USITT USER MANUAL 18/19
DMX 512 CONTROLLER SERIES Appendix: Quick operation Manual operation 1) Connect to power, Press BLACK OUT and it Os yellow LED light OF 2) Move sliders of MASTER A and FADE to top. 3) Use MODE SELECT to select 1-24 SINGLE mode 4) Move sliders to change DMX value to control lighting fixture. Program 1, Connect to power, Press BLACK OUT and it Os yellow LED light OF 2, Move sliders of MASTER A and FADE to top. 3, Use MODE SELECT to select 1-24 SINGLE mode 3.1 - Edit Scene 3.1.
