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Dear Customer, User Manual Cobra Colour Control 6 Thank you for purchasing the Cobra Colour Control 6. With decades of experience in design and production, Cobra is one of the leading manufacturers of professional sound and lighting equipment. This unit has been designed and manufactured to the highest of standards so you can be assured you have made a good investment. For optimum safety and to take full advantage of all the Cobra Control 6 features, please ensure you read this manual in full.
Protection from Fire 1. Do not place near sources of heat or ignition. 2. Do not block any ventilation holes. 3. Check your AC wall socket will take the power you are applying to avoid overloading the mains supply. 4. Ensure you are using the correct voltage DC power supply, set to the correct polarity. Protection from Injury and Damage 1. Do not attempt to modify this unit. 2. Always install the unit in a suitable location where vibrations to the unit are avoided. 3.
Controller Front 1. 1-6 Channel faders. 2. Master dimmer fader. 3. Power LED Rear Panel 1. 3pin DMX out. 2. Polarity switch. 3. On/off power switch. 4. DC input. Connect a 12v 100mA min adaptor.
Common Terms The following are common terms used in intelligent light programming: 1. Blackout - is a state where by all lighting fixtures light output is set to '0' or 'off', usually on a temporary basis. 2. DMX-512 - is an industry standard digital communication protocol, frequently used in entertainment lighting equipment. 3. Fixture - refers to your lighting effect or other device such as a dimmer, which you can control. 4. Sliders - are also known as faders. 5.
DMX BASICS DMX is short for digital multiplexer, which is a universal protocol designed for the lighting industry allowing for controlling of intelligent fixtures like scanners, moving heads, LED par cans, dimmer packs, fog machines etc. DMX allows you to control many fixtures channels, normally up to 512 with varying channels from 0255 (0-100%). This will give control of channels like gobo selection, up and down movements, colours and dimming etc.
DMX Wiring: 3 pin wiring is more common, 5 pin is the correct way. 3 pin may be used to save on cost. With 5 pin connections, not all pins are used, though it is worth checking your manual for your fixture, as some lights use the unused pins for low voltage control. 5 pin would be better so there is no confusion over mixer leads and DMX leads in big rigs, sending a mixers 48v phantom power down a DMX cable could damage the DMX light.
Each fixture takes up 5 DMX Channels (See Above) The controller is a fairly basic 24 channel. So you have a cable from the controller to the first fixture cable from first to second and so on, the last light has a DMX terminator plugged in. Fixture 1 would be set to DMX address: 1 dipswitch number 1 on. Fixture 2 would be set to DMX address: 6 dipswitch numbers 2 & 3 on. Fixture 3 would be set to DMX address: 11 dipswitch numbers 1, 2 & 4 on.
DMX DIPSWITCH SET 0=OFF 1 = ON X = OFF OR ON 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 9 8 7 6 0 0 1 0 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 0 0 0 1 32 33 34 35
