Colour Control48 Order Code: Control48 www.cobrainternational.
User Manual Cobra Colour Control 48 Dear Customer, Thank you for purchasing the Cobra Colour Control 48. 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 48 features, please ensure you read this manual in full.
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. Check this unit matches the mains voltage and frequency before plugging it in to your mains socket. 4. If any liquids or objects have entered the unit, switch it off immediately and consult a qualified engineer. 5.
Maintenance The COBRA Colour Control 48 requires almost no maintenance. However you should keep the unit clean. Disconnect the mains power supply and then wipe the cover with a dry cloth. Do not immerse in liquid. Do not use alcohol or solvents. Keep connections clean. Disconnect electric power and then wipe the DMX and audio connections with a dry cloth. Troubleshooting If fixture is not responding to DMX: 1. Check all connections are correct. 2. Check DMX addressing is correct. 3.
Controller Front 1. Pre-set A LED’s. Indicate which channels are on/off. 2. Channel sliders 1-24. These sliders will adjust the output of channels 1-24 from 0 to 100% or 0 to 255. 3. Flash buttons 1-48. These will activate the corresponding channel to maximum level when pressed. 4. Pre-set B LED’s. Indicate which channels are on/off. 5. Scene LED’s. Indicate which stored scene/chase is active. 6. Channel faders 25-48.
Rear Panel 1. On/off switch 2. DC input 12DC 500mA 3. Midi thru 4. Midi out 5. Midi in 6. DMX 3-pin output 7. Polarity switch 8. Audio input. This RCA accepts a line level audio signal in a range between 100mV to 1Vpp. 9. Remote input. Blackout and Full-on can be controlled by a remote switch (1/4 stereo jack socket). 10. Fog machine remote output (IEC socket).
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.
Entering Program Mode (|Record Enable) 1. Whilst holding down the record button, press flash button #1-6-6-8 in sequence. 2. Release the record button. The record LED lights up. Exiting Program Mode 1. Hold record/shift button then tap rec exit button. Create a Scene/Chase 1. Record enable. 2. Select the 1-48 single mode by tapping the mode select button. This will give you control of all 48 channels. 3.
Delete a Step or Steps 1. Enter the edit mode 2. Tap the step button to scroll to the step you wish to delete. 3. Tap the delete/rev button when you reach the step you wish to delete. All the LED's will light, indicating the deletion of the step. 4. Repeat steps 2&3 until all of the unwanted steps have been deleted. 5. Press and hold the record and rec exit button. The scene button LED will turn supress, indicating that the edit mode has been exited. Insert Step or Steps 1. Enter edit enable. 2.
Erase a Scene/Chase 1. Record enable. 2. Select the page the desired scene/chase is on. 3. Press and hold record button. 4. Tap the flash button which corresponds to the scene/chase you wish to delete twice. Erase all Scene/Chases 1. Record enable. 2. Hold record button and press flash 1,4,2,3 in sequence. 3. Release the record button, all LED's will flash indicating all programmes (scenes and chases) have been deleted. Record Clear 1. Record enable. 2. Record a scene with one or more steps. 3.
Playing a scene/chase by audio triggering 1. Select your scene/chase as described in the above section. 2. Press the audio button until its LED illuminates, indicating that audio mode is active. 3. Use the audio level fader to adjust the sensitivity. 4. To return to normal mode tap the audio button a second time, causing its LED to go out. Audio mode is disengaged. Notes: This is the process for using the built-in microphone, or for using the audio input located on the rear of the controller.
Midi out mode 1. Press and hold the record button. 2. Press flash button 2, three times. 3. Release the record button. 4. The display shows CH-0 and the controller is in midi out mode. 5. Select the desired midi channel by pressing the respective flash button. 6. Hold down the record button and press record exit. Midi run 1. If midi data is not received within 10 minutes, the channel and programme turned on by midi will turn off. 2. When sending/receiving a file dump, the device ID is 55H. 3.
During file dump all other operations will cease to function. If errors or power failures occur, file dump will be interrupted and stop. Maintenance The COBRA Colour Control 12 required almost no maintenance. However you should keep the unit clean. Disconnect the main power supply and then wipe the cover with a dry cloth. Do not immerse in liquid. Do not use alcohol or solvents. Keep connections clean. Disconnect electric power and then wipe the DMX and audio connections with a dry cloth.
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 3
