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Design Beam 1200C™ CONTENTS 1. General Information……………………………………………………………………… 4 a. Introduction………………………………………………………………………. 4 b. Customer Support…………………………………………….………………… 3 c. Warranty Registration……………………………………………………..……. 5 d. Discharge Lamp Warning………………………………………………………. 5 2. Safety Instructions………………………………………………………........…………. 7 3. Features…………………………………………………………………………………… 9 4. General Guidelines………………………………………………………………………. 10 5. Fixture Overview…………………………………………………………………………. 11 6.
Design Beam 1200C™ 1. GENERAL INFORMATION INTRODUCTION: Congratulations, you have just purchased one of the most innovative and reliable lighting fixtures on the market today! The Design Beam 1200C,™ 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 Beam 1200C™ Please do not discard the shipping carton in the trash, keep for warranty repair. Please recycle whenever possible. WARRANTY REGISTRATION: The Design Beam 1200C™ 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 Beam 1200C™ high-pressure environment to emit a brilliant output. Due to the high pressure involved with 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 Beam 1200C™ 2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The Design Beam 1200C™ 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 Beam 1200C™ may increase the risk of damage and/or personal injury. 10. To reduce the risk of fire or electric 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 Beam 1200C™ 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. Use of this fixture outdoors may void the manufactures warranty. Consistent operational breaks may ensure that the fixture will function properly for many years to come. Do not shake the fixture around.
Design Beam 1200C™ 5. FIXTURE OVERVIEW 1 1. Output Lens 2. Yoke 3. Cooling Fan 4. 3-Pin DMX Output 2 5. 3-Pin DMX Input 3 6. Fuse 1 – Lamp 7. Fuse 2 - Electronics 4 5 6 7 8 8. Power Cord 9 10 9. 5-Pin DMX Output 10. 5-Pin DMX Input 11. Tilt Locking Mechanism 11 12. Antenna – Wireless DMX 13. LCD Menu Display 14. Mode/esc Button 15. Menu UP Button 16. Menu DOWN Button 17.
Design Beam 1200C™ 6. LAMP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS For a proper and safe lamp change, please follow the instructions in this chapter carefully. Safety Regulations • To prevent accidental shock disconnect the unit’s main power supply. • Allow the unit to cool for at least 15 minutes before attempting any type of service. • Before you put the Design Beam 1200C™ into operation after a lamp change or service, be sure all covers have been replaced and/or closed and secured.
Design Beam 1200C™ place. Before reassembling the unit, be sure the new lamp is securely seated in the lamp socket. Always be sure to only use specified lamp types! (MSR Gold 1200 FastFit). 4. Once the lamp has been inserted and secured into the socket, follow the lamp optimization instructions outlined below, then lock the lamp cover back in to place. 5. Reset the lamp run time in the system menu. 6. Always be sure to optimize the lamp after lamp replacement.
Design Beam 1200C™ Please remember that a MSR Gold 1200 FastFit lamp is not a hot-restrike lamp therefore, you should wait 15 minutes before you can attempt to strike the lamp once it has been turned off.
Design Beam 1200C™ 7. MOUNTING AND INSTALLATION Cautions: For added protection mount the fixtures in areas outside walking paths, seating areas, or in areas were unauthorized personnel might reach the fixture. 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 Beam 1200C™ 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 Beam 1200C™ Clamp Mounting The Design Beam 1200C™ provides a unique mounting bracket assembly that integrates the hanging yoke as well as the safety cable rigging point in one unit (see the illustration on the next page). When mounting this fixture to truss be sure to secure an appropriately rated clamp to the hanging yoke using a M10 screw fitted through the center hole of the hanging yoke.
Design Beam 1200C™ 8. UNDERSTANDING DMX DMX-512: DMX is short for Digital Multiplex. This is a universal protocol used by 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 Beam 1200C™ 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. If you will be using 5-Pin connectors you may omit pins 4 and 5, see the illustration below.
Design Beam 1200C™ 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 -). The terminator is inserted in the female XLR connector of the last fixture in your daisy chain to terminate the line.
Design Beam 1200C™ address” is the 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 Beam 1200C™ 9. FIXTURE MENU On-Board System Menu: The Design Beam 1200C™ comes with an easy to navigate system menu. This next section will detail the functions of each command in the system menu. LCD Control Panel: The control panel located on the side of the fixture allows you to access the main menu and make necessary adjustments to the Design Beam 1200C™. During normal operation, tapping the “MODE/ESC” key once will access the fixture’s main menu.
Lamp Control Design Beam 1200C™ Lamp On or Off ON/OFF Lamp on/off – Manual Automatic La-On ON/OFF The lamp is struck when the fixture is powered. Lamp On Via DMX ON/OFF Control lamp on via DMX Lamp Off Via DMX ON/OFF Control lamp off via DMX Lamp Off No DMX OFF, 0FF~19M Lamp off if DMX is lost Lamp On at Temp. 20~79 C˚, 45C˚ /68~174F˚ 113 F˚ Lamp restart at temp. Lamp Off at Temp. 80~139 C˚, 130 C˚ /176~282 F˚, 266 F˚ Lamp off at temp.
Effect Adjust Reset Function Design Beam 1200C™ Reset All Reset all motors Reset Pan/Tilt Reset Pan/Tilt Reset Colors Reset color wheel Reset Gobos Reset all gobo wheels Reset Shutter Reset shutter and dimmer Reset Others Reset all other motors Test Channel PAN …… Manual Control PAN: PAN =XXX: Fine adjustment Calibrate Values --Password-- Password=XXX Color wheel Color wheel=XXX Calibrate Menu for all adjustable motors and effects.
Design Beam 1200C™ 10 MENU FUNCTIONS: 10.1 Function Mode 10.1.1. “Set DMX Address” - DMX address setting This function is used to set or adjust the fixture’s starting DMX address. Every device controlled by DMX has to have a unique starting address. The addressing feature is what allows DMX to function properly. The DMX address of a fixture is what allows it to communicate with a controller properly.
Design Beam 1200C™ 10.2 Information: 10.2.1.Time information Current time This function displays the running time of the fixture from the last power on. The display reads “XXXX”, where “XXXX” represents the number of hours the fixture has been running. This counter is automatically reset after every power-on. Total Life Hours This function tracks the fixture’s total running hours. Where “XXXX” represents the number of hours the fixture has been powered on.
Design Beam 1200C™ L-Timer Password Use this function to enter the “Clear Lamp Time” password. Password is “038” Clear Lamp Time This function will allow the “Lamp Run Hours” function be cleared and reset. This function resets the lamp “ON” time to zero. Please reset the lamp “ON” time at every lamp replacement. This procedure tracks the lamp running time so the lamp can be replaced at the end of it’s recommended duty cycle. 10.2.2. Temp. Info.
Design Beam 1200C™ switched on when switching the power on. Select “ON” if you wish to enable this function or “OFF” if you don’t. 10.3.3. Lamp on via DMX With this function you can select if you can switch the lamp on via an external controller. Select “ON” by turning the LCD controls if you wish to enable this function or “OFF” if you don’t. 10.3.4. Lamp off via DMX With this function you can select if you can switch the lamp off via an external controller.
Design Beam 1200C™ No DMX Status – This function dictates how the fixture will function if it looses DMX signal during normal operation. The default function is set to hold, in which the fixture will lock into the last DMX signal it received and remain in that position until it is turned off or begins receiving a new DMX signal. If the fixture is turned on without any DMX signal, the fixture will automatically go in to sound-active mode. Available settings are: “Close” – Shutter flags will close.
Design Beam 1200C™ Service Password: The correct password must be entered before attempting wheel calibration, changing fan voltage, or changing the gobo speed. Fan Voltage: This function will change the fan voltage from either “Low” or “High.” Low will send normal voltage to the fan, for normal operation. High will send slightly higher voltage to fans that allows the fans to operate at higher than normal speeds. This setting should only be used in extreme cases of higher than normal temperatures.
Design Beam 1200C™ page 37 for more information on operating this fixture via Wireless DMX. 10.4.8. Reset Default - With this function you can restore the original factory settings. All settings will be set back to the default values (shaded). All user edited scenes will be lost. 10.5 Reset Functions: 10.5.1 Reset All: This function will reset all internal motors to the home position. 10.5.2 Reset Pan and Tilt: This function will only reset the pan and tilt motors to the home position. 10.5.
Design Beam 1200C™ This function allows a user to make small adjustments to the effect wheels (color, gobo, shutter, etc) to compensate for ware or in the event a sensor has been knocked slightly out of place. Because improper use of this function can result in undesired operation this function has been password protected. The password is 050 and must be entered each time the calibration menu function is entered. 10.
Design Beam 1200C™ 11. 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 address. 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 Beam 1200C™ 6. Press MODE/ESC to return to the main menu. 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 Beam 1200C™ 12. OPERATION Operating Modes: The Design Beam 1200C™ can operate in several different modes. This next section will detail the differences in the operating modes. • Auto Program Mode (Master) - The fixture will chase 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 Beam 1200C™ • For functionality that chases to sound: Access the “Function” menu and select the “Music Control” function, this will give you access to the “Music Control” submenu. See page 25 for the menu breakdown. Once in the “Music Control” submenu select “Alone” 12.2 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.
Design Beam 1200C™ 13. Using the Built-In Wireless DMX System The Design Beam 1200C comes equipped with an Elation Wireless DMX Receiver built-in. This receiver is fully compatible with your existing Elation Wireless DMX System. 13.1 Working with the Wireless DMX (WDMX) System: • To turn the system “On” or “Off,” access the main menu and toggle to Personality Wireless DMX. The next menu selection will allow the user to Activate the system, Deactivate the system, or Reset the system.
Design Beam 1200C™ on the both the fixture and the transmitter will stop flashing and glow solid green. If the paring is unsuccessful repeat the process until the paring is secured. d) The fixture will store the pairing information inside a nondestructive memory bank once a link is created between the fixture and a transmitter. The fixture will remember the paired transmitter even if the fixture is turned off for extended periods of time. 13.
Design Beam 1200C™ 14. 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 Beam 1200C™ - “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.
Design Beam 1200C™ - Once you reach your desired bank press the ENTER button and use the UP and DOWN button to reach “Input by Outside” - Next, select a scene on your DMX console and press the ENTER button on the fixture. The scene should then be stored to the fixtures internal memory EPROM. - Follow the next section to build a program with your scenes. Step 2 – Editing Programs. The control will store a maximum of 10 programs. A program can store one or a maximum of 64 scenes.
Design Beam 1200C™ A Master unit can send up to 3 different data groups to the Slave units, i.e. a Master unit can start 3 different Slave units, which run 3 different programs. The Master unit sends the 3 program parts in a continuous loop. The Slave unit receives data from the Master unit according to the group which the Slave unit was assigned to. If e.g. a Slave unit is set to “Slave 1” in the menu “Set to Slave”, the Master unit sends “Auto Program Part 1” to the Slave unit.
Design Beam 1200C™ 3. Program selection for Auto Pro Part • Select “Edit program” by turning the encoder. • Press the Enter button to confirm. • Select “Select programs” by turning the encoder. • Press the Enter button to confirm. • Turn the encoder to select “Auto Pro Part 1”, “Auto Pro Part 2” or “Auto Pro Part 3”, and thus select which Slave program is to be sent. Selection “Part 1” means, that the Slave unit runs the same program as the master units. • Press the Enter button to confirm.
Design Beam 1200C™ Program 2 includes scenes: 10, 11, 12, 13 Program 4 includes scenes: 8, 9, 10 Program 6 includes scenes: 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 Auto Pro Part 1 is Program 2; Auto Pro Part 2 is Program 3; Auto Pro Part 3 is Program 6 The 3 Slave groups run the Auto Program in certain time segments, as shown in the following picture: ©Elation Professional® 44 Design Beam 1200C™
Design Beam 1200C™ 15. DMX CHANNEL TRAITS: The chart below details the channel layout for 21 DMX channels (default). In 8bit mode the “Pan Fine” and “Tilt Fine” channels are not used, thus converting the fixture into a 19-channel DMX fixture. In extended mode the fixture will use 32 DMX channels(second chart) . CHANNEL 1: Pan Movement (max. 630° User Selectable or 540˚) CHANNEL 2: 16bit Pan Movement (pan fine) CHANNEL 3: Tilt Movement (max.
Design Beam 1200C™ CHANNEL 11: Gobo Wheel 1 Rotation CHANNEL12: Gobo Wheel 2 (Fixed) CHANNEL 13: Effect Wheel CHANNEL 14: Focus CHANNEL 15: Strobe (0-13Hz), and Shutter close/open function + random strobe CHANNEL 16: Dimmer (Intensity) Control CHANNEL 17: Frost CHANNEL 18: CMY Speed CHANNEL 19: Color Macros CHANNEL 20: Movement Speed (Pan/Tilt movement, blackout selection) CHANNEL 21: Special (Auto program control + lamp on, motor reset, lamp switch off) DMX channel function and values: DMX channel´s func
Design Beam 1200C™ 6 6 4 7 8 7 5 9 10 8 6 11 12 9 7 13 14 10 8 15 11 9 16 17 194-255 Backwards rainbow effect from slow to fast Color Wheel Fine : 0-255 Color Wheel colour change to any position Fine Cyan Color : 0-255 Cyan (0-white, 255-100% Cyan) Cyan Color Fine : 0-255 Cyan Fine Magenta Color : 0-255 Magenta (0-white, 255-100% magenta) Magenta Color Fine : 0-255 Magenta Fine Yellow Color : 0-255 Yellow (0-white, 255-100% Yellow) Yellow Color Fine : 0-255 Yellow Fine CTO Color : 0-255
Design Beam 1200C™ 0-255 12 10 18 19 13 11 20 21 14 12 22 23 15 13 24 0-13 14-27 28-41 42-55 56-69 70-83 84-97 98-111 112-127 128-143 144-159 160-175 176-191 192-207 208-223 224-255 0-255 0-3 4-127 128-189 190-193 194-255 0-255 0-255 0-255 0-31 32-63 64-95 96-127 128-159 160-191 192-223 Fine indexing Fixed Gobos : Open/hole Gobo 1 Gobo 2 Gobo 3 Gobo 4 Gobo 5 Gobo 6 Gobo 7 Gobo 1 shake slow to fast Gobo 2 shake slow to fast Gobo 3 shake slow to fast Gobo 4 shake slow to fast Gobo 5 shake slow
Design Beam 1200C™ 16 14 25 26 17 15 27 28 18 19 20 16 17 18 29 30 31 224-255 No function (shutter open) Dimmer intensity: 0-255 Intensity 0 to 100% Fine Dimmer intensity: 0-255 Dimmer intensity fine Frost: 0-255 Frost 0~100% Frost Fine: 0-255 Frost Fine Speed Of CMY & Colour macro Speed: 0-255 0-225 226-235 236-245 246-255 0-7 8-15 16-23 24-31 32-39 40-47 48-55 56-63 64-71 72-79 80-87 88-95 96-103 104-111 112-119 120-127 128-135 136-143 144-151 152-159 160-167 168-175 176-183 Speed Max －>M
Design Beam 1200C™ 184-191 192-199 200-207 208-215 216-223 224-231 232-239 240-247 248-255 21 19 32 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 Macro23 Macro24 Macro25 Macro26 Macro27 Macro28 Macro29 Macro30 Random CMY Lamp on/off, reset, internal programs: colour & gobo change normal colour change to any position colour & gobo change to any position Lamp on Lamp switch off All motor reset Scan motor reset Colors moto
Design Beam 1200C™ 16. FUSE REPLACEMENT The Design Beam 1200C has two external protective fuses. One fuse protects the internal electronics and the other protects the lamp circuitry. Refer to page 11 for fuse holder location. Fuse 1, Lamp Fuse: GMA 220v/10A Fuse 2, Electronics Fuse: GMA 220v/2A Caution: Always replace with the exact same type fuse, unless otherwise specified by an authorized Elation® service technician.
Design Beam 1200C™ 17. 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 “XX er” were as XX will represent the motor function with an error. For example, when the display shows “Tilt Er,” it means there is some type of error with the tilt motor.
Design Beam 1200C™ located in the default position after the reset. Gobo 1 Er (Rotation gobo 1 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). The Rotation gobo 1 is not located in the default position after the reset.
Design Beam 1200C™ magnetic-indexing circuit malfunctions (sensor failed or magnet missing) or the stepping-motor is defective (or its driver circuit on the main PCB). The Yellow Color - wheel is not located in the default position after the reset. CTO color Er (CTO color error) This message will appear after the reset of the fixture if the yoke’s magnetic-indexing circuit malfunctions (sensor failed or magnet missing) or the stepping-motor is defective (or its driving IC on the main PCB).
Design Beam 1200C™ 18. 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 Beam 1200C™ 19. 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 Beam 1200C™ 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 Beam 1200C™ 23. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Power supply Power consumption □208V, 50Hz; □220V, 50Hz; □230V, 50Hz; □240V, 50Hz; □208V, 60Hz; □220V, 60Hz; □230V, 60Hz; □240V, 60Hz; 1500 Watt, 8.
Design Beam 1200C™ Please Note: Specifications and improvements in the design of this unit and this manual are subject to change without any prior written notice.
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