THE ELEKTRIC EYE USER MANUAL (V1.02) Elektralite is a division of Group One. 70, Sea Lane, Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA. Tel: +1 (516)-249-3662. Fax: +1 (516)-249-8870 WWW.MYELEKTRALITE.
INTRODUCTION: Thank you for choosing Elektralite’s Elektric Eye H.P. fixture. Please read the User Manual carefully and keep it in a safe place after reading it. The Elektric Eye is very easy to install and use once you have read the manual. Failure to do so could result in damage to the fixture, which will not be covered under warranty so please take the time to read it.
voltage. In an installation it is always best to check the voltage before connecting. And remember never try to connect your Elektric Eye live. Make sure that the power cable is not damaged and never break off the ground pin. Always disconnect the power, when the device is not in use or before cleaning it. If you don’t then you are wasting the lamp life. Merely closing the shutter just stops the light output, it does NOT TURN OFF THE LAMP.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS A). Installing or replacing the lamp 1. Install the lamp with the fixture unplugged from the electric source. Never try to replace a lamp with the fixture still turned on and still hooked up to the electric. 2. If you are replacing the lamp, before opening the housing to replace it, let it cool down to room temperature. The lamp burns at very high temperatures and it is a discharge lamp.
B). Mounting Elektric Eye Installation using U Bracket Claps (Omega Clamps) with half Cheeseboros/couplers. 1. U Bracket Clamp (also known as an Omega Clamp) fitted with quarter turn connectors. 2. Half cheeseboro (also known as a half coupler). A C clamp (or G Clamp) can be used instead of a half Cheeseboro. Or even a piece of thread rod can be fitted to the Omega clamp. 3. Safety chain Fit the half cheeseboros or C clamps to the U brackets. Then fit the U brackets to the Elektric Eye using the camlocs.
DMX-512 control connection. Connect the 3 pin XLR cable to the DMX controller and then to the first Elektric Eye in the daisy chain. Doing it this way round avoids the pain of rewiring, if you get the wrong end of the cable back at the controller. Continue wiring from one Elektric Eye to the next fixture in a daisy chain manner. Never try to Y split cables. Never try to “star wire” a DMX cable run. It will not work.
CONTROLLER Projector DMX start address selection In order for the controller like Elektralite’s CP10xt to control each Elektric Eye it has to know where it is in the daisy chain of DMX. To do this all Elektric Eyes have to be set to a start address. To understand the concept of a starter address we also have to understand the concept of channels and the features those channels have. Elektric Eye uses 8 channels of DMX. Those channels control the features of Elektric Eye.
The Display Panel. The display panel on Elektralite Eye offers many features. For example you can, 1. The starter address can be set. 2. The lamp maybe switched on or off. 3. The fixture maybe reset. 4. The fixture can run a preprogrammed show. The Main Menu is accessed by pressing the ENTER button until the display starts flashing which will be about 3 seconds. You can scroll through the menu using the UP button. Then use the ENTER button again to select the menu you want.
Main functions - Main menu 0 1. Press [ENTER] for 3 seconds to enter the main menu "MODE" (display flashing) 2. Press [ENTER] and select "ADDR", “RUN” or "DISP" by pressing [UP] button. 3. Press [ENTER] for selecting the desired sub menu. - DMX address setting, Slave setting - DMX address setting This function, adjusts the desired DMX-address via the display panel. 1. Select “VALU“ by pressing [UP] button. 2. Press [ENTER], adjust the DMX address by pressing [UP] or [DN]. 3. Press [ENTER] to confirm. 4.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Select "AUTO" or "SOUN" by pressing [UP]. Press [ENTER] for selecting the desired extension menu. Select "ALON" or "MAST" by pressing [UP]. Press [ENTER] to confirm. Press [EXIT/DN] to return to the main menu. - Display the DMX-value, Reverse display, Shut off LED display - Display the DMX 512 value of each channel This function displays the DMX 512 value of each channel. 1. Select "VALU" by pressing [UP]. 2. Press [ENTER] to confirm; the display shows“D-00”.
- Main menu 1 1. Press [ENTER] for 3 seconds to enter the main menu (display flashing). 2. Press [UP] to select “LAMP”. - Lamp on/off This function switches the lamp on or off via the display panel. 1. Select "OPEN" by pressing [UP] button. 2. Press [ENTER], the display shows “ON” or “OFF”. 3. Press [UP] to select “ON” to switch on the lamp or “OFF” if you wish to switch off the lamp. 4. Press [ENTER] to confirm. 5. Press [EXIT/DN] to return to the main menu.
- Main menu 2 1. Press [ENTER] for 3 seconds to enter the main menu (display flashing). 2. Press [UP] to select “SET”. - Pan Reverse This function reverses the Pan movement. 1. Select “rPAN” by pressing [UP] button. 2. Press [ENTER], the display shows “ON” or “OFF”. 3. Press [UP] to select “ON” to enable this function or “OFF” if you don’t. 4. Press [ENTER] or[EXIT/DN] to exit. - Tilt Reverse This function reverses the Tilt movement. 1. Select “rTIL” by pressing [UP] button. 2.
- Software version This function displays the software version of the device. 1. Select “VER” by pressing [UP] button. 2. Press [ENTER], the display shows “V-X.X”, “X.X“ stands for the version number, e.g. “V-1.0”, “V-2.6”. 3. Press [ENTER] or [EXIT/DN] to return to the main menu. - Main menu 3 1. Press [ENTER] for 3 seconds to enter the main menu (display flashing). 2. Press [UP] to select “ADJU”. - Lamp adjustment This function adjusts the lamp via the display panel.
3. Press [ENTER] or [EXIT/DN] to exit. - Lamp running time This function displays the running time of the lamp. 1. Select “LATI” by pressing [UP] button. 2. Press [ENTER], the display shows “XXXX”, “X“ stands for the number of hours. 3. Press [ENTER] or [EXIT/DN] to exit. - Clear fixture time This function clears the running time of the device. 1. Select “CLMT” by pressing [UP] button. 2. Press [ENTER], the display shows “ON” or “OFF”. 3.
for the channel no. Such as “C-01”, it means you are editing channel 1 of the selected scene. 5. Select the channel no. you would like to edit by pressing [UP]. 6. Press [ENTER] to enter editing for the selected channel, the fixture reacts to your settings. The display shows the DMX value of the edited channel. Such as “ 11XX”, it stands for in the channel 11 of the editing scene, the DMX value is XX , XX is a hexadecimal number value “01-FF”. 7. Adjust the desired DMX value by pressing [UP] or [DN]. 8.
INSTRUCTIONS ON USE: The moving head is controlled by 10 DMX channels : CHANNEL 1 : select one of the 8 colors, color cycle or rainbow effect CHANNEL 2 : select one of the 6 gobo’s + open or gobo cycle+ gobo shake CHANNEL 3 : select gobo rotation speed and direction CHANNEL 4 : Strobe (0-10Hz) CHANNEL 5 : pan movement (max. 630°) CHANNEL 6 : tilt movement (max.
DMX channel’s function and values: Channel 1 - Color Wheel 1 0-13 Open / white 14-27 Color 1 28-41 Color 2 42-55 Color 3 56-69 Color 4 70-83 Color 5 84-97 Color 6 98-111 Color 7 112-128 Color 8 129-187 Forward rainbow effect from fast to slow 188-193 No rotation of the wheel 194-255 Backward rainbow effect from slow to fast Channel 2 - Rotating gobos, cont. rotation 0-9 Open 10-19 Rot. gobo 1 20-29 Rot. gobo 2 30-39 Rot. gobo 3 40-49 Rot. gobo 4 50-59 Rot.
Channel 4 - Shutter, strobe 0-31 Shutter closed 32-63 Dimmer (close to 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 slow to fast 224-255 No function (shutter open) Channel 5 - PAN movement 8-bit Channel 6 - TILT movement 8-bit Channel 7 - Speed pan/tilt movement 0-4 5-225 max speed max to min speed 226-235 blackout by movement 236-245 blackout by all wheel chang
Channel 9 – Pan 16 Bit (fine) Channel 10 – Tilt 16 Bit (fine) ERROR MESSAGES When you turn on the fixture, it will reset first. The display may show “Xer” while there are problems with one or more channels. “XX” stands for channel 1,2,3,5,& 6, which has the testing sensor for positioning . So, for example, when the display shows “02Er”, it means there is some error in channel 2.
CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE 1. All bolts and safety chains must be tightly screwed into position and have no corrosion. 2. Regularly check all mechanic moving parts for wear. They must rotate freely and in no way stick or squeak. 3. Regularly look for wear and tear on the 120 volt input cable and the DMX signal cable. 4. Clean Elektric Eye at frequent intervals. Use a moist lint free cloth. Do not use a wet cloth or a cloth with alcohol or solvents added.
Other Elektralite Products include : [Also check out our website at www.myelektralite.com] CP-3 Controller. CP-10xt Controller. CP-16 /24 Controller.
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