User manual DMX CONTROL 512 Table of contents 1. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .............................................................................................. 4 2. OPERATING DETERMINATIONS .................................................................................. 4 3.OVERVIEW ...................................................................................................................... 6 3.1.REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS.........................................................................
7.PRESETS ...................................................................................................................... 12 7.1.RECORDING PRESETS ........................................................................................ 12 7.2.RECALLING PRESETS ......................................................................................... 12 7.3.ERASE PRESET .................................................................................................... 13 7.4.EDITING PRESETS ..........
Keep this device away from rain and moisture! Unplug mains lead before opening the housing! FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, PLEASE READ THIS USER MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU INITIAL START - UP! 1. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Every person involved with installation and maintenance of this device have to: - be qualilfied - follow the instructions of this manual CAUTION! Be careful with your operations.
Never put any liquids on the device or close to it. Should any liquid enter the device nevertheless, disconnect from mains immediately. Please let the device be checked by a qualified service technician before you operate it again.
3.OVERVIEW The DMX CONTROL 512 is a lighting controller.16 lighting fixtures of up to 32 channels each can be controlled from a DMX 512 output. Control of up to 512 lighting channels is possible. Support of ROBE as well as other popular brands is included in the setup menu. The operating system uses flash memory so that the software can be updated from a computer Software updates will be made available on the ROBE web site at ww.robe.cz. 3.1.
“yes” the message “DONE” will appear for 1 second. If auto patch is enabled, the start addresses of any fixtures above the selected fixture will be adjusted to accommodate the new fixture. There is a list of all of the included fixtures in the back of this manual. If a particular fixture is not included in the list, you can select one that is similar to the one you want and then use the “Modify Fixture” feature to create it. 4.2.
CHANNELS is the total number of channels for the fixture. This can be any number from 1 to 32. When you change the number of channels be aware that other things such as fixture addresses and number of multi fixtures can be automatically changed if you drastically change the number of channels for a fixture that has already been set up and is in use.
oriented in a way so that its pan or tilt movement is opposite that of the joystick movement. You can use this to invert the direction of the pan or tilt as it applies to the joystick for each fixture. This setting will not affect the faders when they are used to control pan or tilt. Select the fixture then select “Normal” or “Inverted”, then press, “enter” to save the selection. 4.7.
This is another one of the hidden menu items that can only be selected while holding the “add” switch when cycling through the menu selections. This menu item allows you to clear the entire memory of DMX CONTROL 512. This does not erase the software that runs the system but erases all of the scene, preset, chase and show data as well as the system parameters such as fixture assignments. The message “ARE YOU SURE? HOLD “YES” 5 SEC” will appear in the display.
5.6.FINE SWITCH The “fine” switch affects the operation of the joystick. With “fine” mode on, it will increment or decrement by the smallest possible amount. With “fine” mode off, it will increment or decrement by larger amounts. 5.7.TRACKBALL A trackball, mouse or any similar pointing device can also be used for controlling pan and tilt. The device must be serial and either Microsoft or Logitech compatible. It is plugged into the 9-pin RS-232 connector on the rear panel of the DMX CONTROL 512.
currently filled. 7.PRESETS Presets provide fast and easy programming of scenes by giving you instant access to colors and beam settings without searching through channel levels with the faders. Presets also save memory because many scenes can reference the same preset. For example, if a preset defines a pan and tilt location for several scenes, only the preset needs to be edited in order to modify the pan and tilt for all of those scenes.
preset when it was recorded. This allows you to put every fixture into a preset but use only selected ones as needed. For example you could create a preset called “Red” that sets all color channels of every fixture to the color red. Then when calling that preset, you would only select the fixtures that you want to be red then call the “Red” preset. 7.3.ERASE PRESET To erase an existing preset, press “record” then “preset” then “erase”. As when recording a preset, all LEDs that contain a preset will light.
After you have finished adding channels or presets to the step, press “enter”. Note: (The “fixture” LED must be turned off before pressing “enter”.) The step indicator on the display will automatically increment to the next step. Repeat the previous actions to record up to 256 steps. You can enter empty steps as well by pressing “enter” before changing any channels. These empty steps can be used to lengthen the time between steps. You can record something into these empty steps later if desired.
8.3.ERASING CHASES To erase an existing chase from the memory, press “record” then “chase” then “erase”. As when recording a chase, all LEDs that contain a chase will be lit. Next select the chase to erase. The message “Erase this?” along with the chase name will appear in the LCD. Press “yes” or “no”. If you press “yes” the chase will be erased. This only works when there is no chase being edited or recorded. While editing a chase, “erase” is used to erase the chase steps.
To start recording a show press “record”, the “record” LED will flash. Next press “show”, the “show” LED will also flash. The page number will display the current Show page and any number switches that already contain Shows will be lit. The display will show the current step that is ready to be recorded along with the scene page and scene number in that step. The word “Empty” will appear in place of the scene page and number if there is nothing recorded at this step.
will be erased. Erase show only works when there is no show currently being edited. While editing a show, “erase” is used to erase show steps. You can abort show erase at any time by either pressing “no” or by exiting record mode by pressing the “record” switch. Note: It can take up to 30 seconds to overwrite or erase a show depending on how much of the memory is currently filled. 9.4.EDITING SHOWS To edit a show that has already been recorded, press “record” followed by “show”.
will show “RECEIVING FILE”. The length of time it takes to update the memory will vary depending on the amount of memory in use at the time it was recorded. You do not have to call any of the menu functions on the DMX CONTROL 512 before receiving the file. If any errors have been detected, DMX CONTROL 512 will prompt you to retry. Check your connections and try again. You can use MIDI to transfer the memory from one DMX CONTROL 512 to another. 11.
top menu bar and select “Capture Text”. A dialog box will appear allowing you to select a folder and name for the backup file. Use a name like “SD2 backup1.txt”. Click “Start” and Hyper Terminal is now ready to receive the file from DMX CONTROL 512. Next, go to the menu selection on the DMX CONTROL 512 labeled “save memory file” and press the “enter” switch. The display will read, “Save memory file to computer port”. Press “enter” to start the transmission from DMX CONTROL 512.
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APPENDIX A - FIXTURE LIBRARY-version 3.15 The following is the list of ”built in” lighting fixtures in the DMX Control 512 fixture library.
ROBE Fog 1500 / Haze 400 ROBE FUNKY * ROBE FUSION * ROBE HIP-HOP ROBE Image Spot 250 AT ROBE LED BLINDER 148 LT * ROBE LED BLINDER 196 LT * ROBE LEDFORCE ALL - 6 CHNL.
MAC 301 WASH - 19 CHNL. MAC 350 ENTOUR MAC 401 DUAL RGB/CT ZOOM - 25 CHNL. MAC 500 MODE 4 MAC 550 MODE 1 MAC 550 MODE 2 MAC 575 KRYPTON MAC 600 MODE 4 MAC 600 NT MODE 4 MAC 700 PROFILE MAC 700 WASH MAC 1200 MODE 4 MAC 2000 PERFORMANCE II MAC 2000 PROFILE II MAC 2000 WASH XB - 21 CHNL. MAC TW1 MAC Viper Profile - 26 Chnl.
COEMAR IWASH LED COEMAR KP 12 COEMAR NATTMM1200 COEMAR NAT ZOOM 4000 20 CHANNEL COEMAR NAT ZOOM 2500 20 CHANNEL COEMAR PANORAMA CYC POWER COEMAR PANORAMA CYC TOURING COEMAR PC 1000 COEMAR PC 1200 HMI COEMAR PROSPOT 150 LX COEMAR PROSPOT 250 LX COEMAR PROSPOT 575 LX COEMAR PROWASH 250 LX COEMAR PROWASH 575 LX COEMAR SUPER CYC COEMAR TX 360 24