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FOCUS SPOT 250
Elation Professional
4295 Charter Street
Los Angeles, Ca 90058
www.elationlighting.com
Rev 03/05

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  • Page 1 FOCUS SPOT 250 Elation Professional 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles, Ca 90058 www.elationlighting.com Rev 03/05...
  • Page 2 Focus Spot 250™ INTRODUCTION: Congratulations, you have just purchased one of the most innovative and reliable lighting fixtures on the market today! The Focus Spot 250™, has been designed to perform reliably for years when the guidelines in this booklet are followed.
  • Page 3 Please do not discard the shipping carton in the trash. Please recycle whenever possible. WARRANTY REGISTRATION: The Focus Spot 250™ 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.
  • Page 4 Focus Spot 250™ 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.
  • Page 5 2. Never touch the fixture during normal operation. This can cause severe personal injuries and/or damage to the fixture. 3. Be sure to unplug the FOCUS SPOT 250™ from the power outlet before performing any service related issues. 4. Lamp Replacement; Allow at least 30 minutes after disconnecting main power before you open the FOCUS SPOT 250™.
  • Page 6 Focus Spot 250™ may increase the risk of damage and/or personal injury. 10. To reduce the risk of fire or shock, do not expose this unit to rain or moisture. 11. Do not attempt to operate this fixture if the power cord is frayed or damaged.
  • Page 7 Focus Spot 250™ Features Pan 630° / Tilt 265° 17° Beam Angle 8 Dichroic color plus spot, for a total of 9 colors 7 Rotating Gobos Strobe: 0~10Hz Electronic Focus via DMX Sound Active – Master/Slave Operation 4 Segment Digital LED High speed pan &...

  • Page 8: General Guidelines

    Focus Spot 250™ Never touch the device during operation! The housing may heat up Never look directly into the light source, as sensitive persons may suffer an epileptic shock. Please be aware that damages caused by manual modifications to the device are not subject to warranty.
  • Page 9 Focus Spot 250™ by persons not qualified for operating the device. Most damages are the result of unprofessional operation. Please use the original packaging if the device is to be transported. For safety reasons, please be aware that all modifications on the device are forbidden.

  • Page 10: Lamp Installation Instructions

    Focus Spot 250™ LAMP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS a) Installing or replacing the lamp Only install the lamp with the device unplugged from the mains. The lamp has to be replaced when it is damaged or deformed. Before replacing the lamp be sure the unit has ample time to cool, to avoid injury to yourself never touch the lamp when it is hot.
  • Page 11 The minimum deviation amount is 1.0mm. Running the fixture within a lower deviation can cause damage to the lamp and/or lens. The Focus Spot 250™ lamp holder is aligned at the factory. However, due to slight imperfections in all lamps, fine adjustments will improve light performance. Please follow the procedure below for proper lamp optimization: 1.
  • Page 12 Focus Spot 250™ Do not operate this device with open cover Please remember the lamp is not a hot-restrike type, you must wait approximately 10 minutes after having turned the lamp off before you can turn it back on again.

  • Page 13: Preparation And Installation

    Clamps The FOCUS SPOT 250™ has been designed to hold multiple clamps to the bottom of the unit in several different orientations. Always use an appropriately rated clamp to mount this unit to truss. Refer to the printed instructions on the bottom of the fixture for proper clamp installation.
  • Page 14 Focus Spot 250™ a) Cam lock System: This system allows a quick and efficient means to secure a clamp to the unit. To attach a clamp to the unit, attach a clamp that is rated to handle the weight of the unit to your cam lock. After a clamp has been attached to the cam lock, attach the cam locks to the designated position on the bottom of your unit.
  • Page 15 Focus Spot 250™ Secure the FOCUS SPOT 250™ Regardless of the rigging option you choose for your FOCUS SPOT 250™ always be sure to secure your fixture with a safety cable. The fixture provides a built-in rigging point for a safety cable on the underside of the fixture, be sure to use this point and never secure a safety cable to a carrying handle.
  • Page 16 Focus Spot 250™ Connections Data Cable (DMX Cable) Requirements (For DMX and Master/Slave Operation): Your fixture and your DMX controller require a standard 3-pin XLR connector for data input and data output (Figure Below). If you are making your own cables, be sure to use standard two conductor shielded cable (This cable may be purchased at almost all professional sound and lighting stores).
  • Page 17 2 and 3 of a male XLR connector (DATA + and DATA -). This fixture is inserted in the female XLR connector of the last fixture in your daisy chain to terminate the line. Using a cable terminator (Elation part number Z-DMX/T) will decrease the possibilities of erratic behavior.
  • Page 18 In the case of the Focus Spot 250™, which is a 11 channel fixture, you should set the starting address of the first unit to 1, the second unit to 12 (11 + 1), the third to 23 (12 + 11), and so on.
  • Page 19 Focus Spot 250™ Note: After switching on, the Focus Spot 250™ will automatically detect whether DMX 512 data is received or not. If the data is received, the display will show "A.XXX" (XXX representing the actual DMX address). If the fixture is not receiving DMX signal the display will flash "A.XXX"...
  • Page 20 The control panel located on the top of the fixture allows you to access the main menu and make all necessary adjustments to the Focus Spot 250™. During normal operation, tapping the “MODE” key once will access the fixture’s main menu. Once in the main menu you can navigate through the different functions and access the sub-menus with the Up and Down buttons.

  • Page 21: Address Menu

    Focus Spot 250™ DLAY D–XX D-15 Lamp on delay time SPOT ON/OFF Lamp optimization DFSE ON/OFF Resets all the fixture functions to default V1.0~V9.9 Software version EDIT STEP the amount your S–01 ~S–48 program SCXX C–01 0 1 XX(00~FFH) C–30...

  • Page 22: Display Menu

    Focus Spot 250™ SHTR - Resets the shutter motors. OTHR - Reset all other motors TIME MENU - LIFE - Displays the fixtures total running time. LAMP - Displays the lamp running time. CLMP - Clears the lamp running time.
  • Page 23 Focus Spot 250™ VER (Version) - Displays the software version EDIT MENU - RUN - This will run your own custom program. STEP (S-01 - S-48) - These are the steps slots that you write your programs into. There are at total of 48 steps.
  • Page 24 Focus Spot 250™ On-Board System Menu. The FOCUS SPOT 250. comes with an easy to navigate system menu. This next section will detail the functions of each command in the system menu. Enter Button - To access the main menu locate the MODE/ENTER button on the front of the unit.
  • Page 25 Focus Spot 250™ TEST - This will test the functions of each channel. 1. Access the main menu. 2. Tap the UP button until TEST is displayed, press ENTER. 3. The display will show T-01. You can now press the up button and test the different channels.
  • Page 26 Focus Spot 250™ 4. The display will show ON/OFF”. 5. Press the UP button to select to activate this function, or to deactivate this function. 6. Press MODE/ENTER to confirm. 7. Press EXIT to return to the main menu. 5. RESE MAIN MENU ALL - When you activate the reset function, the fixture will begin to reset all motors.
  • Page 27 Focus Spot 250™ 3. Tap the UP button until COLR is displayed, press MODE/ENTER to confirm. 4. The display will show ON/OFF . Press the UP button to select to reset the color motor. Press MODE/ENTER 5. Press EXIT/DN to return to the main menu.
  • Page 28 Focus Spot 250™ LAMP - With this function you can display the running time of the lamp. 1. Access the main menu. 2. Tap the UP button until TIME is displayed, press MODE/ENTER. 3. Tap the UP button until LAMP is displayed, press MODE/ENTER.
  • Page 29 Focus Spot 250™ RTLT MENU - RTLT – This menu function will reverse the mirror TILT movements. 1. Access the main menu. 2. Tap the UP button until RTLT is displayed, press MODE/ENTER. 4. The display will show ON/OFF”. 5. Press the UP button to select...
  • Page 30 Focus Spot 250™ 1. Access the main menu. 2. Tap the UP button until “DISP” is displayed. 3. Press MODE/ENTER, the display will show VALU”. 4. Press MODE/ENTER, once again “d-00” will be displayed. 5. Press MODE/ENTER to confirm. 6. Press EXIT to return to the main menu.
  • Page 31 Focus Spot 250™ automatically ignite the lamp when unit is turned on. Use this function to turn this feature on and off. 1. Access the main menu. 2. Tap the UP button until SPEC is displayed, press MODE/ENTER. 3. Tap the UP button until LAAU is displayed, press MODE/ENTER.
  • Page 32 Focus Spot 250™ SPOT – This function allows you to optimize the lamp without the use of an external DMX controller. In this mode, the device will not react to any control signal. 1. Access the main menu. 2. Tap the UP button until SPEC is displayed, press MODE/ENTER.
  • Page 33 Focus Spot 250™ 5. Press ENTER or EXIT/DN to exit. EDIT - This menu item allows you to write a program into the memory (EEPROM) via the control panel or via the external controller. EDIT MENU - This features allows you to enter and store a preset show in to the fixtures internal memory.
  • Page 34 Focus Spot 250™ call up to 48 scenes in Run . For example, if S-05 is displayed, it means that will run the first 5 scenes you saved in Edit . 5. Press ENTER to save and exit. SC01 - With this function you can choose the number of scenes in your Program.
  • Page 35 Focus Spot 250™ 8. Repeat steps 5-8, until you finish setting all the DMX values for all the channels of this scene, each scene can have 15 channels maximum. 9. Once all the channels are completed, the display will .ash TIME , this stands for the time needed to run this scene.
  • Page 36 Focus Spot 250™ 9. Adjust the Step-time. needed by pressing the UP button. 10. Call up the second scene in your controller now. 11. Repeat steps 3-6 until all desired scenes are downloaded. 12. Press EXIT to exit. The number of steps can be defined under...

  • Page 37: Instructions On Use

    Focus Spot 250™ INSTRUCTIONS ON USE: The chart below show the channel layout for 11 DMX channels (default). In 8bit mode the “pan Fine” and “Tilt Fine” channels are not used. CHANNEL 1 : Pan movement (max. 630°) CHANNEL 2 : 16 bit pan movement (pan fine) CHANNEL 3 : Tilt movement (max.
  • Page 38 Focus Spot 250™ DMX channel function and values: Channel 1 – PAN Coarse 8bit : Channel 2 – PAN Fine 16bit Channel 3 – TILT Coarse 8bit Channel 4 – TILT Fine 16bit Channel 5 - Color Wheel : 0-13...
  • Page 39 Focus Spot 250™ 128-187 Clockwise Gobo Rotation (fast to slow) 188-193 No rotation 194-255 Counter-Clockwise Gobo Rotation (slow to fast) Channel 8 - 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)

  • Page 40: Error Codes

    Focus Spot 250™ ERROR CODES: When power is applied, the unit will automatically enter a “reset” mode. This mode brings all the motors to a home position. If there is an internal problems with one or more of the motors an error code may flash in the LCD.
  • Page 41 Focus Spot 250™ stepping-motor is defective (or its drive circuit on the main PCB). The color wheel is not located in the default position after the reset. 04Er: (Rotating gobo-wheel error ) This message will appear after the reset of the fixture if the magnetic-indexing circuit malfunctions(sensor failed or magnet missing) or the stepping-motor is defective (or its drive circuit on the main PCB).

  • Page 42: Cleaning And Maintenance

    Focus Spot 250™ CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE The following points have to be considered during the inspection: 1. All screws for installing the devices or parts of the device have to be tightly connected and must not be corroded. 2. There must not be any deformations on the housing, color lenses, fixations and installation spots (ceiling, suspension, trussing).

  • Page 43: Year Limited Warranty

    B. For warranty service, send the product only to the Elation Professional® factory. All shipping charges must be pre-paid. If the requested repairs or service (including parts replacement) are within the terms of this warranty, Elation Professional®...
  • Page 44 F. No warranty, whether expressed or implied, is given or made with respect to any accessory supplied with products described above. Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law, all implied warranties made by Elation Professional® in connection with this product, including warranties of merchantability or fitness, are limited in duration to the warranty period set forth above.

  • Page 45: Technical Specifications

    Focus Spot 250™ TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Power supply : 110VAC,50Hz; 120VAC, 50Hz; 220VAC,50Hz; 230VAC,50Hz; 240VAC, 50Hz; 110VAC,60Hz; 120VAC,60Hz; 220VAC,60Hz; 230VAC,60Hz; 240VAC,60Hz; Power consumption : max. 300W 400W: Lamp : CDMT-150 G12 socket, Metal Halide; MSD250 GY9.5 socket, Metal Halide; Motors : 7 micro motors...
  • Page 46 Focus Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® – Focus Spot 250™...
  • Page 47 Focus Spot 250™ ©Elation Professional® – Focus Spot 250™...
  • Page 48 Focus Spot 250™ Elation Professional 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles, CA. 90058 323-582-3322 / 323-582-3108 fax www.ElationLighting.com / info@ElationLighitng.com ©Elation Professional® – Focus Spot 250™...

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