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Code PHANTOM 1024 User Manual

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User's Manual
Ver. 2.023
CODE ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
http://www.codelight.com

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  • Page 1 Lighting Console User’s Manual Ver. 2.023 CODE ELECTRONIC CO., LTD. http://www.codelight.com...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Content 1. Welcome to Use the Phantom 1024 ............................1 1.1. Setting up Phantom 1024 ............................1 1.2. The Front Panel of Phantom 1024..........................1 1.2.1. Unit................................2 1.2.2. Preset ................................2 1.2.3. Playback ..............................3 1.2.4. Master.................................3 1.2.5. Attributes..............................3 1.2.6. Function..............................4 1.2.7. LCD Screen ..............................4 1.2.8.
  • Page 4 Content 4. Preset ....................................15 4.1. Using the Preset Value of the Preset Buttons......................15 4.2. View the Preset Buttons ............................15 4.3. Edit Preset ................................16 5. Effect ....................................17 5.1. How Effect Generator Works ..........................17 5.2. Select an Effect...............................17 5.3. Change Size and Speed of Effect ...........................18 5.4.
  • Page 5 Content 7.6. Rename Preset, Playback and Group........................29 7.7. Set up the Channel Level............................29 7.7.1. Control the designated Unit Channel......................29 7.7.2. Control Group of Dimmer Channels ......................29 8. Fixture Library Supervise ..............................30 8.1. View System Fixture Library ..........................30 8.2. User Fixture Library...............................30 8.2.1.

  • Page 7: Welcome To Use The Phantom 1024

    Note: Check whether the local power supply is within the range of 100V-240V. Connect the fixtures with DMX cables. There are 2 groups with 4 optically isolate DMX output jacks in Phantom 1024, thus A, B ports. DMX512 protocol regulates that there are 512 channels. That means actually, Phantom 1024 use two groups of output ports with 512 channels each.

  • Page 8: Unit

    One unit can be patched to a fixture, or a channel which can compose of one or more dimmers. Unit page: Phantom 1024 has 8 Unit pages, each of which can be patched to 30 Units. Thus, 8 pages can totally control 240 Units.

  • Page 9: Playback

    1.2.3. Playback Cue/Playback section contains Playback pages, Playback faders and Playback buttons. Phantom 1024 contain 40 Playback pages, each of which contains 15 playback faders. So, it can memorize 600 Effects. Pressing can change the page, led number display the present Unit page.

  • Page 10: Function

    1.2.6. Function There are 8 buttons in the Function section: Save to Cue --- save the Playback program of Cue; Edit Playback --- establish and setup Playback; Edit Preset --- edit the Preset; Patch --- patch the Units; Off --- close some Units; Copy --- copy function;...

  • Page 11: Action Keys

    “DMX Output 2” exports the signals of 1 - 512 channels (B port). DMX512 protocol regulates that there are 512 channels. So, Phantom 1024 actually use two output ports with 512 channels each, that’s to say, 1024 DMX output channels are composed of 1-512 channels from A port and another 1-512 channels from B port.

  • Page 12: Audio Signal Input

    1.3.2. Audio Signal Input Phantom 1024 can pick up the bass and rhythm of the audio signal to trigger Chase, so that Chase can automatically follow the bass rhythm of the audio. There are two ways to input the audio signals: one is through a 1/4 inch stereo plug; the other is by the microphone of the console.

  • Page 13: Patch

    First of all, connect all the dimmers and fixtures by DMX cables. Then, patch every channel or fixture to each Unit button. Phantom 1024 contain 8 Unit pages, each of which can be patched to 30 Units. So you can patch up to 240 Units by changing pages.

  • Page 14: Patch Fixtures

    Press No. 21-26 Unit buttons in the Unit section in turn to finish the patching of DMX address 1-6 to Unit 21-26; Press Patch to exit patching and return to “Live Show Mode”. Example: Use DMX address 7 of DMX output port B to patch a 6 channeled dimmer to Unit 30, that’s one Unit button control 6 dimmer channels.
  • Page 15 Use S3 [Page Up], S4 [Page Down] to switch the pages, use the button to select Mac2000 Profile 24CH; Here, press S3 to check up the channel details of the fixture, press S6 to return; Press S1 [Confirm]; Use S2 to Select DMX Output = A; Console will automatically patch the DMX initial address.

  • Page 16: Setting Up The Fixture Channels

    2.4. Setting up the Fixture Channels By setting up the swap of Pan and Tilt, you can control fixtures, which is installed against the stage, to swap Pan/Tilt axis, Invert Pan and/or Tilt, so that the mirror movement makes the control more direct and easier. Dimming channel can be inverted too.

  • Page 17: Manual Control Of Dimmer Channels And Fixtures

    Manual Control of Dimmer Channels and Fixtures We will introduce how to manually control dimmer channels and fixtures in this chapter. Control dimmer channels and fixtures Change attributes Locate fixtures and Fan Mode Group View the output of the console You can manually control all the dimmer channels and fixtures after finished patching them.

  • Page 18: Manual Control Of Dimmer Channels

    3.3. Manual Control of Dimmer Channels It’s very easy to control dimmer Channels manually. You only need to fade in the patched Unit fader, then the patched DMX channels will sent out the brightness signals to the dimmer. If you need to control more than one dimmer channels at one time, you select the Unit buttons and press Attribute button of the dimmer first, then use the control wheels to adjust the level.

  • Page 19: Change The Attribute Values Of Fixtures

    Press the corresponding button to run macro. Run a macro needs time. When it’s running, the corresponding macro function will display in white, it will resume to normal display after finish running. Press S6 [Cancel] to exit Macro menu. 3.6. Change the Attribute Values of Fixtures After select the fixtures and the Attribute button, you can change the attributes by control wheels.

  • Page 20: Using Group

    3.9. Using Group You can collect the same type fixtures into a Group, so that you can easily control them all together. Example: Set Unit button 1-10 as Group 1 In the “Live Show Mode”, select Unit button 1-10; Press S5 [Group]; Enter No.

  • Page 21: Preset

    Phantom 1024 has 7 Preset pages, each of which has 30 Preset buttons, and they totals 210 Preset buttons, named “Preset Table”. You can use it to setup or adjust the attributes quickly. Normally, Phantom 1024 can upload 10 colours, 10 gobos and 10 positions to the patched Units.

  • Page 22: Edit Preset

    4.3. Edit Preset Although you can save all the fixture attributes in one Preset button, it will be more convenient in operation to save only the edited part of attributes in each button. For example, merely save colour, gobo, location and etc.. Explanation of Edit Preset Mode: Filter OFF --- All attribute.

  • Page 23: Effect

    Each effect can be used to produce a regular change for one attribute. 5.2. Select an Effect There are many Effects in Phantom 1024. You can see the Effect list on the LCD screen, use 、 button to 、...

  • Page 24: Change Size And Speed Of Effect

    Rainbow can only be applied to colour-mixed fixtures. Effects with Iris and Focus can only be applied to the fixtures with those attribute of them. As the effect names are restrained on the LCD screen list, we cannot explain the real effect by words. You’d better try to run them all through the patched fixtures.

  • Page 25: Playback

    And Cue equals to a step of Chase. There are 40 Playback pages in Phantom 1024, each of which has 15 Playback faders to record the Effects. It can memorize 600 Playbacks in total. Once Playback can be used to save a Cue or a Chase.

  • Page 26: View The Playback

    6.3. View the Playback You can view the Patch, Preset and Playback of the Units anytime you like by pressing View in the Numeric keypad. Pressing View and hold still, then press the Playback buttons in the Playback section, you can check the settings of the program saved in the corresponding buttons.

  • Page 27: Chase

    6.5. Chase We will introduce how to create and edit Chase, how to control its speed and so on. 6.5.1. Create a new Chase Press Edit Playback in the Function section to enter “Program Playback” menu; Select the needed mode for program Fixture --- Record all Channels of the fixture.

  • Page 28: Edit Chase

    6.5.2. Edit Chase We will introduce how to edit and insert the Chase steps. 6.5.2.1. Edit Chase Step Press View + Playback button to find the Chase you need to edit; Press Edit Playback to enter “Program Playback” menu; Press the Playback button of the needed Chase; Use the fader under the chosen Playback button to find out the needed Chase step;...

  • Page 29: Speed Of Chase

    6.5.3. Speed of Chase When you create a Chase, the console will give a default time for each Chase step automatically. If you need to change the time of each Chase step, press [Set Step Time] and enter the step Number needed to edit by the Playback button.

  • Page 30: Pre-Position The Ltp

    6.8. Pre-position the LTP In the “Live Show Mode” menu, press S2 [Pre-position the LTP], LCD will display as follow: In this state, press and hold still the flash button on top of Playback fader, raise the fader, the console will not open the dimmer of the moving fixture.

  • Page 31: Runtime Parameter Of Program

    6.10. Runtime Parameter of Program You can set up all kinds of runtime parameter of playback: In the “Live Show Mode”, press S3 [Edit Time]; Choose the needed Playback button and edit the 6 runtimes according to your need. Each Playback contains 6 runtime parameters: 1．Wait in --- the time between the begin of a step and the begin of a Fade in.

  • Page 32: Advanced Function

    Advanced Function The function contains Copy, Delete, Off, Lock, Shortcut operation, Rename and Channel level setup. 7.1. COPY This function can copy Playback, Preset and Unit. Press Copy in the Function section to enter “Copy Menu”; Select the copy content (Playback, Preset or Unit); Select the copy target;...

  • Page 33: Delete

    Example: Copy all attribute of fixture in Unit 1to the same model fixture Unit 2： Press Copy to enter “Copy Menu”; Press Unit 1 to select the copy content; Press S3 [Copy All Attribute]; Press Unit 2 to select the copy target; Press S1 [Confirm] to copy, while press S6 [Cancel].

  • Page 34: Delete Unit

    When you have to leave the console, you can use 4 digits by the Numeric keypad as a password and press S5 [Lock Console] to lock the console. Under locking, it’s void to press any buttons until you press the code again and press [Unlock Console] to unlock the console.

  • Page 35: Rename Preset, Playback And Group

    7.6. Rename Preset, Playback and Group To rename Preset, Playback or Group, you need to press the Blank key to enter “Other Setup” mode, and press S3 [Set Labels], then select the needed option and rename it by using the 1 button in the Unit section as the 26 English letter keys and the NUMBER keys in the Numeric keypad.

  • Page 36: Fixture Library Supervise

    Fixture Library Supervise The fixture supervise contains 3 items of View system fixture library, User fixture library and Update the library. There are two libraries within the console. One is System Fixture Library. Another one is User Fixture Library. User Fixture Library is a tool for you to create the fixtures not included in System Fixture Library.
  • Page 37 8.2.1.2. Setup Fixture Info Press S1 [Setup Fixture Info]; Set up the name of the fixture by at most 20 characters of English letters or Numbers. Use the Unit buttons to input the English letters and the Numeric keypad to input Numbers.
  • Page 38 8.2.1.2.3. Senior Parameter Setup There are three parts of Senior Parameter Setup, which are Channel Type, Locate Data and Invert Channel. Note! If not clear the parameter below, please do not amend it optionally! Press S4 [Advanced option]; 、 buttons to select the needed parameter Press S1 to adjust the type of channel: H －...

  • Page 39: Load R20 File

    Then, the fixture model had been added in the user library, the fixture can be used after patched. 8.3. Update the Library The system fixtures library offered by Phantom 1024 includes most fixtures in the market. We will constantly collect and update the library documents. You can download a latest library from our website.

  • Page 40: Setup

    9.1. Archive Menu Backup You can insert USB flash driver into the USB jack of the Phantom 1024 and save the program to the USB flash driver. Suggestion: you’d better backup the data after you finish programming. It’s advisable habit to backup the documents.

  • Page 41: Utilities Of Usb Flash Driver

    9.1.3. Utilities of USB Flash Driver Press Setup; Press S3 [Archive Menu Data Backup]; Press S3 [USB Disk Utilities]; Now, the LCD screen will display 3 functions, which will be introduced as below: 9.1.3.1. View the Capacity of USB Flash Driver You can view the capacity of the inserted USB Flash Driver.

  • Page 42: Set Up The System Parameters

    9.2. Set up the System Parameters The upgrade of the software of the console and the elimination of internal data will be introduced in this part. Before update the version, please back up the data. 9.2.1. Upgrade the Software Download the latest software from http://www.codelight.com and save it in USB flash driver; Insert the USB flash driver;...

  • Page 43: User Setup

    Phantom 1024 can be used as a MIDI slave, thus MIDI Master can control its Playback program. It can also be used as a MIDI master, when another Phantom 1024 used as a MIDI slave. They are connected by MIDI cables and work in Master-Slave mode. You should make sure the two devices share the same MIDI channel before you use MIDI to control the console.
  • Page 44 9.3.2.2. MIDI Channel Press S4 [MIDI Setup]; Press S2 [Used MIDI Channel = xx] to enter the setup menu of MIDI channels; Input the numbers of MIDI channels via Numeric keypad; Press S1 [Confirm]; Press S6 [Quit this Menu]; Press Setup to exit and return to “Live Show Mode”. 9.3.2.3.

  • Page 45: Technological Specification

    USB backup system enable user to backup the show in a file. Music trigger function for Chase. Can be controlled by MIDI Master. Phantom 1024 can be connected by MIDI signal, one for master, another for slave. The Data auto-saves.

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