Using Sub-Addresses; Additional Functions; Auto-Off Feature For The Display; Colour Balance / White Balance - IMG STAGE LINE PARL-174DMX Instruction Manual

8.4 Using sub-addresses

If you use sub-addresses, you will be able to control
up to 66 spotlights (spotlight groups) independently
of each other via a single DMX start address .
Thus, the maximum number of DMX-controlled
units can be considerably higher . The spotlights
with a sub-address are selected via DMX chan-
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nel 8 ( table "Sub-addresses for the 8-channel
mode", chapter 10 .1 .5) . To control all spotlights
with a sub-address in sync, set DMX channel 8 to
a DMX value less than 10 .
1) Press the button MENU / ESC repeatedly until you
enter the main menu .
2) Select the menu item
with the button
3) Press the button ENTER: The display shows
and a number between 01 and 66 .
4) Set the desired sub-address with the button
or .
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5) Press the button MENU / ESC to return to the main
menu; the display shows
6) Select the menu item
and press ENTER to confirm .
7) Select the submenu item
or and press ENTER to confirm .
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8) If the display shows
has been deactivated, activate it with the but-
ton (
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9) Adjust the spotlight for control via 8 DMX chan-
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nels chapter 8 .2 (menu item
) .
In order to operate the spotlight, set DMX chan-
nel 8 on the light controller to the DMX value
corresponding to the sub-address of the spotlight
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( table "Sub-addresses for the 8-channel mode",
chapter 10 .1 .5) .
9

Additional Functions

9.1 Auto-off feature for the display

If you prefer the display (3) to be dark during
operation, activate the auto-off feature:
1) Press the button MENU / ESC repeatedly until you
enter the main menu .
2) Select the option
the button
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3) Select the submenu item
or and press ENTER to confirm .
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in the main menu
or .
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again .
with the button
with the button
, i . e . sub-addressing
) .
in the main menu with
or and press ENTER to confirm

with the button
4) If the display shows
has been deactivated, i . e . the display is always
on . When the auto-off feature has been activated
( ), the display is switched off after a few
seconds when no button is pressed; it is switched
on again when a button is pressed . Select the
desired option with the button

9.2 Colour balance / white balance

It is possible to shift the balance between the three
primary colours red, green and blue . This will also
change the light colour for combined white light
(if the three colours are used in addition to the
white LEDs), e . g . to balance differences to other
spotlights when the LED spotlight is controlled to-
gether with them .
To activate the colour balance function and to set
the correction values:
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1) Press the button MENU / ESC repeatedly until you
enter the main menu .
2) Select the option
the button
3) Select the submenu item
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or
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4) If the display shows
vated, i . e . the correction values adjusted are not
taken into account . Activate the function with
the button
5) Press the button MENU / ESC to return to the main
menu; the display only shows
6) Select the menu item
, setting
7) Press the button ENTER . The display shows the
last primary colour adjusted, red ( ), green ( ) or
blue ( ) and the corresponding correction value
(0 – 255) . This is the maximum brightness to be
set for this colour .
8) Set the value for the colour selected with the
button
9) To switch between the colours, press the button
ENTER .

9.3 Key lock

To prevent accidental operation, a key lock can be
activated .
Activating the key lock:
1) Press the button MENU / ESC repeatedly until you
enter the main menu .
2) Select the option
the button
, the auto-off feature
in the main menu with
or and press ENTER to confirm .
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and press ENTER to confirm .
, the function is deacti-
or ( ) .
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with the button
or .
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in the main menu with
or and press ENTER to confirm .
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or .
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with the button
again .
.
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