Setting Effect Offsets; Setup Via Rdm - Martin Exterior Projection 500 User Manual

Setting the software to match the fixture variant
Important! The user should normally never need to change the Fixture Variant setting. Change
the setting with guidance from Martin Service only.
The Exterior 500 Projection firmware fixture software (firmware) can be configured to match one of
the following two fixture variants:
● Exterior Projection 500 MG (Multigobo –standard fixture)
● Exterior Projection 500 FR (Framing – special fixture variant with manually operated framing
module, available from late 2017).
By default, the software is configured to match the Multigobo variant. To change this setting:
1. Select SET VARIANT from the main menu and press ENTER.
2. Select from:
a) EP500 MG (Exterior Projection 500 Multigobo, the default setting) or
b) EP500 FR (Exterior Projection 500 Framing).
3. Press ENTER to confirm.

Setting effect offsets

You should normally never need to change the Fixture Offsets setting. We recommend that you
change the setting with guidance from Martin Service only.
You can adjust the home position of each effect by setting an offset in the FIXTURE OFFSET
menu. Adjustments are held in memory when the fixture is powered off and on.
Offsets can be used to match multiple fixtures after they have been installed (if precise gobo
alignment is required, for example).
To reduce the risk of unauthorized tampering with the fixture, you must enter the user password
(factory default = 123) before you can access the FIXTURE OFFSET menu.

Setup via RDM

The Exterior Projector 500 is compatible with RDM (Remote Device Management). Using an
RDM-compliant DMX controller, you can communicate with all the fixtures on a data link without
needing to access the fixture's control panels or connect to each fixture individually. RDM lets you
set the DMX addresses of all the fixtures on the link, carry out basic fixture configuration and
retrieve basic fixture data.
Before you can communicate with fixtures, you will need to send a 'Device Discovery / Scan'
command from the RDM controller to detect the devices on the data link. You can then send a 'Get
Supported Parameters' RDM command to retrieve a list of the Parameter IDs or messages
supported by the fixture.
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