Fixture Setup; Using The Control Menus; Setting Dmx Address; Personality Settings - Martin ERA 300 Profile User Manual

Fixture Setup

This section explains the fixture characteristics you can set that determine how it can be controlled
and will behave. You choose the settings using the menus available from the control panel, and
they are retained even when the fixture is powered off.
Options can also be set over the DMX line using RDM from a suitable controller, see "Setting
options by RDM" on page 18.
A complete map of the control menu structure and brief explanations of their purposes can be
found on page 28. Only the most-used functions are described in this section.

Using the control menus

To access the control menus, press the MENU button.
Navigate the menu structure using the ENTER, DOWN and UP buttons.
To select a menu option or to confirm a selection, press the ENTER button.
To return to a higher level in the menu structure without making a change, press the MENU button.
To exit the control menus completely, press and hold the MENU button.

Setting DMX address

Each fixture must be assigned a DMX address. The DMX address, also known as the start
channel, is the first channel used to receive instructions from a DMX controller. The fixture is
controlled using 21 DMX channels. If a fixture has a DMX address of 1, then it uses channels 1 to
21 inclusive. The following fixture in the DMX chain can then be set to a DMX address of 22.
For independent control, each fixture must be assigned its own control channels. Two fixtures of
the same type may share the same address if identical behavior is desired. Address sharing can
be useful for diagnostic purposes and symmetric control, particularly when combined with the
inverse pan and tilt options.
To set the fixture's DMX address:
1. Enter the control menu and select DMX SETUP. Press ENTER.
2. Select DMX ADDRESS and press ENTER.
3. Use the UP and DOWN buttons to select the desired address setting.
4. Press ENTER to confirm your selection (or to return to the top level menu without changing the
settings, press the MENU button).

Personality settings

Personality settings include Pan inverse, Tilt inverse, Dimmer Curve, Dimmer Speed, No Data
Mode, Cooling Mode and Display.
Pan/tilt inversion
The Pan inverse and Tilt inverse menus can be used to reverse the direction of pan and tilt. These
settings are useful for symmetrical effects with multiple fixtures, or when coordinating the
movement of fixtures that are floor mounted and rigged upside down.
To adjust the pan or tilt inversion settings:
1. Enter the control menu and select PERSONALITY. Press ENTER.
2. Select PAN INVERSE or TILT INVERSE and press ENTER.
3. The current setting will blink on the display. Use the UP and DOWN buttons to select YES
(inversion) or NO (normal) mode.
4. Press ENTER to confirm your selection.
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