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User Instruction & Installation Manual
Product Reference Number:
A7183 VX500 150w 115/230v Xenon
A7184 VX500 300w 115/230v Xenon
Manufacturer's details:
Francis Searchlights Ltd
Union Road, Bolton
Lancashire, BL2 2HJ, UK
Tel:
+44 (0) 1204 558960
Fax:
+44 (0) 1204 558979
http://www.francis.co.uk
E-mail: sales@francis.co.uk
Manual Part Number: C27396
Issue: 10
Distributor details:
13.7.20
EC1838

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  • Page 1 User Instruction & Installation Manual Product Reference Number: A7183 VX500 150w 115/230v Xenon A7184 VX500 300w 115/230v Xenon Manufacturer’s details: Distributor details: Francis Searchlights Ltd Union Road, Bolton Lancashire, BL2 2HJ, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1204 558960 Fax: +44 (0) 1204 558979 http://www.francis.co.uk...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS - Introduction - Safety Precautions - Technical Information - Unpacking and Installation Instructions - Electrical Installation - Operating Instructions - Fault Finding - Maintenance and Servicing - Wiring Diagrams & General Assembly - Spare Parts List...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    For your future reference please keep this manual in a safe place. Thank you for specifying a product from the Francis Searchlights range. All Francis products are designed to give complete customer satisfaction and are manufactured to the highest engineering standards in order to ensure optimum performance and service life.

  • Page 4: Safety Precautions

    2 - Safety Precautions The following instructions must be adhered to, in order to ensure a safe working environment and the safety of the user. Note: When unpacking or manoeuvring the searchlight into its fixing position, suitable lifting points must be used in order to prevent damage to the equipment or personal injury.

  • Page 5: Technical Information

    3 - Technical Information This product has been designed to operate in accordance with the product specification. The VX500 RC searchlight has the following features: ◼ All marine grade materials and fixings; ◼ Electronic power supply unit; ◼ Parabolic glass reflector; ◼...

  • Page 6: Unpacking And Installation Instructions

    4 - Unpacking and Installation Instructions The following instructions should be read and fully understood prior to installing the equipment to ensure that the correct procedures are followed, and all safety precautions are observed. Note: If the equipment has been in storage for a considerable amount of time, it is advisable to conduct a routine maintenance check on all parts before installation.

  • Page 7: Electrical Installation

    5 - Electrical Installation Note: ~ When the main power is first applied to the searchlight, the searchlight will carry out a self-test, it will Pan to the left limit and Tilt down to the limit, once this is complete, the searchlight will then move to the centre and horizontal, during this please do not try and operate the searchlight while this test is being carried out.
  • Page 8 Basic Operation When the searchlight is turned on an 115v/240v supply is fed to the PSU. This in turn generates a sufficient voltage to the ignitor in order that the ignition voltage is achieved and the Xenon lamp strikes. After the lamp has lit, the PSU regulates the voltage through the ignitor so that the lamp operates within its design parameters.

  • Page 9: Operating Instructions

    6 - Operating Instructions This equipment is designed for use out of doors, in free air. Never place anything on or cover the searchlight when in use as this may present a hazard. Switch On The panel is activated using the PANEL button. This will illuminate brightly when the panel is active.
  • Page 10 Press and hold the FOCUS button and hold joystick in the full up position for 4 seconds. Tilt up motion will now be inhibited above the current position. Clear Motion Limits Motion limits as set above can be cleared by switching the panel off then pressing and holding the focus button and lamp buttons together for 10 seconds.
  • Page 11 6. FBUS interface over current. – The speed control card supplies 24VDC to the remote-control panels. This fault indicates the 24VDC output is taking excessive current. The FBUS supply output will switch off. To restore this output, remove the supply from the speed control card for a period.
  • Page 12 Always isolate the equipment from the supply when fitting a lamp See next sheets for fitting aid diagram Before fitting the lamp: Loosen and remove five M8 socket bolts with the dubo washer on the underneath of the searchlight, then remove the upper hood off the searchlight & store along with the bolts and washers in a safe area;...
  • Page 14 Release the M4 knurled nut that secures the front lead to the positive end of the lamp. + Positive end of the lamp (FRONT) M4 knurled nut Keep the knurled nut in a safe place as it will be needed later. Now that the knurled nut is removed, the front lead can be released front the thread on the front of the lamp.
  • Page 15 FBUS SPEED CONTROL ASSEMBLY DETAILS MAINS CONNECTORS Live. Neutral Earth TILT CONNECTOR Tilt Motor Red Wire (+) Tilt Motor Black Wire (-) Tilt Encoder Red Wire (5V). (Voyager Brown Wire) Tilt Encoder Green Wire (Phase A Output) (Voyager Yellow Wire) Tilt Encoder White Wire (Phase B Output) Tilt Encoder Black Wire (Voyager Blue Wire) Tilt Limit Switch Common Black Wire...
  • Page 16 FBUS Speed Control Board...
  • Page 17 CONNECTIONS TO FBUS JOYSTICK CONTROL PANEL FBUS CONNECTOR OV Supply Input Line Terminate (Connect to + for terminate) FBUS + RS485 Data In/Out FBUS - RS485 Data In/Out +24V Supply Input JOYSTICK CONNECTOR Joystick Black Wire Joystick Yellow Wire Joystick Blue Wire Joystick Red Wire FBUS JOYSTICK CONTROL BOARD...
  • Page 18 FBUS ADDRESS SWITCHES OVERVIEW FBUS uses two types of address switch. One type is rotary, and the value selected is the value shown on the dial. The other type is rows of switches whose operation is described below: - The switches all operate in the same manner producing a binary value with the highest binary value to the left and the lowest value to the right.
  • Page 19 EXAMPLES Standard control panel – panel address set to 5 Switch 1 = Off Switch 2 = On (Value 4 added to address) Switch 3 = Off Switch 4 = On (Value 1 added to address) 4 + 1 = 5 Speed control card - lamp address set to 11 Switch 4 = Off Switch 5 = On (Value 8 added to address)
  • Page 20 FBUS DATA PROTOCOL OVERVIEW The Francis bus (FBUS) is a custom communication protocol based on RS485 two wire bi-directional communication hardware. The system provides a simple bi-directional link between lamps and lamp control panels. The system allows given panels to communicate with different lamps and also.
  • Page 21 PANEL TRANSMITTED DATA Panels only send data when there is data to be sent i.e. there has been activity at the panel which must be sent to a given lamp. If there is no data to be sent, a panel will not transmit. The amount of data a panel sends will depend upon the amount of activity at the panel and can be 2 to 10 bytes.
  • Page 22 DATA_FOCUS_BUTTON (Hex 0B) This is a single byte command. When the lamp receives this, it will run the focus motor as long as the command remains. A panel will send this command so long as the focus button is pressed. DATA_HOME_BUTTON (Hex 0C) This is s single byte command.
  • Page 23 DATA_TILT_POSITION (Hex 19) This is a three-byte command. Following the DATA_TILT_POSITION command two data bytes specify the position to which the lamp must move. The bearing resolution is 0.1 degrees. The value is sent LSB first with the first byte representing the lower position command bits. The MSB (sent last) lower 4 bits represents the remaining value.
  • Page 24 The CRC is a simple data checking system. Basically, this is just the sum of the lamps address and bytes above. The value is radix to 8 bits. If the lamp address was 0 (bus address value 16) and the pan and tilt were both at centre and the lamp was switched on and all other status bits were 0 the values would be Hex 110, 80, 80, 01.
  • Page 25 4. Send pan value half speed = 128 + (64/2) = Hex A0 within 1mS. 5. Send CRC value, in this case Hex 116 + Hex 01 + Hex A0 = 1D7 after radix to 8 bits = B7. 6. This completes the transmission RECEIVING FROM A LAMP Lamps broadcast data sequentially.
  • Page 26 1. Pan Limit. – Either of the pan limit switches operated. Note that this may not actually be a fault. The LED will flash when a limit switch is operated under normal circumstances i.e. the lamp is at the limit of travel.
  • Page 27 OVERVIEW FBUS Control facilitates control of up to 12 searchlights from a PC. The system communicates to Francis Searchlights FBUS data system using one or more FBUS Interface units. Communication between the PC and FBUS interface can be RS485, RS422, USB (VCP) or UDP.
  • Page 28 The new settings allow each lamp to communicate to a different FBUS Interface with an independent IP address. It is also possible for the system to control a number of lamps on one interface and more lamps on another interface. The IP address of the interface relating to each lamp should be entered in the FBUS INTERFACE IP box and the lamp No to be controlled on a given FBUS system to be entered into The FBUS LAMP No box.
  • Page 29 ENABLE STATUS BUTTON For all new systems this should be set. Its inclusion is just for compatibility with legacy systems. ENABLE DUAL HEAD Some searchlights have dual heads with 2 separate lamp units. Setting this box display buttons for control of the second head. Once all settings are complete close the settings window using the OK button.
  • Page 30 RECORD Pressing Record begins a record sequence. Lamp movements and lamp on off switching will be stored while the record system is active. Pressing Record again finishes the record sequence. Note that when Record is pressed a message box will appear asking the user to confirm the record command.
  • Page 31 FBUS INTERFACE UNIT (if supplied) OVERVIEW Francis Searchlights FBUS data system facilitates control of up to 30 search- lights from multiple control stations. To provide the required control response whilst maintaining a low data rate for extended transmission distance, the FBUS data system involves precisely timed control signals.
  • Page 32 OPERATOR INTERFACE Four buttons control a simple menu system with a 2-line LCD display. A given menu item is selected with the SEL (select) button. If the menu item has an adjustable parameter this can be altered using the up and down arrow keys. The revised parameter is stored using the ENT (enter) button.
  • Page 33 SET PAN ANGLE For system development and testing, this command sends a move to pan position command to the currently selected lamp. The pan angle is set using the arrow keys. Press- ing ENT will move the lamp to the displayed angle. SET TILT ANGLE For system development and testing, this command sends a move to tilt position command to the currently selected lamp.
  • Page 34 GATEWAY ADDRESS (UDP Only) This is a diagnostic tool to display IP address of the gateway if applicable. EXTERNAL DATA INTERFACE – RECEIVED COMMANDS External data must send command data packets with between four and seven bytes including the CRC. The system uses standard 8-bit data transfer with 1 start bit and 1 stop bit.
  • Page 35 DATA_PAN_CLOCKWISE (0x14) Five-byte command (Sync, Lamp address, command, speed, CRC) Pans the lamp clockwise at a speed proportional to the commanded value. The speed value is between 0 and 127. Value 0 stops pan motion and cancels the command. Increasing values make the lamp move progressively faster.
  • Page 36 DATA_LAMP_ON (0x1A) Four-byte command (Sync, Lamp address, command, CRC). The lamp will switch on when this code is received. DATA_LAMP_OFF (0x1B) Four-byte command (Sync, Lamp address, command, CRC). The lamp will switch off when this code is received. DATA_LAMP_HEAD2_ON (0x1C) Four-byte command (Sync, Lamp address, command, CRC).
  • Page 37 Bit 0 - Lamp on Bit 1 - Pan Limit Bit 2 - Tilt Limit Bit 3 - Lamp Recording Bit 4 - Lamp Playing Bit 5 - Lamp head 2 on Bit 6 - Lamp moving to home 8. Focus position - Value between 0 and 100 - Minimum beam width at value 50. 9.
  • Page 38 ERROR CONTROL CRC Error control is implemented with a CRC following each data packet. The CRC is radix to 7 bits giving a value between 0 and 127. The CRC is simply the addition of all packets data values including the address and start byte (0xFF). For example, a command to run lamp 0 focus motor would be 0xFF, 0x90, 0x0B.

  • Page 39: Fault Finding

    7- Fault Finding All fault finding must be conducted by a competent person or qualified Electrical Engineer. Please refer to the following table for the troubleshooting of Xenon lamps. Fault Cause Remedy ◼ Wrong Polarity ◼ Lamp incorrectly fitted ◼ Anode (large electrode) ◼...
  • Page 40 14,000 volts or higher). Switching the lamp on activates the ignitor. A cracking or hissing noise should be heard. The ignitor is housed within the searchlight head. If found to be faulty return to Francis Searchlights Ltd for evaluation and repair. Failure of Remote Focus Causes: 1) Power not supplied;...

  • Page 41: Maintenance And Servicing

    8 - Maintenance and Servicing In order to prolong the service life and performance of your searchlight, the following maintenance guidelines are recommended: ◼ Maintenance checks should be conducted before every voyage or at least every three months; ◼ Before checking, disconnect the equipment from the supply; ◼...

  • Page 42: Wiring Diagrams & General Assembly

    9 - Wiring Diagrams and General Assembly Drawing Number Description A7180 A7183 / A7184 VX500RC G A C27390 Wiring Diagram C27312 Joystick Panel Assembly C27382 Junction Box Assembly...

  • Page 47: Spare Parts List

    Joystick Controller PCB In order to prolong the life and performance of your product, we recommend that you only specify Francis Searchlights spare parts. This will ensure that any warranties on your equip- ment will not be invalidated. When ordering spare parts, please contact the Sales Department at Francis Searchlights Ltd.

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