JRClancy SCENECONTROL 100 Operating Instructions Manual

Motorized rigging control system

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SceneControl 100
Motorized Rigging Control System
Operating Instructions
©2009 J.R. Clancy, Inc.
Design, Manufacture and Installation of Theatrical Equipment Worldwide
(315) 451-3440
Fax (315) 451-1766
www.jrclancy.com
Rev 3: October 7, 2009

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  • Page 1 SceneControl 100 Motorized Rigging Control System Operating Instructions ©2009 J.R. Clancy, Inc. Design, Manufacture and Installation of Theatrical Equipment Worldwide (315) 451-3440 Fax (315) 451-1766 www.jrclancy.com Rev 3: October 7, 2009...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    LOAD SENSE PARAMETERS PAGE..............10 Load Learning....................11 SYSTEM PRESETS PAGE................12 SYSTEM PRESETS RECORD PAGE ............... 13 Appendix I: Troubleshooting ............13 Design, Manufacture and Installation of Theatrical Equipment Worldwide (315) 451-3440 Fax (315) 451-1766 www.jrclancy.com Rev 3: October 7, 2009...
  • Page 3: Introduction

    SCENECONTROL 100 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS Introduction The SceneControl 100 Motorized Rigging control system offers flexible control of fixed or variable-speed rigging winches. It uses a touchscreen operator interface, and offers simple modes of operation for rapid, easy use. A number of powerful features provide great flexibility of operation.
  • Page 4: System Overview

    PAGE 2 SCENECONTROL 100 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS System Overview The system includes a touch-screen control station, (which may be a fixed-position wall-mount or a portable pendant), motorized winches, each with limit switches and encoder, and electronic motor controls. The system permits the operator to specify the winch target. In variable-speed applications, the operator may also specify the winch operating speed, acceleration time, and deceleration time.
  • Page 5: Limit Switches

    (e.g. a moving drum flange, or a cam mounted on the counterweight arbor, cable clew, or lift guide). WALL-MOUNT CONTROL STATION The SceneControl 100 wall-mount Control Station is the main control point for the motorized rigging system. It contains the following controls: POWER keyswitch - Used to turn the control system power on or off.
  • Page 6: Portable Control Pendant

    PORTABLE CONTROL PENDANT Some SceneControl 100 systems use a portable control pendant as either the main controller or as an auxiliary control point. The pendant is equipped with a cable (usually 10m or 30’ long, but optionally as much as 25m long).
  • Page 7: System Operation

    SCENECONTROL 100 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS System Operation BASE SCREEN – MULTIPLE WINCH SYSTEMS The Scenecontrol 100 can be used to operate multiple winches from a single control station. In multiple winch systems the first screen that appears on power-up is a winch selection screen.
  • Page 8: Winch Operation- Direct Control

    PAGE 6 SCENECONTROL 100 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS SPEED (FPM): Set speed field (Variable-speed systems only) When the base screen opens up, the default speed will appear in the SPEED field. The speed is expressed in feet per minute. To designate a new speed value, touch the SPEED numeric field.
  • Page 9: Winch Operation- Target Control

    PAGE 7 SCENECONTROL 100 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS WINCH OPERATION- TARGET CONTROL There are several ways to designate a target for winch operation. First is to enter the target directly. To do this, touch the TARGET field. A numeric keypad will open: use it to key in a new numeric target. When you touch the ENTER key on the keypad, the new value will be transferred to the TARGET field, and the keypad will close.
  • Page 10: Status Page

    PAGE 8 SCENECONTROL 100 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS Verify that the preset number, description, target and speed are all correct. Once this is done, touch the PRESS TO RECORD button. The prompt “ARE YOU SURE?” will appear, along with YES and NO buttons. Press the YES button to save the preset, or the NO button to stop the save process.
  • Page 11: Parameter Page

    PAGE 9 SCENECONTROL 100 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS pushing and holding a GO button, and switch to the Status page while the winch is in motion. Make sure that a spotter is watching the piece while you watch the screen! PARAMETER PAGE From a winch base screen, the PARAM PAGE touchbutton opens the parameter page for that winch.
  • Page 12: Load Sense Parameters Page

    PAGE 10 SCENECONTROL 100 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS System-level privileges are required to change system parameters. These are indicated by the letter (S) following their descriptors. If an operator is not logged in, or is logged in with user-level privileges, touching a numeric entry field for a system parameter will pop up the user name and password entry fields.
  • Page 13: Load Learning

    PAGE 11 SCENECONTROL 100 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS Values displayed on this page are password-protected. Certain crucial values are protected by the system level password. These are indicated by and (S) following their descriptor. Other values have the indication (U) following their descriptor. These values may be adjusted by an operator logged in with the User level username and password.
  • Page 14: System Presets Page

    PAGE 12 SCENECONTROL 100 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS system is not too sensitive for n ormal operation. If load faults occur during normal operation (false tripping), return to the load sensing paramet ers page and increase the value of the LOAD WNDW parameter.
  • Page 15: System Presets Record Page

    PAGE 13 SCENECONTROL 100 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS spotters positioned where they can observe the move , and have a reliable means of communication between the spotters and the operator. SYSTEM PRESETS RECORD PAGE From the system presets screen, the PRESET RECORD touchb utton opens the system presets record page for the control system.

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