Content 1. Welcome to Use the Party 600......................1 1.1. Setting up Party 600.........................1 1.2. The Front Pane l of Party 600 ......................1 1.2.1. Channel faders ........................... 2 1.2.2. Unit keys ............................. 2 1.2.3. Preset keys ..........................3 1.2.4.
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6. Playback..............................15 6.1. What is HTP and LTP ........................15 6.2. Program Playback ..........................15 6.3. Cue..............................16 6.3.1. Two Record Modes of Cue ....................... 16 6.3.2. Save Cue ..........................16 6.4. Chase .............................16 6.4.1. Create a new Chase ......................... 17 6.4.2.
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10.1.3. Clear All the Playback data ....................... 29 10.2. User Setup............................29 10.2.1. Set Up Language ........................29 10.2.2. Set Up MIDI ..........................30 10.3. Upgrade the Software ........................31 11. Technological Specification ........................ 32...
1.1. Setting up Party 600 You need to prepare the following c onnection before you using Party 600: Connect Party 600 with AC power supply; Note: Check whether the local power supply is within the voltage range of 100V-240V Connect the dimmers and fixtures with DMX cables.
fixture or channel that is patched to it accordingly. 1.2.2. Unit keys Party 600 has 6 Unit pages, each of which can be pa tched to 20 Units. Thus, 120 Units can be patched totally.
1.2.4. Playback part Cue/Playback section contains Playback pa ges, Flash buttons and Playback faders. Party 600 has 8 Playback pages, each of which cont ains 12 Playback faders. Thus, it can memorize 96 Playbacks. All the preset Cue and Chase need to be saved in the Playback. You can use the faders to playback the programmed Effects.
1.2.6. Function keys There are 7 buttons in the Function section: Save to Cue --- Save the Playback program of Cue; Edit Playback --- Program and edit Playback; Edit Preset --- Edit the Preset; Copy --- Copy function; Delete --- Delete function; Patch --- Patch the Units;...
DMX output. 1.3.2. Audio input Party 600 can pick-up the bass and rhythm of the audio signal to trigger Chase, so that Chase can automatically follow the bass rhythm of the audio. There are two ways to input the audio signals: one is through a 1/4 inch ster eo plug;...
, update the light library, as well as update the firmware. 1.3.5. Power supply jack and Fuse Party 600 can adjust itself to a very wi de voltage range (100-240VAC, 50-60Hz). Thus, it can be used worldwide. If you need to change the fuse, please pull out the power supply cable to insure a safe operation.
Patch After clearing all the data of the console, users need to patch the Units according to the connecting circumstance of the fixtures and the dimmers, in order to use the 1-20 soft-keys and soft-key 21-40 in the Unit section to select the Units. Before patching, users must make clear of the model parameter of the Units and the present initial DMX address.
Unit 1-6 (please refer to the illustration); Press Patch to exit patching. Example: Use 7 DMX address to patch a 6 channels dimmer to Unit 7, thus one Unit button control 6 dimmer channels: Press Patch to enter "Setup Patch" menu; Press S2 [Dimmer];...
can search by the Name of fixture or the Manufacturer; After found out the Name of manufacturer, press S1 to confirm. Then the LCD screen display all the fixture models of the manufacturer; Find out the fixture, Martin Mac2000 Profile 24CH , and press S1 to confirm; Console will automatically patch the DMX initial addre ss.
fixtures in this chapter. 3.1. Live Mode There are two types of Live Mode in Party 600, while using the soft-key Channel/Level to switch the mode, the LCD screen display the present mode. Level mode . You can change the brightness of the fixture or channel by fade in the fader which had patched the fixtures or dimmers.
3.4. Manual Control of Dimmer Channels Press soft-key Channel/Level switch to "Live Mode-Lev el" mode, it's the normalc y mode of the console. It’s very easy to control dimmer Cha nnels manually. You only need to fade in the patched Unit fader, and then the patched DMX channels will send out the brightness signa ls to the dimmer.
Please pay attention that if the fixture which is user added but not the Fixture Library, it won't give out the concrete name of each channels; Press S4 to exit. 3.5.2.2. Use Channel mode to change the Attributes Select and turn on the fixtures as above; Press soft-key Channel/Level and sw itch to "Live Mode-Channel"...
Preset Party 600 has 4 Preset pages, each of which has 10 Pres et buttons. User can save to tally 40 preset data, which named "Preset Table". You can set one or more dimmer va lues, and one or more cha nnel attribute values of fixture to one preset button, which can be...
Gobo and so on, you can select a group of fixtures to run the moving effect automatically by using Party 600. Use the Left and Right soft-key to turn over the page, and use the up and down soft-key or S1 - S4 to select a moving effect, Press Enter to confirm.
A Chase comprises of several steps. And Cue equals to a step of Chase. There are 8 Playback pages in Party 600, each of which has 12 Playback faders to record the Effects. It can memorize 96 Playbacks in total. Each Playback can be used to save a Cue or a Chase.
6.3. Cue We will introduce the record mode an d how to record Cue in this part. 6.3.1. Two Record Modes of Cue Record Mode = Selected. Only the selected fixtures can be recorded in Cue. Record Mode = Stage. No matter whether the fixtures are selected or not, all of them will be saved in Cue.
won't be saved when turn off the console, the PB Speed will automatically resume to 100% when turn on the console next time. 6.4.1. Create a new Chase Press Edit Playback and enter “Program Playback” menu; Choose the Flash button NO. of the program which needs edit in the Playback section.
6.4.2.2. Change the Independent Time of Chase Step Each Chase contains 3 inde pendent times as followed: 1. Fade in --- the time a step spend on the HTP Fade in. 2. LTP Fade in --- The time of all the LTP Fade in of the Playback. 3.
6.4.3.2. Insert a step in Chase Press Edit Playback and enter "Program Playback" menu; Press the Flash button of the needed Playback; Create a scene or effects manually; Press S3 and select [Del or INS]; Press S1 and select [InsertStep]; Press the corresponding No.
6.5.2. Change into Present State Fade in the Playback fader, you can fade in several Playback simultaneity. Press Shift + one of Playback Flash button and change to the present state, which can be seen on the lower part of LCD screen. 6.5.3.
Press Shift and hold still until press the Flash button, in order to set the Playback into present state. Use Control Wheel B to adjust the Playback speed proportion (there is a "PB Speed" shown on the LCD screen), adjusting range is: 10% -500%. This kind of temporarily ad justing Playback speed is a speed of Playback global time multiply with the PB speed proportion.
Advanced Function The advanced function contains Copy and Delete for the Playback and 7.1. Copy This function can copy Playback or Preset. 7.1.1. Copy Preset Example: Copy the Preset value of button 1 of the 1st page to button 10 of the 2nd page: Press Copy to enter “Copy Menu”;...
7.2.2. Delete Playback Press Delete to enter "Delete menu"; Press S3 and select [DEL PB]; Select Playback page, if there is Chase program in the Playback, the led of Fl ash button will twinkle; Press the Flash button wanted to delete; Press S1 and select [Confirm] to delete;...
Fixture in System Library you are using, you can add up to the user Library thyself. 8.1. Upgrade Fixture Library The system fixtures library offered by Party 600 includes most fixtures in the market. We will constantly collect and update the library docume nts.
8.3.1. Add a new Fixture If your fixture is not included in the system fixture library, you can add some in the user fixture library, where will not be any conflict or overlap of those fixtures with a same name in the system fixture library. When you select option [Add NewFix].
Press S4 and return to last menu; Press S4 and select [Save]. 8.3.1.2. Import R20 File Party 600 allows users to import R20 files. You can cr eate the R20 library on PC and import it into the console via USB driver.
File management You can insert USB flash drive into the USB jack of the Party 600 and backup the program to the USB flash drive. Suggestion: you'd better backup the da ta after you finish programming. It 's advisable habit to backup the documents.
9.3.1. Delete Document You can delete the documents of the inserted USB flas h drive. Note: the documents can not be resumed after deletion! Press S1 and enter [DEL File]; Use the up or down button to select the needed document; Press S1 and [Confirm] to delete a nd it takes about several minutes;...
10. Setup the System The update of the software of the console and the eliminat ion of internal data will be introduced in this part. 10.1. Data Clear You can clear the internal data of the console, except Fixture Library. Press Setup;...
Party 600 can be used as a MIDI slave, thus MIDI Master can control its Playback pr ogram. It can also be used as a MIDI master, when another Party 600 used as a MIDI slave. They are connected by MIDI cables and work in Master-Slave mode. You shoul...
10.3. Upgrade the Software Download the latest software from http://www.codelight. com and save it in USB flash drive; Insert the USB flash drive; Press Setup; Press S3 and enter [System]; Press S3 and select [Upgrade]; Use the direction keys to select th e edition of the software to update;...
USB flash driver. Music trigger function for Chase of Playback. Can be controlled by Midi Master . Another Party 600 can be connected by Midi signal, one for master, another for slave. Data held while turn off.
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