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T E C H N I C A L R E F E R E N C E & M A N U A L Stage Designer™ 48 TFX-48CON CHAUVET 3000 North 29 Hollywood, FL 33020 Tel: 954-929-1115 Fax: 954-929-5560...
Dimmer Display ... 18 Blind and Home... 19 Park... 19 Add and Kill ... 19 Double Preset ... 19 Issue Date: January 2004 Rev. No. Version 2.03 Date Description March 2004 TFX-48C Users Guide version 2.02: Revised: V.M. at CHAUVET...
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APPENDIX ...20 Maintenance... 20 DMX Primer ... 20 Returns Procedure... 20 Claims ... 20 General Troubleshooting ... 21 Issue Date: January 2004 Rev. No. Version 2.03 Date Description March 2004 TFX-48C Users Guide version 2.02: Revised: V.M. at CHAUVET...
B E F O R E Y O U B E G I N Before you Begin Unpacking Instructions Immediately upon receiving a fixture, carefully unpack the carton, check the contents to ensure that all parts are present, and have been received in good condition. Notify the shipper immediately and retain packing material for inspection if any parts appear damaged from shipping or the carton itself shows signs of mishandling.
I N T R O D U C T I O N Introduction Technical Specifications Power Input DC 12~18V 500mA Minimum Adaptor AC ~230V 50Hz, DC 12V 500mA AC ~120V 60Hz, DC 12V 500mA DMX Out 3 pin male XLR MIDI In/Out/Thru –...
I N T R O D U C T I O N Product Overview Front View 1. Preset A LEDs Indicates the current intensity of the channel enumerated. Channels 1 ~ 24. 2. Channel Sliders (1 ~ 24) These 24 sliders are used to control and/or program the intensities of channel 1 through 24.
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I N T R O D U C T I O N 13. DELETE Deletes any step of a scene. REV ONE Reverses the chasing direction of any program. 14. Segment Display Shows the current activity or programming state. 15. INSERT Insert is to add one step or steps into a scene.
I N T R O D U C T I O N 29. FULL ON This function brings overall output to full intensity. 30. BLACK OUT This button is used to kill all output with the exception of Flash and Full On. 31.
O P E R A T I N G I N S T R U C T I O N S Operating Instructions Programming Record Enable RECORD Press & Hold Button Also, please note that this manual will refer often to this procedure exactly as “Record enable”. Securing your programs You can protect your programs from being edited by other users by changing the Record Code number sequence.
O P E R A T I N G I N S T R U C T I O N S Programming Scenes CHASE DOUBLE 1-48 SINGLE Record Enable. Select the 1-48 Single mode by tapping the Mode Select button. This will give you control of all 48 channels as you program.
O P E R A T I N G I N S T R U C T I O N S Editing Edit Enable Record Enable. Use the Page button to select the page the program you wish to edit is on. EDIT FLASH 25-48 While holding down the Edit...
O P E R A T I N G I N S T R U C T I O N S Erase All Programs Press & Hold Button RECORD Clear a Scene or Scenes Record enable. Record a scene or scenes. If you not satisfied with the scene or scenes, you may tap the Rec Clear button while RECORD pressing and holding the Record button, all LEDs will flash, indicating the scenes have...
O P E R A T I N G I N S T R U C T I O N S Insert a Step or Steps Record a scene or scenes Tap the Step button to scroll you wish to insert. to the step which you wish to insert before.
O P E R A T I N G I N S T R U C T I O N S Running the Show Running Chase Programs DOWN STEP Tap the Mode Select button Tap the Page button to select the correct page the to select CHASE program you wish to run is SCENES mode indicated by...
O P E R A T I N G I N S T R U C T I O N S Running a Program with the Speed Slider AUDIO Be sure the Audio mode is Select your program as disengaged, that is the Audio described in section 2.3.1 LED goes out.
O P E R A T I N G I N S T R U C T I O N S Change the Speed Mode between 5 Minutes and 10 Minutes RECORD RECORD FLASH 5 or 10 Press and hold the Record Tap the Flash button 5 or 10 button.
O P E R A T I N G I N S T R U C T I O N S Sending MIDI File Dump Tap the Flash button 4 three time while holding down the Record button, the Segment Display reads “OUT”...
O P E R A T I N G I N S T R U C T I O N S Brief Summary of Main Functions Reverse the direction of the scene Reverse the direction of all the scenes. Press the ALL REV Button, all the scenes should change their directions. Reverse the chasing direction of all the programs with speed control: Press the Chase Rev Button.
O P E R A T I N G I N S T R U C T I O N S If the Segment Display reads, for example, “076”, it means a percentage value 76%. If the Segment Display reads “076”, it means the DMX value 76.
XLR male to female connectors. The shield connection is pin 1, while pin 2 is Data Negative (S-) and pin 3 is Data positive (S+). CHAUVET carries 3-pin XLR DMX compliant cables, DMX-10 (33’), DMX-4.5 (15’) and DMX-1.5 (5’)
Check cable connections Remote does not work Make sure connector is firmly connected to device Stand alone mode All Chauvet lighting fixtures featuring stand-alone functions do not require additional settings, simply power the fixture and it will automatically enter into this mode...
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